Blogs from Denver, Colorado, United States, North America - page 39

It’s Christmas Day, 2005. I am at my parents’ house in Colorado, sitting in front of my mom’s new computer. It’s been a busy week but the shopping somehow got done and the gifts have all been opened. Before I get too far along, however, let me back up. This entry should really begin with my arrival in Denver on Monday, December 19... On Monday morning I left LAX on a Frontier flight to Denver, Colorado. My destination was Littleton, a suburb on the south side of Denver where I lived during my high school years. Although my parents moved into another house after I graduated from high school, they never left the area. I have other relatives and friends in the Denver area as well, including my sister & her family who live only 10 ... read more

8 years ago, Mummy Khoo promised me turkey for Christmas, and 8 years later....I'm eating it. Woohoo! Needless to say that turkey has featured in some form or other in most meals since. And there was also......stuffing......STUFFING, lots of stuffing. But it wasn't actually stuffed because the turkey was butterflied. They also had a 'Korean' bbq christmas as well. So much fooood....... Anyway....the 24 hour train ride was actually pretty good. You get to experience a different side to America....the vast expanse of desert and the little towns in between. We even went through Las Vegas......but New Mexico, not Nevada. We had a stop at Alberqurque .....which reminded me of Bugs Bunny. Why was he always on his way to Alberqurque? We took the train from Union Station in Los Angeles which was a fantastic art ... read more

The bags are packed, I'm ready to go, I sittin' here writin' a blog, We had the bar-b-que and I've called my sisters to say good-bye...'cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane I do know when I'll be back again, I can't wait to spend three months in Espanaaaaa. Sorry everybody, it happened at first by accident but then I just went with it. Thank you everyone who came for the bar-b-que it meant a lot to me, to have all my close friends that are like family and my real family all together for one last Harrah! I leave on a jet-plane tomorrow at 1:30 where I will then fly to Philadelphia before switching planes and heading east to Spain. In a funny coincidence, my friend Drew from Ft. Collins has a friend named Alex ... read more

05h35 - Pequeno almoço à pressa no Hotel. Apanhámos o Shuttle e chegámos com tempo de sobra ao Aeroporto. 06h17 - Chegada ao aeroporto de Denver. Vamos lá confirmar a Boarding Gate, que é pra não haver mais confusões... e não é que mudou mesmo!! Lá andámos de um lado para o outro até que confirmámos cerca de cem vezes com as meninas da Gate que era mesmo para Grand Junction que aquele avião ia. 07h30 - Tempo para jogar uma cartada (sobe e desce) à espera da abertura das portas. Mesmo ali no chão do aeroporto... já parecíamos os sem-abrigo ali da zona da Ribeira. 08h30 - IUPIIII!! Finalmente no avião (err... quer dizer, uma avionetazita) a caminho de Grand Junction. Pelo caminho, uma paisagem espectacular, debaixo de um sol esplenderoso. 09h42 - Chegada a ... read more