http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Andrew-Copley/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Andrew Copley en-us Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:05:47 +0000 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:05:47 +0000 I awoke this morning to a strange noise coming from outside at around 830am. It sounded like a tractor. Completely forgetting what the forecast had said last night I opened my curtains to find a Winter Wonderland outside. There was snow EVERYWHERE I was so happy I immediately got dressed and went outside and played in the snow The rest is in the pictures. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Champaign/blog-350038.html My most recent trip to Chicago the third and sadly last. This time was a two day extravaganza that went into Thanksgiving Day. This resulted in seeing the Thanksgiving Day paradePS. For those reading along the titles of my blogs are lyrics from Frank Sinatra's Chicago. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Chicago/blog-349234.html My second day trip to Chicago this time with Frank Leanne and Hui Ling. The prime purpose of this trip was to see Quantum of Solace which we achieved Saw a few sights as well while we there Another great trip. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Chicago/blog-349221.html My first day trip to Chicago was heaps of fun I met up with Crystal and we spent the day exploring the city. It was so nice to get out of Champaign and into a real city again. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Chicago/blog-348511.html Today it snowed WOOO HOOOO How I love the snow it's meant to snow later this afternoon again too. I love it http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Champaign/blog-346010.html I loved New York loved every minute so much so that I'm going back there for Christmas http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-338679.html Washington a place filled with culture and history one of my favourite cities. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/District-of-Columbia/Washington/blog-338639.html Traveling up the East Coast through St Augustine Savannah and Cary on the way to Washington D.C. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Raleigh/blog-338637.html One of the things I have been waiting a long time to do go to NASA http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-338628.html Orlando the home of theme parks. Fun at Disney World and Universal Studios ensues. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-338616.html In the city you couldn't really tell the effects of hurricane Katrina. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Louisiana/New-Orleans/blog-338608.html Memphis the home of Elvis. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-338592.html So I figured that time is killing this blog chiefly my lack of it so I'm going to upload all of my photos for your viewing pleasure and write the blog later.Andrew http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/blog-338579.html So I haven't updated my blog with my trip in some time now Uni here has been crazy busy and time has been short. I thought I'd update a few photos that I have of where I'm living here at the University of Illinois.I'll update some more of these photos of the school soon and then continue on with the regular program.Andrew http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Champaign/blog-331653.html That's not a lie every word of that title is true.But first before I arrived in Texas we stopped in Santa Fe. It has quite distinct architecture any new building that is built there has to be designed to a very strict code of how it should look as evident in the pictures. A few things of note there was the spiral staircase inside one of a church it has no internal supports and is quite a feat http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Amarillo/blog-319176.html After the wonders of the Grand Canyon we continued on our journey across the country into the land of the Indian reservation. These area's are quite unique in that they dont really belong to the states that they are located in and they have their own governments and laws one thing that we all know but might not realise. The Simpsons and other popular culture references has taught us this with th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Durango/blog-314755.html To start with I should say that I've seen enough of the Grand Canyon to last me a lifetime of lifetimesAfter another long all day bus ride from Vegas to Arizona I can see these are going to wear on me quickly we arrived at the Grand Canyon we all filed off the bus trying to glimpse one of the seven natural wonders of the world. We walked up the path looking around for it and all of sudden th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Grand-Canyon-National-Park/blog-309619.html My flight to Los Angeles was the first one to be delayed. I got to wait about an hour in the airport then board the plane then get off that plane because one of the warnings wasn't working and then get on another brand new plane and finally get on my way. Fun times. I finally arrived in LA sometime in the afternoon where I met my Great Auntie Wendy for the first time. She was kind enough to pick http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Las-Vegas/blog-305265.html The trip into the city took about 40 minutes. It was very weird driving on the right hand side of the road with the steering wheel in the car on the left side. Every time the driver made a turn I flinched thinking we were about to go into incoming traffic. I arrived at the Green Tortoise Hostel about 830pm it was right in the centre of the city and just across the street from the Pike Place Mark http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-303282.html I arrived at the airport about 4 hours before the flight I had a long time to wait the queue was rather long to get to check bags though so time went quickly. I had no troubles getting through customs and I got to wait around til the flight left at 730 pm.I met an American girl at the lounge and we discussed differences between Australia and the US. She had just spent a month in Australia so s http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Francisco/blog-303277.html