Blogs from North America - page 8242

Monday April 16, We arranged a Lincoln Town car Limousine to take us to Kennedy Airport this morning for our flight to Los Angeles. Check in was a breeze, we didn’t have to take our bags anywhere for scrutiny at all, it just went down the belt, quite different to other airports where it is taken aside and X rayed. We walked to the Admirals Club, which is the American Airlines lounge. It was quite roomy, but all they were serving was coffee, tea, juice and a plain bagel. Paul got on line to read the Sydney Morning Herald but it was blocked, as were all Aussie news sites, the prompt said it was due to due to 'violence and hate' contained on it. Obviously their net guard blankets a lot of sites this way. ... read more

Hi there - We're still traveling the country - we've finally figured out the wifi thing, altho we're now on our way to Yosemite, so this entry will be pretty short! We have driven so far from Jacksonville! Through Oklahoma, TX, New Mexico, AZ, into California - it has been a great 9 days so far. I will update this blog as I can - we're seeing so much, it's hard to pull off and stop! I am going to try and upload some pictures of the past couple days. Hope you're all doing great! It's incredible that our country has such beautiful places - places that you would never think of - but they're out there! :) Will write more soon - D + L ... read more

Alright. I am trying to figure out how to work this sight before I get to Europe...I dont want to spend my entire trip trying to update my blog!... read more

2007 MH CC Trek (m1) A good friend suggested I create an Internet blog to keep in touch with family, friends, and to diary our long awaited, and much overdue vacation. I must admit, the very thought of learning a "new technology" repulsed me. Heck, I didn't know what a blog was, and I sure in the hell didn't know where to start. As this is my first "blog," please don't be too critical of it's content, layout, spelling, grammar, or style. (By David) Monday April 16, 2007 Our goal was to leave around noon. Knowing Bruce, you know that didn't happen! Our first day's trek was around 250 miles. Which was about half of what we were shooting for. (By David) Tuesday April 17, 2007 --Split Rail RV Lets just say it wasn't the prettiest ... read more

So, last week I was given the news that I was accepted into the Oxford Study Abroad Programme for early 2008. I'm really looking forward to immersing myself into the culture in Oxford, both academic and social. I plan to study mostly post-imperialist literature, although I'm also going to be taking tutorials in Renaissance Drama and the History of British India. But that's not the exciting part! My semester ends on April 8, which gives me five and a half weeks between then and May 18, when I have to be back in the States (for my college's graduation...I'll still have another semester to go, but most of my close friends are graduating). I plan to use those five weeks to travel around Europe as much as possible. The countries I would like to visit most ... read more