Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Albania, Blogosphere, Greece, Montenegro, Nieuw Amsterdam, Travel Trifecta on Dec 31st, 2009
I’ll admit it. I might be the world’s worst blogger. According to this corner of cyberspace, we seem to still be en route to Minnesota… That’s a very long trip (since early October)! Actually, I started writing this post in mid-December on another plane flying across the country from Minneapolis to California for a business […]
Posted in Business Travel, Minnesota on Oct 7th, 2009
We depart for Minneapolis today. I’m going to try to update the blog more as I would for a vacation both to give a sense of my life in Minneapolis when I’m on business and to record the visit with Libby. So, expect daily posts for the next couple of days.
Posted in Business Travel, Delta Airlines, Minnesota on Sep 20th, 2009
I recently confirmed plans for Libby’s first visit to the Twin Cities. We’ll be departing Tampa on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 7, and returning on Sunday, October 11. Like I usually do, we’ll take direct flights between TPA and MSP. We’ll also be sitting up front, as I managed to book First Class upgrades […]
Posted in Malta, Virtual Travel, Wine on Sep 6th, 2009
Last weekend, I got to enjoy a little of Malta right here in Tampa. As a bit of a lark during our visit last March, I picked up a bottle of Maltese wine (Marsovin’s Verdala Rose @ 6 Euro) at a touristy gift shop in the city of Mdina (photo below — the gift shop […]
Posted in Places, Travel Trifecta on Aug 26th, 2009
In my last update you may have wondered: why “plus two” countries when Paul and Libby just went to Alaska (USA) and Canada? For our Travel Trifecta rules, we’re using the country list defined by the Traveler’s Century Club (here’s a link to their country list and rules). So what? Well, the TCC actually counts […]