http://zach.kominar.com Tech, Law & Life - Exciting Tales, Interesting Things Sun, 17 May 2009 01:41:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to all of those who recently helped celebrate my birthday.  Supposedly turning twenty-six isn’t a very interesting birthday because your life doesn’t really change much with no significant milestones.  Somehow I have found myself in the middle of a mid-twenties crisis.  I’ve been accused of entering my late-twenties prematurely by ... http://zach.kominar.com/2009/05/mid-twenties-t-shirts-and-food-art/ So I’ve actually been home for quite some time now.  Regardless, I thought I should post some pictures from the final leg of EuroZack.   I returned from Amsterdam to stay in London again for a spell.  My final days were not without adventure.  However, I’ll let the pictures tell ... http://zach.kominar.com/2009/04/leaving-london-better-late-than-never/ As you may have noticed these past few days the site is undergoing some maintenance.  I've switched servers to a friend's hosting provider and am getting reacquainted with wordpress theme modding. I hope the new design will tweak well and freshen things up a bit.  I was accused of being ... http://zach.kominar.com/2009/04/spring-cleaning/ En route to Amsterdam via Eurostar from Brussels immigration busted into our train car and asked for everyone’s passports.  They had some sense of urgency about them which made the atmosphere a little more intense.  As it would turn out they escorted 4 gentlemen off the train at Rotterdam.  ... http://zach.kominar.com/2009/03/amsterdam/ If you had 24 hours in Brussels what would you do?  They mainly speak French, but the people here are much better versed in English than France and they are all very friendly.  Here’s what I managed to accomplish in from 17h to 17h.  ... http://zach.kominar.com/2009/03/24-hours-in-brussels/ En route to Brussels I made an afternoon stop-over in the town of Lille, France.  My cousin Thomas is living there temporarily while he tutors English to the young and old.  It’s a great place and far from little when you consider what region is technically counted as Lille.  ... http://zach.kominar.com/2009/03/a-lil-bit-of-lille/ I arrived in Paris in the evening at the Taylor Hotel which is near Republique.  The hotel suite was very spacious and included a bath tub which was very kind to my sore feet.  I learned something about the European laissez-faire attitude while staying here as well.  The internet ... http://zach.kominar.com/2009/03/paris/ The day’s adventures started out much like any other, “We’re on a mission for honey.” said Craig.  I reminded him that he was as sweet as honey for holding me up in his flat, but you just can’t spread that on toast unfortunately.  With lesser hangovers to deal with we ... http://zach.kominar.com/2009/03/london-town-what-a-day/ Day 2 in London started later than expected due to some very potent potables from the night before.  Regardless I made a great day of it and have a tale or two to share. Morning brought adventures closer to home.  I explored Woking, one of the commuter towns ... http://zach.kominar.com/2009/03/londons-on-fire/ I’ve landed safely in London and had one very long first day.  While sitting in Pearson before we took off I befriended Rob, a rock star/movie producer type and we hit it off.  It turns out he had enough sway to get into first class when our ... http://zach.kominar.com/2009/03/safe-with-some-luck-of-the-irish/