This is just straight-up a list of what I've done in what order, in the interests of reminding me what I want to post (and what the summer's been like).
• 31 May: Philadelphia→Frankfurt. I stayed in Darmstadt for a couple of days to recover from jet lag (which wasn't too bad) and visit with Marc (which wasn't too bad).
• 3 June: Frankfurt→Valencia for AAMAS. Not the best timing, but my summer funding (from NSF) is contingent on attending this conference.
• 10 June: Valencia→Frankfurt. One more day getting settled with assistance from Marc, then I'm away on a train to Munich. I get to spend almost a whole week there!
• 16 June: Frankfurt→Québec City for ISER. Actually presenting at this one. Going through Frankfurt means another 3-hour train ride from Munich to Darmstadt. This is the trip where I find out that flying from Europe to North America is the bad direction, jet-lag-wise.
• 22 June: Québec City→Philly. This was not deliberate, I got stranded in North America. But I'll always take any chance to stop by Philly :-)
• 23 June: Philly→Frankfurt→Munich. No Marc, but I get to wander Darmstadt a little, then get another... two whole days of work done!
• 26 June: Munich→Edinburgh. Woot! Scotland! This is actually close to my favorite bit so far (despite my customs experience).
• 2 July: Edinburgh→Munich. Oh, ha ha, I'm just kidding! Actually:
○ 2 July: Edinburgh airport. Argue with EasyJet. Edinburgh→Stansted. Scramble to reserve a hostel spot. Stansted→London! Explorations!
○ 3 July: London→Stansted→Munich.
○ 6 July: luggage arrives in Munich, from... Narnia?
• 21 July: Munich→Toronto after accomplishing two whole weeks of work. (Almost.)
• 29 July: Toronto→Munich.
• 31 July: Munich→Darmstadt.
• 1 August: Europa Park! Okay that's not exactly a trip, but it's a 2½-hour drive each way and we spent 8 hours there, so I'm counting it.
• 2 August: Darmstadt→Osterspai.
• 3 August: Visited Cologne. Cathedral! Whoah!
• 4 August: Visited Koblenz, then Osterspai→Darmstadt.
• 5 August: Darmstadt→Munich.
• 11 August: Munich→Innsbruck→Munich. A castle and a golden roof were visited, and our intrepid heroes touched the ceiling of the world.
• 12 August: Munich→Hohenschwangau→Munich. In which more castles were seen! Many fine castles! And also the one in which trains were missed and adventures ensued.
Whew. Maybe it's just me, but that seems like a ton of traveling. But I'm almost done with the obligatory work parts, and from here on out it's just weekend trips to various cities (because, why not?).
Man I love traveling. Good thing too.
2 comments:
Holy monkeys woman!
Thanks for the update, I *have* been wondering what you're up to.
The cats probably don't wonder. They know. Know that you are GONE FOREVERRRRR (they are still! Occasionally complaining for no good reason, which I think is you-related.)
Well, I miss them about the same! Since now I live with a stinky duck that hates me. Also I miss you. :-P
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