Blogs from Vermont, United States, North America - page 27

Part 23 May 20 Verona, Wisconsin I had thought I'd end this blog when we left for the US, but it seems a small bit on our return is in order. For the most part, there wasn't much of a culture shock as Australia and New Zealand are a pretty good transition to developed western living. Coming straight back the US from Asia would surely be more abrupt. Leaving Australia was sad for me much more than anyone else. In many ways there was emotion about accomplishing something overall in our travels and great pride in the kids and Elaine, but mostly it was a feeling of having to end what has been a wonderful adventure and a lifestyle that is not all that hard for me to enjoy. And our last couple days in Oz ... read more

Josh and I left the craziness of NYC amidst a greenish looking cloud that eventually ended in a fluffy white snow storm. Snow and crazy traffic was a clear sign that our NYC experience probably should be coming to an end. A hour plus after leaving Long Island, we crossed the bridge that separated us from night and day, otherwise known as NYC and upstate NY. Heading up to Poughkeepsie was absolutely beautiful. The snow subsided and became rain, then drizzle and finally blue skies. Our route took us through a tree lined highway and rolling hills...Josh and I both decided that New York has done a great thing for the environment by keeping all of the people in one big spot - Manhattan, and letting nature spread throughout the other areas of the state. We ... read more

Hi friends! Next week we will be traveling into autumn in Chile and Argentina. Our main destination is a small town in Argentina called El Bolson. We will share our trip with you via this TravelBlog whenever possible. All the best Ari and Paul Erlbaum P.S. If you want, you can email us at a travel email of Eggsaucer@ecologyfund.net P.P.S. Here is where we will be:... read more

This week i decided to drop "financial institutions and markets" because its on Monday and Wednesdays. I've picked up Business Policy which is on tuesdays and thursdays because it gives us Monday Wednesday Friday as snowboarding days. Have been listening to the one dayers at abc.net.au/cricket. We spent most nights this week partying in the Living/Learning Centre. Thursday was Australia day. We both had classes all day so i wore my "Australia" jumper, and aussie flag hat. Got a lot of funny looks. After uni melissa and i went done to a pub called coyote's for some exchange student thing, i met a good bloke from england called Tal. Afterwards we came back to our room and got a carton of Fosters from the bottlo. The Austrian Tom, our neighbors Max and Buddy, and Max's mate ... read more

Well we got up bright and early, and admittedly not feeling 100% after being out late celebrating our last night in NYC the night before. Caught the subway to JFK airport - a mission in itself when you're carrying all your bags, and flew up to Burlington. We were met at the airport by Marta and Allison, two uvm students who'd landed the job of picking up the international kids and showing them around. For the first few days there were no american students here, so we got to know some of the international kids really well. we went to a few parties at different people's houses, mostly Allison and Marta's and their friends. Was good fun. We got a good snowfall on the friday night and saturday, and tom and i went to one of ... read more