Blogs from Omaha, Nebraska, United States, North America - page 4

Well I am now back from Chicago. Nothing like taking a road trip with two teenage boys altogether in the back seat. Any way spent Sunday night in Minnesota. Then Travelled to Chicago Ill. Stayed in one of Fred's sister's room. Very nice. Anyway on Wednesday went into Chicago city on Thursday. What a mission took hour and a half, but lots to see. We went to the Shedd and saw lots of fish, turtles and snakes. Though my fav would have to be the Dolphins and the Whales. We then went to the Museum and saw a Maori exhibit (how ironic) and the natural disasters exhibit. See the pics. On Thursday went to the water park-lots of fun and a bit sunburnt !! Went out the night with Fred's family to Opa a greek restaurant. ... read more

Well...we finally made it back to the great state of Nebraska. We were anxious and happy and sad to be back, paradoxially, all at the same time. The weather is going to take some getting used to. We have been spoiled by 80 degree heat. But, nothing feels better than being back in the presence of our families, making up for lost time. Sometimes it feels like we just left last week, and now we are back, when in reality it has been almost 1.5 years. And friends...well... the good ones, they are seriously hard to find! Another perk of being back is that we can re-kindle old and meaningful friendships. So...we are learning to be Americans again. Husker football this...springs a comin that...it is going to take some time to get back into routine conversation ... read more

Hey all, I flew up north with the Schunks and landed in Kansas City, Missouri before finally arriving in Nebraska. Eric is a big fan of Nebraska Huskers, and as the result, I was introduced closely to the Huskers land. We got along pretty well, considering it is off season for college football - I can't wait until it is starting again in about eight months. Omaha is a cool, chilling town, and it is definitely cold here. At one point it is registered as 15F outside high temp, make me a very happy little southern bird. Until next time, -Cy... read more

I am home. Since returning, I have gotten some emails about where I stayed in Beijing and how to get around, so I decided to post some helpful information for future Beijiing travellers. The Shuttle bus pictures are two sides of a brochure that can take you from the airport to the cool part of Beijing, near Tiananmen square and stuff. The GOTOhotel pictures are the brochure of the hotel I stayed at... highly recommended. 260 yuan per night (with a deposit of several days lodging up front) and it has maid service, a toilet and shower and high speed internet in each room. When you get through customs at the airport, find your way to the information desk which I think is on the lower level. Show them the shuttle bus brochure, and they will ... read more

Since it's the end of July, I wanted to publish a quick update with the goings-on of the past few weeks. After Jackson, Philippe and I spent a few days back in Boulder preparing for him to leave. Coordinating with his other climbing partner (Brad McMillon), running a million small errands, packing... all the while, enjoying the excellent company of old and new friends in Boulder. When I dropped Philippe at the airport on the 7th, I just kept heading east... driving all of the way to Omaha, Nebraska to see my family - especially my 87 year-old grandmother. Splitting my time between my dad's house and the retirement community, I played a lot of cribbage, gin, and rummy-cube, watched a lot of Price Is Right, and fixed a few computers. I think Cameron Diaz made ... read more