I’m meeting Charlie in Istanbul today. However, he’s had a bit of excitement on his plane ride from the States…
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SO…….I am in Halifax…….we had an emergency landing for a guy who had a heart attack. Didn’t empty enough fuel…
June, 2009
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Kiev, Ukraine
19 June 2009I really only came to Ukraine for one reason: I wanted to see Chernobyl. However, I figured that since I was spending all this time and money getting here, I might as well see some sights, too.
Last night, Phil me…
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Kiev, Ukraine
18 June 2009Today was a travel day. It was nice not having to travel at nice for once. It was a short bus ride to the airport, which is just a few kilometers outside of Tallinn’s Old Town. The airport was quiet, just like Old To…
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Tallinn, Estonia
17 June 2009Today started off innocent enough. I got up, dragging my feet, but finally made it out the door. I grabbed some Indian food for lunch before heading to the Estonian State Maritime Museum.
I tried to fanagle my …
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Tallinn, Estonia
16 June 2009I spent about half of today retracing almost all of yesterdays steps. There were some great photos to be had, but I didn’t want to take any because the sun wasn’t out, the light was crappy, and it was raining.
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I woke up early today, actually using my alarm clock for the first time on this entire trip, to meet a T, a good friend from work, and his wife D. T follows my blog and let me know a couple months ago that they would be on a Baltic Sea cruise abou…
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Tallinn, Estonia
14 June 2009Sleeping on the bus was proving to be hit and miss. I was definitely feeling much better than I was on the train, but the bumpy Russian roads were doing me no favors. I think I managed to fall asleep for about an …
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Per Charlie’s request, here is my finalized packing list, an update of this list:
Three cotton t-shirts
Three synthetic fiber t-shirts
One "nice" shirt, a polo
Two pairs of cotton shorts
Three pairs of synthetic underwear
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St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
13 June 2009I had two goals for today: visit the communications museum and get out of Russia alive.
After packing up my stuff, I made my way, again, to the communications museum. It was right were it shou…
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St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
12 June 2009I’ve been traveling for just about 10 days now; and it sort of feels like it. I’ve been nursing a couple of blisters, and I can’t seem to get enough sleep. I’ve also been fighting off some sort o…