Blogs from Columbus, Georgia, United States, North America - page 2

How do you know when it's almost time to leave? When you have already shipped the majority of your clothes and the movers have taken all of your long-term storage items! The cat is running out of places to hide and poor Inmate is down to only one toy! Only his Piggy will keep him company on the long flight :) Thursday and Friday the movers will be here to pack and remove everything else in the apartment for shipment. Unfortunately we still do not have any travel information!! Talk about coming down to the wire!! We're trying to get an extra week or two to allow more flexibility in our flight, but we've hit a dead-end. Our only contact for this type of request is a very unprofessional (and lazy!!) man. Since we haven't ... read more

We're back in Columbus after a whirl-wind vacation! We started by flying into Phoenix for a surprise party. We spent about 4 days hanging out and soaking up the sun. We flew home and started our East Coast road trip the very next day!! We made stops in Virginia to meet Romas' niece, Lina. We spent a day with Uncle Bob touring Manhattan and then headed up to Cambridge and Cape Cod. After a couple days relaxing on the beach and a Red Sox game, we started our trip back to Columbus, via Richmond. Romas and I now need a vacation from our vacation!! Instead, we're planning our departure to Schweinfurt, Germany! We still don't have a departure date but as it stands, Romas has to report November 1 so we'll be leaving in about 3 ... read more

A great time spent with a person I met randomly. It will be part of my souvenirs..... It was a nice bike ride in Callaway gardens in Georgia USA... read more

On the morning of Sunday, November 24, I arrived at the gates of Fort Benning for the annual School of the Americas protest to find that it was true, post-9/11, “everything had changed.” Several hundred people were standing in line, stamping their feet in the frosty air, waiting to be searched at a police checkpoint that would do the the occupiers of Baghdad and the Gaza Strip proud. Although there had not been a single act of violence in the fourteen years of SOA Watch gatherings at Fort Benning, the Columbus Police Department and Muscogee Sheriff’s Department still felt the need to “protect demonstrators from demonstrators.” While demonstrators were not allowed to carry in rope, bungee cords or PVC piping, the police were conspicuously armed with clubs, guns and pepper spray. If the holstered gas masks ... read more