Blogs from Buffalo, New York, United States, North America - page 10

New Jersey-Newyork-Boston-Syracaus-Buffelo-Niagara Falls and Times Square...Doesnt it sound like a perfect weekend full of fun and Excitement? It surely does! And that’s what I had this weekend. The last Weekend of the tour could not have been better than this! Especially when we had our plans revised several times in last two days? But ultimately it Worked out and worked the the best! It was not long back that I was thinking of not going to Niagara as there was hardly anybody willing to Join me, especially b'use it’s going to cost us dear and second it’s around 600 Miles away from our place. It takes 10 hours to reach there! I was running Short on cash so even I was skeptical for a moment. But yehan Jana hi tha!! I wud thank Profet immensely for ... read more

“Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.” JFK Here is part of a journal entry that I wrote while on Semester at Sea, this is a pretty good explanation of one of the main reasons why I choose to join Americorps. “I think I want to join the armed services. I don’t know. I would fight for our country. For the freedoms that everybody takes for granted back home. They cry when a president that they don’t like is elected but at least we have a president. At least we have order and aren’t living in chaos day after day. We are free to do whatever we want, whenever we want. I will fight for my freedom of speech, being able to talk to whomever ... read more

Arrived at 5am pretty much... so head to the hostel, they gave us a code to get in so early... Madison slept on the floor of reception and I made a bed out of 2 chairs... had 2 and a half hours to kill so pretty much slept, when more people joined us at 7 we moved to sleeping on the table... eventually at 8am the woman came and we were able to check in so got some time sleeping in a bed for an hour. Head off to catch a bus to Niagara at 10 and ended up sleeping on the bus too... arrived at the sheraton and had a wait before the shuttle picked us up, took us to the Howard Johnston where we paid for our tour then we joined Sheri's mini... turns ... read more

I left my work at around 6:30 and headed west on the Massachusetts Turnpike. To my surprise it was raining and since I was leaving an hour later than expected I knew that I wasn't going to make it before midnight. But I said, whaterver, I'm going to get my rest. It took me a little while to settle at the hotel after the long drive. And when I was going to go to bed at 2AM, I discover that the hotel room had stains and had not been replaced. I got a little upset and the lady at the front desk did replace the sheets and cleaned the bathroom. So I ended up falling asleep at around 3AM.... read more

I’m in a New York State of Mind! So far New York has not disappointed. We arrived in Buffalo July 3rd. For months I’ve waited to enjoy the fourth of July with my family and sticking with tradition we awoke to pouring rain. This meant no fireworks or large smoking fires on the beach. Imagine if you can, 20-25 people, 4 dogs, and 30 years of knick-knacks in a small cottage. Needless to say, I was allotted about five square feet of area to enjoy the holiday. I became somewhat of a Forest Gump around 1:00 in the afternoon. Although I haven’t run in years, I strapped on my sneakers and ran through the pouring rain until I could run no more. Upon returning to the camp the weather had improved to a light rain allowing ... read more