Posted in Where I'd Rather Be on Oct 31st, 2008
Bonfire is an understatement at Lewes. Semi-controlled wildfire is perhaps more accurate. Either way, it’s the best place in England to celebrate this national holiday commemorating the day when the British parliament wasn’t blown up, and the subsequent death of a Catholic terrorist named Guy Fawkes for planning to do it. What’s ironic is that [...]
Posted in Feedback, Site Features on Oct 28th, 2008
On 1 May 1707 the Kingdoms of England (including Wales) and Scotland were formally united. A century later the Kingdom of Ireland passed the Act of Union. The modern ”United Kingdom” was born and with it one of the most confusing country names of all time. Question: does your London friend live in England, Great Britain, or the [...]
Posted in Site Features, Where I'd Rather Be on Oct 22nd, 2008
Right now there are animals of all shapes and sizes gorging themselves on food to fatten up for the lean winter months. I started thinking about my own diet and realized that it doesn’t change much throughout the year with the exception of a few seasonal fruits. But what if there weren’t Tescos in every [...]
Posted in Travel Trends on Oct 20th, 2008
Trip Advisor recently announced the results of its annual travel trends survey of more than 8,000 worldwide travelers and over 450 British travelers. Apparently the economic woes sweeping Europe don’t seem to be impacting travel attitudes…yet. Fifty-six percent of Brits are planning to spend more on leisure travel in the next 12 months than they [...]
Posted in Where I'd Rather Be on Oct 16th, 2008
Chocolate lovers will think they’ve died and gone to heaven in the gorgeous Italian city of Perugia during the week-long Eurochocolate festival. The city is known locally as the “Costruttori di dolcezze, or a designer of sweet things. Entering Eurochocolate you’ll agree the reputation is well deserved. Feast upon chocolate sculptures, cakes, bars and fountains, [...]
Posted in Travelosophy on Oct 13th, 2008
Kurt Vonnegut was a prolific American novelist most famous for his book Slaughterhouse-Five. As a storyteller, he knew that travel was about the experience not the destination. Telling your friends about the museums and monuments everyone else has seen doesn’t make for a good story. And isn’t that what travel is really about…the story?
Posted in Where I'd Rather Be on Oct 9th, 2008
It’s 4 a.m. You’ve been to five cool clubs, seen ten great bands, made 15 new friends and fallen in love 20 times. You’re tired. You’re wired. You’re ready to find a bed. You’re ready to find the after-party. You can’t believe you’re here. You’re already making plans to come back next year. And guess [...]
Posted in Site Features on Oct 8th, 2008
Some of you received an email today inviting you to join our private beta testing group. If you did not get an invitation and would like to participate let me know. A big thanks to all of you willing to give up some time to help make Joobili cooler.
Posted in Travel Trends on Oct 6th, 2008
Last August when we were really getting serious about making a run at Joobili this article appeared in The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2007/aug/25/saturday.fivebest
The author, Sean Dodson, complains that he was looking for a “simple application that told you when to go where. But we’ve scoured the net and we can’t quite find one anywhere.” All I can say to [...]
Posted in Where I'd Rather Be on Oct 3rd, 2008
When the crumbling and contentious Berlin Wall was toppled on November 9, 1989, a regime and world system came crashing down with it. However, it wasn’t until the following October that Germany formally reunited, and October 3 was chosen as the official national celebration of German unity. So celebrate German national unity…wait, or is it the EU we are celebrating? [...]
