I just got back last night from a half-week in England. The one and only extra trip I wanted to make in Europe this summer, one that I've been curious about for years, was to see Oxford and Cambridge University. After my freshman year of college I became enamored with elite universities. During my summer …
Reality Check
So last week I blogged about how I was happy about being in Stockholm and not needing any more summer travel or plans. Naturally a week later I find myself with a flight to London this coming week, and one to Croatia in two weeks. I even attempted to book a day of flight this …
Midsummer 2018
Another very social week here in Stockholm with the Midsummer holiday on Friday. The equivalent to me in America is the 4th of July, with almost everything shutdown Friday-Sunday. I celebrated with my girlfriend and her family eating shrimp, herring, and some steak (not Swedish style, but good on the grill). We also played a …
Settling into Stockholm
After a few weeks of traveling, I’m now (almost) settled into Stockholm. I’ve got a co-working office, a CrossFit gym, and some quality local food/coffee. It’s pretty great as everything is within a 6 minute walk, but I’m still figuring out the best way to assemble my day. One thing during traveling I didn’t …
A Normal Week
I had a good week back in San Juan. I followed through on some of my plans finding a real office to work out of (https://www.cospazio.com/ ), and getting work done. I was really hesitant to spend money to sit at a desk when I can do the same thing at a coffee shop for …
1 Month in PR + Weekly Recap
This week I had to renew my monthly CrossFit dues for the first time, and I finally accepted the reality that I'm going to become a resident of Puerto Rico. It's a good thing and was the intention for coming here, but in the back of my mind I've been very reluctant to commit. I …
Holy Week
I'm sitting in a cafe called Don Ruiz in beautiful Old San Juan that makes me feel like I'm in a Spanish military barracks. As usual the temperature is a sunny 80 degrees, and every day beyond Monday gets me confused with Friday. With Easter this weekend there's an even more relaxed vibe than normal …
Post Puerto Crypto
What a whirlwind past week. My friend Jeff and his wife visited for a cryptocurrency (technically blockchain but I'm not a fan of that term) conference. I'd wake up each day fantasizing about snoozing, rush to dress up, attend talks/meet new people during the day, and go to luxurious all-night booze-fests centered around networking as …
Moving into Puerto Rico
Tonight will mark my second week here in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is also the first day at my new apartment as I was finally able to move into it once the power was fixed (asterisk on this one because the building has power, but there is some minor glitch at the moment being …
Landed in Puerto Rico
Today was my first morning in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I was pretty exhausted from moving which took far more hours than I would have guessed. Who knew it would be so time consuming just to throw things away? I did try and sell/donate a fair amount of my things, but at 8pm-1am …
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