http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Ohio , Cleveland Area en-us Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:01:57 BST Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:01:57 BST Hey all It's really come down to the last few days ... I am getting SO nervous sad excited and happy .. and most of all STRESSED I have been so lucky and happy to have been able to say goodbye to friends family classmates and former teachers but to those who I have not seen or have no opportunity to see before I go I would like to say goodbye in my next blog to you all which will be the d http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-318256.html Hey allI am writing this blog from my home in Berea I'm just testing the waters here on this blog site . I hope you are all able to access this because I am writing this blog for all of YOU to see on the computer when I write.. which will be every so often meaning as much as I can. Right now I am getting ready for my big adventure which all or most of you know about I am an exchange stu http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-316109.html No tale vpis bo malce krajsi samo info kaj se dogaja in kaj delava da ne boste mislili da sva zaspala ali da ne delava nic ...Danes zjutraj je bil v sosednji stolpnici pozar. Na 13. stuku nekdo je pozabil nekaj na stedilniku in se je vzgalo. 27letnik je umrl zvonili so pozarni alarmi tulile so sirene uglavnem bilo je nemarno glasno. Midva sva pa mirno spala. 8Vse v vsemu ugotovili smo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-314074.html Slovenska Pristava...Ena vecjih preizkusenj in en vecjih strahov kako bo slo. Piknik kjer je bilo 1000 Slovencev ... povojne generacije.Pa je slo. Pac je bilo treba parkrat pozreti malo sline ene trikrat drugace niso bili nic nasilni. Je pa izredno lepo na tej pristavi. Imajo kozolec velikansko dvorano odbojkarska igrisca na mivki most cez recico kamp vikendice olimpijski bazen ipd. Sl http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-313784.html I have had a great couple of days here in the Cleveland area. Two nights ago we stayed in a small town on Lake Erie just west of Cleveland called Lakewood. Kristen had a bad cold and some pink eye so we visited the local hospital in the morning to get some antibiotics but she is fine now. We then rolled over to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I honestly thought that we could motor through this m http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-309214.html What's hot The New England Patriots wall at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton OH. What's also hot Two nights at the same hotel. Also hot World's largest AAA Travel officewhere they're lined up seven deep. Paul speculates Many Ohioans are trying to leave in a hurry. What's not The hotel room movie 10000 BC Travel lesson of the day Make sure you have plenty of Internet login o http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-297488.html On June 30 my family and I arrived at Camper Village Cedar Point. On July 1st we went to Cedar Point Amusement Park. We rode Millenium Force Power Tower and Mean Streak. After that we had lunch. I was beginning to feel nauseous so I didnt join my family when the went on Magnum XL 200. Instead I had an enormous snowcone larger than my head. My brother began to feel ill as well so we went b http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-294658.html We're still packing and crossing things off our to do list... http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-288688.html Here we are...getting ready for our trip. It's our first visit to Thailand and our first time blogging. Definitely lots of new things to learn. Right now I'm testing out this potential blog site for the trip.Friends and family what do you thinkI'll add more content such as pictures maps countdown clocks etc. when I learn what I'm doing. For now wish me luck packing and crossing things http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-286007.html After leaving Niagara falls and getting a tiny bit lost... we continued our drive through New York Pennsylvania and into Ohio. Just past Cleveland is a little college town called Oberlin where our friend Will goes to school. It was finals time at school there and everyone was very busy it felt good to be done again but we got a chance to see some of the sites. The conservatory there is http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/Oberlin/blog-275113.html I can't believe my trip is coming up so soon I'm very excited about it and just a little bit nervous but I still have so much left to doGet some EurosCall my credit card company's to let them know I'm going to be spending internationally so they don't think it's fraud... very important key because I plan to spend too much money over thereBuy some international phone cardsBuy more outfits t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/Strongsville/blog-159576.html Officially I leave a week from todayI can not wait to leave it is so surreal to finally be studying abroad because I have been talking about this since High School. I still do not have everything ready but I have always been a procrastinator. I bought my Eurail pass for the trains yesterday and tomorrow I'm buying luggage. Mrs. Caraboolad Alana and I went shopping and out to lunch today wh http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/Strongsville/blog-158925.html Finished West Virginia a few weeks ago and spent a week in DC finishing the computerized part of my work. I am now in the Cleveland area taking some time off before I enter Tennessee. I've been upgrading my vehicle's suspension brakes and interior space to make the next part of my trip more efficient and comfortable. I've learned a lot about how to do this job better and countless more about thi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-95408.html Ok so now that I've finally got all my info I can write something up. There was considerable stress on my part as I got my visa THIS Tuesday. Oh yes I leave on the 28th and I just then got my visa. Blargh to that. But it's all good now and I'm nice and legal. So after the nightmares about my luggage being stolen by my father so I have no stuff and then at the airport realizing I have no pa http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-82983.html Weather has changed to enough cooler that we feel quite at home. Tonight when wandering after sunset we almost needed a light jacket.We started the day with visits again to the Kirtland Temple for a tour of that building owned and managed by the Reorganized Church or what is now called The Community of Christ Church. It was most interesting of course to be conducted through three floors of meet http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-80683.html Tonight we rest in Ohio near Kirtland. It was a day of driving ..... about 6 hours. Weather was hot and humid again but the car was cool and comfortable. And the camera worked today After leaving the batteries out of it and letting it cool off overnight it worked. My theory is that heat and humidity affect the little switch somehow. Anyway I've got a few pictures again today.We did visit bri http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-80465.html Hi family and friendsToday is the day I'm leaving for Salzburg My flight takes off from Cleveland at 550pm and I change planes in Philadelphia to fly to Munich. It took forever to get my suitcase situated with everything I think I'll need I am determined to be absolutely prepared which of course means that I probably forgot the one thing of vital importance to the trip . When I fly int http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-74410.html So yesterday I went for the first weekend in ages. Although it's not out of my home range or anything like that it IS a different experience. So here's my day. The Great Lakes Medieval Faire. It's a roaring good time for all and much love is to be had there. If you've never been and have the opportunity to go to ANY MedievalRenaissance Faire GO. Don't ask just get a costume and go. Even if http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-73191.html Tomorrow even though I really don't like going to them I am somehow going to a convention. I'll take lots of pictures then and put them up and maybe next week I'll do a nostalgia entry for Denison. That way my darling Sarah can have the pictures I have from it. So consider this a promise for pictures and entries later. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-63690.html Well I got this so that you all can keep track of my fantabulous photos while I'm Japan and go through the horrible process of getting ready to leave with me. I'm really stressing out about getting my ticket for the flight. I keep worrying the one I want won't be there when we can actually shell out the 2100 for it. I had expected it to be expensive but still. Fortunately the embassy in M http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-63215.html Hey guys so I just wrote this really long entry and then travelblog deleted it. I suppose that writting it at 230 am is perhaps not the smartest idea damn Mike and his distractive ways. I'm going to have to just walk away from him next year if I need to go to bedliving with him may prove to be interesting. Although I do plan on stealing his music that will be very exciting. These cats of http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-36404.html As I write we are mere miles away from the beautiful and sunny coast.... of the Cuyahoga. You got it we're rocking the Cleve as I've decided to call it or The Mistake on the Lake as Candace our first commenter so kindly pointed out.I'll start out by thanking those of you who joined us at Solstice the night before we left you were a small but rambunctious crowd and it was nice of you to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-36096.html Nearly ThereIf this is your first time to our blog please checkout the first enrty by clicking pervious enetry on the navigation controls aboveThe time for our departure is approaching more quickly than we anticipated Everything has been moving along for us in our preparations. Our bags are packed and we can't wait to get going We decided to add this journal entry as a kind of Frequently As http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-30274.html A Nomadic ManifestoFinally it is time to get moving again This is the first entry is what I hope will be a constant journal of our travels. This journey is far from a vacation for us. We are not headed to sunny beaches and palm covered resorts though we may find a few from time to time. We are going on this journey to walk through the hot crowed streets and of India and feel our bones jostled o http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-25122.html I just spent half an hour writing about what I've been up to for the last three weeks but lost it all when I tried to do a spell check. So sorry here are the Pictures that will tell the story better than I could anyway.LoveJo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-22390.html Well everyone this is the first official entry into my online travel journal. In exactly 3 hours I will be boarding a plane bound for NY and then transfering onto the overnight flight to Dublin. I feel the craziest mix of emotions right now everything from excitied and thrilled to terrified. All I know is that this is going to be one hell of an adventure. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-18851.html Any reason to travel is a good reason but when you're picking up a 2001 model Corvette with 5.7 litres of V8 goodness under the bonnet you know you're travelling for the RIGHT reasons. And so it was that my buddy Kevin and I travelled from Fort Lauderdale Florida to Detroit Michigan to pick up his new pride and joy.We were scheduled to leave Ft Lauderdale at 730pm having made it to the airp http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-16037.html So you're probably wondering if you haven't had the joy of me telling you already.. what exactly is Semester at Sea Well it is what it sounds like. I will be spending the fall semester aboard the MV Explorer a floating college campus. Over the course of the semester we will circumnavigate the globe beginning in Nassau Bahamas and ending in San Diego CA. 45 day visits to ports along th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Cleveland-Area/blog-14022.html