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flying…

so, I’m cruising now at 38000 feet, 530mph, flying directly over I-5 in California. In-flight wireless internet works, in-flight entertainment has some albums of my favorite artists I didn’t hear before (Jazzanova!) and movies I didn’t see. Guy in front … Continue reading

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Pictures! Trips!

Apparently I didn’t take too many pictures in 2008, but today I did upload quite a few to my flickr photostream. Though last year I traveled more than ever (though at least 6 trips were to SF area… ;-), I … Continue reading

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Another day of travel

As every travel morning it starts with getting up (04:30AM), packing, brushing, washing, yawning, bathing, all at the same time. I get to airport, and I realize, I’m going to Dublin, one of destinations for lithuanian economic migrants – that … Continue reading

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Wikitravel won a Webby

Congrats to Evan – his Wikitravel won a Webby (and has lots of my personal sympathies). Yepeee. For some people ‘wiki’ means wikitravel more than wikipedia. Wikipedia was winner of ‘best community’ and nominee of ‘best practice’ back in 2004. … Continue reading

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On a morning laugh..

My trip started with a very good laugh. When cab in Vilnius arrived, it had an old and once very popular lithuanian song about California (wine, girls, etc ;-) on the radio. I started laughing and couldn’t stop for a … Continue reading

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Tribute to bedjump.com

I do that at every hotel, just not every time there’s someone to capture that:

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First Delta experience

Lost my luggage (for the first time). On a domestic flight. Saw it last time in JFK. Yay Delta. I got an ‘emergency’ t-shirt from them. Pity it doesn’t say “I lost my luggage and all I got is this … Continue reading

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Travelling is always fun

At current trip I already had a few incidents – like the online ticket ordering fun mentioned before. There were more.

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Not reservation, order code!

Italians sometimes may be damn frustrating. This time I ordered an international train ticket online, then went to train station (Milano Centrale) to get it (may sound stupid, but they seem to require all those reservations and e-tickets still not … Continue reading

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Amazing coincidences

The Canadian couple who were sitting in same row as me during my flight to Wikimania’2005.. are going to fly in same plane I’m flying to Wikimania’2006. Talk about coincidences….

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