I arrived at my hotel in Bangalore Monday morning 2am local time (Hey, what is it with this arrival time? There seems to be a pattern developing…) The city is in a turmoil from the recent bombings with more happening in Ahmedabad and more devices discovered, and thankfully disarmed in Surat over the past couple […]
Photo of Frankfurt am MainA few short weeks after leaving a certain enterprise application development company that caused me to visit the Frankfurt airport (Frankfurt am Main for those not in the know) I find myself waiting there for an airplane at nearly midnight Pacific time. The flight in from Boston wasn’t hateful (excepting the […]
The First Stage of the Trip Times have changed since the book Around the World in Eighty Days was written, so much so that going around the world in eight days is viewed as “slow.” My journey started on Thursday departing SFO for Boston – ostensibly a 6 hour flight time – for what turned […]
Jelly Belly Visitor Center EntranceAttribution: Mike Harding One of the things I like to do is create adventures to try with my daughter. This weekend, we made the drive to Fairfield, California to tour the Jelly Belly factory. Sugar, candy, wacky hats, what’s not to like from the kid perspective? Actually, as these things go, […]
Recently, we returned from a week long trip to the heartland, that would be Ohio – “The Heart of it All.” It was great to see family and friends and catch up with the old stomping ground. However, the travel to get there (or anywhere) is just getting to be outrageous (fiscal costs aside.) For […]