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July 20, 2003
Typing on a train
Something to get used to, that's for sure. Riding in on a train to New York there is time to kill, and the scenery isn't exactly worth gluing my eyes to. I'll have lots of times like these.
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July 18, 2003
Europe, in my dreams
Literally. Last night I dreamed I was in Milan, Italy. There was a hostel, and on the bottom floor a convenience store/ bodega/ newsagent. I had gone in there for some refreshment and was trying to figure out how to buy beer.
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A badass ball of nerves
So far, this all might sound like I'm the biggest ball of nerves ever to try to throw on a...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (3)
Nerves @ a few weeks out
I hate to sound like a melodramatic weenie, but anticipation and nerves have set in here and there....Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (1)
Fourth of July - what are Yanks abroad doing?
Ah, July 4. Independence Day for us Yanks. I was just having a conversation about what the Brits are doing...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (1)
The first day approaches
One month. Bloody hell....Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (3)
Oh the questions I get
From a recently received email: "Hi I am planning to visit Europe. I am also doing a small study on...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (2)
Trains & Railpasses: Is Eurailing worth it?
"Don't get me started on Eurail, you might lose some custom, but it is a bit of a con to...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (1)
Airport Survival: When the flying gets rough – I didn't
I'm too damn nice. And I'm just going to have to do something about it....Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (1)
Counting down the weekends
Less than 2 months before I leave for Europe. It's pretty definite that my departure date is August 1, so...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (2)
Sleep & Europe Travel: My good friend the snooze alarm is becoming my enemy
This afternoon a friend invited me to a barbecue, and then we were going to a poetry slam nearby. Now...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (2)
Solo American Safety: Is it safe to travel Italy, especially alone?
There's just been a war. Headlines talk about protests here, and "anti-American sentiment" there. Europe comes up a lot. I've...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (2)
Moving can make you hardly think about a trip
Now that the guys and I are settled in to the new house, I've been looking back over the EB...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (0)
Setting up in Portland
I think I've just been away from a computer for the longest time in a long time. On Friday night...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (0)
Before Europe, Portland
This morning looking over all the entries from this week I'm hoping that I've got things to say. There are...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (0)
Oh those smart-arse London tattoo artists
Do people in China tattoo themselves with English words? Eugene, London, wherever you are or go it seems, there's someone...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (5)
3 months to go
So this is getting near the home stretch. May 1 — and tentatively anyway, we're expecting to chuck me onto...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (0)
From Europe to Eugene: A domestic weekend
This weekend I hardly touched anything Europe-related. On Friday I left the AS3K in my room, and caught up with...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (3)
AlphaSmart 3000: The Alpha, the Omega, my writing buddy on the road
There's something that could've happened yesterday, but it didn't, and I am very glad that it did not....Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (6)
Why bother with all these cities?...
...when it seems so much of the life of Europe is outside them? Since putting up the draft itinerary a...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (3)
It's about the destinations, dafty.
To date I've been trying to blog up lots of random stuff, from my ramblings in itinerary planning to emails...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (0)
To all the Belgian beers I've loved before, and will love in the future
Date: Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2003 Time: 9:20pm Pacific Beer Drinking Time Location: Again, dammit, not Belgium—but tonight by hops it...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (0)
Dublin & Belfast: How might Ireland fit in to this Eurail trip madness?
Ireland has been a bit of a tough one, as far as planning and inclusion go. On the one hand,...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (1)
Stop me if I start getting bionic implants
Never in my life have I felt like such a Palm-swinging, teched-out geek....Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (2)
No guidebooks, just the BootsnAll Community
Reading email, hitting the boards, blogging, reading the articles on BootsnAll — we've heard the stories. We've seen and heard...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (6)
Dreaming about Europe, dreaming about BootsnAll, dreaming about the future
Tonight I’m sitting in Perugino with Sean, splitting a bottle of wine and playing with my new potential toy for...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (0)
To guidebook or not to guidebook?
The other night my friend Taylor was telling me that there was some lonely planet book that I had to...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (5)
Trippy travel thoughts on scribblin' about my Europe dream trip
Sean, Chris and I just had a great chat about my trip, and all things blogging and Eurailing....Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (1)
What are your travel dreams?
When I start meeting people this summer, talking with them, something I'm thinking of asking them is: "What are your...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (5)
Blogging is weird
As August nears, something I'll have to get used to is blogging every day. Yet it always feels like I...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (1)
Anticipation makes anxious an Anthony
My head's clearer today, and not just because my cold is finally sliding away like Eugene rain down a gutter....Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (1)
Before it all begins
It's Tuesday morning, and no it's not Belgium. It's Eugene, Oregon. A cup of green tea steams into my stuffed...Continue reading... | by Ant | # | Comments (0)
