The latest Journal Entries from Dana at Footstops.com en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:41:45 -0700 Copyright 2008, Bryan Rite @ Footstops.com Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:41:45 -0700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 240 http://www.footstops.com/dana/ Our arrival in Edinburgh also meant the end of our first guest trip, so of course the whole crew was ecstatic! We were all very tired after ten long days of guests onboard, so our gracious captain gave us two days off to explore the city. ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/5145/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/5145/ Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:35:34 -0700 Another brief three hours to explore a new place. We docked in Stromness Harbour, in the Orkney Islands, for about a day. I had 3 hours of my daily break to use in whatever fashion I chose, and of course, I wanted to get off the boat and tak... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/5139/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/5139/ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:25:55 -0700 Is it possible to fall in love in one hour? Or maybe half an hour? I think it took me all of 15 minutes to fall in love with the village on the Island of Iona in Scotland. It is quite possibly one of the most charming places I have ever been. ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/5065/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/5065/ Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:09:08 -0700 How fast is Belfast? Three hours, if you're me. That's how long I had to explore this new city. I rode my bike away from the boat as fast I could, with an almost nervous feeling. When you only have three hours, you don't want to get... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/5036/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/5036/ Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:43:15 -0700 It was a great feeling, standing out on deck as we cruised into Dublin. Finally, land again! We arrived as the sun was setting on the eve of a bank holiday, and the streets were packed with people celebrating. Everyone was looking at us as w... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/5021/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/5021/ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:52:19 -0700 After nine days at sea we finally reached land! Late in the evening, we arrived in the Azores, which are a group of islands in the middle of the Atlantic, belonging to Portugal. Horta is a popular place for boats crossing the Atlantic to stop over... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/4963/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/4963/ Tue, 27 May 2008 14:34:48 -0700 What's it like to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a boat? Without land references, or cues from the “real world,” you lose all sense of time, and your place within a week. The sun tells you when its day and when its night, and o... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/4962/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/4962/ Wed, 21 May 2008 14:21:31 -0700 And so another adventure begins!! Rather than paying a whole bunch of money to go to countries like Ireland, Scotland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Russia, I've decided to travel in style, and get PAID to go sightseeing. Well, sort... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/4961/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/4961/ Sat, 10 May 2008 01:09:44 -0700 What do you do on a sunny day when everything in Haarlem is closed? You go to the beach. Andrea's friends Heather and Derek joined our slumber pary in Graeme's flat after another great day of touristy things in Amsterdam. Some of us were sti... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/4007/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/4007/ Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:55:02 -0800 Valentines day is a great day to travel to Amsterdam. I'll tell you why. After flights and trains and more flights and trains, when finally arrive at your desitination, tired and weary, there are lovely Dutch boys giving out roses to girls as they... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/3974/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/3974/ Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:31:04 -0800 So if you haven't done so already, today is a great day to take a few minutes to calculate your carbon footprint. It doesn't take very long, and its interesting to find out what areas of your life are most heavily contributing to global... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/3878/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/3878/ Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:15:47 -0800 So I sleepily roll out of bed Monday morning to attend my first class at Emily Carr after a nice, long, relaxed (and much needed) winter break. I take my seat near the front of the lec... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/3328/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/3328/ Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:16:59 -0800 Andrea and I hitchiked, craigslisted and bussed our way down to New York from Montreal, via a quick stop in Vermont at the Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Factory, and Boston. I slept through the whole thing, but Andrea tells me the bus ride was one of ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/3333/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/3333/ Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:09:15 -0700 We left Montreal and headed to Quebec city one sunny afternoon. We used this service called Allo-Stop (a system we could DEFINITELY adopt out here). So we paid a small fee, and hitched a ride with a guy who was driving out to Quebec city. I sat in... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/3075/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/3075/ Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:26:25 -0700 After a 17 hour flight from Bangkok, I met my long lost friend Andrea at her friend's apartment in Montreal. I was incredibly jet lagged, but my motto has always been "you can sleep when you're dead" so who was I to miss out on Montreal and sleep... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/3074/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/3074/ Sun, 08 Jul 2007 14:15:54 -0700 Now, i am certainly a big fan of birthdays (and not necessarily a fan of proper punctuation and capitals, forgive me) and this year i was determined to have the best birthday EVER! so i... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/3330/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/3330/ Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:12:41 -0700 who could think of a better way to spend a birthday than camping with friends at the beach? my friend andrea sure couldn't, so she organized a little camping excursion out to pachena bay on the west coast of vancouver island to celebrate her 23rd ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/3094/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/3094/ Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:28:57 -0700 one of my favourite places in the WORLD is lake cowichan - its where all my childhood summers were spent, my fondest memories made, and where some of life's most important lesson... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/3093/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/3093/ Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:34:54 -0700 After diving in Ko Tao, I decided to head over to the east side of thailand while the weather was still good. I decided on Rai Ley beach, and it quickly became my favourite place i've been so far! i met a thai guy who took me around the area... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/990/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/990/ Tue, 15 May 2007 06:07:28 -0700 Apparently Ko Tao is the place to be for scuba diving. We had a big journey from Bangkok to the small island, but it was well worth it! I spent 4 days getting my open water certification, did a night dive, and had an awesome time exploring the island... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/989/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/989/ Tue, 08 May 2007 05:49:46 -0700 I flew from New York direct to Bangkok.  Arriving late in the evening, I checked into a hostel and wandered around for a few hours to check out Koh San Road. Very jet-lagged, disoriented and overwhelmed, i didn't last long until i was ready for b... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/921/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/921/ Thu, 03 May 2007 07:20:31 -0700 After a brief stint in the Bahamas, our yacht is now back in the good ol' U S of A.  We will call Fort Lauderdale home for the next few weeks while the yacht gets prepared for the upcoming summer season in New England.  Rough seas awaited us on the... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/680/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/680/ Sun, 08 Apr 2007 17:02:56 -0700 We have just arrived in Emerald Bay in the Exuma Islands in the Bahamas.  Our trip from Fort Lauderdale went relatively smoothly, despite some bad weather.  At one point the seas were 5-6 feet, and our boat is not the most seaworthy yacht out th... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/520/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/520/ Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:26:34 -0700 finally out of the shipyard in savannah, our yacht heads down to the bahamas via fort lauderdale.the sailing time from savannah to lauderdale was 22 hours, and from here to the bahamas is about 18. after several months of a very lazy work schedu... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/506/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/506/ Sat, 10 Mar 2007 23:43:45 -0800 i am currently living in savannah georgia on a new yacht. this boat is 175 feet long, built in australia. let me tell you, australians are not the best boat builders around.  because of their shoddy craftsmanship, we have been stuck in the yard f... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/243/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/243/ Sun, 04 Feb 2007 17:54:56 -0800 i flew from neice, france to zurich and then onto spain to the island of mallorca to visit my friend deirdre in palma. she was living on her parent's boat that they sailed from ireland to spain over the summer. she had invited me when we were in fort... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/242/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/242/ Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:45:58 -0700 Behold the 2nd entire weekend i had off for the whole summer.  we took the train in to rome from the port our yacht was docked.  its impossible to see all of rome in only 2 days, but i did my best!!! the only site i wasn't able to see was t... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/256/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/256/ Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:20:18 -0700 After another three week guest trip, we were finally allowed to step foot on land again.  We began with a half day tour of Ephesus, complete with ancient ruins galore! A few days later were were able to enjoy Istanbul, where we saw the Blue Mosq... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/255/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/255/ Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:17:21 -0700 I rented a car and travelled down the island of rhodes to the town of Lindos. It is a beautiful city, with white walled buildings and blue shutters. i got to soak up the sun on the beach for two days, eat the best greek food i have ever had, and expl... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/252/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/252/ Thu, 20 Jul 2006 21:25:00 -0700 for two weeks the boat was stationed in rhodes, on the island of rhodes.  tons of tourists walked past the yacht daily, taking their photo in front of the floating prison. (i say floating prison because it is very frustrating to sail past hundre... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/251/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/251/ Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:16:48 -0700 so the guests got on the yacht in venice, and we toured around with them onboard for three weeks. because there were guests on board, we didn't get any time off, so most of what i saw of greece up to this point was through a porthole. there were t... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/250/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/250/ Wed, 05 Jul 2006 20:56:41 -0700 ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/254/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/254/ Sun, 02 Jul 2006 21:58:24 -0700 i arrived in gibralter and was allowed to step onto land for 3 hours.  what a strange place to be!! gibralter is a strange mix of cultures, languages, smells and sights. after being at sea for so long withough contact with the real world, we stu... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/241/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/241/ Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:30:47 -0700 we departed in the middle of the nite after fueling for 8 hours or so. a big boat like that needs a lot of fuel! the first day was crazy and hectic, with over 20 of us crew rushing around in preparation for the big trip across "the pond.&quot... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/240/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/240/ Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:17:49 -0700 so i packed enough clothes and belongings to last me about 4 months and bought a ticket to fort lauderdale. i wanted to go to europe on a yacht. truthfully, i thought i'd be back in vancouver after an unsuccessful trip to florida, so i didnt take ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/239/ http://www.footstops.com/dana/blog/239/ Mon, 08 May 2006 16:31:58 -0700