Hi family and friends! Well, we finally made it and are settled in. It was a very long day as you can imagine, which is why this will be a short blog entry :) We all arrived on time and with no problems! We did a little sight seeing in Boston, ate dinner at Quincy Market and did a little shopping. We had a change in plans regarding the fireworks. Becuase of the number of people that would be in Boston and our long day, we opted for the fireworks in Salem, MA. The display was incredible and the syphony that [View Full Entry]

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So, you know what they say about all the best set plans... okay, I don't know what they say about all the best set plans, but I've come to understand that there is some sort of glitch in every single big trip that I plan - and I'm hoping that this was it. Yesterday, I was released from a 3-day, 2-night stay at the hospital... my diagnosis isn't worth posting here, but obviously it wasn't what you'd call a good time. Not to mention, yes, it did mean a delay in my departure for Europe. Go figure. So, I'm back to [View Full Entry]

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We have arrived in Boston, the pinnacle and original 'finish line' of our trip. More to come. Peace. Sam [View Full Entry]

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Spent the last week going round Boston. Entertaining and diverse city. Also easy to escape so the beautiful coastline both North and South were just waiting to be discovered. Day 1 Arrive Boston early evening, wander slightly aimlessly looking for the hostel. Asked 7 people where the road was until being rescued by a very nice woman who pointed up at a sign about 30 feet away and said "you're here" Doh. Crashed onto bed in ok hostel. Joined in a pathetic scramble for beds in our room. All asigned bed numbers which someone weeks ago had decided to ignore. For [View Full Entry]

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Hello all! Here begins my travel blog of sorts, which I hope to maintain as much as possible. First off, our travel info: DEPARTURE Swiss Air, Flight LX53 Depart Boston: Mon, June 30 @ 9:35 PM Arrive Zurich, Switzerland: Tues, July 1 @ 10:55 AM RETURN Swiss Air, Flight LX52 Depart Zurich: Wed, July 30 @ 5:30 PM Arrive Boston: Wed, July 30 @ 7:50 PM [View Full Entry]

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Odd that those words rarely inspire...and continue in that fashion even today. Rather than just going west we packed up my pint-sized civic last Thursday and headed...east. Maybe it was because Stefanie has a sister who lives in Boston, or maybe because there are some pretty cool climbing destinations in New Hampshire and Maine respectively; more likely yet is that my neuroses took hold and prevented me from simply starting at an arbitrary point like...New York. And thus began the "tag up" - heading east to go west. In typical lackluster fashion, the plan soon changed from climbing in New England [View Full Entry]

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So After another few days without filling in my blog i will try to fill it in more now. Let me see sunday i did pretty much nothing i watched the Spain vs Italy match washed some clothes had the worst nights sleep ever due to a snorer. Which sucked because monday I had a big day planed. I woke up at 7am and got some breakfast. Walked to get a sea bus (which is a boat not a bus) over to the north shore. I met Fiona and we headed up to grouse mountain. Which was a short drive. Here [View Full Entry]

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Yes i know you all knew it... i tried hiding it for a while, but you know these things happen hehehe... so we are in Boston... well, we have been since Sunday evening and we leave (early) tomorrow morning, so here are the adventures in between... Sunday, not alot... getting maps and getting lost is about all.. oh and watching the weather channel and working out what the Celcius conversions were hehehe... predicted severe thunderstorms for the Boston region for Monday... Monday... despite severe thunder storm warning, we headed to Harvard... when we got there, the sky was BLACK and the [View Full Entry]

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Wir wurden 2 Tage lang komplett verwöhnt in Boston. Wir wohnten bei Woody - einem Freund von Nathan (Freund aus Nex Mexico) - beide ursprünglich aus Thailand - in einem riesigen Haus. Wir haben 2 Tage lang nichts bezahlt, weil Woody sehr sehr nett ist und auch ziemlich reich.. Er ist Besitzer eines Thai Restaurants, das offensichtlich ziemlich gut läuft. Hab dort Hummer bekommen.. War ein cooles Erlebnis - und vor allem ein billiges! Haben nur 20 Euro pro Busfahrt nach Boston bezahlt, das war alles, was wir in dieser Zeit gebraucht haben. Es lebe die Gastfreundschaft und der Reichtum!!!! Now [View Full Entry]

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It's Friday, and I fly on Monday to Rio. I've just had a brilliant few days wrapping up school - the play turned out to be fab, the last day was fun, we had an excellent pool party, interupted by a couple of vaccinations, then more tom foolery in the pool splashing about with my students. Usually I get hurt at the end of year party, but this year I got away scott free! I met up with Lucille, Eric, Mike C, Kristin, Karen, Kristina, Adrian, et al for a fun bash at Orleans in Davis Square, then rode home very [View Full Entry]

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