International

Get comfortable and enjoy the story of how I almost was unable to get on my flight to Helsinki because of a rookie mistake. In this story, I am both the protagonist and the rookie and also maybe the villain. Hey. Remember how I was all packed and ready like…

Yesterday reports started circulating online that the Trump administration is considering banning all electronics except cellphones under 16 cm on all flights from Europe. That means laptops, iPads, tablets, large phablet phones, game consoles, cameras and camera equipment would have to be checked in a bag. Ugh. For the once-a-decade…

We arrived late and stayed up a bit late getting cleaned up and settled and drinking wine and congratulating ourselves on picking such a beautiful Airbnb apartment and then fell into a deep sleep like bears for the winter. Hi Stockholm, we are hibernating. Today we woke up so late that…

The Captain and I had been in the car for about 40 minutes already (read: 12 miles of winding canyon roads through the hills of Los Angeles) and we were just minutes away from LAX when I decided to check the weather in Stockholm. “Look,” I said. “It’s snow flurries!!…

As we were waiting in the conference room for our meeting to start, someone caught me on my phone checking out the weather in Stockholm. “When is your trip again?” he asked. “I leave in a couple of weeks,” I said. “How long are going for?” he asked. People around the…

I’ve never been to the top of the Eiffel Tower. It wasn’t something I would have chosen on my own, but Drew booked the tickets and I was happy to tag along. I had no idea that this would turn out to be my favorite activity of the whole visit!…