http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Eliza-Jones/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Eliza Jones en-us Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:25:16 +0000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:25:16 +0000 Woh I can't believe that I have been out here for three weeks already its gone so quickly See Two Years will fly by you won't have even realised I've gone. Ok so to begin with I miss you all so frigging much its unreal I have pictures up but its really hard to look at them as I want you all to be here with me One of my teachers now loves me as I was the first and only person to cry in class we http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-366208.html Yesterday was another day of sunbathing yay and reading one of my books for school oh this is the life lol I also had a hardcore packing session where I had to make sure everything I needed for school was packed and what things I needed to buy in Wall mart on the trip to the cityWe had Pizza whilst we all watched the film catch and release it was nice to all hang out as a family on my last night http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/blog-301979.html Today was the only day that Bonnie could take me to do my shopping for all the bits and pieces I need for school which I start on sunday ahhhhhhh I am so nervous but excited So we left at 9am as she had to be at work at 12.30pm First we went to the Dollar store and I got pretty much all the stuff I needed for 50 so just over 25 it was amazing I still needed a few things so we went to Wallmar http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/blog-301508.html Finally back to Barryville I now have time to chill and thats what I have been doing since tuesday because last week was so crazy busy I was so behind on my blogging by about four days I think so I have spent a pretty hefty amount of time in the last couple of days sitting at my laptop writing Tuesday I did do quite a bit of sunbathing as well when it got too hot I would come in and write more o http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/blog-301186.html So today I leave Alexandria to go back Home to Barryville I actually said that to Dayelle's mum on the phone I'll be coming home monday around 6.15pm and I was like Doh hope she didn't hear that lol I had decided to get the bus instead of the Amtrak train as I would save 50 dollars However I was really scared about getting the Bus as I had all sorts of images of sitting next to a hobo or tr http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/blog-301126.html So at the beginning of the week I was really laid back about sightseeing and I was saying I've got the whole week I've got plenty of time and I was bumbling along in a very chilled out way and then it got to Sunday my last day here and I hadn't completed all the things I wanted to do or see so I tried to cram in everything but there are some things I didn't get to do but that just gives me an excu http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/blog-301015.html Today I had to get up at 7am so I could get into DC for 8am to get my ticket for the White House Garden Tour So I was thinking there was going to be this huge line to get the tickets I got there at 8.10am went to the desk and got my ticket straight away the tours didn't start till 10am my timed entry was for 10.15 so i went and walked down to the Spy Museum as it's a popular museum i bought a tim http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/blog-300695.html I decided what better way to see the city then on an Open Top sightseeing bus so I booked my ticket last night on the internet got into the city and couldn't find the bus stops lol I asked the guy for a map in the information centre thinking it might have the stops on but no it didn't so I went back to ask if he knew where the stop for the open top bus was and he told me across the road so I trund http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/blog-300606.html Me Carrie and Millie went for brunch at the cool 50's diner called Silver Diner you have your own little booth with a jukebox you have to put a quarter in to play a song and its not electronic you have to flick the page over to see what songs are available As I love the 50's I had a lot of fun just wish I'd had my grease outfit with me lol I had Caramel French Toast with Fresh Strawberries and http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/blog-298955.html Today I went back to the City this time I took the Metro from Braddock Station which is luckily 5 minutes walk from Carrie's house I was totally freaked out by this strange guy who first bumped into me when there was tons of room and smiled at me i smiled back just to be polite but then he kept looking at me and smiling so when the train came i thought i wouldn't go to the doors closest to the gu http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/blog-297785.html I woke up at 9.30am and instead of going back to sleep which is what i needed was not a good nights sleep i got up and we went on a driving tour more fun then sleeping though first we went through Old Town which is where Carrie lives they have a long stretch of boutiques and restaurants and a free trolley which you can jump on so you don't have to walk the whole way After the tour of Old Town http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/blog-297213.html So because this week has been mega packed and busy I ran out of time to write my blogs and so i have finally caught today I have had so much fun this week and I am sad to leave as the week has gone by really quickly their mum just said she was gonna miss me which was really sweet i was like i bet you won't you'll be happy for the peace and quietWe had quite an intense storm during the night an http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Maryland/blog-296625.html Me and April went to the mall shopping today after doing all my washing As it was my last day figured i should do some before running out of clothes Janelle came to meet us which was really fun as she'd worked at the camp with us three years ago so it was nice to catch up with her last year we had gone to visit her in Annapolis so this time she came here We looked round Macy's American Eagle http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Maryland/blog-296603.html Today both of the girls had to work so instead of me staying at home I gatecrashed their cousins who are twins also 16th birthday party April and Lynn's mum was going along on her own so she said i would be company for her as it takes at least 45 minutes to get there so i represented the twins April and Lynn and met more of their family The party was really fun everyone was lovely to me reall http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Maryland/blog-296583.html Ok I'm thinking I am betraying my country by celebrating 4th of july but hey ho its fun lol So we went to the Parade in Kingsville at 10.30am it was cool it was like our parades only we all were waving little American flags and everything was to do with independence and freedom blah blah blah lol They had cute little ponies that were right at the front of the parade one of them decided to poop http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Maryland/blog-295715.html We went to Arctic Circle for lunch which was next to the miniature golf course we had a burger and shared some curly fries we got soft serve ice cream for dessert mmmm last year we went there just for ice cream and i asked for a banana split and they couldn't understand what i was asking for so i had to say it in an American accent but this time they knew what i wanted so it was ok lolMiniature http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Maryland/blog-295031.html Today me and Lynn went to visit April at the bar she works in it's called Sean Bolan's it's an Irish Bar which serves Irish beers and plays Irish music 247 it was really funny as there was a welsh lady working in there made me laugh because she's welsh working in an irish pub in America lol I couldn't figure out her accent at all April let me try a Shirley Temple which is grenadine which tastes http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Maryland/blog-294574.html Pinch Punch first day of the month Today we went to a Tea room no joke we did it English Style April and Lynn's mum treated us and their grandmother and their fake aunt who is a really close family friend who they call their aunt lol to lunch at the Tea by Two Tearoom it was so cute they were asking me if we had tearooms like this one back home and i was like maybe about 50 years ago lolThe http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Maryland/blog-294272.html Great start to the morning was dropping my suitcase on my foot and making it bleed it was a heavy suitcase lol I'm a girl over packing is what we do best lol Anyway so the twins April and Lynn came from Fallston Maryland where i will be staying for the next week to pick me up at lunchtime we then went to the camp where we met three years ago to say hi to the people who work there full time t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Maryland/blog-294126.html Wow yesterday's Post was a biggy not todays though Chrissy Matt and Dayelle's Dad all went off Camping today and Dayelle was at work so me and Bonnie Dayelle's mum went shopping first we went to the new dollar store which had some interesting things in it I took two pictures in there one was of Epsom salts as i have never seen them before and because they are referenced by Audrey in the musica http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/blog-293407.html