First day of a new adventure! I was up and showered by 5:30am and ready to go. I said my goodbyes to Mom and Diana (Mom saw me off to the shuttle, in tears, as always :D) and I was on my way. Security was smooth and was sitting on the plane before I knew it. I lucked out and sat next to 2 really cool UW alums, Marilynn and Brian. Marilynn was a talker, which suited me just fine. Their daughter had just gotten married and Brian had taken a ton of photos, but Marilynn had no idea how to [View Full Entry]

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Am letzten Tag in New York haben wir dann noch all das gemacht, was wir die ersten beiden Tage nicht schafften und sind mit der Subway in der ganzen Stadt herumgedüst. So sind wir erst mal ins Madame Tussauds gegangen und waren überrascht von der Größe des Wachsfigurenmuseum. Gut dass wir wieder früh gekommen sind, so mussten wir nur 5 min machen, bis das Museum aufmachte und konnten dann gleich rein und uns mit Brad und Angelina, George Clooney, Robin Williams, Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Aniston, Oprah Winfrey, George W. Bush und vielen anderen treffen. Danach sind wir noch in den Central [View Full Entry]

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New York City ..one more time..If Iam counting right, my 8th visit here in last 4 yrs..I have learned many things over these yrs & I guess thats what made this visit smoother..no tieredness, no late nights..only fun..some real good fun american style ;-) We left for Wilmington frm the office at 5.40 pm by the office shuttle.Original plan was to go by train but next train was around 7 pm which means that we have 45 mins before train arrives.Since Greyhound station just across the street,I suggested we check there. And bang!Next bus was due in next 10 mins.Its a [View Full Entry]

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I leave the country in 31 days. On September 20th I will board a plane for Manchester, England. On September 21st after one of the shorter nights of my life I will get on a bus, provided by the school, and drive two hours to Bangor University in Wales. For those of you that don't know at Bangor I will be earning my Master's in Marine Biology. A one year intensive program (September to September) that I've been planning on attending for at least two years now. Finally, I'm off. I will be living here: [c [View Full Entry]

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Der 2. Tag in New York Da wir auch heute wieder ein volles Programm hatten - wir wollten zur Freiheitstatue, mussten unser Busticket noch ausnutzen und an der Uptown Tour teilnehmen, sowie am Abend ins Musical gehen - gings wieder mal früh los. Diesmal zuerst mit der Bahn zum New Jersey Liberty State Park, von wo aus wir mit der Fähre auf Ellies Island und zur Freiheitsstatue übersetzten, bzw. zuerst mal 3 km laufen mussten vom Bahnhof zum Hafen. Trotzdem wars eine gute Ideee von New Jersey aus rüber zu fahren und nicht von Manhattan aus, denn diese Boote waren hoffnungslos [View Full Entry]

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Un viaje fascinante a la "ciudad que nunca duerme". [View Full Entry]

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Endlich in New York! Am Morgen haben wir uns zur U-Bahnstation aufgemacht und sind unter dem Hudson durch rüber nach Manhattan zur 34th Street gedüst. Nachdem wir uns am Voraband aufgrund unserer Zeitknappheit (nur 3 Tage in New York - das ist wirklich verdammt wenig) dazu entschieden haben, uns in einer der offenen Touristenbusse zu setzen (was ich bis jetzt immer vermieden habe) haben wir uns gleich mal auf die Suche nach dem Busunternehmen gemacht, doch wir mussten nicht lange laufen, da wurden wir schon von einem der unzähligen in rot gekleideten Greyline-Busticket-Verkäufer beschwatzt. Da [View Full Entry]

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no exciting news to report but, i just got an email saying i'd not used this in ages, then i looked on the map and a few countries are missing. [View Full Entry]

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Hello Friends & Family, We're in our last two weeks "home" before we take our first steps towards the big adventure. We are currently doing all of the "boring" stuff, e.g. vaccinations, bank accounts, packing our apartments, forwarding mail... the stuff that isn't fun to read about! There is much more to come, but this is a start! xo, H & F P.S. In the mean time, we're adding a few pics from our trips to Bermuda and Rio earlier in the year... [View Full Entry]

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Ok here goes. It's bloggin' time. To start off I'll just shpiel a bit about myself. I'm getting close to 30 and I need to get out and see the world. I have been planning a world trek for an insanely long period of time. It seems there is always a relationship, some kind of responsibility, or a severe lack of funds holding me back. I have done a lot of the states over the past few years, but I want to branch out from North America and see as much of the big globe we live on as possible. So [View Full Entry]

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