Adventures
Arriving in Ukraine
Friday, October 12th, 2007On Tuesday I boarded my flight to Kiev, settled in and went straight to sleep. I woke up about three hours later, glanced out the window and thought “shit, I’m going to miss my flight to Lviv” - we were still on the ground.
The flight took off shortly after that. For the first couple of […]
A-OK at JFK
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007I’m at JFK right now, passing the time of my six hour layover in route to Ukraine. JFK is a really nice airport, or at least the international terminal is. My only complaint is the lack of power outlets. After walking the length of the terminal twice, and after encountering a few death-stares over power […]
The Mountain
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007On the week of July 4th 2006 I learned to hang glide. Learning was fun. I would get up at 5:00AM every morning to train on the hills until noon. The hang gliders weighed about 80lbs and had to be carried up the hill for each flight. As tough as this was, it didn’t seem […]