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| 20th May 2007 Gael | 6 months later...but it's never too late! - From: Savoir Vivre Hi travellers! I just take time to read your blog. What a great adventure! Lucky guys you are!!!! Where are you now? What's up with you? I just came back from a 5 months pilot training period in the south of France and I'm happy to go back home, not for a long time because I'm going to Brazil from 02/07 to 15/08 for holidays! I'm really looking forward to getting on the plane! Have a good trip&Best regards PS: Good news, my crutches are now only a bad memory. I runned 100km last week. |
| 16th April 2007 joe | graffiti from the east side gallery in berlin - From: LOST BLOG ENTRY written on a collar of an east german official: "happiness is possible if you have the right pen" |
| 16th April 2007 Patton King | I am Happy. - From: LOST BLOG ENTRY Rachel, What a happy conversation. My definition for happiness would probably read something like this: Happiness is a moment in time when a person has a positive reflection or a new joy surface as a result of sensing pure Love or pleasure in life. Once realized the happy euphoric feeling rolls with time like a wave onto the beach. Sustaining this is emotion calls for discipline in the art of positive thinking. Life by design is a challenge. Mankind needs to respond to this challenge in order to be happy. The reason why so many answer the question in so many ways is due to the simple logic that we are each unique, but happiness has a constant meaning that does not change. It is simply what makes us smile. Have a safe trip home and that will make me happy! Patton |
| 16th April 2007 Ashley | - From: LOST BLOG ENTRY hey ray! i loved this blog! i do believe it is my most favorite thus far...you are an amazing writer and i love reading what you write! by the way i think happiness for goya equals: wrappers that make crinkly noises, sleep, food, sleep, bugs, food, the bathroom, girls, sleep, and maybe some food! i miss you lots! |
| 16th April 2007 Elliott | Experiencing happiness - From: LOST BLOG ENTRY Rachel, normally I'd give an immature joke that your writing is good but the pictures make your blog what it is, but it is certainly the opposite. Btw I've received much happiness from your blog, keep on blogging! |
| 13th April 2007 Hesham | tp - From: Hooray for Posessive Pronouns the most important thing in the world is in your closet. Toilet paper. glad to see that your trips haven't turned you into a barbarian. |
| 9th April 2007 Amy Snyder | birthdays are fun! - From: To Edwin, on his 90th birthday How fun to meet a part of your heritage! oh and Snyder means 'tailor' in german. :) |
| 6th April 2007 abalada | F+U - From: Hooray for Posessive Pronouns = Fortbildung und Unterricht ~ advanced training and tuition |
| 4th April 2007 Carrie | May 2074 - From: To Edwin, on his 90th birthday So in May 2074 you, Ross, me and all the other May babies we know should have a massive beer and steak festival! |
| 4th April 2007 joe | the hard part - From: Hooray for Posessive Pronouns the really hard part about learning german is when you return to america. then, the monolingual population bleeds the german language out of your ear. if you discover some secret source of friendly german speakers in local communities, please let me know how you found them. nice blog, by the way. |
| 30th March 2007 Ashley | - From: Castle in the Snow Disney world does not hold a candle to these castles....i miss you ray! |
| 27th March 2007 Ana Chavez | FYI - From: Castle in the Snow Rachel Baumann! You could possibly be the coolest person on this earth right now! |
| 27th March 2007 Kevin | Hofbrauhaus - From: A Day left to Chance I love that you found your way to the Hofbrauhaus...my grandpa Lawyer was the first US Soldier to find battered Hofbrauhaus during WWII when the 42nd Rainbow Div took Munich!! How cool is that!!! Can't wait to see you darlin...i have some fun idea's for the summer :)! (Look out softball fields!) |
| 27th March 2007 Carrie | - From: Castle in the Snow Absolutely amazing! When you get home you will have to tell me more about these castles because WOW . . . Hope all is well and that you are staying warm. Miss you |
| 20th March 2007 Ashley | - From: Snowshoeing the Alps WOW!!! thats all i have to say...im impressed with your hiking abilities...our lil new zealand hikes were nothing compared to this. miss you tons and cant wait to see you!!! |
| 19th March 2007 kyle | - From: Snowshoeing the Alps so jealous...bring kaya back to the states!! i want that dog! |
| 18th March 2007 Miriam | Hurray for Melon Schnapps! - From: Snowshoeing the Alps Hi Rachel, It's been so great to read about all your adventures. We saw your folks this past week, and Sarah was the best tour guide we could have asked for at Sea World yesterday. James did the steel eel with Sarah, but only if she would sit in front. . . . we can't wait to see you in person, and look through all your pictures and hear the wild tales . . . Love, Miriam |
| 16th March 2007 Amy Snyder | Vienna - From: How to Prepare for a Masquerade Ball My brother studied abroad in Vienna for a year. My family visited him during Christmas. It was a very interesting trip! Schnitzel reminded me of chicken fried steak! We didnt get to attend a ball though! That looked like so much fun! |
| 13th March 2007 Bork | Hagia, Hagia! - From: Building Respect Wow, I've always wanted to see the Hagia Sofia, I've always had some weird fascination with it, it just calls to me. I'm glad you got to see it! |
| 13th March 2007 Kate | - From: Skiing in Bosnia Really appreciate your contribution to widening our knowledge of the city. I'm going there in April and can't wait to learn and experience it. Thanks !! |
| 12th March 2007 Christina | - From: On Being a Solo Female Traveler I completely agree with being a SFT! When I studied in Dublin and traveled in groups, shopping was key, not seeing the beauty of the places we went to. It was devastating when we found ourselves outside Buckingham Palace at the exact time of the Changing of the Guards (which is a must-see) and they pulled me away because they were cold and bored and wanted Starbucks. When we went to Galway, I left the group while they were shoe shopping (in a store that we had in Dublin, mind you) and I got to see little nooks and crannies that were on side streets in the town that they weren't able to see. (I made them jealous with my pictures though!) I'm glad you are having a good time! I am so jealous of you experience! |
| 11th March 2007 Elliott | Awesome - From: On Being a Solo Female Traveler Hey Rachel, thats some great advice for anybody. Glad to see your still rocking the Europe Conquest, Dubrovnik looks just...special. Enjoy. -E |
| 3rd March 2007 Kersandra | Nice Poem - From: Lossiemouth Ha! Loved the Poem! I especially laughed about the Ronald McDonald part. I am going to Scotland in a few weeks and so decided to check out some travel blogs. Your pictures look very appealing and now I can't wait! Sorry I'm a random comment-submitter, K |
| 28th February 2007 Amy Snyder | pizza - From: Skiing in Bosnia That mayo pizza looks disgusting!! |
| 28th February 2007 Ann | Wow - From: Skiing in Bosnia That's really interesting! I'm so glad you are experiencing all this (except for having your wallet stolen!) Love you! |
| 19th February 2007 Nancy | England - From: Bulgaria Hi Rachel! - Finally enjoyed catching up on all your back dated BLOGS. Glad to know all is well! Spoke to the Whitehorns last night and they wanted to know if you might be visiting them on your way home - said they are all ready for you if it fits into your schedule. Think they miss you! You are a brave person to be traveling alone - be safe. Love - Nancy |
| 17th February 2007 Jamie | Did you munch on cicchetti? - From: Venice is Dying One of my favorite parts about Venice were cicchetti bars. Cicchetti are little bread slices with local ingredients like fish or cheese. I equate it to Venitian sushi. One euro each and a one euro glass of house wine. It is a good way to make up for the fact everything else is so spendy. |
| 12th February 2007 Amy Snyder | - From: Turkish Delight You look good as a biker chick! :) |
| 10th February 2007 Linnea and Joseph | Games - From: Two Guys, A Girl, and a Year in Europe I love your description of traveling with boys....I have a similar daily experiene living with the small boy in my house! By the way...of all of your pictures we have looked at in the last 30 minutes...Joseph responded to the pictures of games. He would like you to come "home" and play with him! |
| 10th February 2007 todd in dallas | why the medusa heads weren't straight - From: Breaking into Istanbul University hi, love your pics, reminds me of my time there with the US Embassy. don't mean to sound like an archeology nerd but Justinian(or was it Constantine?) dismalted the roman temple above where the cistern now sits, and using the biggest blocs(medusa and aphrodite's heads) used them to shore up the pillars(the 2/4 pillars they are under are higher that the rest). It was also a way for the Christian emperor to insult the old roman religions |
| 7th February 2007 Ashley | - From: Turkish Delight I hope that adam and elliot enjoyed the belly dancing!!!! congrats on the publishedness....you are amazing!!!! |
| 23rd January 2007 Amy Snyder | pics - From: Leather Sandals The pics are gorgeous! Very pretty view! |
| 16th January 2007 Sheri Capps | HI! - From: Revelations from Rome Happy New Year! Your mom shared your website with me. Love the pictures and the updates. Sounds like you are doing great and thriving on the adventure. Be safe! Sheri |
| 14th January 2007 Ashley | - From: Becoming a gyro first...i miss you! second....i love the cat mixed in the ancient greek ruins! third....athens looks beautiful despite the mixed reviews i have received about the city. hope you are enjoying your new leg of your wonderful trip!!! |
| 31st December 2006 Ashley | - From: Revelations from Rome I particularly liked the christmas tree! |
| 21st November 2006 Griet | Sinterklaas ;) - From: Social Handicap Hi Rachel; I send you a link with more info in English about Saint Nicholas (Sinterklaas in Dutch) http://www.thehollandring.com/sinterklaas.shtml Hope you have a nice stay in France! We'll keep in touch ! |
| 17th November 2006 Linnea | Hooray for Girlie Beers! - From: Social Handicap Hey Rachel; I love reading your blog, your descriptions are wonderful and the pictures are awesome! I feel like we're traveling with you. I like framboise too...but I also kinda like beer...mostly the lagers. Emily and Joseph say hello (Joseph is planning a trip to Antarica!...he'll be taking Adam's penquin!) |
| 17th November 2006 Amy Snyder | Anne Frank - From: Turn off your Red Light I loved that you closed with that quote from Anne Frank. I remember reading her diary in high school. Amsterdam sounds like a huge culture shock! |
| 17th November 2006 Stephanie Perry | Unhappy prostitutes - From: Turn off your Red Light I can imagine they would be bored of being laughed at and gawked at my tourists. That would definitely get old after a while. The break dancing dhow looks like it was incredible, I would have LOVED to see that!! |
| 13th November 2006 Nancy Kramer | Germany - From: Another one for the internet Hi Rachel - Tried to E-mail you but don't know if it was successful. Wanted to let you know that Ken has a cousin living near Heidelberg and wanted to know if you would want his address in case you are near there. Following your blogs and loving reading every word. Keep it up. Love from Virginia Beach. - Nancy |
| 10th November 2006 Amy Snyder | Candles - From: Candles in the Snow Reading your experiences always makes me reflect on my own life. I bet the candles in the snow were beautiful! |
| 10th November 2006 Ashley | - From: Candles in the Snow I think that leaving Poland with the snow is a great idea!!! its real cold there!!! it sounds like you are getting to really experience europe....i cant wait to hear about your thoughts on berlin (i loved it!) a very artistic city... |
| 10th November 2006 Sarah | whoa - From: Candles in the Snow wow....that had to have been really neat. did they have gerber daisies?? |
| 10th November 2006 Hesham | your experience - From: Candles in the Snow your experience is so fascinating! Its amazing that you are going through europe and actually learning alot while you go through it. I wish you and Adam the best, and hope the rest of your trip continues to be awesome. |
| 9th November 2006 Stephanie Perry | How Beautiful - From: Candles in the Snow I can't wait to see those pics of the candles on the graves... you are such a wonderful writer Rachel...you should consider being an author. |
| 3rd November 2006 Amy | Good - From: Kilts and Celts it is a wonderful place 2 be |
| 1st November 2006 Amy Snyder | concentration camps - From: Bitter History Rachel, I'm glad you got to experience this very sad place. I bet it was fascinating and scary and emotional, all at the same time. I took a Holocaust class in high school and have always been intrigued by those horrible times in our history. I am just bewildered that people could be so cruel to other people, in huge quantities as such it happened. Good luck with the rest of your journey! |
| 1st November 2006 Ashley | A Strange Experience.... - From: Bitter History going to a concentration camp is something that cannot be described...only experienced....you really begin to question the world around you and the people that inhabit it....how could it be possible???? |
| 1st November 2006 Ana | Wow - From: Bitter History Even though we know about all this I'm sure it's an entirely different feeling than what we'd expect being there. You're a very wise one Miss Rachel. |
| 30th October 2006 Ashley | - From: Trainspotting did you love prague!??!?! i love the crazy art! the feet are very interesting....be ready for lots of strange food....who knows what you order when you dont know the language!!! |