Comments on: Austria Haiku http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/06/19/austria-haiku/ a camera, a passport, a ukulele Sat, 19 May 2012 19:03:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Angela http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/06/19/austria-haiku/comment-page-1/#comment-86371 Angela Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:31:39 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=4803#comment-86371 This wound is still raw - less than 2 months old. We had planned for some time a long wished for trip to New Orleans for Jazz Fest. We were meeting friends and were looking forward to several days of fun, sun, outstanding music & outrageous food. The night before we left I felt the beginning of a sore throat. I thought, "I'm not happy about having a cold, but I'll just tough it out." It wasn't a cold. It was fever & chills & no appetite & 5 days in New Orleans mostly spent in bed. I did manage to drag my sorry carcass to Jazz Fest anyway but I missed Tom Jones. And dinner at Commanders Palace. This wound is still raw – less than 2 months old. We had planned for some time a long wished for trip to New Orleans for Jazz Fest. We were meeting friends and were looking forward to several days of fun, sun, outstanding music & outrageous food. The night before we left I felt the beginning of a sore throat. I thought, “I’m not happy about having a cold, but I’ll just tough it out.” It wasn’t a cold. It was fever & chills & no appetite & 5 days in New Orleans mostly spent in bed. I did manage to drag my sorry carcass to Jazz Fest anyway but I missed Tom Jones. And dinner at Commanders Palace.

]]> By: Denise http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/06/19/austria-haiku/comment-page-1/#comment-86361 Denise Mon, 20 Jun 2011 06:42:27 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=4803#comment-86361 when I was young, very naive and knew nothing about travelling, I booked myself a 2-month stay in Panama. I had a friend there who would host me, therefore making such a long stay possible. I hated my job at the time, and I had saved for about a year for this trip. Anyway, I made it from my country to London, as I had booked this leg of the journey seperately because it was cheaper, but when I went to check in at London Heathrow, I was not allowed to board the plane because my flight transited through a US airport and I didn't know that I needed to get a transit visa!!! There was no way to get it quickly, so I could just go home, feeling like a complete idiot. when I was young, very naive and knew nothing about travelling, I booked myself a 2-month stay in Panama. I had a friend there who would host me, therefore making such a long stay possible. I hated my job at the time, and I had saved for about a year for this trip. Anyway, I made it from my country to London, as I had booked this leg of the journey seperately because it was cheaper, but when I went to check in at London Heathrow, I was not allowed to board the plane because my flight transited through a US airport and I didn’t know that I needed to get a transit visa!!! There was no way to get it quickly, so I could just go home, feeling like a complete idiot.

]]> By: Brett http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/06/19/austria-haiku/comment-page-1/#comment-86351 Brett Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:45:16 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=4803#comment-86351 Erin and I were very excited to go on a diving trip to Palau this past January 7. Flights and hotels booked. On New Years Eve, we had some friends over to celebrate, and in my haste to finish preparations before they arrived, I cracked my head on a kitchen cabinet, requiring stitches, and ending our trip before we could even end 2010. Luckily, we had time to cancel everything with no monetary loss--and the entire trip to and from the ER for stiches took less than two hours--but we still haven't found time to rebook our trip to Palau... Erin and I were very excited to go on a diving trip to Palau this past January 7. Flights and hotels booked. On New Years Eve, we had some friends over to celebrate, and in my haste to finish preparations before they arrived, I cracked my head on a kitchen cabinet, requiring stitches, and ending our trip before we could even end 2010.

Luckily, we had time to cancel everything with no monetary loss–and the entire trip to and from the ER for stiches took less than two hours–but we still haven’t found time to rebook our trip to Palau…

]]> By: Kayt Sukel http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/06/19/austria-haiku/comment-page-1/#comment-86342 Kayt Sukel Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:19:58 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=4803#comment-86342 I was all packed up and ready for an early start for Prague. It was going to be my last hurrah, the last travel I'd do until after I gave birth. And then, inexplicably, my water broke in the middle of the night, months too early. I think we all lose trips to...something at one point of another. But then you find a reason to go back. I was all packed up and ready for an early start for Prague. It was going to be my last hurrah, the last travel I’d do until after I gave birth. And then, inexplicably, my water broke in the middle of the night, months too early.

I think we all lose trips to…something at one point of another. But then you find a reason to go back.

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