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Tag Archives: new york city
Traffic, and what it says about your city and its people
There’s a lot you can tell about a city by observing its traffic patterns and the habits of pedestrians on the street. In New York, for instance, the people are moving quickly – the vehicles as well. The walkers and … Continue reading
Posted in Civility, Travelogue, Travelogue 2017, Travels
Tagged backpacking, Berlin, caution, Culture, europe, european tour, european travel, expectations, germany, Italy, new york city, pedestrian, rome, social mores, Social Norms, social rules, traffic, traffic pattern, USA, utah
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Nighttime in Berlin
The streets of Berlin’s neighborhoods always seem to be crowded, and the eateries do their best business in many sectors between 10pm and 2am. The trains are crowded all over the city until late at night. While walking one city … Continue reading
Posted in Travelogue, Travelogue 2017, Travels
Tagged Berlin, chicago, cities, Culture, germany, new york city, nightlife, Slow Travel, travel, Walking
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New York State of Mind: Boo this City.
On my way back to Utah and home, sweet home, I spent two nights in New York. The real New York, okay, guy? Not some upstate backwater like Schenectady or Buffalo. I spent two nights at a winning hostel – … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Travelogue, Travelogue 2015
Tagged backpacking, Europe Trip, New York, new york city, travel
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The Best Laid Jetlag-Battling Plans…
Time zones can be tricky. The plan was to depart New York at 11pm local time, sleep through the night, arrive in Copenhagen at noon local time, and get through the day without sleeping so I could manage to sleep … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Travelogue, Travelogue 2015
Tagged airplanes, art, Copenhagen, europe, History, jetlag, New York, new york city, NYC, the met, the metropolitan museum of art
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Day 4: NYC to Berlin (travel day)
Today is another travel day – this time I’ll head to JFK and then hop an AirBerlin flight to Germany. Big-city trains are dehumanizing in the same way that big-city streets are dehumanizing. Small-town folks don’t understand this, but the … Continue reading
Posted in Travelogue, Travelogue 2014
Tagged big cities, buses, human interaction, intimate interaction, new york city, public transit, small towns, trains, travel, traveling, value
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