The Summer of Travel, Part II
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October 2nd, 2009
Continued from The Summer of Travel, Part I
Zürich, Switzerland
I flew back from Chautauqua to Zürich for 2 days. Yes, I flew all the way across the Atlantic Ocean for 48 hours. This may sound crazy, but I had already planned my second trip to the US back in January. So it was much, much cheaper for me to fly back to Switzerland to catch my flight than to change it.
San Francisco, CA
From Zürich I headed back to San Francisco for Emily Grey and Jason Goldman’s wedding. It was good to be back in SF but it felt like a much bigger and more spread out city than I remembered. The smaller size and great public transportation make it so easy to get by without a car in Zürich that we are spoiled now. Anyway, the wedding was was at the Tiburon Yacht Club, which was a very nice location with good views across the Bay (and really good mini crab cakes!).
While I was in San Francisco, I also officially became unemployed as the startup was unable to secure its second round of funding. For my last day, I took the CalTrain down to Mountain View to meet up with Adam and have one last Indian buffet lunch. It just seemed like the right thing to do.
Sammamish, WA
I had one week to kill in the US between weddings so I decided to go back up to Seattle/Sammamish to visit Jon, Nina, and my baby nephew Loch. It’s funny that when I moved abroad, I was afraid I wouldn’t get to meet my nephew for a long time, but I have already spent 2 weeks with him this year, which is probably as much or more than I would have if I still lived in the US!
While I was in in Sammamish, I was able to quickly design a new website for the inaugural Mud and Chocolate Half Marathon Trail Run that Jon and Nina will be putting on this November. I decided to make a static WordPress site with a custom theme so they could edit the content themselves without needing me to do anything. Check out the site and if you are near Seattle, check out the run too!
Chicago, IL
The final stop on my US tour was Chicago for Jeremy Morgan and Lindsey Jameson’s wedding. The wedding was a big reunion for all of my college friends and was a lot of fun. I also went for a long run along the Lakefront Path one morning; the Lakefront area is one of my favorite parts of Chi-town.
Dublin, Ireland
I had a 24 hour layover in Dublin on my way back to Zürich. It was my first time in Ireland so I was excited to check it out. Unfortunately, after not sleeping at all on the red-eye flight, I passed out in my hotel and slept through most of the day (1 – 6:30pm). By the time I woke up, the Guiness Storehouse (brewery) was already closed, which was the only thing I was planning to do in Dublin. Oh well. I still walked around the Temple Bar area, drank a Guinness, watched a football match, and listened to some really good bands performing outside on the street.
