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| Real name: | Eric Bjorndahl |
| Hometown: | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Current Location: | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Website: | www.travbuddy.com |
| Join Date: | November 15, 2005 |
| Contributions: | Eric has written about 435 places and shared 1174 photos. |
| Geo Quiz: | Eric's best Geo Quiz Challenge score is 7,350 |
| Interested in: | meeting new people, meeting other people to travel with, showing people around my hometown, sharing travel tips and blogs |
Countries I've Traveled To
Antigua And Barbuda, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Panama, Poland, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad And Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, United States Virgin Islands
Languages Spoken
english, mandarin (conversational), italian (conversational), latin
Interests
Books you might find in my backpack
Music you might find me listening to while waiting for my plane
dredg, radiohead, hot hot heat, sigur ros, mogwai, coldplay, paloalto, rogue wave, explosions in the sky, spoon, the strokes, architecture in helsinki, stars, broken social scene, alexi murdoch, AFI, keren ann, voxtrot, the rosebuds, silver sun pickups, blonde redhead, longwave, a perfect circle, ulrich schnauss, great northern, jose gonzalez, sia, the ting tings
Most Memorable Travel Experience
Went on a post-graduation trip to Europe with some of my good friends from college. On one of our last nights in Paris we went to a grassy hill by the steps of the Sacre Coeur to enjoy some wine and watch the sunset. Since the sun was setting too slowly for our tastes, we decided to pass the time by tackling each other on the grassy hill. The hill was pretty steep so if you got tackled you were rolling down at least 15 feet, which added an extra element of excitement to the whole affair.
The other tourists and locals sitting nearby would cheer or groan in sympathy after a particularly spectacular or painful looking tumble. Young 6-year old local kids would circle around us, cheering excitedly. All in all, it was a lot of fun and made even more memorable because it marked the last time a lot of us would see each other in a while.
The other tourists and locals sitting nearby would cheer or groan in sympathy after a particularly spectacular or painful looking tumble. Young 6-year old local kids would circle around us, cheering excitedly. All in all, it was a lot of fun and made even more memorable because it marked the last time a lot of us would see each other in a while.
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I grew up in Los Angeles, went to school at UC Berkeley up in Northern California, and now I'm back in Los Angeles. I didn't realize how much I liked travel until I spent a semester abroad in Rome and had the opportunity to travel all around Europe. My family had taken me to different places when I was younger, but I don't think I fully appreciated the travel experience until I got a chance to figure out new things on my own.
One of the things I didn't like about being abroad was that there wasn't really a convenient, fun way for me to share my travel experiences with others. This site is an effort to remedy that. I hope you like it!
One of the things I didn't like about being abroad was that there wasn't really a convenient, fun way for me to share my travel experiences with others. This site is an effort to remedy that. I hope you like it!
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Eric's Travel Blogs
Mar 27, 2009 – Apr 04, 2009
Going to Maui with Lisa to hopefully soak in some sun and surf! And maybe become slightly tanner in the process.
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Dec 25, 2008 – Jan 09, 2009
Istanbul, Turkey -› Bodrum, Turkey -› …
Going with Dave and meeting up with Deats in Istanbul, flying down to Bodrum, then working our way up the coast of Turkey.
Jul 14, 2008
Day trip to Santa Cruz, one of the Channel Islands. The channel islands are sometimes called the "Galapagos of North America". While located only a short boat ride from Los Angeles/Ventura, it is one of the least visited national parks in the country, and still offers beauty and solitude.
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Eric's Travel Reviews
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Very cheap "Hotels & Accommodations" in Davenport, Florida, USA This is by no means a luxury hotel, but I've stayed her twice for a conference in Orlando. It's only a mile or two away from the Omni at ChampionsGate…
Expensive "Restaurants, Cafes & Food" in Redondo Beach, California, USA
This is a new, trendy, and "upscale" restaurant in Redondo Beach, near the pier. There aren't many "great" restaurants in Redondo Beach, so we were …
Ridiculously Expensive "Restaurants, Cafes & Food" in Los Angeles, California, USA We had been wanting to try out Providence for a long time, as we had heard that the seafood here was amazing. While our experience was OK, we were sli…
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