Forty Thousand Kilometers Around

Actually, Forty Thousand and Ninety-Eight Kilometers Around

nobody@vox.com(Joe Gratz) — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 17:11:45 -0800

I calculated my final route on the Great Circle Mapper, and it turns out I went 40,098 kilometers around:

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Wandering in Prague

nobody@vox.com(Joe Gratz) — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 15:17:39 -0800

Here's a wrap-up of my too-few days in Prague. The city was beautiful . . . . . . but the real highlight was the chance to spend some time with Sasha and Jana, the cool Czechs I met in the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia. We caught up at the Sha...

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And back to the start!

nobody@vox.com(Joe Gratz) — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 04:50:09 -0800

I'm in the middle of a layover at Heathrow, and after flying in on my connecting flight from Prague, I'm about to board my flight back to San Francisco. I'm sort of stunned that I'm actually going home. There are lots of Prague stories to fill in...

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In Prague

nobody@vox.com(Joe Gratz) — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:28:26 -0800

Hi. I'm in Prague. It's lovely. See? I'm coming home on Wednesday, and Prague is turning out to be a perfect place to wrap up. It's comfortable, with good infrastructure and interesting places to walk around, excellent beer, and good food. I'm ...

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Geneva Wrap-Up

nobody@vox.com(Joe Gratz) — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 06:34:41 -0800

Since I last wrote, I've been having a good time in Geneva. I had dinner at the Cafe de Paris, whose menu features exactly one dish: an entrecote steak in a "secret," peppery, spiced butter sauce. It was pretty fantastic, as you'd expect from the ...

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Geneva

nobody@vox.com(Joe Gratz) — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:10:02 -0800

Once again, on my easyJet flight from Rome to Geneva, I ended up in my ideal seat (exit row, on the aisle) despite the lack of assigned seats. Getting from the airport to the hotel was comically easy -- every train leaving the huge Cornavin statio...

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Rome Wrap-Up

nobody@vox.com(Joe Gratz) — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 04:52:07 -0800

I'm in Geneva now, and I'm getting seriously behind on my blogging. So, here's a quick Rome wrap-up. For the full story,as always, see my Flickr stream. That same night, I also visited the Church of Santa Maria in Trastevere, which was gorgeous...

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The Church of St. Cecilia

nobody@vox.com(Joe Gratz) — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:51:58 -0800

After a very long walk and after crossing the Tiber, I made it to Trastevere. I walked through tiny alleys with clothing hanging from lines, past unnamed restaurants spilling out onto the sidewalk, and then finally into an icky, touristy bit, whi...

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A Wrong Turn

nobody@vox.com(Joe Gratz) — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:29:34 -0800

After St. Peter's, in the late afternoon, I decided to head to Trastevere, the old, somewhat rustic part of the city across the Tiber from the city center. The Metro doesn't run to Trastevere, and I didn't feel like figuring out buses, so I just ...

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St. Peter's

nobody@vox.com(Joe Gratz) — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:17:05 -0800

I spent a chunk of Tuesday at the Vatican. My first stop after entering the country was, of course, the Vatican post office. The woman in front of me in line was mailing two huge packages to El Salvador (how apropos) -- apparently the Vatican mai...

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