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North America » United States » Maryland » Baltimore » Inner Harbor August 29th 2011

What a day that I hope to not relive any time soon! Last night was not good. I was really concerned about how today would work out so didn’t sleep well. Then the wine I’d bought was way too sweet and fizzy, YUCK! It was a Virginia wine but not a good one so I really couldn’t drink much. I had 4 appointments set up for today but 1st had to drive from Fredericksburg to Baltimore about a 2 hour drive. I left late so knew that although I’d be within the range I gave, I’d be later than I wanted. Fortunately, roads were not busy so I flew on my way and got to my first appointment on time. By afternoon I’d checked both of the bank accounts and my advance was not there. I ... read more

North America » United States » Maryland » Baltimore August 20th 2011

We had a lazy start to the day and Stacy was our tour guide to the sights and delights of Baltimore, what a lovely city, the harbour area was really pretty and we walked around and over to the old area with all its little cobbled streets and original houses etc. We heard the news from 1814 from the town crier!! And then potched around some of the quirky little shops before catching the water taxi back over to the harbour area. We then watched fudge being made (which involved lots of audience participation, singing and jokes) but didn’t get any as Howard was too tight to pay for it! We then managed to buy a sat nav for when we hire the car and we were all knackered so went back to Stacy’s for a ... read more
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Lighthouse at Baltimore
Baltimore

North America » United States » Maryland » Baltimore August 12th 2011

After a fairytale wedding and a relaxing week at the beach with the McCarty/Link family - Brian and I started our journey to Australia for Honeymoon Part II. We left for BWI airport at at 4 PM to catch our 6 PM flight to LAX. The plane ride was uneventful - which I guess is the best possible type of plane ride to have! Upon arriving in LA - we had a couple hours to kill before catching the 15 hour 30 minute flight to Sydney, Australia. The only highlight of this lull was seeing the guitarist, Dave Navarro, in the airport. He's the one who wears a ton of make up and used to be married to Carmen Electra. Anyway, our flight to Sydney took off at 11:30 PM on Tuesday night. We flew the ... read more
Let the Party Begin!
Ceremony
First Dance


This morning started off with a breakfast of granola bars and milk as the hotel did not have complimentary breakfast. The full size refrigerator came in handy to keep a gallon of milk that we bought yesterday. After breakfast, we walked to our next hotel (just a few blocks away) and dropped off our luggage. The hotel hopping was necessary because of the various deals that popped up over the last month--sometimes you can only find certain days on sale. Our second stay is at the Mount Vernon Hotel near Baltimore's Washington Memorial. This was an exceptional deal as I was able to take advantage of Expedia's Best Price Guarantee . They had the hotel for $104.30/night, and it was $104.29 at Priceline. Because of this 1 cent difference, Expedia gave me a $50 voucher towards ... read more
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Looking through the cooling towers
The coolest B&N

North America » United States » Maryland » Baltimore May 2nd 2011

Day 1-Baltimore: The Airport: When we woke up this morning at 4:00 am, we remembered SW Airline's rule about baggage being free up to 50 lbs. We prayed our lone suitcase would be under this. However, upon weighing it at the airport, it was 58 lbs. At the ticket counter, Jason and I tried to cram rain jackets, book, cameras and anything else we could fit into Jason's backpack. Finally, we got it down to 50.5 lbs which worked with the attendant. Luckily Alex (16 months) slept the majority of the way there and their weren't any other hiccups except for the missing coffee cups on the plane. Luckily Jason and I don't drink coffee, but I think there were a couple worried passengers until they finally located the cups. ---Jason says "I still had hot ... read more
Flying to Baltimore
The Wing
Daddy's girl

North America » United States » Maryland » Baltimore April 16th 2011

Geo: 39.2906, -76.6096... read more

North America » United States » Maryland » Baltimore April 15th 2011

Saved (USA 2004, 92 mins) High School comedy with a christian flavor to it, add the jewish rebelious girl, the pregnant one, and the christian girl possè led by Mandy More's character and you've got the story frame. Quite funny, quite serious, quite watchable. ... read more

North America » United States » Maryland » Baltimore January 26th 2011

In preparing to “GO”, I had many people telling me just how different Ethiopia was going to be compared to America…. And believe me, I saw the differences….. I saw the INTENSE poverty compared to our INTENSE wealth….. I saw their pollution from smog, dust, and trash everywhere…. compared to our CLEAN air and environment…. I saw the absolutely disgusting water supply running through Addis Ababa compared to our water, the cleanest in the world…… I saw children wearing no shoes as opposed to Americans having 10 pairs of shoes….. I saw children walking miles upon miles, hours upon hours to school, as opposed to America who provides bus transportation to every student….. I saw what a privilege attending school in Ethiopia was, compared to us being required to attend school here in America…..I saw how ... read more
Church in Ethiopia
Ethiopian Food
Living Conditions

North America » United States » Maryland » Baltimore » Inner Harbor October 9th 2010

These are pictures from the fall when parents came to town. We went to Baltimore for the day and toured the inner harbor. I think it is a very underrated area. We had lunch at Phillips Seafood. I had not had Maryland style crabs since I was a kid. Not sure if I am really a fan. We then walked along the harbor and took a boat tour. We could see the Domino Sugar sign. Very neat. We then went to a section of the harbor called Fells Point. It had streets with brown stones and cobble stone streets. There were neat little places to eat and cute little shops. It looked like a little New York right on the Ocean. I definitely want to go back and spend more time there. ... read more
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