Is Not Chicago

Here is a selection of the lastest updates from my friends who are also out galavanting around the world.

• wheresvictoria.com

  • The Bay of Islands (1/29 – 1/31) February 6, 2012
    On the northern end of the North Island there is a region called The Bay of Islands, which really is just that…a huge bay that is picturesquely contaminated with both small bumps of land and larger more significant islands throughout. …read more […]
  • Auckland (1/27 – 1/29) February 6, 2012
    After three weeks of fun in Australia, I was finally headed to New Zealand…and wicked excited about it!  Everybody that I spoke to said to not spend much time in Auckland, as there really wasn’t much in the city and …read more […]
  • Sydney and Australia Day (1/24 – 1/26) February 6, 2012
    Entering Sydney I was somewhat tired (after non-stop action from Byron Bay, to Fraser Island, to Whitsundays, and diving in the Reef), and had minimal expectations of Sydney.  My plans there were for only two days, just enough time to …read more […]

• Bossche Blog

  • Back in Bier December 7, 2011
    Bock-staticYou'd think that with the somewhat recently updated, seemingly more user-friendly blog post-creation format, that I'd have more regular updates on this blog. Well, there's plenty of proof already that that's not the case. Though I have been writing posts for friend's blog for the last six consecutive weeks. I guess when th […]
  • Untitled October 26, 2011
    The fox trying to match the mouse's fleetnessI read tonight that Robin Pecknold is 11 months younger than I am. Man. Sometimes, I wonder if I shouldn't have just studied and gone to swim practice less in high school, and learned to play guitar and form a folk rock band instead. Additional discovery of the night: the Grolsch 'Herfstbok' (a […]
  • And then it was September September 11, 2011
    Mr Robert J Ross It's so hard to believe we moved to the Netherlands 19 months ago. Maybe because there didn't seem to be a summer this year (see multiple previous posts referencing lack of season-appropriate weather), the past season and a half have gone especially fast.Since coming back from Mongolia, things have been pretty exciting, I have to s […]