In the freezing cold of 7am I walked a long way to the highway, but once there the second car to come by stopped for me. He drove me up to Bern, but he left me in a bad spot … Continue reading
The Dromomaniac
Back in the hitchhiking saddle again. Sonja drover me out to a great spot on the edge of Zurich to hitch, and in about 10 minutes I got a ride towards Solothurn. I regaled my driver with the story of … Continue reading
My bag appeared 24 hours later. It wasn’t a big deal only because I have such great friends nearby who took care of me. I kind of liked my friend’s underwear. Is it OK to admit that? Young Kent Foster … Continue reading
When I tried to do the self check-in for my one way flight the system rejected me because I didn’t have an onward ticket reserved, so I had to go directly to an agent. In the redesign of my website … Continue reading
I am sure I have set a record for most days in the Washington DC area without actually going into Washington DC, middleweight division, but today I did it. I took the metro into town. It’s a shame all the … Continue reading
Is the title melodramatic enough? Good. I dread the idea of carrying something fragile, expensive and relatively heavy as a computer around the world. It is an Asus Eee PC 1001P-MU17 netbook, I think. Does anyone other than Apple have … Continue reading
Coming from Colombia to Washington DC, it is as if all the girls here are wearing burkas. I am visiting Robin whom I met 17 years ago in Hungary when we both lived there, and his girlfriend Yelena. Robin is … Continue reading
Every trip is remembered in song, something you listen to a hundred times to get through a long bus ride or something you hear on the streets over and over or for whatever nonsensical reason. I am only listening to … Continue reading
There was some miscommunication between Sam and I about what he wanted me to bring to USA. I thought it was two loose CDs, but it was a factory CD set that was uncommonly heavy. In other words, Sam put … Continue reading
(As always, my generalizations are based on a whiff of a shred of a morsel of evidence.) -Don’t bargain for a haircut in Colombia. I learned this the first time I was here, and I looked scalped. This time I … Continue reading
