http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/acbestic/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from acbestic en-us Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:56:41 +0000 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:56:41 +0000 Hello EveryoneI hope this finds everyone in excellent weather. It has been really nice here in Bangkok the last few weeks. It warm day after warm day. 95 degrees is starting to feel normal the sweat however I will never be able to accept. As long as my fellow students have to endure being gross it makes it more bearable.Over the weekend we had a class field trip up North. We left Friday http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/Kanchanaburi/blog-398592.html Hello AllI hope everyone is doing well. I am finally here. After weeks of waiting and a 20 hour travel day I am safely arrived in Bangkok. Things your should know It is extremely hot and humid. It felt like getting hit by a freight train when leaving the plane. I have not had any time to explore the city yet so I can't give you much info about it yet.My flight from NYC to Hong Kong was a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-392559.html Hello AllWhile in Disney my friend Erin and I planned on meeting in Rome. It is a place we both wanted to see and the prices seemed to be right. I went ahead and booked my airfare. Erin had to wait to sort a few things out. As it turns out Erin had a large project due the day after we planned on returning from Rome. She had to therefore back out. I was left with airfare and no place to s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome/blog-369992.html Hello AllI flew home for Christmas on Christmas Day. For those of you who havenrsquot travelled on Christmas day . . . it is as bad as it sounds. Public transport is at a stand still so if you are a student trying to get to an airport from the city you are screwed. Luckily for me there is this ingenious business called Yotel It is a Japanese style pod hotel where you have yourself a litt http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/blog-369991.html Hello AllAfter a great weekend in Switzerland Amanda surprised me with a plane ticket to Lillehammer Norway to take in some skiing. I have not done a lot of skiing however every time I have gone skiing it was been a blast so I was very excited. To cut some costs Amanda decided to leave early Friday morning and wait for me to arrive later that night. I couldnrsquot afford to miss work o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/Ostlandet/Lillehammer/blog-369623.html Hello AllThis next trip was a really great opportunity to see a lot in just a sort amount of time. The destination was Basel Switzerland the very heart of Europe. What makes this location so special is its close proximity to both France and Germany. Its located in the Alsace region of Europe so it a cultural stew from Germany France and Switzerland.I went with my old flat mate Max and ou http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-West/Basel/blog-369616.html Hello AllIf you have not ever been to Munich go there. If you canrsquot then just go to EPCOT Center. But for those who would like to make the trip I suggest you skip October Fest and come at the end of November. Why Christmas markets. Germany is famous for the various Christmas markets it as throughout the country. They are so popular the markets have spread to neighboring countries http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-369263.html Hello AllI know it has been a really long time so I am backdating these posts to reflect the time that I went to various places. The last post you all got to read was when my Mom Grandma and the Fishers came to visit. Since then my travels have been intense with little time between.Amanda and I went to Paris in November. It was a really great trip. Neither of us had ever been there befor http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-369248.html Hello EveryoneI hope you are all doing very well. Let me start off by apologizing for the huge lapse in time between this post and my last. A lot has been going on here that has kept me extremely busy. My last post I believe left off right before my visit home in August. Let me start with that thenHome My trip home was great. It was great to get some time off from work and relax. I didn http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Islington/blog-339622.html Hello EveryoneI hope you are all doing very very well. I have been pretty busy as of late notice the lack of entries. Not busy as in travelling and seeing the world but busy in the sense that I have had a lot of class a lot of assignments and not to mention work. July was quiet months after I went to Dublin with Ben save for the homework. We had a two group presentations as well as a few http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Salisbury/blog-308304.html Hello EveryoneSo this a week or so late but I want to fill you in on the trip I took to Dublin 3 days after I got back from Nice France. I was meeting Ben Webster so I was pumped. I left Saturday morning. I had planned to catch the Stansted express to get to the airport at 415am. I had my alarms set so I wouldn't sleep in. But . . . guess what. I set them for 330pm. I woke up at 356 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-298120.html Here is a sample of of pictures from Nice http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Provence-Alpes-C-te-d-Azur/Nice/blog-298110.html Bonjour and hello from Nice franceI am sitting here is our hostel and I thought I would take a moment to write a short entry for everyone I am typing on a french keyboard so hopefully my mother will forgive the inevitable typos that will occur.I am travelling with two of my flatmates Max and Matt. We had an early flight so we had to catch our train to the airport at 410am. It was delayed http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Provence-Alpes-C-te-d-Azur/Nice/blog-291202.html Hello EveryoneI just got off Skype with Amanda Jo and started to think about what I have scene so far in the past 3 months. Some of the things I have seen have been repeats but I think they are still worth mentioning. You see sometimes I get a little depressed because I work 45 hours a week and when I finally get a weekend where I can go do something I tend to want to relax. So let's take http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wembley/blog-285951.html Hello Everyone What's new Well I have been working hard day in and day out. Its becoming very routine at work. I am really looking forward to taking on more responsibility. Today I worked and it was a holiday so I will get an extra vacation day to use whenever I want. I spent it much like I did the last one I worked surfing the net and occasionally doing work. I went and saw a play call http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-280474.html Hello EveryoneI know that is this long over due however better to be late than to never post at all. This message shows I am located in Sorrento Italy. I was there this past weekend and it was amazing. I little more on that after I fill you in on the past few weeks.Life has been going really well for me the past few weeks. I have been kept busy at work due to the fact we have a person on t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Sorrento/blog-271503.html Happy SundayToday is a very special day as the optimism that the past week provided us as far as the turning of spring has been shattered to pieces. The pictures indicate what I wok up to. Snow not just snow but snow accumulation. Now for those of you from the midwest you know that this can hardly be considered accumulation however in London it definitely counts. I had great ambitions tod http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Islington/blog-263559.html Hello EveryoneToday we had a dress down Friday at work for charity. Essentially for each article fo clothing you wear that is casual you donate 2 pounds for charity. I am a poor intern so I was still dressed up. I know why couldn't I spare a bit for charity That answer is easy enough. I had to save my four pounds to to join inon the sweepstakes we are having on the Grand National Race th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-262964.html Good Morning EveryoneYesterday was a big day at the office. I have finally been given a permanent workspace with my team. Its nice to get a chance to interact more with them. Yesterday was had some very interesting discussion primarily consiting of making fun of each other for how was speak. They try really hard to translate information forme. So they ask if I want a cookie rather than http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-262584.html Good Morning EveryoneToday I started my fourth week here at Deutsche Bank. I thought I would take time today to talk about how a typical day at DB is for me and the British workforce in general. As I enter 99 Bishopsgate the DB building that houses my department I am greeted by security guards that look like they should have been part of the Matrix cast. The have their little Secret Service http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-261519.html