Traveling USA

By: Zdenko Kahlina

Florida Everglades stretch for miles…
The “River of Grass” as the Everglades are sometimes named, encompasses the southern tip of Florida. As such, it is the point you must pass through to reach Key Largo and your ride down the Overseas Highway. The Everglades stretch for miles, however.

Traveling USA

By: Zdenko Kahlina

No visit to South Florida is complete without a journey to Key West!
The ride from Miami to Key West took around 4 hours in our rental car, from which 3 hours were crossing the Florida Keys with amazing blue water below the bridges we were riding. We left Miami early in the morning so that we can travel during the day light, because this is very scenic drive.

Traveling USA

By: Zdenko Kahlina

Wind, rain and dark skies make for lousy weekend
The IBM conference I was attending last week in Miami ended on Friday, and Vera and I made plans for the weekend. We rented a car and traveled south, all the way to Key West. The Florida Keys are the southernmost tropical islands in Florida that you can actually drive to from mainland Florida. Key West, the southernmost Key in the US, sits at the end of the Keys, just 90 miles (144 km) from the coast of Cuba.

What’s new in IT technology

By: Zdenko Kahlina

IBM System z Technical University Conference in Miami was a Success!
I recently returned from Miami Beach, Florida, where I was attending the IBM technical conference, a premier System z Enterprise event, featuring zEnterprise, z/OS, z/VM, z/VSE and Linux on System z. The purpose for me was to broaden my knowledge and expertise on System z technology from both hardware and software perspectives, using solutions from IBM.

Traveling USA

By Zdenko Kahlina

Miami has sun, sand, sea, and wave of cultural traditions
I just came back from Miami after having spent 7 full days at the Fontainebleau hotel with my wife. I was attending yet another technical conference. This obligation comes with the type of work I do as a computer specialist. One always has to stay up to date on technical staff if working within Information Technology.

What’s new in IT technology

By Zdenko Kahlina
IBM System Storage Technical University (Formerly known as the IBM System Storage Symposium)

Travel California

Source: Local Wally’s Guide to San Diego

SAN DIEGO If you’ve been to Maui, then you know about the famous “Road to Hana”.
It’s an all day road trip adventure that takes you to places far away from your resort and leaves you with the feeling that you’ve done something unusual, perhaps more local than your fellow traveler.

Travel California

By Zdenko Kahlina

Round trip from San Diego to Palm Springs
Several years ago I was spending a week in San Diego on a business trip. During this trip I reserved one weekend to explore southern California and pay visit to Palm Springs and all the places in between. As usual, I didn’t choose the fastest way; instead I drove thru the national forest and some big mountains with twisty roads.

Travel California

Source: Local Wally’s Guide to San Diego

SAN DIEGO GUIDE TO ESSENTIAL ATTRACTIONS!
San Diego, the second-largest city in California, is a first-class place for a holiday. The city is spread out, and having a car is pretty essential. A week’s rental of an economy-size vehicle from San Diego airport with almost any company will costs you about $250.00 a week, including total damage excess waiver. Or, you may try Old Town Trolley Tours a hop-on, hop-off open-sided bus service linking tourist areas, with insightful commentary.

Travel California

By Zdenko Kahlina

A tour of laid back San Diego
San Diego, the second-largest city in California, is a first-class place for a holiday. The city is spread out, and having a car is pretty essential. A week’s rental of an economy-size vehicle from San Diego airport with almost any company will costs you about $250.00 a week, including total damage excess waiver. Or, you may try Old Town Trolley Tours a hop-on, hop-off open-sided bus service linking tourist areas, with insightful commentary.

Beautiful and calming to the soul

By: Zdenko Kahlina

This attraction is to Tucson what the Eiffel Tower is to Paris, except it’s more ancient. Mission San Xavier del Bac is a historic Spanish Catholic mission located about 10 miles (16 km) south of downtown Tucson, Arizona on the Tohono O’odham San Xavier Indian Reservation.

Visiting Tombstone, Arizona

By: Zdenko Kahlina

The Town Too Tough to Die
I continued my stay in Tucson, Arizona, by visiting Tombstone, a city in Cochise County, Arizona, only about one hour of driving to the south east. The day when I arrived there, the temperature was about 80 degrees and sunny. Indeed, very pleasant day especially for early November… Tombstone is great. November is a great time to go.

Driving the Sky Island Byway

By: Zdenko Kahlina

Up to Mount Lemmon along the Catalina Highway

On my first day in the Tucson area, I drove up to Mount Lemmon along the Catalina Highway. It was a typical beautiful sunny day in the desert, with temperatures around 85 Fahrenheit (around +30 Celsius), quite a change for me after leaving Edmonton only few hours ago with temperatures around zero degrees.

Off the Beaten Path in Tucson, Arizona

By: Zdenko Kahlina

IBM Briefing on Storage

I recently returned from sunny Tucson (AZ) and boy what a site it was… I was there from Nov 6 – 9, 2010 and every day was sunny and 75-80 with first day getting up to 89 degrees… I have not seen that kind of weather in Alberta since summer…

September in Arizona

By: Zdenko Kahlina

Authentic Ghost Town, Arizona

Things are different in the desert. The sky is bigger. The stars are brighter. The sunsets stop you in your tracks. It’s a feeling that can’t be conjured, landscaped or kindled with twinkling bulbs. Come to Greater Phoenix and you’ll understand.

September in Texas

By: Zdenko Kahlina
Traveling through Texas, USA
 In September 2007 we spent delightful week in Texas. Vera and I used my business trip to San Antonio, to travel around Texas. We managed to travel around for few days (on the weekend) with rented car and went to visit places like Austin, Corpus Christi, Fredericksburg and other smaller places on our way. It was a week well spent!!

Homeless in Hawaii

By: Zdenko Kahlina
The Other Side Of Paradise
Driving around Oahu island is really interesting. On the east side there are snorkeling spots, beaches and small towns. On the north shore, there are beautiful beaches and big waves – surfing paradise.

Visiting Hawaii (Oahu)

By: Zdenko Kahlina
Healing Our Spirit Woldwide

Thanks so much for your interest and reading about our trip to Oahu. We left for a 10 nights vacation on September 3rd and were very excited.

Traveling Virginia

By: Zdenko Kahlina
First Maryland State House

At the end of our journey through Virginia and Delmarva Peninsula (Maryland), and just before we would return to the capital city of Washington, we stopped at Annapolis, the capital of Maryland. 

Traveling Delmarva peninsula

By: Zdenko Kahlina
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel

After a good night sleep in Virginia City, plan for today was to cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT), which connects the northern tip of Virginia to the southern tip of Maryland.

Virginia Beach, VA

By: Zdenko Kahlina
More than the sand

Curiously, the city’s imposing 34-foot statue of the Roman deity is facing away from the water, toward the boardwalk and beyond, as if to suggest: There’s more going on here than just surf and sand. He’ll get no argument from me.

Walking tour of Yorktown, VA

By: Zdenko Kahlina
Off the beaten path to visit historical Yorktown

After we left Fredericksburg we were heading south on Route 17 which is actually a George Washington memorial Highway. This is an amazing road. Not very busy, but going through some beautiful scenery.

Memories of blood

By: Zdenko Kahlina
On the road: Traffic congestion.

We left Washington City early in the morning one Saturday, with the idea of making it all the way to Virginia Beach before dark. Should be an easy task, right! Wrong.

Historical Alexandria, VA

By: Zdenko Kahlina
Walking tour of old town Alexandria
When Vera and I purchased Metro daily passes while visiting Washington, we had to use them to get our money worth. We rode in the Metro for hours, visiting places such as Bethesda and Alexandria.

Walking tour of Bethesda

By: Zdenko Kahlina
A small town in Montgomery County, in the Washington-Arlington metro area.