Tag Archives: travel
Apology to Mrs O
Before I even finished writing the previous post, I realized that I should go see something, at least the Liberty Bell since I had seen the Moscow bell which they bragged was so much bigger than ours. It certainly was, … Continue reading
Filed under hockey tourism
Philadelphia (and a little bit of New Jersey)
This trip started Monday with me hitting the snooze button on my Droid, three or four times, before I dragged myself off the couch where I had curled up under a blanket for a little nap before my three am … Continue reading
Filed under Flyers, hockey tourism, More & Less Hockey
Behind veil number one…
I am so tired I can’t really think straight, but I feel like writing something about it. There’s been talk about realignment being nixed by the NHLPA. We have been told many times by many outlets that this is a … Continue reading
Filed under More & Less Hockey, SJ Sharks
The Road
Sharks @ Wild, December 29 I watched the movie The Road recently. I guess if you were a hopeless optimist, you could see that story as a walking tour of the remnants of a once great civilization, like Pompeii. Sure, it’s … Continue reading
Filed under More & Less Hockey
SJ Sharks Meet and Greet, Stockholm, 2010
I had never asked anyone for an autograph before I held one of the matryoshka dolls out for Joe Pavelski to sign. I still don’t understand what an autograph signifies, unless it is a legal document. In the case of … Continue reading
Filed under hockey tourism, More & Less Hockey, petshark in Russia
Home Again
October 4, 7pm I am starting to recognize faces in the SKA fan crowd. The travel books are so completely and shamelessly wrong and evil. I will leave the Lonely Planet one behind, my host might find it amusing, or offensive. Not … Continue reading
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Avangard Omsk v. Dynamo Minsk
(still working under the pay by the minute online rule of no time to edit, forgive typos and gibberish) Avangard is very handy. Their goalie looked pretty hot tonight, very elastic, very cat-like. I don’t think Minsk posed much of a challenge … Continue reading
Filed under More & Less Hockey, petshark in Russia
