Blogs from Dulles, Virginia, United States, North America - page 2

Geo: 39.0095, -77.4647We left late on Thursday night; our flight for Istanbul didn't depart until 11:30pm. That timing worked out well, as we were able to work and go to school that day as usual, and then we had plenty of time to finish packing and eat dinner, before leaving for the airport around 9:30pm. As it turned out, my new group's annual off-site in Williamsburg was scheduled for the same week. I arranged to leave a day early, and drove home Thursday afternoon. We still had plenty of time, but I would have preferred to have not been away up until the day of departure.The airport was busy, but nothing too bad. Security and passport control seemed a little tighter, but we still ended up with time to kill at the gate before boarding. Our ... read more

10. WASHINGTON DC Friday, 11 May This blog, I will start of by excusing myself for not knowing exactly what I did every day of the last week. I guess I was too lazy to make little notes I usually do make and as all of those who’ve met me know: my memory sucks. So, I’ll just tell you about the days I actually did something interesting (or something uninteresting, but I still remember somehow). TUESDAY (1st)… Verena and I took a bus to Cartago, the former capital city of Costa Rica, to visit the ‘Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles’. Thanks to Verena’s terrible instinct of direction and my great instinct of knowing to go the exact opposite direction of wherever she says to go, we got to the Basílica without taking a wrong ... read more

Geo: 39.0274, -77.3964I just wanted to post an official close to the odyssey. The flight was long (9 hours) from Munich to Dulles, but relatively comfortable and there was a joyous reunion with Dad and Nanny at the airport. The Customs Guy asked Josh how many Cuban cigars he brought back and he responded, "I don't know." Luckily, the agent didn't hold it against him and we skated on through.I couldn't have been more pleased with how the summer went. Our trip met or exceeded all my hopes and expectations for exploration, new experiences and making friends. Both the country and the people were wonderful. If it hasn't been clear from our blogs, we never felt unsafe and never had any problems with foodborne illness that were any more than what I would expect in a ... read more