http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/jkinnard/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from jkinnard en-us Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:42:39 BST Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:42:39 BST Tattoos Taxis Stealing TowelsAnd sent them homewards tae think again Flower of ScotlandSince my Germany blog last week life has been a bit of a blur as I get ready to return to the United States. Packing cleaning and closing out work issues kept me pretty busy but there was still time for fun. My friend Donna came over to spend the last week with me and we managed to get ourselves into http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Edinburgh/blog-85418.html Epilogue Europe 2006rdquoRegrets I have a few but then again too few to mentionrdquo Frank Sinatra ldquoMy WayrdquoThe final entry for this adventure It seems like both a long time and an instant since I sent you my first London blog in January. Right now Irsquom sitting on an American Airlines Flight heading back to Dallas. Not really certain where Irsquom going to live but http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Chelsea/blog-85414.html Kirmes hellip Germans Glam Rock Beer Brats without MustardLong blog today but itrsquos the second last one hellip so deal with itIrsquom a bit late with this blog however I just flew in from Frankfurt yesterday and was a bit tired from a really fun weekend. Several months ago my friend Anja see Greece Austria World Cup post told me about Kirmes a festival in her home town http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Hessen/blog-83866.html Happy Hours Stag Nights Hangovers and Big Seatsno good pictures this week ... I can hear many of you tuning outSorry itrsquos been twoweeks since my last posting but Irsquove been busy and I had to squeeze in a trip to Dallas. Now itrsquos Sunday August 13th and the momentum of my trip seems to be swinging towards wrapping things up handing things off and trying to squeeze in things http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-81697.html Troubling Trends Schlepping Boxes and Welsh RarebitPreBlog NoteTomorrow I enter my final month on this adventure Monday August 28th I fly back to Dallas. Irsquom running out of weekends and with a trip to Dallas stuck in there I figure Irsquom good for about three more blog entries 40 is a nice round number. In many ways I will miss journaling my random thoughts and experiences and http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-78593.html Hot French People Windsor Drama and Red Arrowsrdquo Is there anything worn under the kilt No it's all in perfect working order. Spike MilliganWhy is this quote both funny and timely Because I just received word from Michelle that she received a large box from Scotland. This can mean only one thing my kilt and full accouterments have arrived in Dallas And in some point in the next y http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-76767.html The Empire The Wall Newcastle United and a Bunch of RocksHello Everyone Irsquom back in England and looking forward to a few more adventures before they kick me out of the country. Before this weekrsquos blog please indulge me a quick detourA Brief Note on British Roman Historyrdquo But apart from the sanitation the medicine education wine public order irrigation roads the fr http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Tyne-and-Wear/Newcastle-Upon-Tyne/blog-74931.html Canterbury Tales a Walk in The Park And The Who Rock won't eliminate your problems but it will sort of let you dance all over them. Pete Townsend The Who This first paragraph is a little sad but this is where my head is while Irsquom writing today. Itrsquos Sunday night and Irsquom in somewhat of a pensive mood I donrsquot know why but Irsquom sure we all have days where we t http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Canterbury/blog-71191.html Canals bikes Red Lights and Dudes Watching Football ldquoIf you hear a voice within you saying ''You are not a painter'' then by all means painthellip and that voice will be silenced.rdquo Vincent van GoghI was supposed to fly to Dallas this weekend and since there was a last minute change I had no plans for the weekend. Now many people would sit back and say relaxing weekend bu http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Amsterdam/blog-69050.html Hamburgers Frankfurters Asparagus Strawberries FuballThis week finds me in Germany for a mix of business and pleasure. I have a German lady that works for me in Hamburg so I needed to go and preach the gospel according to James. I had several meetings with ldquoThe German Works Councilrdquo who told me all the wonderful things I could not have this lady do. If I expect her to work http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Hessen/Wiesbaden/blog-67501.html Crappy Drivers Castles Churches the Acropolis in Lithuania For those who think my blog entries are too long look at the pictures and go away I just got back from a great weekend trip to Lithuania with my friend SarahJane. People asked us ldquowhy Lithuaniardquo The answer is simple neither of us had been there before I didnrsquot do my homework for this trip and spoke only f http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-65845.html Cultural Diversity Disco The Bard and a Starship CommanderldquoAll the world is a stage and all the men and women merely playersrdquo William Shakespeare.Last week I attempted to find the true meaning of culture by reading on the Yorkshire moors and we all know that the sheep ended my quest. This weekend was spent chasing enlightenment through a different medium hellip the stage S http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/Stratford-upon-Avon/blog-64309.html Bronts Beaches and Train of Thought TravelFirst of all Happy Memorial Day everyone I understand that it is not supposed to be a ldquohappyrdquo day but you understand my sentiments. My delusions of a 4day weekend were sadly unrealized due to Friday meetings designed to better explain the merits of the Kinnard Product Delivery Methodology. Regardless I managed to have a few adventures http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/West-Yorkshire/Leeds/blog-62681.html Really Quick Blog TodaySorry for the lack of new pictures and cool locations for the past two entries. Simply put the weather has been crappy and Irsquove been busy. This week I launch the new team Irsquove been designing and planning at work. I have 15 people from all over Europe coming in to learn about the Kinnard master plan. Tomorrow morning is DDay wish we me luck.But on the Lond http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-61154.html Dallas and London Both Cities Have Something to OfferIt was the best of times it was the worst of times it was the age of wisdom it was the age of foolishness ... Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities Don't worry I wonrsquot get all pseudo intellectual on you by likening my blog to Dickensian literature. I was just in two cities this week it was definitely a week of both wisdom and http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Heathrow-Airport/blog-59745.html Big Wheel Keep On Turning hellip Fun in LondonWhen I say ldquoBig Wheelrdquo Irsquom not referring to the great Lynyrd Skynyrd song ldquoSweet Home Alabama.rdquo I mean it a far more literal sense as in the London Eye. The big Ferris Wheel looking thing by the Thames. Itrsquos actually the largest observatory wheel in existence at itrsquos peak it stands over 180 meters tal http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Islington/blog-58201.html Scotland Back to the Motherland hellip LiterallyThis blog will be more interesting to my bros than to some of you but I wanted to share.For the few of you who donrsquot know my mother was a Scottish citizen and my family spent many years their growing up. We hopped around the country a bit but spent most of the time in a little town wee toon called Dunoon. This was another 3day http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Oban/blog-56382.html Hit and Run Tourism Parisian Stairmaster and Unruly Canadians Itrsquos Friday and a beautiful sunny spring afternoon in Paris. I just finished meeting with two ladies from my team. Since my first Paris entry lacked any real pictures Irsquom going to see how many famous Paris sights I can take in before it gets dark outside. Irsquoll check back with you after I get back hellip gotta http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-54362.html Good Guinness Good Advice and a Good haircut Blog 1 of 2 Today ... Lot's of ReadingHope everyone had a Happy Easter I had Jan and John over here for one more weekend so we decided to hop a flight to Dublin and spend Easter in IrelandhellipGood call. The weather was beautiful the people friendly and the Guinness was smooth as silk hellip lots and lots of Guinness and Beamish and Kilkenn http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/blog-53291.html Free Us Or We'll Keep Your Mail Ireland Blog 2 of 2Jan John and I decided to go spend the weekend in Dublin to see hellip whatever there is to see in Dublin. Jan had mentioned something about a parade on Easter Sunday but we didnrsquot pay it much attention at first. It turns out this parade was in commemoration of the 1916 uprising that was the precursor to the rebellion that brought i http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/blog-53230.html