Blogs from Burlington, Vermont, United States, North America - page 3

Last step of the Atlantic crossing is completed with the arrival in the US. It was actually quite a routine flight, but still the one I worried most about. There are many stories about big problems with immigration in the US, and although I believed I had filled all the required forms - but the final proof is to do it. So in the morning (after finishing the blog entry about the beautiful rainbow fight at 4:30 local time - jet lag!), I started preparing the flight from Sept-Îles to Burlington (both airports selected on their merit to have customs on the field and official status as 'Airport of Entry'). Of cousre, the internet and the computer were slower than expected, breakfast too longer etc - I got late. And noticed that the original flight plan ... read more

Friends, We leave tomorrow night from Montreal. We will fly nonstop to Paris, arriving Friday mid-morning. Past few days have consisted of making preparations to be away from the office, finding comfortable shoes, etc. Excitement is building! Jay... read more

Notre vol pour Philadelphie de 1h35 a été annulé. On nous a mis sur un autre vol à 3h20 et on a changé notre correspondance pour San-Françisco, nous allons arriver vers 20h30 au lieu de 18h30. No big deal, on est en voyage de noce! Nous avons utilisé les petits chemins pour venir ici et nous avons trouvé que la région du Lac Brome et Knowlton était très belle. C'est le second voyage au cours duquel nous amenons le portable et c'est très pratique, il y a un accès Internet gratuit à l'aéroport de Burlington. J.P. & Claire ... read more

Greetings from home, Travel season is under way, and I will be on the road as of September 11th, 2008. It's probably not the most festive time to begin a two-month long adventure through Western NY (Syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester), Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. Regardless, there's only 150 High Schools, and 20 College Fairs between me and November 15th. img=http://www.insidehighered.com/var/ihe/storage/images/profiles/champlain_college/1782466-1-eng-US/champlain_college_medium.jpg It has been a busy week at the office getting everything scheduled, charging 1000s of dollars to credit cards for hotels and car rentals, and giving information sessions. Why do we do this crazy job we do? Because we love it.... read more

About 5 more weeks to go. Found a tenant for the house and I have started cleaning out old clothes and slowly moving personal belongings to the basement where they will live for the next 9 months. Still trying to figure out round-the-world tickets, not as easy and not as inexpensive as we thought. Karen has requested a sabbatical from work, so keeping fingers crossed this will be approved. We just finished a weekend retreat at Kripalu Yoga Institute in the Berkshires finding balance and learning about each other and ourselves. Announced my leaving at work this week which was received with feelings anywhere from surprise to no comment at all! Shopped for backpacks and am starting to lean towards a travelpack with shoulderstraps versus an all-out backpack that loads only from the top - we ... read more