Archives for: "May 2012"

Just a little adjustment

May 11th, 2012
I 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, 2012
Le Méridien Many views Old harbor more »

My invitation to Russia has arrived

May 17th, 2012
Now 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, 2012
Just 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 »

Visa

May 29th, 2012
My Russian visa arrived today. Whew! The whole visa process is always a bit tense. Now just have to get all the work on my to-do list done before departure. more »