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Slavitastic

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I think this is the first blog entry I’ve ever done outside of the U.S. – I’m currently in Bulgaria waiting for my site updates to upload. Reminds me of my first internet dial-up connection way back in college; though not quite as flaky, thankfully. Just SLOOOOOOWWWWW.

It’s pretty interesting being in a country where no one speaks English natively. Most of the people can speak enough English to understand me, but simply ordering “Chicken McNuggets and a Coca-Cola” at McDonalds (yes, they’re here as well) took a bit of time. But eventually I got my food, and they didn’t rip me off with the change. 🙂

Strangely enough, McDonalds has probably been the healthiest thing I’ve eaten so far… most of the native food is very heavy and greasy, and pretty bland as well. I did have a meal at the cafe next to the hotel that had some broccoli and peas in it; I though I was ordering fried shrimp and mashed potatoes, but neither were in the dish they brought me. The menu was printed in English, but the translation left something to be desired.

In general, things are less expensive here – their currency (the Leva) is worth approximately $.63, and gas here, for example, is 1,89 leva a gallon (A little over $1 US). I don’t think it would be worth the 8,000 mile drive to fill up though.

Anyway, I have some pictures, but no time to upload them at the moment…

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Silence!

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The idea of spending 30+ hours in a cramped airplane over the next two weeks isn’t particularly appealing. But one thing that I am looking foward to… the lack of cell phones.

Now, I understand that they are considered a necessity these days, and I feel naked without mine. But for the past year I have worked in an “open space” environment, and you can’t go 10 minutes without hearing someone’s obnoxious ringtone. Several times, because my coworkers tend to leave their phones at their desk when they leave, as opposed to carrying it with them (which kind of defeats the purpose of bringing a cell phone to work in the first place, doesn’t it?)

When my employer decided to tear the walls down in our office, we set some ground rules up front. One of them was that all cell phones would be set on vibrate, to avoid annoying everyone within earshot. Of course, that rule was promptly ignored by everyone except me, it seems.

So I’m actually looking forward to having several hours at a time where, due to “FCC regulations” (whatever), I won’t be bombarded with poorly-rendered 1985-Casio-MIDI-keyboard-from-Sears versions of “Hollaback Girl” or “Golddigger”.

Ahhhh….

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“I’m shakin’ the dust of this crummy little town off my feet and I’m gonna see the world.”

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In three more days, I begin jetting around the world for a week and a half… fun fun. Here’s the schedule:

April 21
3:30PM – Leave Nashville
5:35PM (7:35PM CST) – Arrive in Las Vegas

April 22-23
9:00AM – 6:15PM – NAB Podcasting Seminar

April 24
8:50AM (10:50 CST) – Leave Las Vegas
2:25PM – Arrive in Nashville

April 25
3:50PM – Leave Nashville
5:49PM – Arrive in Dallas
6:55PM – Leave Dallas

April 26
10:00AM (4:00AM CST) – Arrive in London
3:05PM (9:05AM CST) – Leave London
8:30PM (12:30PM CST) – Arrive in Varna, Bulgaria

April 27-May 1
Connectional Table Meeting

May 1
5:20PM (9:20AM CST) – Leave Varna, Bulgaria
6:30PM (11:30AM CST) – Arrive in Vienna, Austria

May 2
7:40AM (12:40AM CST) – Leave Vienna, Austria
9:15AM (3:15AM CST) – Arrive in London
12:15PM (6:15AM CST) – Leave London
2:45PM – Arrive in Chicago
5:38PM – Leave Chicago
7:07PM – Arrive in Nashville

I found this nifty international clock with all the different places I’ll be between now and May 2

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Testing

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