It's been a few years since my last travel blog (U.K. in 2007). I'm leaving for Ireland in two weeks, so I'm reviewing the blog posting process. If you are still subscribed to my blog from 2007, feel free to unsubscribe now, or stay on and you'll get notices of my postings over the next six weeks. I hope to post a few times per week. Feel free to share my blog address and/or posts with other friends and family. I have a lot to do to get ready to leave. I have to pack my clothes and gear to be [View Full Entry]

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Day 8 - last day in LA - Santa Monica Peir in wonderful sun. Flying overnight to Denver Day 9 - started at midnight waiting for my flight which was meant to leave at 11.59pm and didnt leave til 12.45ish. brilliant :p But that was to Boston, where my aunt met me at the airport - thanks Bev!- and we spent the day there, mainly at the Harvard Natural History Museum. Drove to Vermont late that night, but I slept the whole way. We followed a guardian angel almost all the way at the right speed! brilliant. Day 10 - started [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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Little did we know that down the unlit street a dead end lead to a hatchet torn fence with a white cat whos plans were a little suspicious. Dunken doughnuts and gas station food while talking to locals, i do believe i'm in any-town usa judging by the looks on all of their faces as we power walk through the town this morning. Our jaws are achy from the tension caused by last nights tom-tom mishaps. Finding a hotel in any-town america at 1am is not an easy task especially when street light doesn't seem to have been invented yet. This [View Full Entry]

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I think everybody loves the thought of a long weekend in the wilderness. Of being secluded with a group of good friends, surrounded by trees and privacy, yet with the amenities of being at home. Well that's what we did this Memorial Weekend of 2009. Epstein invited many of us up to his family's mountain house at Mount Snow for a weekend of partying and enjoying Vermont's outdoors. Things are exceedingly comfortable here with a large outdoor hot tub, two kitchens, satellite tv, a big pool table, and most importantly a giant trampoline. With so many people up here, we each [View Full Entry]

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I thought some of you might enjoy seeing this: Jaz on the PLF website Jaz has plans well underway to return to Cambodia in September with the intention of teaching English through the spring. We hadn't planned on having an empty nest so soon, but we'll manage - and we'll look forward to visiting while she's there! She's got a busy summer ahead with online CCV and UVM classes and (with any luck) a job. (She's filled out 18 applications and been to four interviews this week.) If anyone knows of int [View Full Entry]

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Preparing for a full 24 hours of travel tomorrow. It's my own fault, really. The true miser that I am, I picked the cheapest flight possible to Madrid which accomplishes two things: a 9 hour layover in London, and a bus ride from Heathrow to Gatwick. I have no idea what my mental state will be like at the end of all this. I plan to document everything. So here's hoping for the best...no flight delays, no customs issues, no visa problems, no one falling asleep on me...It's all going to go smoothly...oh yes.... Coming up next: ESPANA! P.S. "The Craigslist [View Full Entry]

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After leaving Thames, it was not long before we reached the edge of greater Auckland, and from there it was a quick trip along the motorway back to the “big smoke” and our friend Nik's place. We reconnected with Nik, and heard that he had a new love, an 'old' love from a decade ago with whom he is now reunited. So he was very happy, as were we for him. Nik waved his relaxed geek-hands over our new computers and suddenly software appeared. We were very grateful for his assistance with this, and for opening his home to us to [View Full Entry]

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(This post is all about pre-departure details, so if you’re looking for something exciting, please look elsewhere!) One week from now will be our last night at home. Steve will cook us something wonderful for dinner, and Jaz and I will finish last-minute packing and make sure we have adequate reading material and well-charged iPods at our fingertips. We will check the weather forecast for Burlington, Bangkok and Cambodia. I will be trying to wrap my head around the fact that no matter how cold it is here, I will still be wearing sandals (with socks) when I get on that [View Full Entry]

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After working 120 hours a week for far too long, Grace finally finished her work stint at Irasburg and came home to the farm to rest, if packing and sorting things for a new country could actually be called rest... And Paua laid down her brush and paint-pot after completing as much of her latest portrait as could be achieved. It will have a few weeks to dry while she is gone, before the next paint is applied to it, and it will lie undisturbed in the house with only the sound of ticking clocks - if the frequently-visiting cat-feeding friends [View Full Entry]

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