Category: Travel

  • Overload Museum – Photo: Steve Holden Health Update (Bulged Disk & Bike Injury) Things are going pretty well since my last update in July.  My current "perfect" weekly workout routine is: 30 minute run (Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat); Pilates & swim (Wed & Fri); and bike & swim (Sun). Also…

  • During the course of our trip to Europe we used a pretty simple list of gear: Cellphones: I had my Samsung S11+ and my kids each had their relatively newer Apple iPhones.  The my phone is on A&T and it worked well for the month I was away with the…

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  • I've had my Sony RX 100 VI since early June and I have been using it a lot since then.  Most of the photos and movies were taken as a "travel" camera during a recent trip to Europe.  I've also been carrying it around with me just about everywhere I…

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  • On June 8, 2019, Conrad, Carson, and I started on a summer adventure to Europe. The cities visited (some shorter than others) include: Frankfurt (start & finish for Conrad & Steve; start for Carson), Bad Pyrmont (in Germany), Brussels, Ottignies (in Belgium), Normandy (U.S. D-Day beaches), Paris (end for Carson),…

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  • When we were in Bad Pyrmont, Germany we stayed at Hotel Schaumberg.  It was a great location for us, the room was great for the three of us, and the food for breakfast was awesome.  I would stay there again. When we were in Belgium we stayed with our Belgium…

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  • We booked our tickets for Europe via AirTreks which I learned about via the Rolf Potts podcast. We all flew out San Diego direct to Frankfurt on Lufthansa. Carson flew back from Paris to Washington, DC (IAD) to San Diego via United a week earlier than Conrad and I.  Our…

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  • On Sunday, June 23 — Conrad and I left Berlin for Frankfurt (photos).  We arrived late in the evening in Frankfurt and stayed the night at the Marriott Hotel next to the airport.  We wanted to stay in hotel that was in the actual boarding area (bod hotel) but it…

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  • Conrad and I made our way to Berlin on Saturday (June 23) from Amsterdam (photos).  The trip from our hotel to the airport was very straightforward: walk to the ferry, take the free ferry to Central Station, and then take the airport train from Central Station to the airport. Here…

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  • SUMMARY — Amsterdam was one of the cities we spent more time in … mostly because I was attending the Getting Things Done (GTD) Summit 2019.  The conference was 2 days (Thursday and Friday).  We arrived on Wednesday from Rome.  We left on Saturday for Berlin. Here is a collection…

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  • The Getting Things Done (GTD) 2019 Summit was held in Amsterdam from June 20-21, 2019. BACKGROUND — My family and I had already purchased our airplane tickets by the time I confirmed I could attend, so we rearranged and made some adjustments so I could attend. My son Conrad could…

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