{"id":273,"date":"2003-10-20T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2003-10-21T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/word_press\/?p=273"},"modified":"2003-10-20T16:20:00","modified_gmt":"2003-10-21T00:20:00","slug":"j-is-for-jetsetter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chasethelight.com\/blog\/j-is-for-jetsetter\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;J&#8221; Is For Jetsetter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a HREF=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/images\/101003a.jpg','','width=200,height=307')\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/images\/101003a.jpg\" class=alignleft WIDTH=\"200\" border=\"1\"<\/a\/>That&#8217;s me, Joe Jetsetter. How could I resist a Shag post to say I&#8217;m outta here. &#8220;Haunted Mansion&#8221; [<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/disney.go.com\/disneypictures\/hauntedmansion\/main.html\" target=_blank>LINK<\/a>] has wrapped and I&#8217;m off onto this Big Blue Marble [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coolvariety.com\/programs\/bbm.htm\" target=_blank>LINK<\/a>] [<a href=\"audio\/marble.mov\" target=_blank>LINK<\/a>]. Flights are booked, hotels are booked, concert tickets are purchased. A friend is house sitting. First stop Ireland as I hit Dublin and the countryside. Possibly the Cliffs of Moher [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flash.net\/~gkeating\/cliffs.htm\" target=_blank>LINK<\/a>], Aran Islands [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitaranislands.com\/\" target=_blank>LINK<\/a>], Galway, and Clifden on the west coast. Then maybe up to Belfast and also a trip along the north coast for a look at the Giant&#8217;s Causeway [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.northantrim.com\/giantscauseway.htm\" target=_blank>LINK<\/a>]. Depends on the weather. From there it&#8217;s London for a series of concerts. &#8220;Daniel Lanois&#8221; [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.daniellanois.com\" target=_blank>LINK<\/a>] at Shepherds Bush Empire, &#8220;Hot Hot Heat&#8221; [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hothotheat.com\" target=_blank>LINK<\/a>] at The Astoria, and finally &#8220;16 Horsepower&#8221; [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.16horsepower.com\" target=_blank>LINK<\/a>] at ULU.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll try to refrain from taking the train to Paris for a day just to have a Nutella crepe. That&#8217;d be a $200 dollar crepe, but it would be the best crepe in the world. Oh man, that place right in St. Germain, on that side street with the&#8230; Or the one by Notre Dame on the cool little corner with the&#8230; Or the one off the Seine near the Eiffel Tower that has the&#8230; argh, I can taste them all now.<\/p>\n<p>Then off to Barcelona to see Alex and Maria and have a Bocatta sandwich. I can already tell I&#8217;m just going to eat and drink my way around Europe this time.<\/p>\n<p>After that it&#8217;s off to Prague for a week. Can&#8217;t wait to see the Alphonse Mucha museum [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mucha.cz\/index.phtml?S=home&#038;Lang=EN\" target=_blank>LINK<\/a>] and the Bone Church in Kutna Hora [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludd.luth.se\/users\/silver_p\/kutna.html\" target=_blank>LINK<\/a>], the Astronomical Clock [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.orloj.com\" target=_blank>LINK<\/a>], and the Charles Bridge. Some of the movies that have been shot in Prague include &#8220;Amadeus&#8221;, &#8220;Kafka&#8221;, &#8220;Mission: Impossible&#8221;, &#8220;XXX&#8221;, &#8220;Les Miserables&#8221;, and &#8220;Immortal Beloved&#8221;. They start filming the &#8220;Alien Vs. Predator&#8221; movie the week before I get there. So maybe I&#8217;ll catch part of that. Then it&#8217;s back to Dublin for a night and the journey home. &#8220;J&#8221; will be for Jetlag by that time.<\/p>\n<p>The iPod is filled up with songs and all ready to go. Here are some Bloggirls and a Blogguy to keep you busy while I&#8217;m on holiday.  [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.willotoons.com\" target=_blank>Willo O&#8217;Brien<\/a>], [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kathunter.com\" target=_blank>Kat Hunter<\/a>],  [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasonzada.com\" target=_blank>Jason Zada<\/a>], [<a href=\"http:\/\/smokeandashes.blogspot.com\" target=_blank>Sarah McAuley<\/a>],  [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.janeforshort.net\" target=_blank>Jane For Short<\/a>], and of course friends and owners of the ultra minimalist website Stobo. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stobo.org\/Pics\/BM2003\" target=_blank>Keith and Shelli Bean<\/a>]. Their site is more like a shoebox under the bed with family photos in it. Except this family does Burning Man, not backyard pool parties.<\/p>\n<p>First trip with Aer Lingus. 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