Blogs from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, North America - page 21

Here a couple of "before" pictures: our family Christmas card from December 2006, and a picture from Angie's and my trip to Granada in October 2006.... read more

It's late here but I felt I should scribble a few words before I go to bed. Tomorrow is my last proper day in the US and it doesn't seem real that my trip is ending. Today was a very fun day. We went up to the Interstate State Park (really!?) and took a walk by the river up and down the snowy trail. Animal tracks traced the ice and the pines cast amazing, flame-like shadows over the frozen surface. Utterly beautiful. Minnesota is a delightful patchwork of lakes, waterfalls, rivers and forests. Although hunting and fishing are far to popular to make it my place. I can't really escape meat here either! I do love being with Jon and Steph though - they're such wonderful people. Intelligent, funny, gentle and very easy to be around. ... read more

Welcome back to our travel blog! Our anticipation is growing as we look forward to going to Guatemala. This past week we experienced what felt like our first introduction to Minnesota winter in the three years we have lived here. Two snow storms in one week dumped just over 20 inches of snow in the Twin Cities metro. There is something beautiful about going outside in the afternoon and having to shield your eyes because of how bright it is. To pass the time this last week Sarah and I took in a few movies (either from Redbox at $1 a pop or from our local dollar theater). That’s the way to go. We really enjoyed Freedom Writers. And we enjoyed the soundtrack every bit as much as the movie. As we were leaving the ... read more

I'm already nervous about the hair growth. I can feel it laying on the top of my ears. We thought you might enjoy checking out the language school we plan on attending. It is an independent language school in Quetzaltenango called Celas Maya. During our time there we will have one-on-one instruction with native speakers and live with a Guatemalan family. Check it out at: http://www.celasmaya.edu.gt/ Wow, thinking about leaving is pretty tough these days, especially since we have so enjoyed the sub-zero temperatures here in Minnesota the last few weeks. Our computer tells us that currently it is -1 degree with a windchill that makes it feel like -87,000. All joking aside, we will miss Minnesota. We have made some great friends and experienced a lot of wonderful things in the last few years. Signing ... read more

Ok, yes yes yes. I havent done a blog entry for ages. After all the excitement of the blogs in California i'm sure you were all expectring the fireworks and the such to continue right back till blighty. Well, as it worked out on 24th November i flew 2 Frontier airlines flights from San Fransisco - Denver - Minneapolis. Respectively these were with Larry the Leopard and Foxy the Fox (all the Frontier airline planes are mascoted by animals. As you can see the brainstormers ran out of ideas when naming the fox plane - just a bit). So what have i been up to since arrival in this part of the worls and why on earth did i go there. Well, those with good memories will remember Laurel from earlier blogs from our heady days ... read more