The Beginning
How Does the Blog Look?
By Tony on August 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
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The Adventure Begins
By Tony on July 11, 2007 | No Comments »
So life as contemporary nomads officially begins in Hong Kong. First stop Mirador Mansions in Tsim Sha Tsui, mecca for budget travelers. We spent our first two nights in Cosmic Guesthouse (booked from Germany) in what appeared to be a slightly spruced up prison cell with the craziest shower I have ever seen. It had 5 shower heads – like some kind of medieval torture device. Despite the amazing shower experience, we decided to switch to “Well Yet Hotel.” Still a small room, but much nicer and brighter – and, at $32 a night, the price is right in one of the world’s most expensive cities.
6 Hours in Qatar
By Tony on July 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We’ve got six hours in Qatar waiting for our onward flight to Hong Kong. With lots of confusion over whether or not we need visas to go into the city plus temperatures over 104 F (40 C), we decided to stay in the airport transit lounge food court, sip root beer floats, and people watch.
Goodbye Deutschland
By Tony on July 8, 2007 | No Comments »
This is it – our last day in Germany. We’ve been staying at Thomas’ parents’ house for the last week. Sepp, Thomas’ stepfather is a real Bavarian as you can see from the picture of his stein collection. Thomas’ family fattened us up for the trip. I’m really going to miss the weisswurst and Franziskaner weissbier (veal sausage and my favorite kind of beer.)
We even spent our last moments in the country at the Airbräu, the beer garden in the Munich airport. Only in Bavaria would people see you off at 11 AM with beer and pretzels.
Go West!
By Thomas on June 30, 2007 | No Comments »
Moving day! We reserved a station wagon at Hertz but were upgraded to a small truck for the same price. This was great because I suddenly realized how much stuff we still had; anything smaller than a truck would have been useless.
During our six-hour trip south to Ulm, Tony was constantly complaining because I refused to take side trips up some mountain roads to see castles and old walled cities. For crying out loud, we were in a truck! Medieval towns were soon forgotten when my family welcomed us with a huge barbecue.
