I had an unexpectedly emotional departure from Brisbane last week. It was supposed to be a standard flight to Sydney, but became something a lot more. When I first started travelling by air, flights to Melbourne were on 737s and to Sydney were 767s. I guess you knew you were going to the "big smoke" … Continue reading The last time
Category: Travel
Like most international travellers in the Internet age, during our recent travel through Europe I was confronted by the ridiculous situation that exists for mobile data access. By ridiculous I mean ridiculously expensive. Look, don't get me wrong: the technology that allows GSM/UMTS global roaming is pretty magical[1]. But it's not exactly new! It's not … Continue reading On global roaming for data
Back when I last posted here, I would never have imagined that within twelve months I would be in a new relationship, travelling overseas on holiday, and generally happy with my life. And yet, that's exactly where I am. I write this from a hotel room in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, having recently returned … Continue reading A long time away
I recently spent a week in Amsterdam, attending the Novell BrainShare conference there. This visit to Amsterdam was unlike any I've made before: certainly unlike the last one, where I barely made it halfway from the airport to the city and was there for less than 40 hours. Firstly my arrival was disrupted by the … Continue reading Amsterdam trip report
Since I've been back home now for almost a month, it seems silly to call these posts "travel updates". 🙂 With the experience of visiting le Viaduc de Millau still buzzing in my head, I pointed my trusty Peugeot back toward Montpellier for the journey to Germany. The run down the mountain back toward the … Continue reading Travel report: Driving to Sindelfingen
Seems like ages ago I watched that episode of Top Gear where they took a Ford GT, a Pagani Zonda and a Ferrari F430 from Paris to the Millau Viaduct. At the time, I didn't figure that I'd have any opportunity to see the bridge in the near future, but nonetheless subliminally noted it as … Continue reading Travel update: le Viaduc de Millau
There I was, standing in the Paris Gare de Lyon looking like an idiot staring at the trains on the platforms. I was about to experience my first trip on TGV! I took a few photos then loaded my gear on the train (big bag in the luggage space at the end of the carriage, … Continue reading Travel update: On to Montpellier
When last you heard from me, I had arrived in my Amsterdam hotel. The weather was a bit rainy, so I postponed the planned orientation walk and caught a bit of a kip, had some dinner, and made sure I was ready for the presentation the next day. I'm not going to talk about the … Continue reading Travel update: Riding the rails of Europe
Time to fill in a little bit of detail from my travel so far. I arrived in Amsterdam on Sunday morning, and decided that rather than get bounced by the hotel trying to check in too early that I'd fill in some time at Schiphol Airport. While I was there I had a chance to … Continue reading Travel update: Arriving in Europe
This post comes to you from the Cathay Pacific lounge in Hong Kong airport. Around 8 weeks have passed since my last post, and I'm pretty disgusted with myself at how little (read: not at all) I blogged when I was in the US and China. In fact, by the looks of things the site … Continue reading Back in the saddle again…
Crossed Wires 