Well, Brandon (my 14 year old son) and I have made it through our second trip this summer. Earlier in June we visited Florida finally, and had a wonderful time, Jordan was not able to go on the Florida trip. This time, our trip took us to the East Coast up through New England. Unfortunately, I don’t have many pictures from this trip, but everything just happened so fast. We began our journey in Livingston, last Saturday, and worked our way to Asheville, NC for the first day. Sleep quite a bit, and then took a tour of Vanderbilt Forrest. Jordan's [View Full Entry]

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After deciding to leave Sir Paul who would have thought that after getting to Montreal airport that my flight to New York would be cancelled. Was this a sign that I should have stayed in Quebec City? Fortunately the airline was "kind" enough to book me on an early flight the next day. Given my limited timeframe i explained that that may not be the best option and is it possible to find another flight. Luckily Air Canada had a seat with my name on it so NYC here I come. Before this quick jaunt to the large pomaceous city I [View Full Entry]

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BLOG NO 2 USA 2008 CROSSING THE ATLANTIC, - ARRIVAL JFK USA WOA !!!! THE CONTRAST !!! WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LOVELY SLOW PACE, ROLLING COUNTRYSIDE AND THE WONDERFUL LACONIC HUMOUR OF THE BRITS??? -- WE NEEDED TO ADJUST REAL QUICK!! -WELL AT LEAST UNTIL WE HIT OUR NEXT DESTINATION. MADE OUR WAY WITH ALL OUR “EXPANDABLE” LUGGAGE, (I’M SURE IT’S GROWN SINCE WE LEFT HOME ?------ BUT WE ONLY BOUGHT 10 PAIRS OF M&S UNDIES FOR OUR E?!) INTO THE SKY RAIL FOR A QUICK ACROSS AIRPORT TRIP, TO THE VAST SELECTON OF RENTAL CAR OFFERS. AFTER SOME PRICE COMPARISON’S [View Full Entry]

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And what a night it was!!! Leaving mum, Carolyn & Josh at Washington DC airport for their flight back to Dublin, we had to take the Dodge V8 monster car back to Toronto. My plan has always been to visit New York with friends to enjoy all the girlie things I'd love like the "Sex & the City" tour & cocktails!! Plus, I'd have a good budget instead of being in backpacker mode! However being so close (only a five hour drive) I'd told Mike how much I'd love to see the Statue of Liberty, so he planned the route down [View Full Entry]

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It is hard to believe that my summer in the city is coming to an end. My time in New York had been highly anticipated and it came and went faster than I can believe. Our NYC summer started a month prior to when we had initially planned and therefore also ended a month earlier, however the timing in many ways is perhaps better. Lisa and I and the girls run around town and through the park and then sometimes we spend a day in our living room in our pajamas next to the air conditioner trying to recover. We have [View Full Entry]

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Havde egentlig skrevet en meget lang blog omkring New york, men internettet gik ned paa denne her amatoer cafe, saa det var spildt arbejde. Saa her kommer der bare en masse billeder med kommentarer. [View Full Entry]

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Vi havde generelt en rigtig fed tur til New York, og byen kan varmt anbefales til alle andre. Det var dog en emget intens oplevelse, som tager kraefterne fra en og den kan virke meget overvaeldende, men paa en god maade. Vi fik set alt hvad vi gerne ville se, hvor frihedsgudinden og udsigten fra empire state og fra toppen af Rockefeller centret isaer var store oplevelser, som vi nok skal fortaelle om, naar vi kommer hjem igen. Vi tog endda to ture i biografen herovre. Selvom det lyder lidt dumt at tage helt til USA for at se film, saa [View Full Entry]

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Its easy to see why so many designers/artist live here. I fell in love right away, from the art to the people themselves, everything is art in NY. [View Full Entry]

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day two Been to see the statue of liberty today, its really impressive. Unfortunately all the tickets to go up it were sold out for the day but we still managed to get the boat over to the island. The weather was toasting and we had a lovely time chilling on the grass. We then caught the boat over to Ellis Island which used to be the first port of call for new immigrants. There's a museum on the island which mapped out the process they all went through before being allowed into america. We bought city passes for the week [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone, well today's the day! I'm in New York right now, just getting a final few things taken care of before I leave. I'm a little nervous, but more excited! Tomorrow at this time, I'll be in Dublin, Ireland, hopefully with a Guiness in hand. My flight takes off at 6:15p.m and I land tomorrow at about twelve p.m., so with a five hour time difference, it will be 7a.m. eastern time. I'll try to get on here as much as possible to let everyone know how things are going and to keep up on your lives as well!! Please [View Full Entry]

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