I just went out for dinner with Steven and Jacob. We had so much fun – we went to shabu-shabu style restaurant, called A Thousand Cranes. I’ve never been to one of those before. I’ve done hibachi, which is called teppanyaki this side of the globe, where they cook the…
I’m sitting in an Irish pub (Temple Bar) in Moscow, drinking both Guiness (yay!) and Russian Vodka (meh). Not a single staff member here speaks English. I’m not really sure why I’m surprised. Interestingly, their uniforms are halfway done over with a Scottish plaid. One of the guys looks Chinese.…
I met the greatest lady yesterday! I had stopped in a cul-de-sac on the top of a hill so that I could clean out my car. I’d spent the morning at the library, but it was a Saturday, so it closed at 1230. So, before deciding where to go from…
Today, I got up and my main goal for the day was a hot shower. It’s interesting how sometimes it’s the little things that become important when you’re traveling with not many things. I’d been taking cold showers at beaches and such for the most part when I traveled the Great Ocean…
It’s funny. Once, my brother commented to me that our father really likes to talk about meals. Food might be one of his favorite topics, we realized. Whenever we talk to him we usually end up finding out what he had to eat in the last day or two, particularly if he…
23/1/15 Yesterday, I saw my first koala in the wild! For that matter, I also saw my first wild emus, incuding triplet babies. I had been traveling along the Great Ocean Road when I saw a sign for Tower Hill State Game Reserve. I turned off, actually thinking it would…
Well so far, New Zealand has been a delight! Especially after the suckiness that was my time in China…. I arrived here early in the morning on the 27th of November. My cousin’s daughter Mona was going to pick me up at the airport and my flight got in a…
Later… I am definitely so glad to get out of China. I’m on the plane to New Zealand now. What a pain in the ass this trip has been! After all the customs and hanging out on the floor and everything in Urumqi, I went to check in again two…
“I’m like a bull… I only fly away” You know what country I find kind of intimidating? China. More than a billion people here. I can’t read or understand their language. I believe the country is still communist, but I’m not entirely sure. Either way, they have a lot of…
I’m on a ferry right now, headed back to Athens from Santorini. I had a great couple of weeks there. It would be more difficult to leave, I think, but as we were pulling out of the port, the clouds opened and the sun burst through. I am on the…
Although yesterday didn’t work out for Ryan and Wismine and I to rent ATVs to drive around the island, today we managed to get our schedules aligned. Ryan and Wismine had met up in Fira the night before with some other people we’d all met at our hostel in Perissa…
My first few days in Santorini have been great so far. Shortly after I arrived at my hostel (where the guy who works at the front desk is actually named Adonis!), I walked down the beachfront about a quarter kilometer to the nearest dive shop. It was open, and the girl…
So I’m on my way to Santorini right now on a ferry boat from Athens. I got up super early this morning and left Thomi’s house to catch the metro to Pireaus, the port of Athens. When I arrived there, I picked up my ticket and hopped on the ferry.…
Meteora is a region of Greece which is known for having mountains – giant sandstone boulders, really – upon which monasteries have been built over the centuries. There are now about half-a-dozen monasteries (including a two convents) built on these rocks. In centuries past, some of them were accessible only by…
My wake-up call this morning was neither wanted nor pleasant! I was stung by a bee while still in bed! I woke up in Monodentri, a bit chilly, but snuggled in my warm bed. My shoulder was sticking out of the covers and I could hear something buzzing about in…
I am so ridiculously cold right now, I can barely type! It’s ridiculous! It’s been chilly every day since I got to Greece but yesterday and today have been the worst! I think I’m becoming cold-blooded…. Yesterday, I left Athens to visit Delphi. Shortly after catching the bus (with seconds…
I went back to the reggae bar last night, Juuls in St Julians. I have been sick these last couple of days with a cold and cough, so I haven’t accomplished a whole lot. I’ve wanted to go scuba diving, but it’s hard to put more pressure on your ears…
