Author: Vic Cross

The state of the union might be good, but the state of the Union is not.  Rog and I are both making statements like "this is our last trip to America", which now that we have left the US are reinforced by the difference between travelling to and within the US and our experience so far … Continue reading The state of the Union

It's 2050 (that's 8:50pm) in Amsterdam, and it almost feels like it too!  🙂  We arrived this morning, and caught a shuttle bus to the hotel.  A little walk along the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal and down to Dam Square, then some lunch and back to the hotel for a nap was the extent of today's activities, but this will … Continue reading Made it to Amsterdam

In spite of myself, I've successfully made it through to the British Airways lounge in Terminal 4 at London Heathrow.  Our connection on to Amsterdam comes next (in about an hour in fact).  Time to take a few moments to reminisce on the day in Boston...We did end up catching one of the many trolley-bus services, which … Continue reading Transiting Heathrow, thinking of Boston

Both Rog and I are experiencing a bit of travel sickness: were both getting sick of travelling.  Being away is great; seeing sights, experiencing different locations and people, and so on.  What's tedious is the process of travelling; taxis, airports, bags, departure gates, and all that rubbish.  If you could travel anywhere without having to manage all that … Continue reading Mid-journey blues

It was certainly not the purpose of the visit to Boston, but possibly the most significant Boston-related thing I've done since arriving last night is to enjoy a Sam Adams or three.  As the saying goes, it would be rude not to...  We passed his gravestone today; he's buried in the Old Granary Burial Ground on Tremont … Continue reading In Boston, Vic drinks Samuel Adams Boston Lager

As planned before we left Australia, on Tuesday we visited the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum's Steven F Udvar-Hazy Centre (I dare you to say that while doing a 4G inverted loop!).  The centre is home to thousands of NASM exhibits that they never had space to publicly display until generous public donations (the … Continue reading Us at the Steven F Udvar-Hazy Centre

No updates here for a couple of days, as it appeared that the hotel in DC had no Internet connectivity.  So, now from Boston, a little bit of news about what happened in the US Capital.We were delayed arriving thanks to the bad weather around the Great Lakes on Monday night -- our flight from JFK … Continue reading Washington DC was fun

A huge thank-you to Roger's family and friends in Vancouver for some wonderful hospitality and a truly enjoyable and memorable first visit to this fine city!  Today was a great day, with more teriffic weather.We visited the Capilano Suspension Bridge, Grouse Mountain (and yes, Aussies, it is grouse!), Deep Cove, Gastown, Granville Island, and Fisherman's Wharf … Continue reading Vancouver ROCKS!

I blame Sony.  If it weren't for the fact that my Sony DSC-F717 broke on the day before leaving for SHARE, I wouldn't have had to break the freeze.  So it's their fault I now have a nice new Nikon D50 D-SLR.  Sorry Susan.  :)I did a bit of research before I left (about 1am Sunday morning, when I … Continue reading So much for the technology freeze…

What a really nice place Vancouver is!  I'm having a great time and almost beginning to regret that we didn't plan more time here.  The weather today was just great; sunny all day, more like an early-winter day at home.Today's activities saw us at yum-cha (dim-sum here I think, will have to get Roger's confirmation) with some … Continue reading Beautiful Vancouver