Category Archives: Travel

After nine weeks away, I sure am glad to be home. I see that my last entry was about two weeks ago, but when you have eight people in a holiday house with liberal amounts of alcohol and a laughably … Continue reading →

We settled into the holiday house nicely; it’s great to not have to be constantly in hotel rooms and the heated pool is getting plenty of mileage, especially over christmas. Continue reading →

After talking to the rest of our party in Tampa we decided that the snow and cold temperatures were too much, so we decided to make our way south. Getting a cheap flight from Reno through San Jose to Vegas (I know, back to Vegas again) we started our trek towards Orlando.

With some time up our sleeve before our next flight out, we decided to see the Titanic Exhibition at the Tropicana. Although interesting, I found that unless you’re a major Titanic buff, even an interest in history and museums can’t help but make it feel a little lacking, although it was a nice touch to walk through re-creations of the hallways aboard the ship. Continue reading →

We woke up early to make sure we got around to the Segway tour place early enough for them, but it turns out they like to sleep in After a short walk along the waterfront to kill time we spotted an older guy swimming, which we’d assume would be suicidal in this sort of weather – but later on somebody pointed out that he’d just be training for the annual swim to Alcatraz. I can think of a few things I’d rather do than race in near freezing treacherous water, but even a last-place under your belt would be a major accomplishment to say the least. Continue reading →