As years go, 2011 barely makes it into the top 10 of 21st Century years – thank you 2005. While there was some incredible travel and food and wine and beer, there was also the hottest summer ever, and not in the fun way.
| 5 | Landing in Gander, Newfoundland
There are few worse words you can hear while flying over the north Atlantic than “We’re having to turn back and land in Gander Canada.” It’s even worse auf Deutsch. A mysterious smell and a lack of Airbus 340 mechanics at this remote “international” airport delayed my trip to Europe by a day but added an additional country to my three country trip. But the fuckers at Canadian customs didn’t even stamp my brand new passport. |
| 4 | Landing in Frankfurt Flughafen
After 24 of practically no sleep, I finally was in Frankfurt. The problem, however, was that the original plan was to acclimate for a day in the ‘dorf. But now there was no time to acclimate and didn’t even know what the new plan was. Eventually JT talked me off the panic limb and I made my way to Brussels. |
| 3 | Signing Up for AT&T Uverse
This was largely chronicled in this blog posting. But I want to reiterate and make it perfectly clear – FUCK YOU AT&T!!! |
| 2 | Wallet Stolen in Paris
To be fair, if you’re going to get your wallet stolen, doing so in Paris makes a far better story than Pleasant Grove. But try not to do it with less than €150 and your pre-paid train ticket home from Düsseldorf to Frankfurt. |
| 1 | David Fucking Freese
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