Category: travel
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Bogota, April 2015
[slickr-flickr search=”sets” set=”72157654814578721″ align=”center”] I loved Bogota. I stayed in this adorable AirBnB, which wasn’t super close to downtown but taxis are cheap and it allowed me to get a lot of work done. It was about 30 minutes walk to where the good restaurants were, which was actually quite nice – I’d get an…
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Medellin, Colombia, April 2015
[slickr-flickr search=”sets” set=”72157651501611983″ align=”center”] I started my South American adventure in Medellin, Colombia. Four days to get acclimatised, remember my rudimentary high school spanish, and explore. I stayed at the Dann Carlton hotel, which was lovely. The staff were super nice, and breakfasts were tasty. First tourist stop were the Botanical Gardens which were lovely…
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This Week
Life Back from France (was nearly trapped there! Was sufficiently desperate I actually flew Ryanair), and then spent the weekend in London. Mostly work but also got to catch up with some friends, which was great. Work So hectic. Lots of client work, and started on this development project which will take up a lot…
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This Week
Life Last days in South America, explored Rio a bit and relaxed and swam in the rooftop pool. Then flew from Rio to Toronto, Toronto to Paris, then a train from Paris to Avignon for my sister’s wedding in the south of France. Work Mostly still disconnected! But a little more progress on The Secret…
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Berlin, March 2015
[slickr-flickr search=”sets” set=”72157651971644737″ align=”center”] I went back to Berlin to… tie up loose ends, I guess you could say. Mostly I worked and caught up with friends but I did have time for a little touristing in one of my favourite cities. Stayed at the Movenpick which was nice, and after discovering it was a twin…
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Malta, March 2015
[slickr-flickr search=”sets” set=”72157651796598319″ align=”center”] In between conferences I decided I needed some sunshine and R&R. I ended up in Malta with my mom, which was not particularly sunshiny… or relaxing. But it was definitely interesting. First, the greatest public transport experience of all time – there was an owl on the bus. Other than that, Malta…
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Creative Solitude
Before I left for South America I kept being asked “aren’t you going to be lonely” like loneliness is some terrible thing to be avoided at all costs. Since I’ve been here, people have been commenting “you seem to be very productive” and it’s true. I have been. I say, “I’m embracing a kind of…
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Amsterdam, March 2015
I was in Amsterdam very briefly for mdevcon, which was great – I gave a workshop and a talk in two days so I didn’t feel like I got to experience much of the conference, but I did meet some lovely people and they treated the speakers really well. Including picking me up at the airport…
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Internet-Lite
I’m in Mendellin, Colombia for four days. I had hoped to take a break for a bit but I can’t because 1) things (potentially good things! but still things) have come up. 2) I’m behind from being sick before I came, and it taking 2 days to get here. The hotel internet is terrible. It’s…