I have now bought all the train tickets I need. Today I order San Diego to Merced, and Fort Worth to Boston. We'll be getting into Boston at 9pm. I probably won't be able to find a kid willing to come get me at 11 or midnight, so we may spend the night in Boston or Portland and ask for a pickup in the morning. I have one hotel reservation left to make, in Merced. Brian found something, but I didn't have time to double check the info. Last chore will be to reserve a car in Sacramento and Merced. I [View Full Entry]

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So.... as April 16th, my trip to Jordan and Egypt this coming August are set in stone. I will be traveling to Jordan on a WorldQuest volunteer project and will be there for two weeks. I will be living in Amman with a host family and working at a vocational school helping to teach english. I will be in Amman from August 16th through the 30th. WorldQuest so far has been incredible. At first, it seemed a little disorganized but that's just the website. Once I was registered and ready to go, I was contacted by the Africa and Middle East [View Full Entry]

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I've bought more train tickets. This time down the California Coast. We're spending three days in San Diego. Sea World and the zoo are on tap. Maybe a trip to Mexico. Maybe Kelsie will join us. We're probably taking the train home as well. I haven't bought those tickets yet. I did get a hotel room in Sacramento. The 13 mile taxi ride from the train station is going to be expensive, but the hotel is right near the car rental place. I talked to my Uncle last night and he'll take us to the train station if we come home [View Full Entry]

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Back In Maine I have been back in Maine since February 17th. I dont know why I haven't written much since coming home, I guess I am just lazy. Things have been going alright. Sandra arrived in Boston on April 8th. It was so great to see her. We were only apart for 7 weeks, but it fealt like years. Since she was been here, we have had much fun together. I have showed her the Maine Coast, Maines Largest City (Portland), and last weekend we went up to Quebec with my brother Josh and his Fiance. I thought about Richard [View Full Entry]

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Packed like sardines in a large tin can, the airport shuttle carried us to the Amsterdam airport, where we attempted to check in at the airline kiosk. To our surprise, we were not assigned seats next to one another. The prospect of sitting apart for over 8 hours was not very appealing, so we made inquiries at the luggage drop. We explained that we had around the world tickets on a single reservation number and couldn’t understand why did not have seats next to one another. The lady was quite friendly and said she would note this on the computer and [View Full Entry]

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Hey all, sorry its been a while, seem to have been busy, and its pretty difficult to get online sometimes! We finished up in New York last week and then moved onto Niagara Falls for a couple of days, stayed at a hostel that seemed more like someones house. The lady that owned it was lovely though, really helpful. Niagara Falls is beautiful, just like nothing iv ever seen before, it really is cold this farnorth though, went for a walk on the evening that we got into Niagara, never been so cold, am told that it was about minus 10C, [View Full Entry]

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Wow, I wanted a travelblog for my upcoming summer adventure, but I am not doing anything half as exciting as the folks on this place are doing. But, since this isn't high school, I'm sure nobody will mind and it's only for the family and friends anyway. The Amtrak tickets have arrived -- BOS to SAC (Boston, MA to Sacramento, CA). The luggage is here and I bought a new camera to document the trip. Post is a fabulous picture of mud season in Maine. I still need to reserve a rental car and try to do a calendar. I hope [View Full Entry]

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GUS AND MARIE BONDI!! The Bondis spend their summers in Ogunquit, ME and their winters in Winter Haven FL. Gus is fully involved with Shuffleboard, winter and summer, Marie almost as involved in Golf!! Gus and Marie have been travelling on the Inaugurals for some considerable time; at least as far back as the Inaugural to Brazil >> yes there was an Inaugural to Brazil, and yes, it was a most successful event as was the ISA Tournament in Brazil. For both, we stayed in Niteroi, just outside of Rio de Janeiro. Few people are as enthusiastic about Shuffleboard as Gus, [View Full Entry]

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We moved to Portland, Maine in July 2007. Its a small town, not much to do!!! But if you are a nature lover as we are....than you are in Haven..Portland is an open gate towards the beauty of the outdoor recreation!!! [View Full Entry]

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Tuesday 22nd January - Sunday 27th January 2008 This is more of a photo session as I have just eaten a steakbomb sub, which has a week’s worth of MEAT in it and am feeling a little lethargic and thus cannot be bothered to summarize what has happened in too much detail. I apologize for my laziness and the very dull approach to my last few blogs, but you know how I feel about winter and creative motivation. On Tuesday I made a big Bangers and Mash dinner for Laura and we drank a bottle of champagne for absolutely no reason. [View Full Entry]

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