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Corola
Corola
She may not look like much, but she handles like a dream and takes pot holes like a champ.
WARNING TO THE READER: The following blog contains some material unsuitable for all persons. It is strongly advised that children read this blog first and use discretion before allowing their mothers, or other persons prone to worry, to read this material. About two weeks ago Gustavo Meyer (the other foreigner and my roommate) and I received a car so that no one else on the team would have us as a responsibility. Up until my return from Louisiana (more on that later) I was the designated co-pilot and navigator, a position I was more than happy with. Now that Gustavo is [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 7th 2006 | 290 Views | [diary=64828]

Hangin
Laundry Time
Guaynabo

My Team
My Team
This is before the last game i played. The bus' A/C switch broke on a three hour bus ride but it broke in the on position which made the inside freezing. that was the only time i had flashbacks of be... [more]
Puerto Rico has been amaizing!! When i got here three weeks ago it was on a contract that guaranteed my stay for seven games. pretty much since day one i have been trying to figure out a way to prolong my stay. i finished up my contract last thursday and, since im writting this on Monday, you can all see that i have found a way to stay. I was unable to play in a game we had last Saturday because of league rules but this allowed me to take a few pictures of the game and even some video. i [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 22nd 2006 | 503 Views | [diary=61084]

Swiss Friends
XXX
vs. Naranjito

Week 1
Week 1
this is the back yard where i stayed for the first week. It was very nice but no where near the beach which bummed me out a little.
Ok so due to things beyond my control i have been unable to post anything for some time. maybe if i find the time i will go back through my pictures and post some from my last few months in Switzerland but until then i will have to start the next chapter in my travels. As most of you know, i am now in Puerto Rico. for those of you who dont know the full story of how i got here, here it is; I had been home for about one month and had yet to find a job. I was [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 15th 2006 | 472 Views | [diary=59403]

Snoopy
Cool Camera Feature
Winning gift

By Nils14
January 8th 2006

Winding Down

 Europe » Switzerland » North-East » Zürich
On my way to the Market
On my way to the Market
I learned a hard lesson right after i took this picture. Snow is slippery.
So unfourtunatly the day Birka and i returned to Lugano i had to leave for a friendly game. this gave Birka about a day and a half on her own to relax and recuperate. She tried to make my roomies and me brownies for when we got back but the directions we not in english and Betty Crocker was no where to be found. it was a nice thought and sometimes thats the most important thing. One of the coolest things to happen was a huge snow storm dumping about 6 or 7 inches of snow which made for perfect snow-ball-fight [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 8th 2006 | 175 Views | [diary=34715]

Kitchen Window
Lugano
Snow Flake

By Nils14
January 5th 2006

Pisa

 Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Pisa
On Arrival
On Arrival
First thing you see when you walk into the Piazza. I was a little worried because i wanted to go to the top of the tower and it was foggy but by the time we got up there the weather was fine.
As if three days in Florence and two day trips to Venice and Siena were not enough Birka and i wanted to see the leaning tower of Pisa. I had been there once before and i knew it could be done with full satisfaction in a few hours time. The plan was to check out the tower and be on our way back home in time to catch the last train from Milan. Catching that final train had been on my mind from day one of the trip because if there is one place you do not want to get stuck, [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 5th 2006 | 286 Views | [diary=34256]

Tourist #1
Tourist #2
Tourist #3

By Nils14
December 29th 2005

Siena

 Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Siena
Walking to Siena
Walking to Siena
So here we are on one of the streets to the center. The reason Birka looks so happy is because she has no idea how lost we are.
So Birka is on her way home and I pretty much slept all day today and I figure i better post the rest of the blogs from our trip before Joes friends arrive. When they get here we are going to head south and spend our final days of 2005 Roaming around Rome(no pun intended). As you have all seen so far Florence was our home base and we took a few day trips durring our stay. She went a little out of order because the day before we went to Venice we headed to the little town of Siena. This [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 4th 2006 | 191 Views | [diary=33315]

Siena Street
Il Campo
Clock Tower

By Nils14
December 28th 2005

Venezia

 Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice
First square
First square
Behind me are some tents where you can shop. Nils said this was more than he'd see before. Christmas was the next day so... I got distracted as Nils was taking the picture and I'm pointing at a cute ... [more]
Hi! It's Birka again! We spent a day in Venice which was AMAZING! It is such a beautiful place. Nils had also been there before so he was excited to show it to me. It's great because when you get off the train you are right on a canal. It is so exciting to see! We walked around most of the day and even got lost and walked around the whole island in a big rush so we wouldn't miss our train. But everything worked out and it was a great day. There are so many alley ways and of course [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 28th 2005 | 241 Views | [diary=33142]

Bridge
alley
Kiss, Kiss

By Nils14
December 27th 2005

Birka's Blog

 Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence
Outside our hostel
Outside our hostel
This was our last day.
Hello everyone! (it's Birka). So Nils is left for his games and I'm going to try to work his travel blog. I have about two days in Lugano on my own. I hope I can get this to work! The first place we went to was Florence! It was a great time! The weather started out cold and clear and really perfect. After walking what seemed like FOREVER we finally found our hostel and it was every bit as lovely and classy as we had hopped. The Italians really know how to decorate! Since we arrived about 4 hours later than [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 27th 2005 | 254 Views | [diary=33013]

Our room
Hallway
Duomo

By Nils14
December 20th 2005

Christmas 2005

 Europe » Switzerland » North-East » Zürich
Day One
Day One
Enough said.
Hey everyone, Ok so Bika got here fine and no major disasters befell us but there were a few interesting moments in each of our travels. For me; I purchased my tickets last week for what i thought was going to be a charter bus service to and from the air port. when i got to the bus stop however there sat a small 10 person van filled to the brim with worried and late travelers arguing in three different languages. The bus driver took the 10 of us that fit,and picked up the bus he was supposed to have used [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 20th 2005 | 196 Views | [diary=32065]

Sleeping
My Fish
Fountains

By Nils14
November 26th 2005

24th Birthday

 Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Fribourg
Renting the Smart
Renting the Smart
It was almost to easy to get. Give them the money and they give you the keys for 24 hrs.
Ok so we were going to rent a smart car and drive to Zurich, but we over slept so that plan fell though. we still really wanted to rent the Smart so we walked down and did it any way with no real plan. we ended up going to the a town about 30 mins away and looking at some castles there. then we drove home and went to the top of Mt. Bre to check out the view. I know its not the greatest Birthday story but itturned out to be a pretty fun day. I missed you all and [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 26th 2005 | 228 Views | [diary=28779]

Real Safe
Sizing it up
Big Pimpin



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