*Update to the update* Have you ever realized you’ve done something So stupid or made an oversight so large as to cause yourself to be mortified with you own ineptitude, only to later realize that you never did what you thought you had, but rather panicked over a complete misunderstanding of the situation? Well that […]

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Early, so early in the morning. We awoke to catch our ride on the Eurostar to Paris. At 4:00 am we packed up our things and hired a cab to take us over to St. Pancras station. The Eurostar is fast and after only two hours of nearly flying through British and French countryside, and […]

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Yes, London’s infamous rain has graced us with its presence (even in June). No matter even with the rain it was still a balmy 21° C (70° F). It was decided that we should do the touristy thing, much to my chagrin, and take a tour bus around the city. This ended up working well […]

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And…. We made it. Our flight was shorter than expected due to being in a 747 and having an ample tail wind all the way here, it took a little over 9 hours. Once we got through immigration, we took the Underground over to Queensway station, which required three train switches, and we made it […]

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; And so we begin our journey. the standard hurry up an wait. We are always told to get there at least two hours early, but I’ve never taken more than twenty minutes to get through to the gate (this is without a checked bag, but still). My question is, have any of you ever […]

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Well, I will be leaving for Europe in 3 weeks time.  Right now is the “storm before the calm”  as I try to finish as many client projects as I can and make sure everything it set for the trip itself.  All this is quite boring, so let’s talk about something completely different: The Trip […]

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