Jan Trabandt Travel Blog » JT http://blog.jantrabandt.com notes from my travels Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:49:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2 Istanbul from plane and in airport http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3886 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3886#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:49:58 +0000 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3886 Not quite enough time to comfortably go into town, so I used my 15 lira from years ago for a cappuccino…

]]> http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?feed=rss2&p=3886 0 Some misc TK flight photos http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3881 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3881#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:45:41 +0000 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3881 Continue reading Some misc TK flight photos]]> Pretty tasty food (I pre-ordered seafood meals), good seat back entertainment system (I watched 3 movies), but not much legroom.I was able.to get a seat in the last 3 rows where it’s a 2-3-2 seating (B777) vs the normal 3-3-3, which gives more shoulder room. And this time the fuselage wasn’t oddly rounded too close to my head like my previous TK flight years ago.Oh, and the safety video had Lego Batman!

]]> http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?feed=rss2&p=3881 0 On my way to Dubrovnik, Crotia http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3876 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3876#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2018 19:55:47 +0000 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3876 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?feed=rss2&p=3876 0 Toronto mural in LAS airport http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3847 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3847#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2016 17:32:07 +0000 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3847 One of a half dozen or so murals when getting off the train from just after security to the D terminal 

]]> http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?feed=rss2&p=3847 0 Las Vegas has changed in the last 3 or 4 years… http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3844 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3844#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2016 17:30:54 +0000 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3844 Continue reading Las Vegas has changed in the last 3 or 4 years…]]> Since I was last there.

For better:

  • Blue recycle bins on the street
  • Bike share stations
  • More express buses (the SDX had just opened last time and is way faster than the painfully slow Deuce)
  • More newer bars and restos on East Fremont
  • Higher longer zipline downtown in the Fremont Experience

Neutral:

  • New casinos on the strip (mostly replacing older ones)
  • More big box pharmacies on the strip
  • Little liquor stores on the strip

    For worse:

    • Lots of closed casinos and shops downtown
    • Half the poker rooms downtown are no morw
    • More panhandlers

      Misc funny moments

      • Waitress insisted the daily happy hour ended at 5pm. I pointed to the sign on the wall that read in foot high letters 4 – 6 pm 
      • Airport check-in person asked if I had a return flight out of Canada. Not needed, I say. Do you have a visa? Not required for US citizens, I say. She keeps reading through the fine print and agrees.
      ]]>       http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?feed=rss2&p=3844 0       Atlanta – not so Hotlanta right now http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3840 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3840#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2016 19:48:33 +0000 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3840 Continue reading Atlanta – not so Hotlanta right now]]> Sunny and chilly wind…

      Clockwise from top left

      • 3 stadiums aide by side!?
      • Statue downtown of chicken chain’s big investment in scholarships over the years
      • Statue of woman who helped reshaped downtown
      • Indian lunch: salad with dal, veggies and a nice hot green sauce
      • New stadium under construction (reverse side of the leftmost stadium in the other photo)
      • Flatiron building! cf near St Lawrence Market in Toronto
      • Thats one big wreath! And the fire hydrant in front has a plaque: the first display of water system in 1875
      ]]>       http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?feed=rss2&p=3840 0       Cute “pet me” dog at San Diego airport http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3835 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3835#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2016 18:15:23 +0000 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3835

      The dog’s vest says “pet me.”

      The handler’s shirt says “Ready. Pet. Go”

      ]]>       http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?feed=rss2&p=3835 0       Ocean Beach, San Diego http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3832 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3832#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2016 03:20:40 +0000 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3832

      Clockwise from top left

      • Happy hour edibles
      • Bar/resto has a partial airstream trailer built in to the kitchen window
      • World Curry (in Pacific Beach)
      • Empty Pacific Beach… was nice when sun was out, and yes, I did stick my fingers into the ocean
      • Line caught salmon sashimi
      • Lifeguard memorial statue
      ]]>       http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?feed=rss2&p=3832 0       Seattle “sights” (sightings?) http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3829 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3829#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2016 01:55:21 +0000 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3829

      Clockwise from top left:

      • Non-traditional Sb*x sign
      • Roof of torn down gas station
      • Snow!
      • Really ms*t employees have a dedicated checkin line with this airline?
      • Tasty veggie farotto (sp?) last night
      ]]>       http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?feed=rss2&p=3829 0       4 cities, 4 accommodation types http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3826 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3826#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2016 00:59:05 +0000 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3826 Staying with friends, in a hostel, Airbnb and a hotel.

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