Somehow, around 2 in the morning, I'm in a Brazilian bar in Frankfurt, Germany with a bunch of guys from Ireland and Philadelphia. How the hell did this happen??.... After being on study tour for 2 weeks with St. Joe's, some of us decided to hang around in Europe for a little bit longer. Most of the group went out skiing in Austria, another went to Spain, and I went to London to visit a friend of mine (see very first blog entry!) One of the caveats of staying extra was that since we flew Luftansa over to Germany to begin [View Full Entry]

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Being in Philly last weekend reminded me vastly of my love/hate relationship with the city. If there's one thing I hate more about Philadelphia than anywhere else in the world, it's the city's transportation on all levels. This includes public bus and rail, Amtrak, 76, and generally anywhere there is a veichle in the city. To sum it up..IT ALL BLOWS! However, no bigger Philly transportation nightmare occured than last year's mishap on the Chinatown bus. With summer travel season kicking into high gear, this should be a warning for all you low-frills travelers going up and down the east coast. [View Full Entry]

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Apologies for a later blog post, but when you're traveling around, not a whole lot of time to sit down and write! Long story short, for the past month, I've been somewhere different every weekend. Hence, minimal blogging. Anyways, I'm back for a bit and have a few posts up my sleeve. Other than an offsite out near Dulles International Airport, I haven't traveled for work since I started in August of last year. Back in March, I decided to sign up for a training course down in Atlanta at my company's headquarters. I was actually kind of excited to go, [View Full Entry]

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"Hey, are you going to be around this weekend?" "Yeah" "Ok..I'm booking my flights now, I'll see you in less than 24 hours" "Okay!" This was the phone conversation that I had with my friend Kristen literally a day before I headed out to Denver. I randomly landed an extra three day weekend, and I was not going to let it go to waste. Kristen had moved out to Denver back in October, and I told her that I would make my way out there at some point. You have to seize the opportunity when you can. I found really cheap [View Full Entry]

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"Are you nuts?" "Why??" "Ohio?" These are all the responses I got when I told people that I was taking a trip to Cleveland over MLK Day weekend this year. Granted, you have to take advantage of a three-day weekend when you can, but Ohio in January isn't exactly Cancun. So why did I decide to venture to the home of the Drew Carey Show (and who didn't love that show, honestly)? A few reasons. First off, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has been on my "must visit" list for some time now, and I wanted to make the [View Full Entry]

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As mentioned in a previous post, I couldn't have been happier to find out that I was going to Poland last year as part of my graduate program. I've always wanted to see the place where my great-grandparents came from, and growing up in a Polish community, I knew that somedoay I would go to the motherland. Granted, I don't now exactly what part of the country my ancestors came from, but it was still really cool to get the chance to set foot in Poland. We arrived @ Krakow's airport after spending 5 days in Munich, and automatically, you can [View Full Entry]

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Being sort of new to the D.C. area, I was anxious to see these cherry blossoms that I had heard so much about. I mean, yea, it's flowers, but it means so much to this area. And by it means so much, it means lots of tourist $$. After fighting the mob on the metro and getting past the crowds on the mall, a few friends from home, a co-worker, and I walked around the National Mall, taking in the peak bloom period of the cherry blossoms. I managed to get some pretty cool shots, so I'll let the pictures speak [View Full Entry]

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All my life, I've had complications with my last name. Whether it's been the many mispronounciations and spoken butcherings of it, or typos on important documents, I have a very complex Polish last name. Granted, it doesn't end in a "ski" or "swa", but it's fairly long and confusing. We Polish people are also the butt of many jokes due to a stereotype of being a little slow and for being slightly behind the times. Overall, there's just this common misconception that the good people of Poland are a little offbeat. When I found out I was going to Krakow on [View Full Entry]

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With St. Patrick's day being tomorrow, doesn't Ireland seem like an appropriate place to write about this week? I spent 2 weeks visiting my friends in Northern Ireland back in 2001, and only spent a few days in the actual Republic of Ireland. In just a few short days, I did learn a few interesting tidbits of Irish culture. Irish cuisine overall is nothing to scream at, and yes, it is pretty bland and boring. Corned beef and cabbage, sausages, and crisps pretty much round out the Irish diet, and you won't find a Taco Bell on the entire island. However, [View Full Entry]

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First off, I have to say that I am very excited to finally get my blog up and running. I've been thinking about this for a while, and finally just decided to do it. I hope you'll enjoy reading about my travels, and appreciate all your comments and feedback. I was thinking about what to write about for this first entry, and was coming up with some good ideas. Then it hit me. St. Patrick's Day is about a week away, and around this time last year, I was in London having the best March 17th ever! If you think that [View Full Entry]

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