Archives for: "May 2012"
Just a little adjustment
May 11th, 2012I have reservations in Barcelona for the Torre Catalunya. My initial reservation was through Expedia. Then I noticed that they wanted an additional 15 € a day for wi-fi, and I won't even tell you how much they wanted for a cable connection to the… more »
Barcelona webcams
May 16th, 2012Le Méridien
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My invitation to Russia has arrived
May 17th, 2012Now I get to go through the process of applying for the visa. The consulate has now outsourced the processing of the visa, so the processing time now has an additional day added. It also has an online component. Guess that's what I'll be doing this… more »
Visa app away
May 18th, 2012Just sent off my visa app for Russia. Previous feedback about the new online part of the visa application process had been negative, mostly involving slow server times. As far as I could tell, it worked pretty well. Alas, the hint sheet provided by… more »