My Year in Cities, 2008

Published on December 31, 2008 (↻ October 19, 2024), filed under (RSS feed for all categories).

Following Anne, in no chronological order and intentionally incomplete, here are some cities I visited in 2008. I couldn’t resist.

The stories behind these cities vary (more so on my Travel Map on Facebook, I guess), from just stopping in a city to staying for a couple of nights to actually living there, and include both repeated and first-time visits. However, the 11 countries my trips involved contributed to an exciting and overall very successful 2008 for which I’m quite grateful.

Everyone—Happy New Year, see you in 2009.

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Jens Oliver Meiert, on November 9, 2024.

I’m Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and I’m a frontend engineering leader and tech author/publisher. I’ve worked as a technical lead for companies like Google and as an engineering manager for companies like Miro, I’m a contributor to several web standards, and I write and review books for O’Reilly and Frontend Dogma.

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Comments (Closed)

  1. On December 31, 2008, 14:21 CET, Neovov said:

    I think there is a problem. I don’t see Paris in your list. A mistake ? Or another city to visit đŸ˜‰ ?

    I hope 2009 will be as good as your 2008 ! Happy new year Jens !

  2. On December 31, 2008, 14:56 CET, Jens Oliver Meiert said:

    Nicolas, I didn’t make Paris this year but that’s definitely, finally something for 2009—and I’ll ping you first thing I’m about to book the trip đŸ˜Š Happy New Year!

  3. On December 31, 2008, 16:55 CET, Masashi Kawashima said:

    Hey men, you should visit Tokyo someday and add couple of major cities in Japan to your great list đŸ˜Š

    Happy new year from another side of Earth (2009 already). Enjoy your last 6 hours of 2008!!

    I wish we have a great 2009. Thank you for working together. It was great to work with you. Later!

  4. On January 1, 2009, 14:19 CET, Jens Oliver Meiert said:

    Masa-san, nice to see you here đŸ˜Š You’re of course right, Tokyo must be one of the priorities for 2009 (and I’d just love to go rather sooner than later) đŸ˜Š

    Happy New Year
!

  5. On January 5, 2009, 10:06 CET, Michael said:

    wow, that’s a hell of a list - I’ve been to New York this summer, that’s it.

  6. On January 5, 2009, 23:35 CET, Topper said:

    That’s nothing!
    I’ve been to all these cities twice and the capital of Elbonia.

  7. On January 6, 2009, 9:28 CET, Jens Oliver Meiert said:

    Michael, I’m jealous and would like to trade đŸ˜Š (Seriously—I haven’t been to NYC yet.)

    Topper (Steffen), brilliant đŸ˜

  8. On January 15, 2009, 1:56 CET, Kang Zhiwei said:

    google.com direct me to your home, Happy new year! Wish you a better year! I am from China.

  9. On January 16, 2009, 16:21 CET, Amber said:

    you are missing out on all the fun US East Coast has to offer. Although I can how the spice for what you do really thrives in the cities you traveled to this past year. I am looking to fly into Berlin within the next few months if business doesn’t get in the way (last in Germany about a year ago) jedem guten Beer oder Vereine(clubs?), die Sie empfehlen sollte ich besuchen?