http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/cjg1/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from cjg1 en-us Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:56:51 +0000 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:56:51 +0000 So this starts the birthday trip with a great upgrade. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/blog-131247.html I have to say that so far this is the best burger I have had at a restaurant in New York. I can assure you I have had better made at home for me. But this one is the greatest if you are out and about. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-98375.html We went skating and part two of the burger tour.This was one of my favorite meetings. It was the group of four of us from the other night along with the VA Pieter Jan V. But also joining us tonight was one Valerie from Singapore. She found VT this morning. Emailed me for things to do or a meeting and decided to come with us. All on her first day. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-98125.html This is a pic log. We had a group event and brought Pieter Jan V with us virtually. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-97873.html Here are some pics from Erik's signing party. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-96909.html This is continued from my Amsterdam page.We woke up about 90 minutes outside of Munich. It was my first sights of Germany and I was loving it. I just sat there and watched the scenes go flying by. As we approached Munich for the first time we packed up and got ready to go. Our plan was to go to Fussen and see Neuschwanstein. But first we needed to get train tickets breakfast and also see if we c http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-96236.html This is continued from Basel. Upon our arrival at the Central Station in Amsterdam we started to make our way for the information booth. It was another situation where we had no reservations and we going to just find our way. Used to do that a lot. Irsquod never do it again. But when we were young its how we rolled.We ended up following someone to a hotel that was nothing special. It was over on http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Amsterdam/blog-96235.html Continued from FlorenceAs anyone who has traveled with Mike can tell you he was asleep moments after boarding the train. We were in a small coachette on the left side of the train for the first part of our run. Something tells me mike road with his back to the direction we were traveling but that really doesnrsquot sound like him. I know I road facing our travel as I was FINALLY passing through http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-West/Basel/blog-96043.html Well this particular story should start onboard the boat. We had been at sea for about two weeks after our trip to Antalya Turkey. We were all set to pull into Livorno when the weather started getting rough. This ended up resulting in the need to not pull in until the next day. We thought our plans were dashed as you can do somethings in Europe in seven days that six is just too hard. But we pull http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-96041.html Well my trip started with some weird days leading up to it.But theyrsquove been edited to protect the involved.Taking the train home Saturday I called Eric my ride to the airport. He picked me up and we were off to my house so I could pack. Yup. You heard it right. I didnrsquot pack until Saturday morning. Oh well. What are you going to do I was busy and happily Friday night was spent http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Jodhpur/blog-95809.html My first trip to Australia was quite the unexpected adventure. I had just met a friend who also typically traveled on United. Well a week later efares come out and has NYCSYD for 700.74. I couldnrsquot believe it. I had never seen this fare for anything under 1000. So even though I had a trip planned for this time period to Southern California for the Yankees road trip I decided this wa http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-73865.html Well it seems most of my travelling is done when it is very cold. This was also the case on my first trip to Vienna. Like all my trips there is usually a reason why I end up going to one place or the other. This trip was no different. It started because we needed a place to go and see while Mike was in Germany. No sooner had he arrived than we were out of work. This left us free to go and do whate http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-8598.html Happy birthday Rachael and Gwilym. I came to London for the weekend to meet a friend and celebrate her friendrsquos birthday. It was only after I arrived that I learned it was also her boyfriendrsquos birthday also. Happy birthday to you both.Yes its true. I flew out of New York on Friday evening heading to London for just two nights. My work schedule does not permit me to often take long http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-8349.html Well this all started out on a Friday evening in western Germany. We had just finished work around 5pm and were heading home to get our bags. It wasnrsquot long until we were off to the Old Dublin for some dinner and drinks. Figured it was the best way to stay up until the 1230am departure from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Santa Maria Novella here in Florence. The train station was surprising cold. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-7056.html