Blogs from South Carolina, United States, North America - page 61

So we are on the offical count down!! 2 more weeks. Actually - 2 more weeks from now, at this exact time, we will be sitting in the GSP Airport waiting to board the plane within 30 mins. Here is a basic overview of our days in Romania. Friday Oct 13: This is the day we land in Budapest. We are tired and full of energy all at the same time. We have to hang in there we have a 5 hour drive! Of course we will eat a nice meal on the road. Saturday Oct 14: meet with the team to set up our construction and VBS projects. (We are going to be tired welcome to JET lag ) Sunday Oct 15 : Today we will be going to visit at least three of our ... read more

Het werd wel weer eens tijd voor een blogje.. ook al heb ik eigenlijk hier niet veel meegemaakt wat het vertellen waard is... Maar ik zal eerst maar eens beginnen met de lessen hier, ook al had ik dit al heel kort in mn vorige blogje genoemd: Ik volg de vakken American History (1820-1890), Classics en American Literature; American History is echt heel leuk (de meeste mensen weten dat ik geschiedenis echt geweldig vind.. dus waarom zou ik het niet leuk vinden :P), ook een heel toffe leraar. Classics is ook goed te doen, vooral omdat ik er al aardig wat van weet; alleen de leraar is echt heel vreemd: nu dacht ik, ow jee, straks ben ik de enige die hem "weird" vindt, maar dat blijkt toch wel mee te vallen: veel van de andere ... read more

Today I went all around downtown Charleston. I also did quite a bit of shopping, but the majority of my day was spent taking pictures. Here are some images of the quintessential Charleston. There were quite a few church steeples poking out of the treetops. I had to contain myself not to take pictures of them all, but that image seems to encapsulate Charleston, or at least that's the impression I'll always have stuck in my head. ... read more

So I'm sick. This was probably the worst possible time to get sick considering the limitations for treatment. I've had a sore throat since yesterday and my voice has left me as of about an hour ago. The congestion will probably settle in tomorrow. But in the meantime, I don't really have access to hot water for making tea. They keep turning the water off in the mornings, so they can't make orange juice. The ship has dust and fumes everywhere that aren't helping keep my lungs very clean. And the infirmary only has limited drugs available. I got some throat lozenges this morning which only succeed in numbing my tongue, but do very little for my throat. I'm miserable. I couldn't sleep at all last night because my throat hurt so much. I'm attempting to ... read more

After the seas lay down and the weather got better for travel, it was time for us to hop offshore and sail down to Georgetown, South Carolina. We had a great sail with fair winds and following seas. And then we went up the Sampit River 20 miles to get to this picturesque seaside village and popular port for sail boaters. We anchored right off of the town’s boardwalk opposite the town’s clock tower and took the dinghy in to enjoy the sights. There were many good restaurants that we enjoyed, which were also dog friendly. Lucky Kona! And many cute boutique shops and book stores which we browsed. And of course a great local bar right on the boardwalk with live music where we went to relax and unwind, and also meet the other sailors ... read more