Blogs from North America - page 7751

Hello! Hopefully this cool little site will let you know what I'm up to and more excitingly let you see photos and little videos I take! Auntie Lin and Anna I apologise in advance for the poor spelling and grammer So first stop off was Viks and I off to NYC to visit Chris. It has rained pretty much all week - but then it appears to rain where ever Viks goes on hols so we've been blaming her! We saw a Yankees baseball game in the Bronx which involved some shouting for A Rod (we got his shirt) and very cool dancing in the seventh inning stretch - where we had to eat crackerjacks (apparently everone knows that!) We also went to Ellis Island and up the empire state building etc. Got Mum a panda ... read more

Shelburne Museum is probably the number one "must-see" attraction in the State of Vermont. Over the past decades, school field trips from all around the area have journeyed to this wonderful museum. The Ticonderoga and the adjacent Colchester Reef lighthouse are easily two of the most impressive attractions. The lighthouse was built in 1871, dimsatled and moved to the Shelburne Museum in 1952. The steamboat Ticonderoga is a fully restored, side-wheel passenger steamer built in 1906 and moved to the museum grounds in 1955. When visiting the museum, you can buy a DVD or tape that shows the Ticonderoga's remarkable final journey from Lake Champlain to it's present location. I am fortunate enough to live across the street from Shelburne Museum, so it's literally just a few steps away. More info and photos can be found ... read more

Today I went on a tour of Creel. I spent an hour yesterday afternoon shopping around for an English speaking tour so I chose this particular one for that reason. But this morning I discovered the tour guide spoke no English. Thankfully there was a Moroccan tourist in the group who works as an English-Spanish-French-Arabic intepreter for Amnesty International. He was on holiday but kindly offered to translate for me. We got along really well and exchanged email addresses. I'm building up quite a list of contacts for when/if I get out of Latin America! The other people on the tour were a father and his two kids from Juarez. First stop on the tour was the 400-year-old, San Ignacio Mission, built by the Jesuits, which is a property with a population of 500 Indians. It ... read more

Wow! Montreal... awesome place. Although I was initially dissappointed Emilie didn't come to Vancouver, I am now very happy to have gone to Montreal and also Quebec City. I had a lot of fun, Quebec is just incredibly beautiful and Montreal is a very happening party place. I stayed with Emilie in Montreal at her place on Saturday night, then we headed to Quebec City to see old Quebec and visit her parents who made a delicious dinner for us. Monday we spent the day at 6 Flags in Montreal which was much better than Playland in Vancouver. Tuesday me and Emilie just cruised around Montreal and then we headed to the airport for my flight to London and onto Aberdeen.... read more

Our last night in Yellowstone. We arrived back about 7pm, it had been a very,very long day. Sylvan took a nap before dinner and I went out to see Old Faithful for the last time. It's much better at night after all the tour buses have left. We met at nine for dinner in the grand dining room the food is excellent and in addition to the menu they have a buffet every night. (Did I mention that Sylvan tried the Buffalo which is on the buffet menu. He only managed 3 small bites.) Actually Buffalo is very popular most menus have Buffalo burgers, stew etc. I'll stick to beef. Saturday morning we left the park by the East entrance a road we had not driven before. We went by the buffalo herd on this side ... read more