Blogs from Vermont, United States, North America - page 28

So yes it has been a long tiem since I have written it has also been a long time since I was in Burlington But neway hopefully I will catch up on the travels!! So the night we were flying to Burlington there was a huge snowstorm forcast for NY but as we all know the weather forcast is never right or almost never correct...so we made it ontime with no delays to Burlington were Courtney, Jenn and Brooke were waiting to meet us it was so exciting to see them again it had been almost a year and a half since I last saw Brooke so we had lots to catch up on. But as it was 1am and we were all tired we left that for another day. On the 6th Dec we hung ... read more

Everyone seems to ask, “You must be excited about your trip.” Well, yes, in some ways, although at this point there is more energy going into planning/worrying/details than relaxing dreams of luxuriating on the beach somewhere. Not that we are asking for any sympathy, but traveling for a long period, I think, is different than a shorter vacation. Rather than leave the daily grind of regular life behind, a long trip brings a different set of daily challenges (although I know most people would gladly trade going to work everyday for figuring out how best to spend time in Thailand or Bali….) Our latest challenge is dealing with Apple over our ill fated IPOD. Despite the happy and simple instructions in the owner’s manual (“Just turn it on, attach to computer, play music!”), ours didn’t seem ... read more

It is all too easy to wake up at 4 am thinking of things to do before we go, not the least of which is figuring out the details and entrails of the world of technology and travel. After the third try to email out this blog address (correctly) to everyone, I think I have it right (if you are here, you found it!). Now to figure out how to upload photos here (at least from this computer), then to figure out how to do this from our camera or the IPOD or the handheld computer. For those wondering about what the well equipped, mildly tech savvy modern traveler is bringing (which I guess refers to us): an IPOD photo (for books on tape for Koby mainly, but also to store photos from our trip and ... read more

I have now completed my three weeks of staff training and am now a certified van driver! Since my last journal I have been climbing, mountain biking, country dancing, out for blueberry pancakes, shopping and spent my two days off in Vermont. It has been awesome! In Vermont I stayed in a house right by a lake and went swimming, kayaking and just chilled out. Just want I needed to recover from all my hard work! Now only a few hours left of freedom until the kids arrive. I have one group of 12 and am living with a group of 19. Oh forgot to say, yes I am still in the yurts! No nice cabin with electricity for me. Oh no! Will try and attach a photo next time and then you can all see ... read more

We left for Burlintgon at 8h00am.When we arrived we went to ECHO leahy center I found it a little bit boring but it was not bad. It was so cold so we stay in the center to eat . to began the after noon we went to the teddy bear factory and we saw how we do to make a teddy bear I found it not very difficult it was very funny to continous we went to the principal street of burlington Church street after this the exiting moment:shopping in the university malland I buy a lot of thing like clothes . 6h45pm it 'time to come back in Newport ... read more