Christine Alifrangis

Month: April 2011

Arrivals, First Day and Jetlag

— LAX The flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Heathrow (LHR) was late into LAX; this started my trip on a wonderful note. The screaming baby, also great. — London Now, last year, I booked a one hour window through Heathrow, a huge mistake since heathrow is gigantic and you have to go through security […]

Technology Setup, Packing and Packed Bags

Macbook Air, CheckExternal Harddrive, CheckNew Aperture Library, check16GB Memory Stick, check Windows 7 in Bootcamp, checkCamera, CheckLenses, Check Adaptors, Check Ok ready to go! But wait, Now I need to pack it all in, so how do I do that? I need to be able to have easy access to all my stuff after unpacking. […]

Technology on a long Trip

One thing that bugs me about traveling in general is the risk that when you get to your destination, something, or everything doesn’t work. I’ve done quite a few trips armed only with an iPhone and my trusty Canon SLR,  this is a winning combination, because the two don’t need to talk to each other. […]

Upcoming Trip

My now annual trip to Holland is coming up in 7 days; 12 hours 40 minutes, I can’t wait. I am busy preparing stuff for the trip including: Packing, Finding a Parking spot for the car, ensuring that my bills are paid while on vacation. The latter two are easy, the first however, can set […]