Blogs from LAX, Los Angeles, California, United States, North America - page 13

Day 1 of TravelingFive days after the end of school and my summer travels have finally begun. I've been given the opportunity to travel to Mexico and Canada through the Fulbright-Hayes Summer Program. The seminar is entitled "Getting to Know America's Neighbors: Identity, Community, and Environment in Mexico and Canada." Along with 15 other teachers from around the U.S., I will be studying the creation of cultural identity and environmentalism in each country. We will also be talking about the identity of North America as a whole. (Read www.comexus.org.mx/Summer/project.php?id=6 for a full description.) Upon my return I will need to implement a project in my classroom and school. This blog is the first step of my project. I would love to share my experience a little at a time with each of you. So here it ... read more

Hello everybody! I am leaving for a trip to China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand tomorrow morning! I will be updating this site with journals and photos for your enjoyment. If you recieved this email, that is because you are on my subscribers list and you will be notified anytime I make a change! I am going to miss everyone and I hope you guys have an awesome summer. Please write me and let me know how you are doing as well, I am looking forward to hearing from you. Goodbye for now, my next message will be from Beijing, China. Love, Drew... read more

Mandag d. 7/5 (dag 22) I dag var det så farvel til "The Big Orange" og goddag til "The Big Apple". Vi skulle først flyve kl. 15:00, så vi havde dejlig god tid, til at pakke. Noget af tiden brugte vi til at få lidt "morgenmad" på vejen. Vi havde ellers gratis "Continental Breakfast" på hotellet, men det var altså ikke særlig spændende. A propos morgenmaden på hotellet: Det var tydeligvis et hotel der var under stærk indflydelse af kinesere, både de andre gæster, og udsmykningen i spiseområdet. Nu er det vist sådan at man i Kina tilkendegiver sin ros til kokken ved at give så meget lyd fra sig under måltidet som muligt. Den første morgen var der også en anden gæst (kineser) som tilsyneladende var godt, men ikke perfekt, opdraget. Han slubrede det bedste ... read more

Or so we thought........ One of my co-workers was going to Hong Kong to visit family and invited me along. We left Las Vegas on America West flight 2043, a 737-300 bound for Los Angeles. I was in first class seat 1C for the hour long flight west. Once in LA, we went over to the Tom Bradley terminal for our flight to Tokyo. As airline employees, we fly stand-by and today was not our day. We tried the two Japan Airlines flights to Narita and they were both full. We went back to America West and took flight 2470, an Airbus 320, back to Las Vegas. Once again, we were given seats in first class and I was in seat 2F. In Las Vegas, we went to our homes and would meet the next morning ... read more