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Black Sensation
For Saturday’s big night out, we headed to Matyas’ friend’s bar for a birthday party/liqueur promotion. The liqueur is called Agua and apparently its made form Coca Leaves, the same thing that cocaine is made from. The bartenders were awesome…
Tags: Australia, Brisbane, Clubbing
April 27, 2009
An Afternoon in Brisbane
After we finished lunch, we decide to head to a park and drink one of the bottles that I got from the winery and eat the cheese that we got from the cheese factory. We found a nice small park…
Eating Brisbane
We got a late start on Saturday, which was welcomed. We had been getting out of the house by 9:30 every morning so I appreciated our noon start time. I was finally able to wear the jumper I got in…
Cloudland
So Friday was the first night that I was actually able to stay up long enough to go out. I took a nap but I was able to get up after. On tap for the evening was Brisbane’s newest nightclub,…
Kangaroos in Australia
So I had the chance to go to the zoo today because I just had to see kangaroos in Australia. At first we headed to the Australian Zoo, which is the zoo that Steve Irwin worked at and the zoo…
Tags: Australia, kangaroos, Koalas, Queensland
Wine Tasting in Australia
Today we headed out to do some exploring and we started with Tamborine Mountain, on top of which are numerous wineries, cafes, restaurants, waterfalls, and loads of other things. We started with the wineries of course! I have only been…
Tags: Australia, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Tamborine Mountain, Tasting, Whitches Falls, Wine
Jet Lag
I open my eyes, feeling like I’ve been asleep for years. Its still dark so I figure it to be around 4am. My bladder is begging me to hop out of bed so I grab my iPhone to use it…
Tags: Australia, Brisbane, Jet lag
April 24, 2009
Jet Lag, Tourism, Motorcycles, and Drifting
After 26 hours, I finally landed in Brisbane, Australia. I was super tired and all I wanted to do was take a shower. We headed to immigration and I was taken aback by all of the questions. Now one would…
Interlude
As I watched the sunrise from above the clouds, over the Pacific Ocean, a gorgeous transformation from the planetarium like dotting of stars in the night sky, I realized that this trip would be transformational. This would be the trip…
Tags: Australia, Flight, Sunrise
April 23, 2009
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JFK-FCO: My Return to Rome
My second flight of 2012 was a non-stop nine hour flight across the pond to my current city of residence, Rome. After one month in the US, I was heading back “home”, whatever that means. Part of me missed the
Just Ask: Waived Baggage Fees
The introduction of baggage fees in the US domestic market took all of us by surprise when it started several years ago. A trend that started with European low-cost airlines jumped the pond and made it to your favorite standard
World Economic Forum Davos 2012: Ensuring Food Security
Watch live streaming video from worldeconomicforum at livestream.com During the last week, private and public sector leaders, along with government representatives from around the world met for the annual World Economic Forum Meeting in Davos to discuss economic problems in
Uniquely Italian: A Round of Applause
If you ever fly into or out of Italy or have the pleasure of sharing a plane with mostly Italians you will always hear a round of applause upon landing. As much traveling as I have done, I have never
Worth 1,000 Words: Hope
For me, when i think about the concept of hope the first thoughts that come to mind are the people that I met while i was in Benin. These pictures represent hope. When you look into the eyes of children,
Book Review: Little Bee
A year and a half ago ago, a friend imparted a gift to me, “You must read Little Bee.” No she did not give me the book she simply gave the command. Chris Cleve’s Little Bee is a story that