Late-arriving guy turned out to also be early-rising guy, which seems like being a glutton for punishment. There’s a reason for that, but I only found out later. The Travel Hangover (note: Find a better name for that) was in the…

This post started out more negatively than I’d like, so I’m mixing it up a bit in the hope that this will reduce that a bit. I’m staying at the Reykjavik Downtown Hostel, which conveniently enough is actually downtown, and…

It was sometime during this stay that I ticked over into a higher category of loyalty membership for the Hilton conglomerate; I’m assuming by nights stayed or total stays, because I’m sure as hell not worth it for dollars spent.…

Train leaves Indy at 6am. Which sucks. I packed my bags on Sunday night, post-gaming, and got to bed at maybe 1am. Had an early alarm set, and for some reason 3am was the time I’d decided made sense. It did allow…

I slept in a lot that first day. Not having made it to the room until … well, I’m not actually sure, but maybe 1am? … did not make for an overwhelming urge to get out of bed. Also, the…

There’s not a huge amount to report from Chicago. I mean, I did things, but they were ‘catching up with friends’ sort of things, which don’t lend themselves to photos. That said; I played some board/card games, such as this…

I figured that, as the street car which runs right to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal goes right up Canal Street, outside the hotel, getting to the station would be easy. Except they don’t; Not anymore. It’s just that the…

First thing on today’s schedule, after a shower, was The Packing Of The Baggage. Then the eating of the breakfast. As has become traditional, here’s the view during breakfast; No Beignets today; I ate at the hotel restaurant, for I…

Today started with the world’s messiest donut for breakfast. It’s traditional, and therefore I cannot be judged for my breakfast choices. Don’t blame me; I don’t make the rules. Post-Beignets, I took one of those hop-on hop-off bus trips, though…

For the record, these titles are slogans from t-shirts I’ve seen in the stores here. Like most places, almost all the stores have basically the same designs at around the same prices. Today’s alleged plan was to wander through the…