Blogs from Tallahassee, Florida, United States, North America - page 4

I'm stuck, I'm stuck, I'm stuck in Florida!! And I'm already trying to plan a European summer. Right now, (and my plans change all the time) I want to be in England for a majority of my summer. Spending most of my time in Reading, with visits to friends in London and Cambridge (Bedford really). But my logic is, why would I spend so much money on an international flight and not take advantage of cheap inter-European travel? I'm already looking at Ryanair and have found £2 tickets for Krakow, Oslo, and Stockholm and £30 tickets to Berlin, Grenada, Pisa, and Madrid. My logic for having only travelled to France 3 times (rather than going to another country; Scotland and Wales don't really count) was because I know some French, at least enough to get by. ... read more

How depressing to have to do through my little location list and select USA instead of all those other exotic choices. Ok, so the UK is hardly considered exotic, but many people here like to think so. Speaking of exotic I always thought I could deal well with that type of environment. Maybe not for a long period of time, but at least for a little while. My idea was to study hollistic medicine and change the world like Angelina Jolie. (mom doesn't think I can do it!) But I'll find away, even if it means having to stay at disneyland resorts alongside Samantha Brown first! Speaking of the travel channel.. did you know that through FSU's international programs you can do an internship with them in London? Yeah, I don't think I can pass that ... read more

I-75 heading north was the usual....just a busy non scenic interstate but it served the purpose to get us heading north. At Ocala we turned on to US 27. I'd not remembered how hilly Florida can be. It was a gorgeous drive on a 4 lane highway with miles of rolling hills, horse farms and huge live oaks covered with Spanish moss. Some of the horse farms were amazing, complete with luxurious barns which could have housed up to about twenty horses. We had intended to take Alternate 27 most of the way but made a wrong turn (and this is just the start of the trip) and ended up traveling along the regular route 27 instead . All was not lost (no pun intended). It turned out to be a lovely peaceful drive through many ... read more

Today's drive was much more enjoyable for the pilot. We left I-95 after an hour and have been taking state highways through Georgia and Florida that provide interesting scenery and velocity changes to keep Vincenzo from falling into a monotonous drone. The intermittent downpours also spice things up a bit. The navigator's day is nearly fulfilled at having spotted a wild boar grazing in the “soft-shoulder”, an armadillo whose vital signs were questionable, a fox the size of a gazelle fleeting across the road, and many flocks of white herons. I still want a 'gator but I can wait till Friday when my AAA book PROMISES me a gator sighting. We were warned against swimming in the swampy water at the Florida Caverns State Park campsite because of the gators, but I was dubious of their ... read more

UNTIL I LEAVE FOR SOUTH AFRICA!!!! =)... read more