Blogs from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States, North America - page 8

It Seems That Some Stereotypes Do Contain Truth Arriving back in the US was as exciting as it was scary. Coming home meant a chance to reconnect with friends, see family and enjoy foods that we had really missed over the last year, but it also meant coming to grips with the United States. After a year long, eye opening view of the rest of the world, the United States had become a big, loud, scary place in a lot of ways. Thankfully US immigration has a setup in Dublin which allowed us to go through immigration prior to even getting on our plane to leave. That meant, much to our astonishment and happiness, that we didn’t have to wait in lines to get out of the airport once we hit Boston. Once our bags ... read more

Apologies for the delay in entries- travelling in a group for once meant there was no chance to stop at a library to put an entry in. So just over 3 weeks ago Shazza and I picked my brother Jimmy from the airport in Montreal. It was great to see the first familiar face from home in 7 months, let alone my younger bro's (who I hadn't seen for almost 18 months). I formally introduced Jimmy to Shazza, although they'd already heard a lot about each other. He was impressed to see her, and Shazza was pretty happy to have someone to navigate the way back to the hostel, situated in Old Montreal. Unlike Quebec City, Montreal is a mixture of the old, classic buildings on cobblestone streets, as well as modern architecture. We caught up ... read more

Ok. It's been awhile, so let's try to sort this out. We haven't logged on in a while 'cause both Dave and I just got out of rehab. Not really, but it's plausible. Actually, this webpage's server crashed for a couple of weeks, lost all of our entries and scrambled the photos. I think it's all sorted out, with the exception of Mike's journey to Mexico, which I still think I can repost somehow. Anyways, it's been about a month since a posting, both because of the technical difficulties, and some reckless drinking. Anyone with an office job will know what I'm talking about, when it comes to trying to type with a hangover. It'll make you puke. I've got a bunch of pictures from the time in between, which is good, because they help us ... read more

12Aug07 - Rhode Island - Experienced my first real seafood along the coastal waters at Mystic Bay. Spent two days at the Sheraton by the Providence Airport. It was right beside the airfield so I got to watch up close the planes takeoff and land. At one point there was a thunderstorm which grounded all the planes and left a line up of aircrafts. I felt sorry for the poor air traffic controllers as the weather cleared and the ensuing meyley of planes landing and taking off. Wandered into the city and visited Brown University where I picked up some souveniers including a George Bush countdown clock. You can't be too popular when people are selling countdown clocks on when you'll be leaving the White House. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/22125934 http://connect.garmin.com/activity/22125936 14Aug07 - Cape Cod - Rode to the ... read more

Thursday: At midnight, our friend Whitney turned 21. That should've been all the encouragement we needed, but there was the added incentive of the Beer Olympics weekend. Whitney and Brion's roommate, Alyssa, invited a ton of their college friends down to the Cape for sun and debauchery. They started to arrive during the day and early evening when Whit and I were tending bar. I got my first hint at the trouble this weekend was going to cause when my cousin Brion texted me and asked if it was ok if he and Dave could come in for a drink. For those who are unfamiliar with that situation, although Dave is one of my best friends, he was under a temporary ban from the Fairway for his actions on St. Patty's Day. That's a story ... read more