Archive for the 'travel' Category

Back on the Bus…

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

We’re spending the next 2 weeks of the Rat Pack tour up in Denmark and Sweden. This is a definite change of pace for us, particularly since we’re playing one-nighters and consequently have to ride the bus every day.
We’ve settled into a good touring rhythm over the last year and a half: rarely spending [...]

Free WiFi at JFK Terminal 4

Sunday, February 5th, 2006

I’m posting while sitting at the gate for my flight back to Hannover to rejoin the Rat Pack Tour. I’m in Terminal 4 at New York’s JFK Airport and surfing thanks to the Emirates Airlines Lounge network. It took at little while to connect but I am down the far end of the gate area!!
Should [...]

The Thessaloniki Trip

Friday, October 21st, 2005

For posterity, I thought I should finally sit down and document the bizarre happenings of our recent trip to do a Rat Pack Corporate gig in Thessaloniki, Greece. I’d obviously like to say it was a Greek tragedy but shambles would be closer to the mark….

Airport WiFi

Thursday, September 1st, 2005

I’m sitting at the gate in Boston’s Logan International Airport, killing time and having a surf courtesy of the “loganwifi” network.
I’ve been trying for a year or so to actually manage to get onto an Airport network but previously I’ve been thwarted by poor signal or prohibitive cost, or both! It’s nice to find [...]

Stranded(ish) once more.

Thursday, September 1st, 2005

I’m writing from my Girlfriend’s apartment in New York on an unexpected extra night here. I went to the airport today to head home and was faced with a flight delay which meant that I couldn’t make my connection from Boston to Manchester. The airline were great about it and immediately offered me a couple [...]