Category Archives: Travel

I’m writing this on a seriously wavering wireless connection from our hotel room in Mérida, the capital of the Yucatán state. I had to manually configure the connection, as the DHCP server here appears to be dead. We arrived in … Continue reading →

2008; another year has elapsed. It was a fairly eventful one. We bought a house and we sold a house. We went to Iceland twice, and the UAE and Oman once. Sarah also spent time in the US over the … Continue reading →

We’re in Germany tonight, Münster to be precise. We drove here after this morning’s Little Gym session in order to sample the atmosphere of another German city’s Weihnachtsmarkt. It turns out to be an attractive, vibrant little town, although I’m … Continue reading →

Photos of our recent trip to Iceland with Sarah’s folks to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary are now on-line. One thing that doesn’t come across in the Þingvellir and Gullfoss photos is just how cold it was that day. The … Continue reading →

We returned home to the Netherlands today. It was a rude awakening; literally. Icelandair have this repugnant policy of making their Amsterdam flights — all of them — take off at 07:50. There’s simply no other option. Keflavík airport is … Continue reading →