Jon is on his way to Tamarindo. Drew is sitting a couple aisles over listening to his iPod. The overhead voice is informing me we are going to experience turbulence and delays flying into Miami. I am on my way home from Central America. It’s been a good ride and now it’s come to an end. Drew and I are spending one night in South Beach on the way home. Sounded like a good plan when I booked it. Doesn’t feel like such a good plan now. Especially since it’s flooded with more rain on the way. Oh well, guess it’ll get me ready for my flooded house. Oh yeah, my house has been flooding since I’ve been gone. (I owe you honey!) It was a great ride though. Since the last blog we have done ... read more

San Salvador is not what I expected. Most Central American cities I have been to have great contrasts...the very rich and the very poor. But I never expected the shopping centers and hotels that are all over San Salvador. It really looked like any U.S. city. As soon as the bus pulled in I asked Jon if he wanted to head to the beach right away and he agreed. We went down to El Tunco and it was a very rustic developing part of the country. A place I'm sure did not even have electricity not long ago. We found a room with a fan and booked it for the night. Great little spot on a black sand beach, We realized quickly a fan was not enough. It was so hot and humid that I could ... read more

All pictures have been posted. url=http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Uc=a22oxvx.2zifq8mt&Uy=6hqo8y&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0&UV=126539970997_388186619605&mode=fromshare&conn_speed=1 Amsterdam, Netherlands (94 pics) url=http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Uc=a22oxvx.8sfkfctx&Uy=6olrog&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0&UV=976724625229_583986619605&mode=fromshare&conn_speed=1 Warsaw, Poland (40 pics) url=http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Uc=a22oxvx.af3u7n5h&Uy=-2hc7z4&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0&UV=161606233174_318296619605&mode=fromshare&conn_speed=1 Vilnius, Lithuania (75 pics) url=http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Uc=a22oxvx.25prthhx&Uy=-k4xuxm&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0&UV=162696925336_790596619605&mode=fromshare&conn_speed=1 Rig... read more

I started the solo part of my trip in Kiev, Ukraine. I knew it was going to be an interesting place the moment I landed and the whole plane burst out in spontaneously clapping. Successful landing an occasion for clapping? Awesome! I knew I picked the right place when exiting the airport I saw everything was written in the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. There isn’t anything more thrilling or terrifying than being alone in a foreign place and having no clue how you are going to manage any type of communication. Driving into the city from the airport, there were thousands and thousands of Soviet style buildings. They look a lot like the projects. I had seen quite a few of these throughout the rest of Eastern Europe, but nothing of this magnitude. I was also a ... read more

Last Sunday morning we flew from Amsterdam to Warsaw. This is where we picked up the car, and where we realized the one issue with my planning…no GPS. It took us a good 15 minutes just to find our way out of the parking garage. I’m going to blame the Polish signs though, because when you have arrows pointing towards ‘do not enter’ signs, there’s really something wrong. With Kevin driving and Josh navigating, we got to see the nice bridges Warsaw has to offer as we crossed them back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. Eventually we did get to our hotel, got cleaned up and had a couple beers at the bar. After grabbing some sausage and dumplings at a small café, we wandered around Stare Miasto (Old Town). It’s the part ... read more