http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , New Jersey en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:59:57 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:59:57 BST Waz Up After Alaska we went to stay with other friends in the Philadelphia area. The day after we arrived there we went to NEW YORK Rich came with us and played tour guide for the day he did a really good job. It took us two hours in the car to get to the Big Apple parked the car and went walking for about 7 hours. And yes after that we were pretty tired....pfffWe went toBroadway 42nd st http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Monmouth-County/blog-302522.html I watched a movie called ldquoEuropean Vacationrdquo when I was a kid in India. It is the comedy of a fat American family with boisterous kids who do their best to catch the flavor of Europe but just don't know how to be good tourists. They have difficulty adapting to new cultures and cannot drive small European cars nor speak local language. After a number of encounters and adventures they http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Newark/EWR/blog-294421.html Voy a decir que estoy en Manhattan que suena muy bien aunque en realidad estoy en el aeropuerto Newark que est en New Jersey...y me aburrooooo tengo las piernas como columnas jnicas tengo sed y quiero fumar...Quiero llegar ya Y pensar que me queda otro interminable vuelo hasta llegar a mi destino...Para fumar tengo que salir y volver a pasar por todos los controles necesarios...hay un http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Newark/EWR/blog-293470.html So...........................................Here we still are. Actually we got on the plane after runin through the airport because we were at athe lounge and they called last call for boarding. So much for the First Class lounge notifyiing us to board So after we ran through the airport and were half dead we got on our plane. Veyr nice. We had our little night kits and had a glass of http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Newark/blog-293349.html Here we are at Newark Airport embarking on our European Adventure. Flight was fun. Kathy relaxed spilled a drink all over Robert and the fun began. Raining here in Newark. Have a couple hours and then off to Amsterdam. We hope we sleep tonight. Just having a preboarding cocktail right now. Check out our video ltlolgt. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Newark/blog-293266.html Atlantic City New Jersey 27 juinAprs les plages de la NouvelleAngleterre j'arpentai le bitume des villes de Boston et de NewYork. Retrouver le charme de Beacon Hill Boston avec ses maisons et ses rues de briques rouges m'apporte chaque fois le mme bonheur. J'y ai revu Karin et son mari James avec qui j'ai pass une agrable soire dans leur magnifique domaine sous les arbres.La Bi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/blog-292555.html It is Newark everybody. It is the 64th largest city in the US according to Wikipedia. More than half of the city population is African American. Latino or Hispanic origins accounts for a close to 30. In 1996 Money magazine named Newark was the most dangerous city in the Nation but things have changed dramatically due to efforts of local government to revitalize the city. New commercial develo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Newark/blog-289920.html Ok .. here is some pictures .... I am going to work on putting some videos together http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Freehold/blog-289386.html Finishing the whole packing process today. Just got to delete the old photos that are taking up space on my camera download a few more songs and upload them to my iPod recheck my tickets and get my goddamn zippo back from August. Other than that just gotta see everyone one last time and say goodbye.For anyone I didn't get to see today I hope you guys have a fun summer and the cranium is in my http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Fort-Lee/blog-288973.html June 11Ira Fine gave us a ride back to the trail. Aside from ourselves there were three other hikers staying there Willie Boy Root and Night Terror. We hiked with them for most of the day. The trail coming out of Lehigh Gap was the closest thing to mountain climbing we've had so far. It was actually a lot of fun and quite challenging. The rest of that day was rocky hiking and when we m http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/blog-288553.html Well we made it out of San Antonio. Had some good breakfast with our wonderful family who gave up their Saturday morning to come see us off in Atlanta. Thanks for breakfastWe arrived at BWI on schedule but there was no flight listed for Saturday and Sunday's flight was showing no seats available with nothing scheduled for Monday. So we picked up a car and drove to McGuire AFB in New Jersey. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Fort-Dix/blog-284869.html GREETINGS FROM EWR my favorite haunt in the greater Newark area.Whew. That is all the blogging I can handle for now. More from BrazilI LOVE YOU ALL http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Newark/EWR/blog-283067.html Exactly three weeks from today will be my first day in Switzerland. I have alot to do before then shopping packing and wrapping up the school year Looking forward to my trip but not to leaving everthing and everyone behind. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Morris-County/blog-282676.html Took a day trip to Atlantic City. Left early on a Saturday morning and arrive in AC in less than 2 hours. Found a parking spot and immediately took a leisure stroll along the boardwalk. It was nice. Stopped by to check out shops along the way... dashed into a casino for a restroom stop and enjoyed the ocean view from the upper level of buildings.The Piers shop at Ceasars surrounded by panoramic http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Atlantic-City/blog-280488.html I think the last time I was this excited was in the weeks leading up to my first trip to Europe the trip which was ultimately a huge precursor to my impending roundtheworld trip. Because I've been dreaming about doing a trip like this for so long nowadays it's tough to absorb the reality of it. I try to make light of and relish such a high amount of anticipation but at the end of the day th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/blog-280418.html Aprs notre dpart de Deltaville nous avons pu se dplacer seulement le matin trs tt car les vents sont trop forts lrsquoaprsmidi pour avancer vers le nord. Nous avons fait escale Reedville Annapolis et Cape May. Et nous voil maintenant Atlantic city. Nous allons quitter cette ville lumire mercredi si la mto nous le permet pour New York une navigation d'une quinzaine d'heures. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Atlantic-City/blog-280129.html I'm preparing for over two months abroad and it's very difficult there's too much to pack Anyway this entry just serves as the starting point for all the posts to come while I am abroad. For those who do not know this is my planned itinerary21 May Leave the US22 May Arrive in France LILLE29 May Leave France30 May Arrive in Tanzania DAR ES SALAAM MWANZA ARUSHA27 July Leav http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/blog-277667.html Yep it sure is.Crikey never seen so many buildings competing to scrape the sky either.But I reckon that most of the people who read these words actually know more about New York than I do so I'm not going to bother preaching to the converted among you and if you haven't been here then all you have to do is look around this travelblog site there's bound to be several entries by people who wil http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Jersey-City/Newport/blog-276918.html London again. It's a bit like coming home really it's certainly the closest thing we've had to a home in 2 months anyway. Only the whole place has changed. Just a week earlier we'd left London for our Scottish and Irish experience and it was still very much a city in early spring. We arrive back on the 7th of May to find summer has definitely arrived while we were away galavanting around the hig http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Jersey-City/Newport/blog-275786.html Velkommen til familien Srensens rejseBlog USA 2008Vi skal nu forsge os udi bloggekunsten og bringer s ofte vi orker nyt fra Guds eget land....Her kommer lidt af de frste rejseoplevelserI gr var vi ved Frihedsgudinden og Ellis Island hvor Mettes oldemors bror og mange andre blev sat af som frste stop da de som emmigranter ankom til NY det var interessant at besge. Vi s ogs Times Squa http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Newark/EWR/blog-274337.html So I'm almost off to Europe again. My flight leaves at 10PM tonight. I can't waitThere is good news and bad news concerning the Greece trip. My department gave me the money to go. But I chose to use it towards tuition next semester instead. It was a tough choice since Greece a Classical wonderland and I am an avid Classicist. But alas I will make it there one day. I have too many financi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Jamesburg---Monroe/blog-273516.html I made it 30 hours of flying is not so badAfter picking up my cousins at school on Wednesday I was dropped off at the airport in Singapore. I was sad to say goodbye and to begin the end of my fabulous journey. The Singapore airport was completely empty and just as organized as I had expected. I was heading to my gate and realized while shopping and playing at the apple store that I hadn't yet g http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/blog-272165.html These just in pics of my Nephew again and his cousin from Dad side who is younger am far larger baby.... http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/blog-267952.html Just a few more pics of Baby Joseph my Nephew sent by Kasi mom also are picks of my God Daughter Billie Elizabeth sister Chunk Dad I told Mom I think she might have a problem ' cause he is already sleeping around ltltlt Big Gringtgtgt http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/blog-267946.html My first stop was at Princeton University who had invited me for their Graduate Student conference in the history of biology. Princeton NJ is a parochial town where the university is the centre of everythinghellipexcept the expensive shops that line the plaza. Itrsquos an odd town because of all the well heeled students with Prada bags and ties that belie the universityrsquos snobbery. Th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Princeton/blog-264496.html