travel

On the way home, passengers at Trondheim’s international terminal are routeed right through the Duty Free store on the way to the departure gate. Having walked through this the other way, I realize the intent was that I should/would have gone through it the first time, meeting Norwegian customs at the other end after an […]

Day two of jet lag is the worst. I think my body clock is set on Mumbai time. I woke up at 4:30 a.m, pissing away most of the early morning playing computer games. At 10, I kicked myself out of the hotel room to spend four hours hiking around town, disguised as a camera-toting

The white noise and vibration during the takeoff phase of an aircraft always puts me to sleep. It was my hope that I’d stay that way for a significant portion of the flight to Amsterdam. Unfortunately, The Machine That Goes Ping does so at 10,000 feet, when it’s arbitrarily okay to operate portable electronic devices.

For the benefit of my coworkers who think I’m on an excellent boondoggle, a quick comparison between business and vacation destinations: Category Seattle Trondheim San Diego Weather 47°F Fog 12°F Sunny 59°F Partly cloudy Forecast Upper 40s, rain Lower 10s, 50% chance of snow Saturday 62°F, Partly cloudy Length of day (8 Feb 2007) 9h

Sometime tomorrow, you may hear something that sounds like a tennis ball can being opened very, very slowly. It won’t be a new trio of tennis balls, but rather a can of whoop-ass. And I will be opening it before I chew out a travel agent. Susan Dennis style. As part of meeting our corporate