It is the best of times, it is the worst of times, it is the age of technological incandescence, it is the age of political incompetence, it is the epoch of democracy, it is the epoch of idiocracy, it is the season of comebacks, it is the season of drawbacks …
We arrived at London Heathrow to an empty arrivals hall on Saturday evening, after an uneventful British Airways flight from Barcelona. While immigration at UK’s airports is usually a breeze with an American passport, we ran into an immigration officer that seemed to want to take her time and issue …
This week I bring in what I consider to be perhaps my best picture ever. This was taken in the Caribbean, not far from those spectacular landings at Princess Juliana Airport 🙂
After checking into the W Barcelona, we headed out on brief excursion through the streets of Barcelona.
At the start of the new school year, I needed a place to stay in while my grandparents’ house was undergoing the final phases of construction and I figured out a way to get into the rented apartment. And so I figured there was no better time to re-qualify my dad …
UPDATE AND CORRECTION!: A reader pointed out to me that I (like the L.A. Times and Daily Mail) read this story wrong: It’s not the Visa Waiver Program, it’s the Visa Waiver Interview Program, which is something completely different. Thanks to reader Matt over at Miles from Blighty for correcting me: …
I was recently quite fortunate to find premium cabin award space to New Zealand on United for 4 passengers! It’s not often that you come upon space on nonstop flights to New Zealand, so I immediately jumped on this as soon as I saw it. Many of you may note …
Our taxi ride from Barcelona Airport to the W Barcelona was a quick 25 minutes, and cost 30 Euros. If you are traveling alone, you may find the Aerobus to be a cheaper option between the two.
I thought it was appropriate figuratively, literally, and maybe politically to post this as we kick start this short week.
