Author: Justin Hill

  • Paris 2017 – Day 2

    Paris 2017 – Day 2

    Versailles Bike Tour Highly recommended! We met at the tour office in Paris and took the train together to Versailles. We picked up bikes and spent an hour at a market to eat crepes and buy picnic supplies for later. Our guide was fun and informative and it was a nice, relaxing day, despite getting…

  • Paris 2017 – Day 1

    Paris 2017 – Day 1

    We landed at Charles de Gaulle airport at 11am. It took about 30 minutes to get through passport control and to the RER train station connected to the airport. €10 to take the B line into Paris, which includes any connections you need to make via métro. Eiffel Tower I waited too long to buy…

  • Paris 2017

    Coming soon to hillfamily.net — way too many pictures of Paris and Versailles! In the meantime, please enjoy this short video:

  • Brandi Carlile cover contest

    Brandi Carlile has a cover contest going right now. Top 5 will be picked by YouTube view counts and then judges will select the winner among them. Winner gets a trip to Los Angeles and some time on stage with the band at The Orpheum Theater. Here’s my entry, which includes some cheezy mini-me effects…

  • My back is getting younger

    My back is getting younger

    I want to shout this from the rooftops. I am writing this while sitting at my desk, something I haven’t been able to do in the past 14 months. My daily life until recently involved an hour-long routine of stretching, lying on my back, hanging upside down on an inversion table, taking a bunch of…