Day 92- Monday Yesterday we flew from Colarado to LA where we were met by Connie's sister (No 6!), Cathy and her two lovely daughters, Sophia and Anna. They live south of the airport, about 30 minutes in good traffic, right near the beach ( broadly speaking , Redondo beach) . The girls, like the rest of the family are heavily into sport and , most interestingly what is known here as "Junior Lifeguards" or nippers/ surfclub in Australia. They trained, qualified and did surf patrol during the summer vacation. But they don't seem to have a Sunday morning program of [View Full Entry]

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This is the first post of our blog. We're going to be updating this throughout the trip as much as possible. It's pretty cool because we can upload an unlimited amount of pictures and even videos. We leave on Sunday. More to come in England! [View Full Entry]

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Hello All, This is the first installment of our (what I hope will be regular) travel diary. We will be sending photo's, scintilating accounts of our adventures, heartfelt accounts of love, connection and inspiration . . .or perhaps just updates of how well our supply of baby wipes are holding up in lands sans toilet paper. As many of you know, we are currently living in Humboldt County (Samoa) CA. We started our trip Nov. 8 and have thus far visited Berkeley, Santa Cruz, Ojai, Phoenix (Arizona), and I am now writing from Rancho Palos Verdes which is south of L.A. [View Full Entry]

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So, it's about time for a whirlwind catch-up on the not-so-faithful blogging responsibilities. Here is a quick synopsis of my last adventures from summer, and a taste of things to come... Last entry I wrote about my time in Madrid, which took place early September. After that I hopped on a plane to Florence to visit my sister. I had been to Florence before but am so thankful for my second jaunt in that gem of a city. Getting to my sister's apartment was tricky, whoever says Italian and Spanish are identical languages obviously has never tried to navigate their way [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone, so I'm getting ready to take off again, kind of insane that it has crept up so fast! Here is my status for the next couple of months. I am leaving June 13th for New York, then leave June 15th for ISRAEL for my 10 day trip! I'm going with my two cousins, Amy and Erin, and there is a slim (oh so slim) possibility my sister might come too. She is experiencing the joys of the bureaucratic (just learned how to spell that today) bull shit of universities and consulates right now getting ready for her year abroad [View Full Entry]

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so i'm back, and sitting in my lovely peach room, our plane landed almost a week ago! i haven't had time to write, getting back in the swing of things this week has been a little intense. but i of course had to write about our last couple days, and throw in some photos, to hopefully add a little color to the blog i've been writing. basically quepos was the town we were staying in as the springboard into the real tourist attraction of manuel antonio national park. this park is probably the most touristed place in the country by foreigners [View Full Entry]

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It's here -- our one week countdown to Costa Rica has begun! My boyfriend and I are leaving for a 2 week jaunt through jungles, cloud forests and picturesque beaches of Costa Rica. Being that this is my first journal, a little background is in order... I am 23 and studied abroad my jr year of university for a year in Madrid, Spain. The experience changed my life and propelled me into a life that revolves around traveling and learning about how life is lived on other parts of the globe. Although right now I am a working woman (for a [View Full Entry]

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October 22, 1988 *City official name :Rancho Palos Verdes *Founded date : *Location :California State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Palo Verde is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California, United States. The population was 236 at the 2000 census. [View Full Entry]

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