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We’re here
It’s midnight but we are here. Will post more tomorrow.
Amsterdam
So far so good, we’ve arrived in Amsterdam (an hour before schedule) without much fanfare. The plane was on schedule, the ambien works, and we even got moved forward to an emergency exit row because their was vomit on my … Continue reading
T minus 3 days…
We decided to start quasi-officially packing last night, just to get a sense of how much space we had in the duffels for the climb. (We’re then going to mix all of our gear up across 3 bags for the actual flights–we’ve … Continue reading
T minus 6 days…
Check out this update we received from the trip today…looks like it’s gonna be freakin cold!! ****************************************** From: “Eric Simonson” Date: January 27, 2009 9:13:19 AM EST To: “‘Eric Simonson’” Subject: Kili update Team, I talked to Craig John who … Continue reading
T minus 11 days…
Because I’m me, I’ve put together a 3 week countdown Kili prep plan. Last Sunday, James and I pulled out all of our hiking gear to go through our checklist and ensure we had everything we needed, or a … Continue reading
Greece – Day 15-17: Santorini (The Vedema)
Liz and I stepped up the last couple nights in Greece and stayed at the Vedema. Even better we got the rain man suite; the same suite that Angelina Jolie (yes I slept in her bed) stayed in when they … Continue reading
Greece – Day 11-14 : Santorini (On The Rocks Hotel)
We broke the Santorini trip up into 2 parts. The first we stayed at the On The Rock Hotel in Imerovigli. My best friends from London (Shereen and Marvin (one of my groomsmen)) met us and we had a really … Continue reading
Greece – Day 10 : Athens
Well not to make this trip too relaxing today we left Tel Aviv, flew into Athens, took a cab into Athens to see the sites, took the train back to the airport and caught our last flight to Santorini. While … Continue reading
Israel – Day 9 : Tel Aviv
After Masada we made the trip back thru the West Bank to Tel Aviv. Liz is this our right? In Tel Aviv we caught up Liz’s cousins Cynthia and Moshe Cohen who in addition to taking us to lunch introduced … Continue reading
Israel – Day 8 : Masada
Well we woke up at 4 in the morning (that’s AM) to hike up Masada. We took the Snake Path up. It was pretty brutal and the second most challenging hike that we did. (A lot of that has to … Continue reading