Day 7 – La Rochelle, France I was expecting more from La Rochelle. It wasn’t bad, per se, but it didn’t WOW me, either. There didn’t seem to be anything to DO here except walk around and shop. Like other days, we walked, a lot. We popped into a few shops. Sherri bought an English-language [...]

Looks like I’m finally fulfilling a childhood dream: I’m seeing a taping of The Late Show with David Letterman this Monday. Frankly, I completely forgot that I signed up for tickets months ago via the CBS web site, until I got a call this morning telling me to call one of the audience coordinators, answer [...]

Day 6 – Sea Day #1 I lied in the last post. I thought I’d skip right to La Rochelle, but I might as well mention sea day. What can I say… it’s a sea day. Sleep in late, annoy the housekeeping staff, try to find a free table in the buffeteria, read, pop by [...]

Day 5 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands No shore excursions planned for today. Cruise ships dock in Amsterdam itself, so no shuttle buses or trains are required, simply a 10 to 15 minute stroll along the water. This is the view from our stateroom veranda towards the city. The building you see in the background is [...]

Day 4 – Zeebrugge, Belgium & Brugge My triumphant return to Belgium after many years. Besides chocolate and lace, Belgium is known for waffles: And devil beer: In fact, I needed two waffles that day, they were so delicious. But I’m getting ahead of myself. We arrived in the busy port of Zeebrugge and boarded [...]

Day 3 – Le Havre, France and the Paris road trip This is jetlag day, and we have an early shore excursion. This should be fun. The boat docks in Le Havre, France. This is my second trip to Le Havre. The other visit was for dinner only, six years ago. I see an equally [...]

Well,it’s over. Where have I been? Sherri and I went to Europe for two weeks. Obviously not the kind of thing you want to announce on your blog to the Internets: “Hey, I’m gonna be across the ocean for two weeks. Why yes, my house will be unoccupied for two weeks; why do you ask?”. [...]

Ok, so it turns out I’m not going to Malaysia this Sunday. The project was pushed back, so I’ll probably be heading over there toward the end of January instead. This works out much better schedule-wise, what with going through the homebuying process at the moment and all.

I’m heading to Malaysia in a few weeks for work. If you don’t know where Malaysia is, it’s about 10,000 miles away, and will take me about 21 hours of travel time to get there… and only one of those hours is layover. The main flight is from Newark to Singapore. Direct. In case you’re [...]