Archive for December, 2009

Day 35: Berlin

Posted in Misc on December 12th, 2009 No Comments »

On May 3rd (day 35 of my trip around the world earlier this year), I received a whirlwind tour of Berlin from Wolfram’s cousin Martin:

Martin grew up in East Germany, so I received a humorous, biased perspective of how much better East Berlin is/was than the west.
The first thing of note was the dichotomy of [...]

Why I Avoid British Airways

Posted in Misc, Work on December 5th, 2009 No Comments »

Given the large amount of traveling I have done the past few years, friends are surprised that I generally avoid British Airways when flying to London, even if it means a connection on the east coast, a few extra hours of travel, and a slightly diminished quality of in-flight service between first class service on [...]