By Chris Waters, on August 16th, 2011
Oh boy, what a day… After the events of yesterday, both of us were basically shot. After our court appearance in Bryansk, we immediately went to the train station to hop a sleeper to Saint Petersburg – 16 hours worth! The best part was that something seems to have disagreed with Lara’s digestive [...] . . . → Read More: Saint Pete
By Chris Waters, on May 11th, 2006
Here we are again, off to Napa Valley. This time, we were joined by our friends John and Carolyn Benyshek. The trip started out with our typical run around the Golden Gate and a climb up the Marin Headlands. Then we spent a couple of days exploring Sonoma County. We took a hike through Armstrong [...] . . . → Read More: Napa 2006
By Chris Waters, on September 10th, 2005
Our friend Russ has a timeshare in Steamboat Springs, which he traded for a week in Waikoloa Village on the Big Island of Hawaii. He was nice enough to offer a free stay for Lara and me, and we just couldn’t pass it up! Waikoloa Village is a sleepy little town about 5 miles off [...] . . . → Read More: Big Island
By Chris Waters, on May 23rd, 2004
It’s been a busy month! This past weekend we went to New York for Andrew’s graduation from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY. While there, we spent a day in Manhattan to take in the sights. We rode one of the hop-on-hop-off bus tours to get an overview of the city, including Times Square, the [...] . . . → Read More: Andrew’s Graduation
By Chris Waters, on May 8th, 2004
May was time for our annual pilgrimage to Napa Valley. This is now our 4th annual visit, always timed around Chris’ birthday in May. These long weekends have become a very welcome tradition, and we’re really starting to know our way around. We start off with an afternoon around San Francisco and just have to [...] . . . → Read More: Napa Valley 2004
By Chris Waters, on June 29th, 2003
Great Britain (2003) Lara and I went to Britain for our Honeymoon in June of 2003. We spent most of our trip in Scotland, but we flew in and out of London (Heathrow). The picture above is the Eilan Donan castle on Loch Levin in the Highlands of Scotland. This is one of the most incredible [...] . . . → Read More: Our Honeymoon
By Chris Waters, on October 13th, 2002
In October of 2002, we were wrapping up a fairly intenst effort at work that required a handful of us to temporarily move out to northern Virginia. Lara and I, along with our friends Dave, Mark, and Kimberly, decided to celebrate the completion of this effort with a trip to Munich. We were just in [...] . . . → Read More: Octoberfest
By Chris Waters, on October 20th, 2001
In October of 2001, Lara and I visited Paris, with a side trip to the Normandy beaches. It was strange traveling so soon after the September 11th attacks, but all in all the trip went fine. The most uncomfortable moment was when we popped out of the metro near the U.S. embassy and saw it [...] . . . → Read More: Paris & Normandy
By Chris Waters, on March 26th, 2001
Living on the east coast has certain advantages. We stumbled across an airfare deal from Dulles to London, and decided to take a 4-day weekend across the pond. We were worried about how much of the weekend would be bogged down in jet lag, but it turned out to be no issue at all. We had [...] . . . → Read More: London
By Chris Waters, on December 16th, 2000
Lara and I took a two week swing around Italy in Late 2000. We visited Milan, Florence, Pisa, Rome, and Venice. It was our first extended trip together, and probably served as the event that bound us together. There’s nothing like travel to put a relationship to the test! This was a fantastic adventure. The scenery, [...] . . . → Read More: Italy
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