Monthly Archives: July 2008

Travelogue, Day 4: Turku

I’m really kind of a grump of late, and I’ll be damned if I can explain why. Some of it is legitimate, but most of it is from stress I can’t pinpoint, and all I can say is that I’d … Continue reading

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Travelogue, Day 3: Helsinki to Turku

While I’m a little disappointed we didn’t get to spend much time in Helsinki, touring changes a lot when you have a little guy in tow, so I’m pleased that we’ll be staying put for a few days in Turku. … Continue reading

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Travelogue, Day 2: Helsinki

Well-recovered from our early morning burger run and long walk by what we’ve now found out is a graveyard, the day started well. Mr. Torsten slept until I took him in for a shower at around 10, and I got … Continue reading

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Travelogue, Day 1: Munich to Helsinki

I have to admit that I really loved Munich when I visited last, but I’m not at all fond of its airport. I’ve only ever flown into Munich to transfer onto or off of an intra-European flight to an overseas … Continue reading

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Travelogue, Day 0: Denver to Munich

ETA: Pictures added! Our little Torsten is certainly used to public transport, but he’s never been on a bus or train for more than about two hours at a shot. So when it came to his first flight, we decided … Continue reading

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Travelogue Warning!

We’re currently travelling throughout northern Europe, and I’m blogging offline with some freeware software. Posts will be uploaded when and where we have internet access, but images will probably not be included until I’m somewhere for long enough to upload … Continue reading

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Quick update from Finland, Finland, Finland…

Ok, so I’ve had to blog offline for most of the trip so far, and having not had time to find WiFi access, I won’t be able to post those posts or pictures until I get that in order. Now … Continue reading

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In honor of where we’ll be spending the next week-and-a-half or so…

The visuals are cheesy here (YouTube is just full of people setting cheesy visuals to music), but since it’s a cheesy song, and the cheesy song is the point, I give you this courtesy of the InterTubes: More later when … Continue reading

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Attention Nathan Swearingen and..

anyone else who was in Dr. Hanney’s French I class with me: I’m totally staying at the Jacques Brel youth hostel next month. I cannot stop laughing every time I see the reservation in my calendar, even 18 years after … Continue reading

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Overwhelmed

So I’ve posted several times about being behind in just about every conceivable way of late (I do appreciate the irony there, by the way), but seriously… there’s just so much to do. We leave for a month in Europe … Continue reading

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