http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Michigan , Ann Arbor en-us Thu, 03 Dec 09 06:51:34 +0000 Thu, 03 Dec 09 06:51:34 +0000 Day 1 Itrsquos been 9yrsA redeye flight to AA arrived shortly after 6am wide awake although I wasnrsquot able to sleep much on a plane. Still dark outside the sun was just about to start to come out. On the way to AA there were familiar names of freeway exits but completely lost disappointing. Itrsquos been a long time. But once I got to State x South U it all came back to me S http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-441808.html Two years later and it's off to India again Like the last two trips we'll try to get on here at least every other day and let everyone know what's going on. Sometimes the internet connection where we are is slowtonone so be patient if it takes a few days. This trip is even more difficult for me because of my son EV. Last time he was just a baby and now he's my little man. He doesn't like http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-409355.html After spending most our the past month working and only thinking about work now we can focus on our trip. The countdown is on. We leave Sunday May 3rd and now we have to figure out how to pack for 6 weeks. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-395494.html Favor Could everyone who is interested in reading this blog sign up as a subscriber It doesn't involve being on any spam lists you'll just get an email whenever I make a new post. It will be much easier for me to stay in touch that way.One Week OutFinal PreparationsSo one week from today is my flight from O'Hare to Heathrow and one week from Monday I'll arrive in Lilongwe. At this point it's http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-393784.html Planning our TripStill in Ann Arbor planning our trip. Bought plane tickets from Chicago to Dublin Dublin to Manchester and then hostels in Paris. Think Mike Kellen will be joining us in London and the click is planning the UK part of our trip out for us. Getting so excited Now just have to figure out how to pack light enough for our trip. More LaterR http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-391924.html Prep for Travel20 Days til I leave...Moni that's hello in ChichewaSo I'm starting to play around with all of this site to see if I can get it to work so put up with me if I mess some stuff up at first.A little background people who aren't too sure about what I'm doing this summer I will be living in rural Malawi from May 4th to August 20th though I will be out of the us from May 2nd to Augu http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-390109.html Just a test post to make sure I have all of this working. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-386892.html So after a 14 hour flight from Sydney to LA an 8 hour lay over in LAX and a 4 hour flight to Detroit I found myself back at home at 2 am not quite sure which time zone my head body or heart were in. Can we get any more cheesy than that The rest of my Sydney trip was incredible. Most notably I climbed to the top of the Sydney Harbor Bridge and was able to view the Northern and Sou http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-381974.html Well the backpack is packed to the absolute brim and my room is emptied out for the subletter that's moving in. I can't believe I am actually leaving for this trip that I started planning a year ago. I will arrive in LA around 545pm LA time and my flight to Nadi Fiji doesn't take off until 1030pm. Sigh. I downloaded some movies onto my IPod and have a lot of books so I will hopefully b http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-368079.html greetings from a very snowy michigan since i arrived in chicago a week ago it has barely stopped snowing which makes for beautiful scenery dangerous roads and wet socks. it's been really freezing today is a chilly 12 degrees. i was under the impression that if it was below zero it was too cold to snow but that theory has definitely been proven wrong as i sit here i can see a squirrel oh http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-363558.html Hi.I'm trying out this site by creating a sample post. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-355718.html Home Again We arrived safely at home very early on Wednesday morning. We have tons of laundry sandy are still in some time zone between here and Cairo almost 2000 pictures and many wonderful memories.Thanks for following our blog and look for pictures soon on either Flickr or Shutterfly. We'll let you know.Love to allPatJimMomDadNormKathy http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-337744.html Headed to Michigan recently after finishing up in West Virginia. My cousin was having a graduation party and we figured it was only 7 hours away instead of the normal 10. Why not go Also had a chance to stop in Ann Arbor to see my uncle Joe and Adrian to see my grandparents. Never enough time but such is life.Michigan is exactly the way I remember it. My family moved away in 1993 because of http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-302639.html Bij aankomst in de VSvA is de temperatuur dezelfde als in Rio. De temperatuurschaal is er jammer genoeg wel Fahrenheit ipv. Celsius. Het is er ijskoud dus. Gelukkig breekt al na een paar dagen de lente door. We kunnen zelfs BBQrsquon. We zijn er op bezoek bij Tom Viki en Noah merci voor de gastvrijheid in Ann Arbor in de staat Michigan op een boogscheut van Detroit. We doen niet zo heel v http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-272896.html This week kicked off our RomeParis study abroad trip and we are all so excited The first day we worked with our GSI Joss in learning some basics of both French and Italy and worked with Dawn in learning some measurement techniques that we will be using in various cities in Europe to measure different buildings and areas. Yesterday we did some more language and measure work and then moved http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-271903.html So here I am back in the good old USofA living life as an umemployed posttraveler moping around my parents house catching up on TV and reminiscing with photos from my tripI just wanted to finish up my blog with this little disclaimer. Although I had an amazing trip and had many incredible experiences there were also a lot of crazy things I had to put up with. Life on the road entail http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-268752.html Der letzte Tag ist ja bekanntlich der Tag an dem die letzten grossen Aktionen gestartet werden muessen weil man sonst die Torschlusspanik bekommt. So war es auch bei Kate und mir. Wir haben einen super Tag gehabt voll mit Erlebnissen und Aktionen. Der Tag begann mit einem Fruehstueck mit Liz einer alten Bekannten die ich in Deutschland kennenlernen konnte. Ich war ueberrascht sie hier anzutreff http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-260803.html Heute ist endlich richtig sonniges Wetter in Ann Arbor. Gestern war es sen ganzen Tag so windig dass es mir fast meine nichtvorhandene Parueke vom Kopf geweht haette. Gut dass ich keinen brauche Kate hat Moni und mich heute mitgenommen zu einem Seminar ueber Astronomie. Es war sehr interessant und ich habe alles sprachlich gut verstanden obwohl ich gedacht haette dass sie mit Woertern um sich http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-260092.html Jetzt bin ich schon bei Kate in Michigan. Um aber noch einiges nach zu holen was ich aus Louisiana nicht schreiben konnte werde ich zuvor diesen Kapitel meiner Reise abschliessen.Wie ich bereits erzaehlt hatte hat sich Matthew grosse Muehe gegeben mir Louisianas Schoenheit zu demonstrieren. Das ist wie Ihr sicherlich schon vermutet habt ihm auch sehr gut gelungen Der Aufenthalt im National P http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-259412.html Whit playing our travel agent has come up with a great set of plans for our trip. Monday morning Feb 25 we plan to fly from Auckland to Queenstown probably staying at the Pinewood Lodge 90NZ on Mon Tue and Wed night. Tuesday is our Milford Sound all day sidetrip. Wednesday is our 12 day LordoftheRings tour Go Frodo Merry and Pippin Thursday we rent a car and start drivi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-242884.html