transportation

What was your first big trip?

Posted on December 23, 2020 by CaptainJaq

aj-1 Here it is, my first question from StoryWorth and already off to a rocky start. I read the question and immediately started pondering what was meant by “big trip?” How far back did I go? Was it in reference to an important trip or one of a huge duration? Naturally, it was Rasa who solved the dilemma. Continue reading →

Categories: Adventure, Friends, History, Personal, transportation, Writing | Tags: 1970 volkswagon van, 1987, boulder dam, disneyworld, Road trip, storyworth, texas | 5 Comments

A Day at the Beach – July 20, 2019

Posted on July 22, 2019 by CaptainJaq

Having a car has meant that we have many more options available to us. For instance, when we were going to bed on Friday night, Rasa turns to me and says “let’s go to the beach tomorrow. We can get up early, load up the car, and head out to the coast.” Well okay then! Let’s do this thing!

And we did. Got up early (well, no earlier than we usually do), loaded up the car, made a stop for snacks and gas and away we went. Continue reading →

Categories: Monki, Personal, transportation, Travel | Tags: beach day, coast, klaipeda, peppa pig | 3 Comments

Bubby and Pa Come to Visit 4/23-5/14, 2019

Posted on May 22, 2019 by CaptainJaq

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA So, for the last few weeks, starting on Rasa and my anniversary (April 23) through to the morning of May 14th, my folks have been visiting us. I previously wrote a bit about the first few days but I wanted to catch up and speak a bit about the whole trip.

Unfortunately, when people are visiting, it throws your whole schedule out of whack and I wasn’t able to get as much writing done as I would have liked. Thankfully, though, mom did. So I’m going to do something I’ve never done before on here – co-author a piece. Using mom’s facebook posts as a starting point (you’ll see her notes in red), I will comment, add, reflect, and ponder my own thoughts and feelings on the three weeks.

Enjoy! Continue reading →

Categories: Monki, Personal, transportation, Travel | Tags: bubbypa, family, ferry, Klaipieda, Riga, Stockholm | 4 Comments

2 Men and 40 minutes

Posted on April 26, 2019 by CaptainJaq

We’ve been looking for a new place to live for a while. Every day, Rasa would scour the listings, hoping to find something in our price range, in a decent neighborhood, and which fit our criteria of more room than we currently had. Then two weeks ago, she found something. We made an appointment to see the place on Friday at noon, discussed it for about 3 seconds, agreed to take it, signed the papers on Saturday and just like that, we had a new place to live. Continue reading →

Categories: Friends, Monki, Personal, transportation | Tags: Moving, new place, parents | 2 Comments

Coffee and Rain, Postcards and Plays

Posted on March 19, 2019 by CaptainJaq

March 12 &13, 2019

Tuesday was my last full day and I had only made one plan for the afternoon to meet a friend and Lin had tickets for me to see a show that night, so I figured this was a day on my own. I was up and out of the house before Lin knew I was gone.

I had arranged to meet my friend Ian near the South Kensington station so I headed that way. I found a place just outside the station called Muriel’s and treated myself to a “Little English” breakfast while I wrote out a few postcards and watched the rain fall outside. This is what my vacation was all about. I wasn’t rushing around to see stuff and take in all the sights and wonders of a new place, instead I was just relaxing, watching the world go by. It was wonderful. Continue reading →

Categories: Art, Cities, Friends, Personal, Theater, transportation, Travel | Tags: Almeida Theatre, Berberian Sound Studio, Black leopard Red Wolf, comic books, Donmar Warehouse, Fisayo Akinade, Forbidden planet, Foyles, geek, harry potter, London, London 3-19, natural history museum, NHM, Phoenix Arts Club, pret-a-manger, ProudToBePuff, ryanair, Shipwreck, West end | Leave a comment

Spirits and Giant Squids,Geeks and Shipwrecks

Posted on March 18, 2019 by CaptainJaq

March 11, 2019

Monday morning started off too early for Lin. Naturally, the hazards of living with a small child and having to get up early on a daily basis means no matter what time I go to bed, I get up at what, for some people, is an unreasonable hour. But being the trooper (trouper?) she is, she was up before 9am and ran out to the local bakery to get some fresh bread then fixed us both some eggs (Gordon Ramsey recipe and it was skanu!) and toast for breakfast. Continue reading →

Cursed Children, EasyBuses, and other adventures

Posted on March 17, 2019 by CaptainJaq

March 10, 2019

A few weeks back, I was getting pretty ragged. I was exhausted, working on various projects, and hadn’t had a real break from anything in about 8 months. It also turned out that due to a scheduling thing at work, I could have a week off from work. It was at this point Rasa, my ever supportive wife, said, in essence, get the hell out! After debating for a bit, and looking at options, I booked a three-day getaway to London, where I could stay with my sister from another mister, Lin. Continue reading →

Drive past the cemetery, not into it.

Posted on February 24, 2019 by CaptainJaq

automobile-automotive-car-1386649 This week was filled with a couple of firsts for us. The first first was that my friend Dove bought herself a new car and we took her old one off her hands. This is our first car as a family and it’s a pretty big deal for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that it means Rasa gets to drive again. Continue reading →