This is the first entry of this travel blog, which we plan to use to document our road trip across the USA. Santiago, Francesco, and I (Julio) are planning to travel from Amherst, MA, to Victoria, BC, stopping along the way in as many interesting places as possible. The trip starts June 30, 2008. Stay tuned! The first two pictures are of our trip to watch Argentina-USA at Giants Stadium in NJ on June 8, 2008. We stayed at a hotel nearby and had a good trip overall....except when we got all wet from a thunderstorm that broke during the last [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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So, it is almost time for the RV to take off from Newburyport. We have officially started counting down the days for the trip as well as writing lists of things to do before we leave. Laundry is being done, piles of life's necessities are being made and shopping trips planned. If you all could see our piles right now you would begin to wonder about this trip. I am bringing my new ice cream maker that I got for Christmas from the boys'...you make it in a ball, can you imagine? Ok, maybe a science teacher would enjoy this more [View Full Entry]

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Welcome to my first ever blog! I'm not sure where to start, so here goes nothing. A few years ago, while I was living in NJ, I met tons of cool people. One of which inspired me to truly live my life to the fullest. When I first met Judy she was about to take off on a 6 month trip around the world, completely on her own. Reading about her adventures made me want to pack my bag and jump on the next airplane to a country I had never considered traveling to before. Well, who would have thought that [View Full Entry]

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Well, here it is - my very last update from the state of Massachusetts and potentially from the USA altogether. Today (Thursday, 6/19), I depart for Washington DC one last time in order to pay a visit to my brother and all of his friends. As I was telling my mom the other day, the planning for this weekend reminds me of one of my birthdays when I was a kid; I think it was my 10th. I had slept in or taken a nap or something that day and when I woke up, my brother was wearing a birthday hat [View Full Entry]

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testing, testing, 1,2,3, testing. This is my first time posting to the TravelBlog. We are headed to Boston in a few weeks and I would like to journal our trip. Practicing seems like the best way to learn. I would hate to get there and not be able to post after telling friends and family of our plans. I will be practicing with entries and adding photos that have little or nothing to do with Boston. Here we go! [View Full Entry]

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Megan and family members met in Boston. Megan loved the swimming pool at the hotel. Daddy ate raw oysters at the Salty Dog in Boston to amuse her. We walked around the Haymarket where there were street jugglers and musicians. "Build a Bear" was a winner that Aunt Sherri found. took the subway. Adventures! Surgery was tough on all. June 18, Megan is out of ICU and smiled. Tomorrow chest tube comes out. Doctor says Megan is recuperating fantastically, one day at a time. All are afraid to cry too much. Thanks for prayers. More bright days ahead. [View Full Entry]

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One week to go, then away on my next 'big day out'. This time, I'm off to Brazil, and I hope some of you will write to me as I pass through the seven or so weeks I intend to spend there. I fancy visiting some splendid islands for tropical fish and the like, the Amazon, for obvious reasons, and the wildlife paradise, the Pantanal, for added exotica. Hopefully, I'm going to meet up with my good friend Eric for a portion of the tour. Right now, I have an exciting and action packed week ahead wrapping up the School year [View Full Entry]

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Week 1, Day 1 Today is travel day! It still hasn't hit me that I am flying to the other side of the country for 7 weeks! ...or 49-50 days. This will surely be one of the most exciting and life changing experiences ever! I am currently at home for some last minute shoving and cramming items into....yes, 2 suitcases!! It's a good thing that I checked the airline requirements today, because I just found out that if your luggage is over 50 lbs. you have to pay $100!! When I weighed it just a few minutes ago one was [View Full Entry]

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Two days in Boston, Massachusetts and Kev and I know a lot more about the American Revolution than we did before! We stayed in Charlestown, an area which played a vital part in the Revolution and we were within cooee of where the Battleof Bunker Hill took place in June 1775. It was Col. William Prescott who led his men in the aforementioned battle and who is reputed to have issued those orders to those know as the patriots who were fighting the English Redcoats. The result was a victory for the British, however, they suffered their greatest losses of the [View Full Entry]

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