We are in Xian and have just got back to our hotel after a day visiting the Terracotta Warriors. That and a stop at the Starbucks for the latest City Mug for Tania’s collection. Yesterday I learned that not only do we know a Westerner in Beijing, but we know someone who’s in Xi’an for [...]
Read more →As part of the package from the ROM contest, we have a personal guide and driver – no bus, no guide with a bad amplifier reciting prepared text. Seriously, this is a great idea, and it’s a way of seeing things without having to guess which way to go or how to get where you [...]
Read more →I’m not sure I really get it, but Hong Kong is still not REALLY China in at least a couple ways. Perhaps most notable to someone like me, Facebook and Twitter were accessible in Hong Kong via airport wi-fi. In Beijing, those are back to being non-existant web sites. Somehow we left the apartment Tuesday [...]
Read more →Tuesday – Off in pursuit of a SIM card for the iPhone with Reed Esau playing tour guide through old Vegas. White Cross drug store lunch counter for burgers, Frankie’s Tiki Room for rum-based drinks, and then milk shakes at some little little shop beside the Radio Shack we eventually found. Wednesday – Mac King [...]
Read more →Mom asked for an itinerary for the Israel trip, and asked if it was a safe time to visit the area. Thought I’d share my response in case anyone else has any concerns about our heading into a war zone. I’ve never been to the Middle East at all, so I’m nervous, but more about [...]
Read more →On my way over to the Design Exchange for the press photo opp today, I noticed that there was a Toronto a la Cart vendor on the corner of King & Bay. They were tucked around the corner on Bay far enough that I never saw them when I’d go in to work. I made [...]
Read more →I didn’t do this much stuff in Halifax or in Vancouver… technically I’m not doing most of it in Toronto, either, but this is a lot of travel cost that’s immensely cheaper from this end of the country. I’m still considering going back to Vancouver for a session of film overdose with the Vancouver International [...]
Read more →I’ve been turning up direct flights from Toronto to Atlanta for about $750 per person, all taxes included. Flights that have a stop in Newark or Chicago drop a bit, settling in around $550 return per person. I had investigated the possibility of buying the ~US$550 Amtrak US pass and taking the train the whole [...]
Read more →I was thinking about how we’d be able to get down to Atlanta in September for Dragon*Con if we were in Toronto rather than Halifax. Sure enough, there’s a well used rail line from Toronto to New York City, and a connection in Penn Station that heads down through Atlanta. The line through Atlanta terminates [...]
Read more →View Larger Map That is one daunting looking drive, but I’ve broken it up into chunks of 550-750 km bits, and while not all the stops seem to be in sensible locations, it’s a rough guide for how we might just spend our summer. If you’re in need of travel, in a westerly direction, we [...]
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