Irish Family Trip, Day 6
And I thought yesterday was a drive. I woke up to people above us thumping around. The joys of a four-storey walk-up. Dragging everyone else out of bed, we headed up the road to Blas, a restaurant in the Gateway Lodge. …
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Irish Family Trip, Day 5
Today was a drive. I think we covered most of the Irish West Coast. Which means you do nearly twice that, because there’s nary a straight road to be found in this country. Roads felt like they were wrapped like …
Irish Family Trip, Day 4
Sometimes, when you have a really busy day, and you might not have entirely slept off the jet lag from two days earlier, you sleep in a lot later than expected. We were an hour behind schedule getting going. And I say …
Irish Family Trip, Day 3
When I got up around 7:30, Monkey had already been up for an hour. I loathe mornings on vacations without plans because people will sleep indefinitely and I didn’t pay a few thousand dollars to fly to a different …
Irish Family Trip, Day 1/2
Despite the lack of sleep due to the Dirty Knobs concert and rising early on Friday to prepare for an interview that was delayed, I couldn’t sleep Friday night. Still, I forced myself to sleep in a bit. I took the house …
Cruising to Alaska with Mom, Day 8 - Vancouver and home
I had the worst sleep. Between a third day of fucking fever and headaches (the Tylenol was barely having any effect), the crew decided to have an all-night dance party in the crew quarters underneath us (Deck A, below …
Cruising to Alaska with Mom, Day 7 - At Sea, Sick
Didn’t sleep well. Wasn’t hungry but had a bit of breakfast anyway. Went back to the room to rest and sleep. The ship doesn’t really have a quiet spot to settle and sleep other than your own cabin. I tried to watch Death …
Cruising to Alaska with Mom, Day 6 - Ketchikan and the flu
I woke this morning knowing that there was a high likelihood that, by the end of the day, I’d be buried under the sheets with something nasty. I was very unhappy with that reality because the one thing I did not …
Cruising to Alaska with Mom, Day 5 - Glacier Bay
Five o’clock came earlier than I expected. I’m not sure I couldn’t sleep due to the (somewhat forced?) excitement of entering Glacier Bay, or just because sleeping on the ship hasn’t been great. I …
Cruising to Alaska with Mom, Day 4 - Skagway and the White Pass and Yukon
I’m starting to lose track of days. I think that’s the sign of a good vacation. Heavens forbid that I might actually like cruising… We arrived in Skagway early, I woke briefly and glanced at the …