Blogs from United States, North America - page 6879

Hello everyone! I have tons of pictures and a journal full of entries. What I am going to do is type up the journal from day 1 and add the pictures to this. However, I will first type up the section of travel for our drive home that you have heard nothing of. I will back date everything for you and you will hopefully enjoy what you read. It is nice to be home...... read more

I am sorry that i have not posted any new information for a while now. I wish i could say its because i have been so busy but actually the opposite is true. It has pretty much been a daily grind since the last post and the big news for the week is that i found the snooze button on my alarm clock. The upside of this is that i have gained a few extra minutes of sleep each morning but on the downside is that two days ago i was in a rush and locked my key inside my room. no harm though i just had to have one of the people who work the front desk walk with me to my room and open my door for me. i felt bad making her walk ... read more

My expectations of Washington DC have totally been surpassed. Being the capital I had pictured a place dominated by politics. It clearly goes well beyond this and offers to many a great place to live. Compared to many other cities it is not cheap, but seem comparable with Sydney. My favourite place so far is the Smithsonian Institute. First of all the institute is not just one building but several, with buildings dedicated to individuals disciples from history, art, nature and space. Typically Americans love the air and space museum. Inside this one is a full dome planetarium theatre. After walking around for most of the day I gave this a try. Having a full dome screen above gives you the feeling of movement and distance in space. This theatre is an advancement on anything else ... read more

This was definately the best weekend yet!!! Jolene and Chet (american uni friends) had invited me to there place in upstate New York for their towns annual Harborfest!! Oswego is near Syracuse and right on the edge of Lake Ontario (a huge ass lake that you cant even see the other side!! and no tuffy that dosnt make it the ocean) i took an eight hour bus ride from newton, boston to syracuse new york where i got off and caught another bus to oswego university campus. I had heaps of fun meeting all jo's and chet's friends and drinking lots of beer, cant really say what i got up to as a lot of it is blurry and the rest is better left off the net. so thanks to all the peeps who i met ... read more

Holly and I hosted Dr. Harald Marencic and his wife Angelika for three nights at our home in Cool. We met through The Hospitality Club at www.hospitalityclub.org prior to their Northern California Gold Country visit. Harald is a wildlife biologist and Deputy Secretary with the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat in Wilhelmshaven, Northern Germany. Angelika, a german school teacher with a very british accent, teaches English language and History. We learned about the coastal town of Wilhelmshaven in Northern Germany, the North Sea and the Wadden Islands. Our guests like hiking, biking, camping and; as we do, hosting travelers. They are warm, kind and friendly people, we had dinner together during their second of a three night stay. I played grill master and treated Harald and Angelika to grilled T-bone steaks followed by cheese and wine, we ... read more