Photo Gallery: Egypt & Cairo, Day 1

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Photo Gallery: Israel: Jerusalem

Day 2 in Israel was spent exclusively in Jerusalem:

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Photo Gallery: Israel: Northern Israel

The highlight of our summer cruise was a stop in Israel for 2 days.  We disembarked at Haifa and then boarded again the next day in Ashdod.  Here are some photos from day 1, mostly in northern Israel:

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Traveling One Way from SYD to LAX?

Fellow “LOST” fans will appreciate this one…  Go to Kayak.com, search for a one way ticket from SYD to LAX on 9/22/2010, and you’ll notice a new carrier is available: Is this a real LOST clue?  Eh, probably not.  Interesting though that the flight time is only 10 hours, 8 minutes when in reality it [...]

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Photo Gallery: Turkey: Ephesus & Kusadasi, 2009

Our cruise took us to Turkey for a day, where the temps were over 100 degrees…  We braved it for a tour of Ephesus (as in, the Ephesians) and lunch in Kusadasi:

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iPad: My Take

Like many others today, I eagerly awaited the 10AM announcement and watched multiple “live blogs” as the event took place.  My takeaways: the iPad is underwhelming but may be a good start towards a product we’ll all be using regularly someday. Lets look at the good: Easy, portable web browsing: Definitely something worthwhile, the ability [...]

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Photo Gallery: Rhodes, 2009

We spent my birthday, August 22, in Rhodes, Greece.  A great town that is easily walkable, we spent the day at the beach and doing some minor shopping (by our standards):

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Photo Gallery: Athens, 2009

Our summer cruise took us to Athens as our second stop.  There we hired a driver to take us to some of the most notable places.  Thanks to his help we saw much of Athens, in only 8 hours.  Here are some notable shots:

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