Blogs from North America - page 7767

Got back from a trip to South Dakota late last evening. On the agenda was a stayover in Pierre, SD where I had a couple hours to drive around the city. I have been to Pierre several times but it's been a year since my last visit. The town is experiencing a little bit of a building boom with some new retail and housing being built. For a capitol city, it's a small city (about 14,000); however, it is extremely pretty. According to wikipedia, Pierre is one of only 5 state capitols which is not served by an interstate highway system and it is about a half hour from the interstate. There are lots of open areas on the Capitol grounds with various state building located around it. Several memorials, statues and fountains make up the ... read more

Zuerst mal Sorry für die lange Abwesenheit!!!der Travelblog wollte unsere Berichte nicht updaten.......aber jetzt: So, die Grenze war kein Problem. Nur kurze formalitäten und die obligaten Fragen wie do you have weapons und whats your buisness in Switzerland….and what do you want to do in Alaska….was wohl? Die ÖLPIPLINE sprengen natürlich!! Alaska ist etwa so Menschenleer wie Yukon Territories und voller Wald dafür mit Gletscher und wunderschönen Schneebergen. Die Leute sind aber natürlich auch sehr stolz auf ihr Amerika und was uns beide enorm nervt sind die extrem vielen SUPPORT OUR TROOPS Aufkleber auf ihren riesigen Pick-ups und Wohnlastwagen (Enorm!!!!!!!!!) Aber die Amerikaner sind soweit eigentlich liebenswerte Menschen auch wenn unserer Meinung nach einwenig oberflächlicher als unsere Kanadier. Wir fuhren von der Grenze nach Valdez weiter nach Anchorage / Seward weiter n... read more

Hi Everyone, If you are reading this right now, this means that I have added you to my travelblog list. So while Im away and write down our crazy stories & adventures, you will get an email to remind you to check out my travelblog & read the latest chapter in our ASIA Journey. We are leaving in exactly 2 weeks from tonight! Adri, Parisa, Ana & I will embark on our 48 hour journey JUST TO GET THERE! Yep, we leave on Sept 6th at 3pm from MIA & arrive in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Sept 8th, 9am. Yeah, the plane ride in itself will be an entry in my blog. Well then, hope you enjoy the blog...see ya in 2weeks. xoxox Marce... read more

Hallo België, Toronto hebben we vanmiddag achter ons gelaten en geruild voor wellicht één van de mooiste plekken op aarde: de Niagara watervallen. Op foto zijn ze mooi, maar in werkelijkheid zijn ze adembenemend (en nat!). Omdat na de CN Tower gisteren, hoogte een relatief begrip is geworden, zijn we boven de watervallen gaan eten. Een draaiend restaurant zodat we de hele omgeving bekeken hebben. Morgen gaan we de Falls verder verkennen met een Maid of the Mist boottocht en een Journey behind the Falls. Wellicht zullen daar geen foto’s van zijn aangezien ik geen onderwatercamera heb. Een primeur op ons verlof: we hebben afgeboden op het hotel: met succes (bij de tweede poging)! Het weer is lichtjes verbeterd en door de wind die hier staat is het aangenamer dan de vochtige warmte in Toronto. Morgen ... read more

After 3 days in DC and busily helping to set up Sierra in her new environs we fled to a people-less area, and are staying in a pretty amazing hotel in Warm Springs over the Blue Ridge Mnts in Virginia. The Warm Springs Motor Hotel - which says nothing about the fact that it is the old Warm Springs Courthouse and we are staying in the converted jailhouse. It is very plush and totally filled with collectibles ranging from confederate soldiers to art deco tables and lamps, African carvings, deep south antiques and monkeys - both real and fake. People with great drawls live here, and I’m tempted to say ya'all as well. Jule has deteriorated into sentences like “Now that we’ve aten lunch, les go” This is the same hotel we stayed in 13 years ... read more