On a glorious sunny autumnal day we left Massachusetts and headed North into Vermont. Our first stop was at small village called Jacksonville where we bought delicious apple and blueberry pies from a stall set for Columbus Day up by the local Womens’ Guild. A drive into the Green Mountains on what I expected to be on minor tarmac roads turned out to be on tracks. However after a couple of hours of adventure with quite difficult navigation but glorious situations we eventually made our way back to civilisation. Our day finished with a ride up the Gondola to Killington Peak, [View Full Entry]

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It had been 31 days since arriving in the United States of America and today, there was nothing planned on the agenda for today. I always try and plan a rest day in all my travels but I had to wait this long before I was able to do it! My feet will thank me later on tonight when we head to ‘the club’! Dani had to run off and bring one of her cats over while I stayed at home and watched endless re-runs of Passions, followed by Family Matters. I sewed my bag up again and made sure [View Full Entry]

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Today was going to be a very exciting day. Dani and I were headed to The Great Escape, a theme park that she had been telling me about for ages about and today was the day to find out…that the place was closed? CLOSED? HOW COULD THEY BE CLOSED?!! I had flown over here, lost my credit card, missed a plane, been abused in New York City’s subway system by an MTA employee, and now THE PARK IS CLOSED - Ohhh…they had better watch out, because Dani offered to drive past there today and I would be sure to let [View Full Entry]

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Today, Dani and I would go climbing up Mt Equinox, the third highest points in Vermont. It was a climactic build up to tomorrow’s main activity (The Great Escape theme park) and Friday Night’s activity (‘the club’ is all I have been told!) before Saturday’s big road trip over the border and onto Toronto. This part of America is very lush, green and beautiful. But that is about to change in the next few days as its now fall and the leaves will start changing before dying off. Dani tells me that there are people that come from far and [View Full Entry]

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I slept great thanks to the fact that I was so tired after all the walking yesterday. There was no sign of Locker Room Lady as I checked out. I wondered if I would dare catch the subway or catch a cab downtown. I had been in NYC and hadn’t yet caught an iconic yellow cab, so now was the time. Instead, a black luxury Chrysler pulls up and the driver rolls down the window. He says something in Spanish, which I don’t understand. “Que? Me no habla Espanol!” “You don’ speek English? Oh sorry man, where you going, I’ll [View Full Entry]

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Arriving at my room on trinity campus: One mega suitcase, one small bag and a backpack. Reasonable, not too outrageous. Departing my room at trinity campus for my new room on athletic campus: 2 mega suitcases, one large bag, one smaller bag, one bag containing my quilt, my backpack, a laptop bag, my toiletries bag, pillows, several other paper bags full of stuff. You may ask how I amassed all of this extra stuff? It is an excellent question. I have asked myself that a few times. The answer is, I HAVE NO IDEA. I just have no idea where I [View Full Entry]

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Although today marks a sad day in our time, my day marks the departure of my longest, most in-depth adventure yet. Tonight, I leave for San Fransico. I will spend the next year participating in the LEAPYear program(www.leapnow.org) and traveling around C. America and Africa. For the first two weeks, I will spend my days in Sonoma County, CA at the programs retreat center preparing for the next year. Then, its off to Guatemala, Costa Rica and Honduras! After spending the day visiting my Great Aunt Sophie and playing badmitton with Alexis, I have found some time to sit with my [View Full Entry]

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Besides doing my reading for classes (ever studious person that I am) we have been having a lot of non-study related fun. My favourite kind :) The first weekend, before classes started, there was a big barbeque for all of the freshmen and everyone else that had moved in by that stage. There was a ton of food and it was a really nice day. It has actually been really warm here, skirt or shorts weather. There was music and people were giving out fish in little tanks to people, because that is the only pet that is allowed in the [View Full Entry]

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On the night of the 22nd I finally arrived in Burlington! It seemed like I had been travelling forever to get there, but my first glimpses of it (what I saw from the plane) were really beautiful. The green here is insane, even in summer it is this really deep green that is absolutely everywhere. Lots of trees too. My buddy Rachel picked me up at the airport, and took me to my room at trinity campus. After I actually got my stuff up the stairs and got it into my room, I went back to Rachel's house and we made [View Full Entry]

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The previous truckers tab -- yikes! The complete trip cost us $869 and 277 gallons later.... [View Full Entry]

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