Blogs from Denver, Colorado, United States, North America - page 38

Denver…. From Houston we travelled north to the ‘mile high’ city of Denver where we were staying with my Aunt Dorothy’s brother Joe and (soon to be wife!) Melissa along with nine month old Ava who was so sweet! The greyhound journey took us through Amarillo which was so cool…although I have no idea why Tony Christie would want to be shown the way there especially as there didn’t seem to be loads to do but then again I did only see the bus station so I cant really comment! It cheered me up a bit because the 23 hr journey was starting to grate. They actually lived just south of Denver in a really great house with some fantastic views of the mountains, saw an awesome sunset. They met us at the nearest greyhound station ... read more

Hi Another red hot day in Denver; but spent a while indoors taking in the limited tourist options. After getting up early I walked across downtown to the State capitol building which at least is distinct from all the other skyscraper towers in design and to see what time the art museam and the colorado history museam opened; which was an hour or two away. But in the meantime I got chatting to a mexican employee at the art museum (whom was cleaning outside) all about life here in Colorado and about the massive range of poverty and wealth in this country and I have seen alot of people living in teh streets in Denver only metres away from financial skyscrapers this morning. I later visited the Colorado History Museam which was great, lots of interesting ... read more

well... the count is in our favor for the hotel to camping it experience, 3 to 4, and hotel is winning. My current location is sitting in front of the State Capitol Building, in downtown Denver CO, sitting in the car, and using the computer! AND listening to Joni Mitchell. Weird. anyway... Since South Dakota our trip has taken a turn for the better, sort of. We went from Mitchell, South Dakota, and made our way to Wyoming. We went to the Wind Cave National Park along the way. That was amazing. You go into caves that desend down 160 feet into the ground. It was hard to breath and scary at first, but since I'm such a trooper, I made it through. From the Wind Caves, we went south down to Wyoming. That was amazing! ... read more

T minus 7 days, and I'm off on my first solo travel adventure! I found this great program (InterExchange) that placed me with a nice family in Madrid. I'm going to live in their home for three months, teaching their children English in exchange for room and board. I feel so excited and scared right now. I'm glad I committed to this adventure before I really thought it through! My Spanish is lousy. I'm on the introverted end of the spectrum, so I know I need to make a concerted effort to interact with people, and I know that will be a challenge with the language barrier. I guess I'm most afraid of linguistic isolation. Hopefully blogging will help me feel connected while I'm gone. I just finished my PhD a few weeks ago, and when ... read more

In three months, I'll be on my way to Munich--the first city of many I plan to visit during my tour of Europe! I've been saving and planning since the summer of 2004, and with each passing month, I get more anxious and excited. My original plans were to travel for two to three months, and I hoped to cover almost all of Europe and wanted to even visit Morocco! As time and money (not to mention vacation at work) became an issue, my itinerary shortened, and when I finally purchased my plane ticket, I settled for May 15 - June 6. During these three weeks, I'm "planning" on travelling from Munich, Germany to Prague, Czech Republic; to Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic; to Krakow, Poland; to Venice, Italy; to Vienna, Austra; to Grunau im Almtal, ... read more