My friend John is moving from Chicago to Berlin for work in mid-June and taking his cats with him (You can read all about his upcoming plans on his blog at www.doppnee.com). He also has experience being an expat in Paris, where we first met. From his insightful site I have learned about the delightful [...]
Entries from April 2009
April 27, 2009
Cool Tools: How to hostel, post-college
The other day, my friend James was telling me about his honeymoon to Iceland. He said that while it was very fun and activity-laden, it was hardly romantic because they had been traveling around like college backpackers. Now, I met James in business school, a used cars salesman-turned-banker with a penchant for the finer things in life, [...]
April 22, 2009
Now Boarding: Costa Rica, again
I know I’ve exhausted Costa Rica, but this just came to my attention: *$599* all inclusive package for airfare from Miami to San Jose, seven-day SUV rental (minus fuel), seven-day hotel stays in San Jose, Arenal, Jaco (which we missed) and Monteverde. Depart on Mondays between May 4-July 27. At gate1travel.com. Mention BTMAYCRS1 for car upgrade [...]
April 15, 2009
Getting Lost In: [suburban] Chicago!
Ah, Chicago. What I find most interesting about Chicago is not the city itself, but how connected with its suburbs I’ve become. My first taste of Chicago was a t-shirt from my cousin who went to Northwestern, but he spent most of his time outside it, in Evanston. Then I watched all the movies by John Hughes [...]
April 13, 2009
Cool Tools: Uptake travel planner
My sister and family are headed to Italy next week for a vacation with my three-year-old niece and have taken every book and video about Italy out of the library. Did I mention they are a little nervous about keeping a three-year-old entertained? They’ve referenced several online sites about traveling with kids in Italy, kid-friendly [...]
April 6, 2009
Cool Tool: the Customer Service Rep and frequent flier miles
Believe it or not… customer service is still functioning, as are frequent flier miles. Jon and I are headed to London and Sweden and have saved up a ridiculous number of American Airlines frequent flier miles to make the journey to our friends’ wedding this summer. According to this previous blog entry, I had overstrategized the [...]
April 2, 2009
Everyone likes Pictures… of Costa Rica
Truth be told, I’ve been dragging my feet to get these pictures of Costa Rica posted because my computer has been painfully, painfully slow, but here they are. Enjoy! Above: La Fortuna, with Arenal Volcano behind it. Arenal: it’s live!! The little white puffs rolling down the side of the volcano are actual rocks that [...]
