Must … have … licorice
17 Sep 2007 by Tom in Jersey
On Sunday night we’ll board a plane for Bristol, England. It’s the first stop on our five week jaunt across the continent of Europe. Yeah, I know, we went on a European adventure last year. Why go again? Why not go to Oregon or Brazil or beautiful Mount Airy Lodge? Well, there are a few reasons:
- I’m out of licorice
- Our jobs are portable so we can really work from anywhere
- I think I left something in a hostel in London
Actually, it’s mostly #2. Jamie left her job in July to join Slurve, my small web design studio. We work side by side all day long in our little apartment in Montclair. Since most of our clients don’t care if we’re in Montclair or Mozambique, we figured why not take the show on the road and change the scenery a bit?
Thanks to a pile of Continental frequent flier miles and a generous aunt in Copenhagen, it looks like a go. Our plan is to put on some black socks, settle into a nice Ikea chair in Denmark and get some work done. The rest of the time will be spent in the UK (visiting Cornwall, Wales and hanging out with Rich/Jen in London), Austria (with my cousin Anette) and the Czech Republic.
Another highlight of the trip will be a visit to Poland, where we’ll join some folks from our church at an ARC Conference in a small town called Gryfow. They say there’s kielbasa and horses and stuff there. We’ll also join our pastor as he preaches in a Polish church on October 21. Working overseas, eating licorice and wearing black socks will be fun, but we’re real excited about seeing how people worship God in Poland. It should be a great experience.
So, go ahead and bookmark this page or subscribe to the RSS feed if you’re into that sort of thing. I’ll have my MacBook with me so I plan on posting many stories and observations from the road. Laters.
12 Sep 2007 at 12:47 pm
oooo! oooo!! me too! me too!!!!
14 Sep 2007 at 12:50 pm
Later punk! And by later, I mean “see you in Foggy Londontown in 13 days” you freaking southern fairy.
18 Sep 2007 at 2:35 pm
dang! you’re leaving already? i’m jealoous. just remember not to use up all the danish hospitality. or the actual danishes themselves, for that matter. jen’s been looking forward to them since DK01…
18 Sep 2007 at 10:38 pm
OK, we are trying to stay calm and composed and not poison your tea out of jealousy. No, really, we’re above that. I swear. Some people were not meant to live in this country, and by that, i mean ME.
L,
V
19 Sep 2007 at 5:36 am
Smithwicks in Ireland is 10 times better thank Kilkenny beer. Guinness really is given to little kids who have colds. It is freaking freezing here. it has also rained 10 times in 4 days. The Bourne Ultimatum is cool. I love fish and chips, like REAL fish and chips… see you soon.
24 Sep 2007 at 6:40 pm
The first thing I thought of this morning when my alarm went off is if you two were already in England, if it was raining, if you both were so tired your bones felt brittle, if Jamie wore the leggings with boots, and then I tried to figure out what time it was there, but the math wasn’t coming. So I figured it out when I got to work. Whew! That was a close one.
24 Sep 2007 at 6:43 pm
And if you are going to wear the black socks with sandals?… much like our coined phrase ‘Beach Amelie’, don’t you think you ought to photojounal your feets on the streets?
24 Sep 2007 at 6:44 pm
photojournal. just when you think you’re witty.. you go and mess it all up with a typo.