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| 18th November 2009 Lucky Charms | No Specifics! - From: Utah - Arches National Park and Moab I would respond to your comment, but there is nothing to respond to as you state no specifics as to what offends you. Read my profile paragraph. All other people that commented on this blog left an email address except you. Very cowardly on your part! |
| 10th November 2009 antinea | fell on your blog by chance - From: Greece - Athens, Meteora, Delphi, Olympia, i love reading travelers' blogs like this one, especially this one because it's a different perspective of the country I'm from. you've made a pretty good itinerary there and I hope you really did enjoy your trip. I live to travel. And I appreciate real travelers, not just tourist travelers; real as in the kind of traveling you did. hope to see some more of your impressions of other places too! safe trips! ;) |
| 31st October 2009 Specs C Sims | OH MY! - From: Germany- Rhine River, Tubingnen, Rothenburg How jealous I was to read of your adventure. At 15 yoa I aspire to one day move to Germany and live there. Reading your travel to Tubingen and Rothenberg only made me love the German countryside all the more. I am very jealous of your travel there but an beaming with glee that one day I may visit Germany for myself in person. |
| 26th September 2009 Irmgard Gordos | The beautiful Rhine am Deutschen Eck - From: Germany- Rhine River, Tubingnen, Rothenburg Please show more of the Rhine - das Deutsche Eck is einzig - I would like to see it again. Thank you. |
| 15th September 2009 JM | disappointed - From: Utah - Arches National Park and Moab Your pictures are great, but the text is unknowingly bigoted, somewhat offensive, under-educated drivel. And no, you are not a comedic expert. |
| 4th September 2009 ww | thumbs up - From: Newport, Rhode Island 2 thumbs up for newport ri www.fairstreetnewport.blogspot.com |
| 6th August 2009 wayne w | nice - From: Newport, Rhode Island good info...valuable |
| 7th July 2009 Heidi Romeo | - From: Arizona - Grand Canyon, Sedona, Monument Valley Thank you for sharing. Great blog. I'm planning this roadtrip, and your blog was very informative and interesting. Again, great job on the blog! |
| 2nd June 2009 Anonymous | Wrong! - From: Greece - Athens, Meteora, Delphi, Olympia, The Temple at Delphi is not Athena's, that temple is for the god Apollo. Get your facts straight! |
| 23rd November 2008 Lucky Charms | Thanks Susan - From: Imu Cooking Project - July 4th, 2008 Thanks for the shout out there Susan. I loved Hawaii and am contemplating returning for a few months in January and February. Which island do you live on? I went to four Oahu, Maui, Big Island and Kauai. Have you seen my blog entry? They were all special! |
| 15th November 2008 Frances | Skiing! - From: Dubai - United Arab Emirates Loved reading this. |
| 5th November 2008 susan | Looks Ono!!! =) - From: Imu Cooking Project - July 4th, 2008 I am from hawaii and was very impressed with what you have done. Building an imu is very hard work and you have shown me that with teamwork, smiles, ingenuity and a lot of creativity, anyone anywhere can bring a little hawaii anywhere. It made me smile looking at your process. God bless you and job well done!!! Aloha |
| 5th November 2008 Beth Baalman | Nice Photography - From: Pumpkin Carving, Turtle Soup and Ice Cream Making Festival Great photography Dave! Next year when we are cooking the pig I would like to be on the beer drinking team since you have the picture taking under control. By the way, you never mentioned how your ice cream tasted without the vanilla. |
| 4th November 2008 Whiskeyspoke | hey you :) - From: Dubai - United Arab Emirates Trippy, skiing inside. I heard about that place a couple years ago in Dubai. What did you think of it? Take care out there :) |
| 22nd October 2008 ismael | read it - From: Utah - Arches National Park and Moab umm so i llike this park can you send mre more pictures thnks!! |
| 3rd October 2008 Julie Jansen | No, I got ripped off when I landed here too - From: Denmark - Copenhagen ... but not for long! First at the airport train station, the machine didn't like my 500K note so I went to the window where I was charged double. hmmm. then downstairs the conductor said yes, this train goes to your station it didn't just Central. Then the cabbie went twice around the block because he couldn't get to the 'exact' spot I was staying (it was Parkveien! A major street!). And to top it off at the hotel they decided to dock me a night even though I'd told them in time I'd be a day late. At that point I wondered if they were taking tourism tips from the mafia and thought, "I"m onto you people now." :-D Having said all that ... no ripoffs since. And everyone is friendly if you know 'Hallo" and the basic phrases. Have fun those readers coming to Oslo! Jules in Australia (who will be in London in a few days for three weeks) |
| 20th August 2008 Frances | So That's How You Do It! - From: Imu Cooking Project - July 4th, 2008 Bill and I have always wanted to do this and now we have your blog telling us how. Except we have neither tee leaves nor corn stalks. Maybe palm fronds will do? |
| 15th July 2008 Lucky Charms | Wow! - From: Imu Cooking Project - July 4th, 2008 Yes someone did take good pictures, but unfortunately those were not taken by you:) You will have to give me money next year Beth, for me to allow you to be the official camera person for the event! :) |
| 14th July 2008 Beth | Wow! - From: Imu Cooking Project - July 4th, 2008 Wow, those are some fantastic pictures!!!! I must question....who was the photographer and did anyone suggest paying her for the great job that she did? I am betting she would have been on site that morning with a smile if she were on the payroll. |
| 23rd May 2008 Lucky Charms | Not sure of your comment - From: Poland - Krakow, Auschwitz, Wieliczka Salt Mine Not traveling is the worst thing to happen. Through traveling you realize there are nice people all over this world and that politicians are the ones who screw things up. They tell you one thing to get your vote and then do whatever they want while in office. I see crazy propoganda all over this world most of which is not true. The people that spread this propaganda normally have never traveled to the country that they spread rumours about. I see it all over Europe and in the US. The cycle of craziness has been happening for 1,000īs of years. European powers were out there fighting wars and colonizing countries wiping out the indigenous people since the 1500īs, but then WWII happened which devastated Europe and banlkrupted many countries and now the US has taken over where Europe left off unfortunately. The world needs better politicians. Politicians that reflect the people. Traveling is good because you learn to separate politics from the people. I went to China for this reason. I suspect they will be the world power in a few years and I wanted to meet those people. They are very nice people and I will know in the future when China does crazy things not to blame the people, but to blame the Chinese government. It is an important distinction to make! |
| 13th May 2008 Crystal | Krakow blog - From: Poland - Krakow, Auschwitz, Wieliczka Salt Mine I'm Planning a trip to Krakow and stumbled upon your blog. Appreciate that you took the time to do this as it is helpful for fellow travellers. I assume from the amount of complaints within your blog that you must be American. I'm curious to know if your travels have opened your mind up a bit in terms of adaptating to/ accepting different cultures. Although I am generalizing with this statement... I cannot comprehend why you lot bother to travel! |
| 28th March 2008 Lucky Charms | Tour Guide - From: Poland - Krakow, Auschwitz, Wieliczka Salt Mine I agree with you during our travels, it is difficult to get to know people in a country as we only get to meet a very small sampling of them. I met two Irish in Beijing recently that were some of the nicest people that you will ever meet. I talked to a Russian Couple last night and two Iranian girls yesterday as well. They are very nice. The take home message for me has been there are nice people all over this world. Each country's politicians send out the propoganda they want their people to hear. Politicians are corrupt all over this world and unfortunately until politicians start fighting wars I think their will always be wars. All we can do is to keep spreading goodwill each day and hope it becomes contaigous! Happy travels! |
| 27th March 2008 Tour Guide | tour guide - From: Poland - Krakow, Auschwitz, Wieliczka Salt Mine Dave - you did not cause me any offense - I was just stating my opion to what you had written - I am not polish, I am infact irish and have travelled extensivly throughout europe, asia, australia and also the US. Part of ehat I enjoy about the travelling is experiecing other cultures, which what I was saying when I referred to the older people in Poland not fully embracing their emergence from communisum. As an Irish person, I can also sympathis with you having to put up will the drunken Irish lads in your hostel, unfortunalty, they, painted themselves and probably other irish people in a bad light to you. As you said, this is the problem, the actions of some people tend to set the perception for en entire group - especially if those actions were annoying in the first place!!. |
| 27th March 2008 Lucky Charms | Tour Guide - From: Poland - Krakow, Auschwitz, Wieliczka Salt Mine Sorry I have offended you. The tour guide stated in the tour that the allies were criticized for not coming directly to Poland and stated indirectly that maybe it was because the allies did not like the Jews. The allies hated the Jews is what some people would take from her comments. She is telling this story to everyone that comes on her tours everyday. I simply asked her what was the reason that the allies gave and she said they said it was not good war strategy. I said the same kind of thing is going on today, in Darfur for example genocides are happening and the rest of the world is not coming to their aid either. Then totally out of context she said their is no democracy in Iraq either. I did not agree or disagree with the allies strategy just said this kind of thing goes on today in 2007. With regards to the older people ( these folks I refer to in the text were in their 50's) seeming a little grumpy, your probably right their horrific past may effect them today. Not sure. I was just stating what I observed and how I viewed it. I recently met two extremely nice Polish women in their mid 20's who said they view their country as a sad country. I only spent two days in the country and really did not get a very good sampling of the people. That is their opinion. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Again sorry for the offense. Traveling is great. I have learned so much about how the people in other countries live. I have heard American bashing throughout my travels. Sure we make mistakes but we do a lot of good as well that seems to go unnoticed. Whenever your a powerful Country, or on an individual basis whenever you do anything in life, your going to be criticized by someone. People that have traveled the US and met the people tell me they are some of the nicest people in the world and then say they do not like the politics in the US currently (which I do not either). They differentiate however between the people and the politics. People that have not traveled the US lump the two together. I really do not give people much credibility when they criticize a country they have never been to. The people of a nation live in the countryside as well, they do not live in the big City's. Again sorry for the offense! |
| 25th March 2008 Traveller | Tour Guide - From: Poland - Krakow, Auschwitz, Wieliczka Salt Mine Dave - did you ever think the tour guide was a bit cranky because maybe she has lost relatives in the camp and then had you put up with your "american hater" attidue toward her?. Seconldy - regards the attidude of the older people in Poland - these older people were brought up under a communist regime and so find the wealth and freedom people from other non communist countries difficult to understand and are possible a bit resentful of. You are a visitor to their country and should take their way of life into consideration. You definelty should continue your travels - it might broaden your mind a bit, and you wonder why there are "american haters" as you call them our there??. I dont think its the Polish people who have the problem here. Sorry - but you dont paint yourself in a good light. |
| 13th March 2008 Nancy R | Isn't Hawaii Awesome?! - From: Hawaii - Oahu, Maui, Kuai, The Big Island That other battleship by the Arizona memorial was the Mighty MO - USS Missouri. |
| 29th February 2008 Lucky Charms | I am a human GPS - From: California - Giant Redwoods, Sequoia, Long Beach, Hollywood, LA Don't ever doubt my navigating skills Beth:) Very funny comment! |
| 28th February 2008 Beth Baalman | - From: California - Giant Redwoods, Sequoia, Long Beach, Hollywood, LA Dave - you made it to Death Valley!!! I assume you are getting better at your navigating skills. Until you return home, Beth Baalman. |
| 22nd February 2008 Lucky Charms | Good Observation - From: Utah - Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park I was trying to just have one journal entry even though I was in California at two different times. I showed all the pictures but not all the journal entrys. Sorry about that inconsistency. |
| 21st February 2008 Katie | Twin Rocks - From: Arizona - Grand Canyon, Sedona, Monument Valley Mark and I stopped there also! |
| 21st February 2008 anonymous | - From: Utah - Arches National Park and Moab The Arch that partially collapsed a few years ago is called 'The Lanscape Arch' It was one of I remembered :) |
| 15th February 2008 Nancy R | Halloween? - From: Utah - Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park I just saw the pictures of the Springsteen concert and you at the Dr on Halloween? Did I miss the written part of that, or have you not journaled that turn of events? |
| 15th February 2008 Nancy R | Cowboy Mouth, YO! - From: California - Giant Redwoods, Sequoia, Long Beach, Hollywood, LA Nice pictures on this leg - and finally you get to sail! |
| 11th February 2008 Nancy R | I'm madly trying to catch up! - From: Czech Republic - Prague I'm so far behind in my reading - the email today from CHINA!! I guess it was just the kick in the pants I needed. |
| 3rd February 2008 Whiskeyspoke | Oregon Wierdos. - From: Oregon - Portland and Medford Hey Buddy, Only wierdos go to Oregon don'tcha know. We'll, err, actually that's where we are from. Born in Grants Pass and raised in a hoe dunk town not far from there. Leave it to medford to have a couch surfing room filled with dolls. Authentic medford oregon experience :) Actually me brother lives there so I'll have to chide him about not having any doll rooms. Hope your travels are going well. Great Blog!.. Peace, Scott/clover |
| 25th January 2008 Lucky Charms | That is what I have heard and read. - From: Germany - Berlin I have not seen women being groped except for the ones that are pretty much asking to be at dance places. Sure your definitely going to be better off in a group. If your a woman I do think you should travel with a partner especially in 3rd world countries for safety if for no other reason. I do not think the groping is common place and I would not let that deter you from a trip. |
| 25th January 2008 anonymous | - From: Germany - Berlin women are groped?? how about travel in groups |
| 23rd January 2008 Lucky Charms | Yes Woman are traveling Solo - From: Germany - Berlin I meet some women traveling solo, but not a lot. Women are often groped in Asia from what I hear. I would try and travel with some one, but if you do not have someone to travel with sure you can travel alone. You will just have to be on guard more. Let me know if you have questions about any of the CS folks I surfed with. |
| 21st January 2008 Lani | Aloha Dave - From: Germany - Berlin Yet another great blog. It seems I will be following in your footsteps much of my time in Europe. I'll check out who you couchsurfed with and put in my requests. I found transport into Turkey, and let me just say, no matter how you do it, it is pricey, so I am only planning on leaving twice for about a month the first time and permanently the second time. I am happy that you are enjoying Vietnam. How is it for solo traveling women over there? Do you see many of them? |
| 16th January 2008 Lucky Charms | Crazed Politicians - From: Poland - Krakow, Auschwitz, Wieliczka Salt Mine Yep I think it would be good if everyone in the world would see what can happen when you get crazed Politicians, which is what Hitler was. |
| 13th January 2008 Mark | Howdy - From: Poland - Krakow, Auschwitz, Wieliczka Salt Mine That was quite the interesting read. I would like to visit Poland sometime and see everything there as well. It's hard to fathom the extent of killing that went on there. The salt mine would be neat to see as well. Have a good day Dave! Mark |
| 2nd January 2008 Whiskeyspoke | howdy from scott and clover (stray, NZ) - From: Switzerland - Bern, Soluturn, Fribourg, Berner Oberland Hey Buddy, Love your blogs, it puts ours to shame. Looks like your running little behind the gun though on updates. Hope your diving has been good along the GBR. Ours was a bit stormy but was still very nice. Chat you later. Whiskeyspoke |
| 10th December 2007 Lucky Charms | I would love to see that as well. - From: Portugal - Lisbon, Sintra, Salema, Villa Real Sending me a pic if you take some. I am looking forward to getting the Penelope pics up soon although it will be several weeks yet. Just traveling quickly not much time for computer work. Thanks for the email and I hope you have fun tonight. I am always telling people about my stay in Long Beach on the Penelope! |
| 8th December 2007 Frances | - From: Portugal - Lisbon, Sintra, Salema, Villa Real Love reading this Dave. Brings it home to me. Boat parade tonight. Putting lights up on both masts.....white lights to outline as if a sail was up. Icicle lights on the lifelines. Pretty. Wish you were here...... |
| 20th November 2007 Lucky Charms | I noticed the error. - From: France - Paris and Cannes Yeah I noticed your French error, but since I am such a nice guy................ Actually speaking French is like me trying to write left handed. It just doesn't work! |
| 20th November 2007 Lucky Charms | Oprah and I are the same really. - From: France - Paris and Cannes We are both full of crap. |
| 19th November 2007 Laura | I love it... - From: France - Paris and Cannes Mr. Oprah Bick!!! |
| 19th November 2007 Kate | It's La not Le - From: France - Paris and Cannes I am a French major who clearly needs to go back to school for mon francais......It is La Tour Eiffel not Le Tour Eiffel. Bon voyage!!! |
| 18th November 2007 Lucky Charms | Mrs. Eiffel - From: France - Paris and Cannes Yes I really like that lady! Sorry for taking so long to bring the lady to you! |
| 18th November 2007 Lucky Charms | Let's Chat - From: Italy - Rome When I get to Oahu we can chat. In summary for me the best nature is Austria, best culture Southern Italy. Best country to visit Italy. I could talk for hours about the stuff in Europe. |
| 17th November 2007 Kate | Vive La France! - From: France - Paris and Cannes Very nice entry! And a great picture of Le Tour Eiffel in all her glory! Bon voyage! |
| 16th November 2007 Lani | Aloha Dave - From: Italy - Rome Even though I guess I am theoretically "traveling" now, your blogs/pictures make me long to pack up and hit the road/plane/train/boat again. I will be heading to Europe in March. I need to get some must do's from you. Earplugs. I always carry them for those noisy hostel/couchsurfing stays. |
| 7th November 2007 Lucky Charms | Just Look Pictures - From: Italy - Florence, Salerno, Pompeii , Amalfi Coast and Naples I would recommened just looking at pictures at least that is what I would be doing if I were you as I know you have plenty of other matters to tend to like keeping Albers afloat. I have had 6,600 hits to date. L8TR. Dave |
| 1st November 2007 Robo | I'm reading! - From: Italy - Florence, Salerno, Pompeii , Amalfi Coast and Naples Dear Enquiring Mom, I too am reading Dave's blog, although I've fallen far behind. I'm working hard to catch up. I'm jealous as hell that he's visiting these places instead of Nancy and I. |
| 22nd October 2007 Lucky Charms | Poor Rob! - From: Italy - Assisi, Cortona & San Gimignano Man you are observant. I feel sorry for Rob, he can't get away with anything. You should have contacted me and you could have came up for lunch. Yes I lost a few pictures, but had them backed up on a Couchsurfing host's computer in Switzerland and he burnt them on a disk and mailed them to me. I still have Portugal, France, Spain, Switzerland and some of Germany to add to the blog. I still am hoping to get these updates done, before I leave on this last journey. Thanks for following! |
| 22nd October 2007 Nancy R | The Lost Entry? - From: Italy - Assisi, Cortona & San Gimignano Am I correct in thinking that this entry should have been back amidst some other entries. Did it get lost in the shuffle? We were up Grafton way this past Saturday with Rob's family for a day of adventure. We rode the Brussels Ferry, even though our youngest insisted that cars couldn't ride on a boat. |
| 16th October 2007 Lucky Charms | Peruvian Snow Cap - From: My Hometown - Batchtown Yep that was me at mile marker 322. There was some guy on the other side of the road as well with his hood up wearing a Peruvian Snow Cap. He is scary. The only way I would ever let that guy ride with me is if he had a six pack of Bud Light! |
| 15th October 2007 Kansas State Police | I-70 siting in Kansas - From: My Hometown - Batchtown Hey was that you on I-70 last week in the middle of Kansas with your hood up? I saw you I think changing your oil. Wow, how crazy is that. Let me know if you ever want to barn surf. I have a big barn with a K on it, you can't miss it unless your shooting a gun from what some ducks told me. Have a great day! Kansass state trooper Cody |
| 15th October 2007 Lucky Charms | - From: My Hometown - Batchtown No thank YOU! |
| 14th October 2007 Laura Davis | Thank you! - From: My Hometown - Batchtown Thank you so much for the kind words! Our families may not share the same blood, but we are family just the same! God bless! |
| 13th October 2007 Lucky Charms | - From: Germany - Fussen, Munich Yes I am continuing to blog and will include pictures of my recent western travels. The west is absolutely beautiful and I my favorite part of the US. Currently I am knee deep in vaccinations and visas. The final leg of my trip which I leave on October 24th will extend through May into June. After that will be time to get a job. Might be a difficult transition back to the real world though it has been and continues to be a great ride! Thanks for following! |
| 13th October 2007 Nancy R | - From: Germany - Fussen, Munich Will you continue to write as you make your way back from Washington? You've got so many great pictures from your European travels - I would think you could use those as souvenirs for family and friends. Enlarged, framed, maybe a mug, or a puzzle. You can do a lot of stuff with pictures these days. |
| 8th October 2007 Frances | Love your blog! - From: My Hometown - Batchtown Nice reading all your family stuff and seeing the pics of the lake where you go sailing. Looking forward to seeing some Penelope pics on this site one of these days! |
| 5th October 2007 Nancy R | - From: My Hometown - Batchtown This was a nice addition to all your traveling tales. I could go for a slice of that cake. |
| 5th October 2007 Nancy R | - From: Austria - Salzburg, Halstatt, Pram What? No photo of you spinning on the mountain top like Maria in The Sound of Music? More great photos this time! photobucket.com will allow you to resize photos, fyi. |
| 29th August 2007 Nancy R | Keep up the good work. - From: Sweden - Stockholm Your photos continue to impress. |
| 21st August 2007 capsfan2002 | Nice photos - From: Yosemite National Park I love looking at photos and you took some very, very pretty ones. Had to stop by and take a look. My fave is the one with the trees and falls behind. I didn't have as pretty of a sky when I was there as you. Just thought I'd let you know I enjoyed your photos! |
| 14th August 2007 Jack Crewman | Still with you - From: Italy - Rome Dave it appears that you've had the time of your life, and it continues. Now you're going to have to take a year off to put a book together. :) |
| 6th August 2007 Lucky Charms | Get Internet Service - From: Italy - Rome If somebody had internet service I would not be so far behind ;) |
| 29th July 2007 jackie | - From: Italy - Rome You are way behind!? Get to work! |
| 17th July 2007 Lucky Charms | Thanks - From: Italy - Rome Thanks for following. I look forward to getting a couple sails in on Carlyle Lake. I hope that it is not as windy as the day you guys went out with me. I will never forget your kids asking for permission to board. That was funny! |
| 17th July 2007 Lucky Charms | Good Questions - From: Italy - Rome First of all thanks for following the blog. It is a lot of work to keep doing it, but knowing other people are checking it out helps me to continue with the blog. I don't sleep much. Do I read others blogs? No, I am just so busy traveling I really have no spare time. It takes a lot of time to make lodging arrangements to see the City's and try to work in a little rest and relaxation. Yes at times this trip seems like work. I know every person is going to come away from a place with different observations and opinions. Each traveler meets only a few locals and only a few other travelers from which they are going to have different experiences, each traveler is at a different stage of their trip as your attitude changes the longer your on the road, each traveler has different knowledge of the place their visiting as the more you know about a place the more you will enjoy it etc. etc. There is so many things that effects a persons opinion of a place. My perception of a place I know is often going to be a lot different. About the blog. I originally thought to keep a personal journal and one for public consumption. I soon learned there is just no way I could do that as it would take too much time. I know some of the stuff that I write may be controversial and generally are just my opinions. A lot of my opinions have changed from when I started this trip and now, so if you read just one part of the blog you may not get my current opinion on a topic. I fear upsetting people with my opinions, but I hope they realize that they are just that, opinions. I really didn't expect people to read the blog, but rather just look at the pictures, but some people are reading it. Can a single woman do a trip like this? Sure, but you would need to take a few more precautions than I do. I have only had one incidence and that was a pickpocket attempt in Barcelona. When coming out of a subway, I looked down and found a hand in my pocket that wasn't mine. He got nothing as everything was zipped up in a cargo pocket. I took a picture of the guy and his coworker and will have it in a future blog update. I do see women traveling alone. It is more safe in Europe than it is in the USA with reagards to violent crimes. There are stealing crimes here. Traveling by yourself is great because you can do and go to the places you want and when you want. You also meet a lot more people. If traveling with another you are less likely to talk to other people as you will often be talking to the person you are traveling with. I can give you more information when I get back about this stuff. Well I just got into Berlin, from Krakow heading to Copenhagen, Bergen, Oslo, Helsinki then fly to Vienna, Salzburg, Munich from which I will fly back home on August 15 staying for a couple weeks before continuing the trip. Not sure when the next blog entry will be. I am way behind as it is hard to do on the road. Most of the updates will happen when I am back in the states. L8TR! |
| 17th July 2007 Lucky Charms | Good Questions - From: Italy - Rome First of all thanks for following. It is a lot of work to keep doing it, but knowing other people are checking it out helps me to continue with the blog. I don't sleep much. Do I read others blog. No, I am just so busy traveling I really have no spare time. It takes a lot of time to make lodging arrangements to see the City's and try to work in a little rest and relaxation. Yes at times this trip seems like work. I know every person is going to come away from a place with different observations and opinions. Each traveler meets a few locals and a few other travelers, each traveler is at a different stage of their trip, each traveler has different knowledge of the place their visiting etc. etc. There is so many things that effects a persons opinion of a place. My perception of a place I know is often going to be a lot different. About the blog. I originally thought to keep a personal journal and one for public consumption. I soon learned there is just no way I could do that as it would take too much time. I know some of the stuff that I write may be controversial and generally are just my opinions. A lot of my opinions have changed from when I started this trip and now, so if you read just one part of the blog you may not get my current opinion on a topic. I fear upsetting people with my opinions, but I hope they realize that they are just that, opinions. I really didn't expect people to read the blog, but rather just look at the pictures, but some people are reading it. Can a single woman do a trip like this. Sure but you would need to take a few more precautions than I do. I have only had one incidence and that was pickpocket attempt in Barcelona. When coming out of a subway, I looked down and found a hand in my pocket that wasn't mine. He got nothing as everything was zipped up in a cargo pocket. I took a picture of the guy and his coworker and will have it in a future blog update. I do see women traveling alone. It is more safe in Europe than it is in the USA with reagards to being murdered. There are stealing crimes here but not many violent crimes. Traveling by yourself is great because you can do and go to the places you want and when you want. You also meet a lot more people. If traveling by yourself you are less likely to talk to other people as you will often be talking to the person you are traveling with. I can give you more information when I get back about this stuff. Well I just got into Berlin, from Krakow heading to Copenhagen, Bergen, Oslo, Helsinki then fly to Vienna, Salzburg, Munich from which I will fly back home on August 15 staying for a couple weeks before continuing the trip. Not sure when the next blog entry will be. I am way behind as it is hard to do on the road. L8TR! |
| 16th July 2007 Kris F | My break from work - From: Italy - Rome Hi Dave. I don't want to admit how often I check your site. It has become an addiction at work. When I can't take my little grey cube a minute longer, I check out your blog. When my 'To Do' list starts to overwhelm me, I go to your site. When the sales guys won't stop calling...well, you get the picture. I am so freakin jealous, I have to bite my tongue when reading your journal. Although, I don't think I could do the hostel living thing. But other than that... So two questions -- I read a lot of travel memoirs, so I was wondering if you're reading anything like that while you're traveling? You know, getting other people's impressions of these places to compare your own thoughts to? Second--How difficult would it be for a woman to do what you're doing? Do only see women traveling in pairs? Kris |
| 15th July 2007 Nancy R | - From: Italy - Rome Another great update, Dave. Keep up the good work - you'll be so glad to have all this information and pictures in the years to come. Rob and I are always glad to see an email update in the old inbox. Have you considered buying another memory card? |
| 2nd July 2007 Mom | Octopus soup? - From: Italy - Florence, Salerno, Pompeii , Amalfi Coast and Naples Looks like some of your cajun mixes. Was it good and did she add anything to it? All I can say is interesting ! How do you eat it? I am interested in hearing from anyone that reads this to comment so we have an idea how many hits your site gets from back home. I know Jason looks every day and Sue and Nancy from Caryle. Anyone else?? Inquiring Mom wants to know. Thanks!! |
| 2nd July 2007 T and T in Rockford | - From: Italy - Florence, Salerno, Pompeii , Amalfi Coast and Naples Dave, we have been following your blog and enjoying it so much. Your photos are great. Saw your mom in May and she said we should let you know we're reading your blog. You will be our travel guru when we decide to visit these places. Keep those commentaries coming. Be safe. |
| 30th June 2007 Nancy R | Photos - From: Italy - Florence, Salerno, Pompeii , Amalfi Coast and Naples Dave, I think your photos of the Amalfi Coast are my favorite to date. Well, with the exception of the Two Dave's picture; the caption definitely makes the photo on that one! All this talk of pizza is making me hungry. Did you know Carlyle Lake is celebrating it's 40th birthday this weekend? |
| 23rd June 2007 Nancy R | The masks - From: Italy- Milan, Lake Como, Venice, Dolomite The masks in Venice were for Carnival. Jack and Annie went there once in a Magic Tree House book. Sounds like you're still having fun! |
| 9th May 2007 Nancy R | bikes - From: Holland and Belgium My mom used to have a kiddy seat on her handle bars, and a kiddy seat behind the seat on her bike. Very Dr Seuss. |
| 1st May 2007 Lucky Charms | Good Day Mate - From: Ireland Thanks for following. I hope to have some consistency in updates, but it is rather difficult to do on the road where I do not having readily available computer access. The easiest thing to do if you don't want to check everyday is to subscribe to the blog and an email is sent to you when updates are available. If your worried about getting spam use a email address like from yahoo. Yahoo's email account blocks spam well. Not sure if they send spam from this site. Good day Mate (like the Aussies say). Dave |
| 1st May 2007 Lucky Charms | Yes it is Pink - From: England I needed a sheet to take along and the last minute decision resulted in a pink one. Feel free to give me a hard time about that as I expect it. Leaving Amsterdam today... off to Rotterdam, Brussels and then taking night train to Milan. Have a great day. |
| 1st May 2007 Lynn | Hello - From: Ireland I've been looking everyday for your info. The photo's are great. What I would give to be in your shoes. Haven't started reading " London" yet, I'm reading slowly, don't want to miss a thing. Be careful, oh just enjoy!! |
| 1st May 2007 Nancy R | The sheet is pink. - From: England Laundry error, right? Heh. Sounds like you're having a great time! |
| 27th April 2007 Nancy R | - From: Ireland Wow, I knew I had some catching up to do but was shocked to see the email update from Ireland! Sounds like things are going well! Happy Belated Birthday - Rob just celebrated this week as well. |
| 27th April 2007 mom | Awesome - From: Ireland Enjoyed the addition -have been checking each day.Makes a person want to travel!!! Take lots of pics. I had to print this-22 pages as Dad was trying to read over my shoulder.there is so much world out there-we are only a speck in the scheme of things!!! enjoyed the chuch pic. and Thank you for keeping your promise:) |
| 28th March 2007 Amy | - From: Yosemite National Park Gosh, Dave, these pictures put my skills learned in undergrad photgraphy to shame! Nice job! Love the Sequoia pics, too. I hope to see them someday. |
| 26th March 2007 Lucky Charms | Fun blog - From: New Orleans to Baton Rouge Thanks for checking it out. It's been a blast. I am going to try to keep it going in Europe this summer. Leave for Dublin April 3. Thanks for the interest. I'll have a few more updates before leaving. Dave |
| 24th March 2007 carmen | fun blog! - From: New Orleans to Baton Rouge I really enjoyed your blog! Really fun! The pictures were great as well. The more crawfish you eat the happier you should be! |
| 20th March 2007 Jason | poop - From: Arizona Strong work on the fecal matter...the student has become the master! |
| 15th March 2007 MOM | Happy Birthday Sunday3-18 - From: San Diego Have a great birthday!!!!!!!!! |
| 15th March 2007 btown | happy b'day Sunday 3-18 - From: Manatee Springs to Panama City Frontier has disconnected our internet supplier's 800 number (eliminating their competition) so i am at Uncle Bernies getting caught up. I may have to cave and go to them-even though I don't like the way they can take someones business from them with no reason. |
| 12th March 2007 Lucky Charms | - From: Texas - San Antonio, Austin & Fort Worth Thanks for checking out the blog. I had a great time in Florida as well. I suspect you have seen those entries. My time was limited so I axed El Paso. Sorry. |
| 9th March 2007 Erin | loved your pics ! - From: Texas - San Antonio, Austin & Fort Worth Loved your pics of Texas, but you forgot one city.... El Paso !! My hometown, lol, I live in FL now and your pics brought back great memories ! |
| 9th March 2007 Lucky Charms | - From: New Mexico I am in Bandon, Oregon tonight and driving to Seattle tomorrow for a travel conf. on Saturday. Been to San Diego, Joshua Tree, Seal Beach, LA, Hollywood, Yosemite, Mendocino, Hearst Castle and other places. Been busy. Have not had time to breathe let alone update the blog. Will be doing that next week though. Having blast. Look for new blog entries next week. |
| 7th March 2007 crewmate Jack | Still with you - From: New Mexico Why the increase in travel rate? You should take in more of southern cal. Decent sailing, movie stars, good Mexican Food, After all it's Boom Town. How much time do you have left? |
| 2nd March 2007 Jack | Still with you - From: New Mexico Very interesting state. What were the temps day/night. I think your descriptions and photos really yell a story. What's your irst stop in CA? San Diego is a huge sailing area, so is Newport Beach make it a point to get there. |
| 1st March 2007 Lucky Charms | - From: Texas - San Antonio, Austin & Fort Worth No I am in Seal Beach CA near LA. Heading to Joshua Tree tomorrow and from their it's going to be a world wind of activities all the way to Seattle by March 10th. Lots of windshield time and paying $2.75/gal for gas. |
| 1st March 2007 Lucky Charms | - From: Texas - San Antonio, Austin & Fort Worth Texans think so! |
| 28th February 2007 Little Sis | - From: Texas - San Antonio, Austin & Fort Worth Is everything bigger in TEXAS? |
| 27th February 2007 Amy | - From: Texas - San Antonio, Austin & Fort Worth Looks like fun! I'm glad you included pictures with Shelly's fam! I'm jealous. I really want to get down there to visit again. Are you in AZ now? I need to call soon. If you are bored and driving, please choose me to call and keep you company! |
| 26th February 2007 Lucky Charms | Mardi Gras - From: Pass Christian to New Orleans They were not going too wild this year at least the first weekend of Mardi Gras. The music in New Orleans was awesome as well as the Mardi Gras stuff. |
| 26th February 2007 Lucky Charms | - From: Myrtle Beach to Near Orlando I considered it, but thought Charleston would be very similar. I was in a hurry to get to Key West for the Sailing Regatta and had to cut out a stop somewhere and that was the one I axed. The next off the grid trip might not happen for a couple years, but I would definetly like to see the city someday! In San Diego right now. A little behind on the blog. Going to the San Diego Zoo today. |
| 26th February 2007 Nancy R | - From: Gulfport to Pass Christian Good work, Captain Dave! |
| 26th February 2007 Nancy R | - From: Myrtle Beach to Near Orlando I'm sorry you skipped Savannah - it's a neat river town! Rob and I were there just last year around this time. It's the first 'planned' city in the US, and many movies have been filmed there. Keep it in mind for your next 'off the grid'. |
| 25th February 2007 crewmate Jack | Madi Gras - From: Pass Christian to New Orleans Hey Dave. Where are to photos of all thos girls going wild |
| 24th February 2007 Lucky Charms | Gumbo - From: Pass Christian to New Orleans A crab claw, chicken wing, sausage, rice, water etc. That's all I could identify. If you put enough seasoning in anything you can make it taste good. |
| 20th February 2007 btown | gumbo ???? - From: Pass Christian to New Orleans must have tasted better than it looks. Whats in it? |
| 15th February 2007 Lucky Charms | - From: Everglades to Cape Canaveral I saw the mistake and fixed it. The default date is the time when your entering the information. I was just hurrying. |
| 15th February 2007 btown | just like Dad - From: Everglades to Cape Canaveral Are you putting the date on these or are you losing track of time like your retired Dad . |
| 15th February 2007 Lucky Charms | - From: Key West to Everglades Thanks for the comments. I was glad you all let me help out. I had a great time. I slept great during my stay as well. Yes I do need some ear plugs for the Hostel stays. Also enjoyed learning about a mission trip. I suspect someday I will want to do that again. Take care! |
| 15th February 2007 Lucky Charms | - From: Key West to Everglades I have not wrestled any gators, as I will leave that up to Joe Dirt (one of my favorite movies by the way). I decided only to pet them! Thanks for followingt the web site. It's been quite the adventure and I am only 1.5 months into it. Stay warm I hear it is cold back there! It's in the 30's in San Antonio where I am now! |
| 15th February 2007 Lucky Charms | - From: Key West to Everglades Jack, Thanks for the nice words. I did have a blast. We will have to see what next year brings. I suspect I will have less vacation time next year than I do now:) It is easy to do your job when you have knowledgeable people telling you what to do. Stay warm. I am currently in San Antonio and it is in the 30's. I suspect it is a little cooler in Newport:) |
| 14th February 2007 crewmate Jack | foward to Brenda - From: Key West to Everglades Dave I sent a link to Brenda she enjoyed your Blog. She also asked for your email address. I gave her the yahoo one. You know what that means. You've got to come back!!! I told her you were a quik study and the rest of the crew wants you back. It's only for a week (a great week) Take care and keep on trucking Jack |
| 14th February 2007 Robo | Dave vs. gator - From: Key West to Everglades Don't forget to wrestle an alligator while you have the chance. A big strapping boy like you should win easily. Saw Chris Wilson at Albers meeting last night. He's getting updates from the ladies at the office, so keep on posting. |
| 13th February 2007 Millikin Mark | Noisy nights - From: Key West to Everglades Dave, you stayed with us a couple nights at BFC in Pass Christian, MS. We had a similar problem with noisy nights, given there were about 20 guys sleeping in the bunk house. Get yourself a good set of disposable ear plugs and you will be set for the trip! Looking forward to seeing your pictures and following your journey. We'll be praying for you too! |
| 13th February 2007 Lucky Charms | - From: Orlando to Key West A gas card for a few thousand dollars would be handy! |
| 13th February 2007 B town | - From: Orlando to Key West Enjoyed this -you're getting better .Looking forward to more. What could we get for your birthday??????-you're experience is priceless. |
| 12th February 2007 Lucky Charms | - From: Myrtle Beach to Near Orlando It's a pretty good site. Thanks for the interest. Plan to have my Key West entry added today. Please notify me when you go on the trip so I can check out your blog. |
| 12th February 2007 Bill Guile | - From: Myrtle Beach to Near Orlando I looked at the site a little closer...I may have to copy when I take my BIKE adventure this summer....Now to find a laptop that will take the ride...I agree you should have used your sleeping bag in the hotel, but you didn't get wet.. Keep up the good work Bill |
| 11th February 2007 Lucky Charms | - From: Myrtle Beach to Near Orlando We will see. I am intriguied by the anonymity. Need hints. That hotel was worse than sleeping outside because the sheets even seemed grimy. At least while sleeping outside you have a sleeping bag that is clean on the interior. I should have brought my sleeping bag inside the motel and slept in it. |
| 11th February 2007 Lucky Charms | Mardi Gras - From: "The Rock" Jack I am in New Orlins as the locals pronounce it. Having a blast. Probably will be heading to Texas tomorrow. I hope to have an update to the blog today again. Couldn't do it recently because of web site glitches. Back on line now though. Probably will not do America's cup as I assume I would be sitting on sidelines which would not be much fun. I do not have Jim and Hal's address. Rock On! Happy Mardi Gras! |
| 11th February 2007 Crewmate Jack | Location - From: "The Rock" Where's Dave? Waiting for email answer re: Hals and Jims email addresses. Take Care. Write soon. Can't remember? Are you going to the America's Cup? |
| 10th February 2007 Lucky Charms | Printing Blog - From: Myrtle Beach to Near Orlando Don't sweat it. I sent backup CD's to you on Saturday so the photos are stored and I have emailed the text of my journal to Jay so that's backed up as well. Thanks for trying. This website occasionally has a few glitches. |
| 10th February 2007 Lucky Charms | Travel - From: Myrtle Beach to Near Orlando Once you subscribe to the site they give you instructions. It's obviously easy to do as I am using it! |
| 10th February 2007 Lucky Charms | Parking Ticket - From: "The Rock" Good deal! That was a pretty rude welcoming to Plymouth. |
| 10th February 2007 MB | The Parking Ticket - From: "The Rock" Received the envelope today from the TOWN OF PLYMOUTH. Dear Mr. Bilk, Re: PArking Violation #--------- This office is in receipt of your letter regarding your issued parking violation. Due to your explanation of the circumstances surrounding the issuance of this ticket, it has been dismissed as a ONE time courtesy. Sincerely, Parking Clerk |
| 8th February 2007 Bill Guile | Travel - From: Myrtle Beach to Near Orlando Great photo's and even better story line...Keep up the good work with the travel blog..How did you make it?? |
| 8th February 2007 mom | Printing Blog - From: Myrtle Beach to Near Orlando Dave for some reason this will only print the first 4 pictures and no text???? The others are printing fine. I think our oak tree looks as big. Is the trunk bigger? |
| 8th February 2007 Mom | Awesome - From: Myrtle Beach to Near Orlando Enjoying the blogs-keep writing- Be Safe - just the Mom in Me!! |
| 7th February 2007 anonymous | - From: Myrtle Beach to Near Orlando Hey, now you can say you stayed at the worst hotel ever. But really, I think it was just a prep for some of the hotels you may encounter in Europe! |
| 6th February 2007 AmyB | - From: Harvard, Mass to Harrington, Delaware I'm glad you shared the story of Betty. It's neat to hear about people like her. |
| 2nd February 2007 AmyB | - From: Beantown Wow, blueberries in beer. Antioxidants and oxidants. interesting..I think I like the idea! |
| 1st February 2007 Robo | pics work! - From: New Years in NYC Pictures are coming up fine now. Keep up the good work. |
| 1st February 2007 Little sista | yea dave! - From: White River Junction Looks like your having a blast!!! ur pictures with the bike are halarious! Thats awesome you got to see Jason and Emily! Talk to ya soon bro. |
| 31st January 2007 Lucky Charms | - From: White River Junction Yes I saved the droppings just for you since I hold you close to my heart. I'll have them for you sometime Mid-March. |
| 31st January 2007 Alison | - From: White River Junction Did you collect some moose droppings for souveneir?? ;) |
| 31st January 2007 Kate | Looks pretty fun - From: Beantown Quite the narration too. Happy travels. |
| 31st January 2007 Lucky Charms | No - From: Martha's Vineyard Actually it was a Toys-R-Us bike. My new bike does a pretty good job. Unfortunately, it doesn't pedal itself. Got about 25 miles in today. Rode to Honeymoon Island. Lots of Osprey there. L8tr! |
| 30th January 2007 Keith | - From: Martha's Vineyard are you still riding that Wal-Mart bike? Not to be nosey, but how did you work out your employment situation back in Carlisle? this sounds to be a pretty permanent thing. I wish you well and will try to keep in touch. Best Regards, Keith |
| 30th January 2007 Amy | Wow! - From: Newport, Rhode Island Looks like a blast! I am so excited for you, Dave. This is an area of the country I hope to visit some day. Thanks for the blog! There's a lot of people living vicariously through you this year! |
| 30th January 2007 Lucky Charms | Pics not opening? - From: New Years in NYC I had the same problem yesterday. Just try again as they seem to be working today. I hope to get more added the next couple of days, but I have a slow internet connection so that may not happen. I am in cCearwater the next couple days. Plan to ride my bike out to an Island today. It's only expected to get in 60's today. I am use to the 80 deg Key West weather. Tough surviving down here right now but I'll manage! |
| 29th January 2007 Robo | - From: New Years in NYC Thanks for getting the link to us. The pictures aren't showing up for me or Nancy though. when you slow down a bit and have the time maybe you can look into that? Post as often as you can, we'll be reading. |
| 29th January 2007 Little sista | Awesome Dave - From: New Years in NYC This is really cool... you better keep up with it through the whole trip.... You had also still be calling... :) have a great next couple days! |
