Category: Travel Log

Cab ride to the hotel

We grab a cab in Zurich and head from the airport to our hotel. The first thing I notice is that the Swiss people are gigantic. The men are 8-9 feet tall. The women, even larger. I see them loping…

The sound of the future, today

Nothing sounds more like the future to me than a hybrid British accent — someone speaking with an accent that’s part English, part something else. At the Amsterdam airport we hear a woman on the PA with an accent that’s…

The journey begins

I’m on the road right now, and for the next little bit this site will be transformed into a travel journal. I know you’re busy so I’ll try to boil things down to only the most salient observations. For example,…