http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Maryland , Silver Spring en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:05:19 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:05:19 UTC Hi Quick update on what I've been doing this summerfall I stained our new deck which took me awhile. I went on a week bike trip just me to Ocean City Maryland from 9 Montvale Court. Then I rode the Obamawagon through Indiana where I presented on a teacher panel Ohio MassachusettsYou rock Tony Bernardo in your Hippie Palace New YorkFirst Indianaite to love on Nathan Gilbert saw http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-345210.html A random memory but it came to me as I was packing my suitcase this morning and looked up to see a caricature of Jrocker I drew about two years ago. For our Japanese classes in university in the first through third year we were required to do skits at the end of each semester to illustrate our grasp of the Japanese language. And for me I always ended up doing the most random and insane things http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-338550.html ldquoFor a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way something to be gotten through first some unfinished business time still to be served a debt to be paid. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. This perspective has helped me to see there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So treasure eve http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-334378.html A random way to start off this entry but it will break the ice from being so long at bay from posting. I made this entry over at MySpace and LiveJournal this morning and thought that it could very well work in the Travel Blog as well since it deals with language language barriers accents etc.. So this is a small lesson in life with regards to words in Southern American English that differ http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-323117.html Tina I really wish you had been here today. This morning I made my mom and her boyfriend some buckwheat pancakes with chopped walnuts and a caramelized pan fried apples in substitution of maple syrup. It was one of those moments where as a cook I wasnrsquot quite sure if I liked the outcome or if something could have been different. But cooking pancakes this morning made me think of the Runn http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-313315.html I have this entry privatized.. well because this is a travel blog and there isnrsquot much about travel mentioned. That and the topics are a bit more personal. To me as always memories and experiences are what make a place special. I have carried those memories those experiences here to America with me and they continue to shape who I am. A lot of these ideas and thoughts have come abou http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-311721.html I apologize for the amount of updates in this past week. I have a feeling they will slow quite significantly well.. to at least once a week haha as I finally begin a fulltime job and try to regulate my schedule to fit this. I'm not entirely certain what will happen from August until the end of December with regards to my employment for the immediate future I'm working at the temp agency doi http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-302542.html I say ldquotadaimardquo. You say ldquowhat did you just call merdquoHere I am. Doing all that I can. Maybe someone will understand. And that one will hold my hand.Humor me. Back to work.That's a clip from a blog entry of a former Kansai Gaidai exchange student the rest for those who are interested can be read here though I highly recommend any of you reading this to take a look. I can' http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-299368.html Do what is going to make you happy for the next six months were the wise words of my senior number one husband. It's nothing long beautiful and poetic but I never really expect that from Jenny. She's always blunt with me and tells me straight up what she thinks and how she feels. It's been a long time since the two of us have been able to talk. I remember a lot of days at Gaidai where I'd http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-296239.html I am absolutely exhausted right this moment but with good reason at least hopefully this entry will make some coherent sense and I apologize if it doesn't. But today has been wonderful in every sense of the word. I had my second Kansai Gaidai reunion with my friends Quill and Aurora. Quill flew in this week to visit her for a few days and they asked me sometime back if I'd like to go sightsee http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-293380.html Irsquove been doing some reflecting.This time on the day I returned from Japan. Today marks exactly one month since I left my home there in Osaka. The memories that I have in photos in dreams in conversations with people I met there are still very close to my heart and I think about them a lot. Perhaps todayrsquos thoughts were stirred by talking with Nozomi and posting back and forth t http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-292082.html I got a job I got a jobWell sort of. I signed on with a temporary hiring agency today that promises they'll be able to find me a job very shortly. The sorts of work they hire out for are fairly basic mostly clerical data entry receptionist sorts of positions. They did promise me a minimum wage as well as possible bonuses from themselves for stellar performance.. They also said that depe http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-291675.html Boarding the train I take one last lookI'll keep these memories with me forever.Hyde Secret LettersProbably another lengthy entry lies ahead for which I must apologize. I know the intended purpose of this blog is to document my travels.. But the memories that lie behind the travels are equally as important to write down. They are what make places special after all. In eight days it will http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-289056.html I had my doubts. ANA booked a flight for me from Osaka to the Tokyo Haneda Airport and then another flight from Tokyo Narita Airport to Dulles. The transit time between Haneda and Narita is 75 minutes. Plus I gotta check in at Narita etc. The time ANA gave me between those two flights was 3 hours. So it seemed like a risky situation. I arrived at KIX made a fuss and so the ANA staff put m http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-213646.html Welcome This is our travel blog for our upcoming trip to Italy. Hopefully while we are there we will have the opportunity to update this blog and let everyone know what we are doing and seeing while we are away. We'll also try to upload pictures when and where we can though that might be more difficult. In the meantime I will leave you with a basic rundown of our itinerary.928 Fly to R http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-200946.html A little less than three weeks to go before I hop on the plane to start my new life. As scared as I am and as much as I'll miss everyone and the comforts of home this will be the thing that saves me. I need something to shake me out of my comfort zone and reboot my mind and spirit. I need to pull myself out of this rut and come into who I've become. The dreariness of this past year has overshadow http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-191663.html PARTY Ceviche Joanna Vangie's opening nightnbspNorth America raquonbspUnited States raquonbspMaryland raquonbspSilver Spring By Dancing NomadMay 24th 2007Stef the dancing nomad Hola a todos This nights event was superb I simply had a blast even though I would have loved to dance longer. My dear friend Joanna her friend Vangie put on a nice party in Ceviche 921J E http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-161930.html Flight From Venice To AthensSun 8Jul07Venice VCEDepart 1235 pm to Milan MXPArrive 135 pmTerminal 1148 mi238 kmDuration 1hr 0mnFlight 1454EconomyCoach Class 02A 03L MDC MD82Milan MXPDepart 300 pmTerminal 1 to Athens ATHArrive 630 pm923 mi1485 kmDuration 2hr 30mnFlight 728EconomyCoach Class Seat assignments upon checkin More Information Airbus A3 http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-159424.html Sorry to write so many blogs before I even leave. This will be the last one before I leave in 7 days. I just want to post my flight information for the flights I have as of now and test to make sure the notifications are sent out that I wrote a new blog. FlIGHT INFOThu May 17Flights VIRGIN ATLANTIC VS 0056 From WASHINGTON DULLES DC IAD Departs 1110pmTo LONDON HEATHROW http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-157051.html Pictures from SardinianbspNorth America raquonbspUnited States raquonbspMaryland raquonbspSilver Spring By Dave090April 30th 2007David WeinsteinHey Everyone. Hope you are finding that this blog is working out well. Anyways I just wanted to show you some pictures from Sardinia to let you know what I am in for. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-153933.html NOT FOUND http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-153623.html TRAVEL MAP Go to underlined link here and check out the my travel Interactive MapBelow is my Iternerary. Sorry the formatting is not very good. I could not make it any better. means the dates are variable variable depends on when departure times areDates Destination CommentsMay 17 Leave For London May 18 http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-153616.html Hey Everyone. It has been a very busy but very positive past few weeks. I recently won the Undergraduate research award at University of Maryland which included a 1000 prize. It was nice to have my work recognized. Now I am working on trying to finish all my school work move out of my apartment submit my research for publication figure out about graduate schools and get everything prepared http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-151888.html