Blogs from North America - page 8243

Von diesem Turm haben wir die Photos über Toronto geschossen. Er ist das schmalste frei stehende Gebäude der Welt, 553m (Spitze). Am Dienstag Abend schauten wir uns ein Baseballspiel im Stadion direkt neben dem CN-Tower an. Hier ist während dem Spiel ein kommen und gehen, und das Bier kostet etwa 3mal so viel wie sonst. Ich musste sogar meine ID zeigen um eines zu bekommen, und als ich noch ein zweites für Manuel wollte erklärte er mir dass dies nicht möglich sei... Als ich aber 1Min später wieder kam war es kein Problem. Anderes Land, andere Regeln... Zum Glück war am nächsten Tag schöneres Wetter, denn wir besuchten die Niagarafälle. Recht eindrücklich, wenn ich sie mir auch einiges grösser vorgestellt hatte. Die Fälle sind recht niedrig, Ich verliess dann die Tour, da ich in Niagara blieb ... read more

Quicky entry for travel day 1.. Plane delayed leaving Heathrow with passenger escorted off plane. Would love to say why but we didnt get the benefit of seeing anything. Delay caused by the off loading of his sodding baggage... Long flight, good films, passable food, excellent service though then the joy of Los Angeles Immigration. After approximately 12 hours on the plane, the prospect of a 2 hour wait to be interrogated makes you wonder why the hell you would choose to come (back) to the US! A travel tip, give at least 4 hours for a connecting flight, better to do an overnight stay and travel the next day, so many of our fellow passengers got caught out like this. Luckily we had booked into the Airport Marriot with what appeared to be the entire ... read more

This weekend was relocation when our ship changed home ports from Fort Lauderdale to Tampa. We had 2 days at sea with no passengers - the ship all of the crew! Those couple days were packed with parties, drama and emotions. Thursday night (the 12th), I was DJing the last dance party of the cruise for my teens and I logged onto the internet to send/receive email. There was one from mom that said Grandpa Steinhoff had gone to the hospital with pain. They ran tests, then operated and now he was on life support. The doctors had told Grandma to notify the family because he was “serious”. I felt panicked. I just wanted to be home, to call home, to leave. My biggest fear about going far from home, especially for an extended period of ... read more

I spent three more days with Eileen and Steve not doing too much of anything. I would get up in the morning, sit by the pool and then hang out in the evenings with them. Eileen and I managed to do all of the things we used to do together back in the day - eat lobsters, play games at a bar, watch movies (actually, she would watch and I would fall asleep), gamble, get too much sun and hang out solving each other’s problems. It was a very nice time and a great break - very relaxing and just what this overworked person needed. Today, I moved on. In the early afternoon, I went to meet Colin at the airport. What luck! The weather up north was horrible, so many of the flights to and ... read more

The thought of going to Vegas was a worrying prospect because me and casino's do not go well together because its so addictive! We left Mari's house late to drive to Barstow, Jun's family home, to drop of Mya which I hated because it meant spending less time with her, then drove to Vegas! I can't say much about the journey because I was a sleep! We arrived at Tiffany's house after midnight and after a little bit of catching up, fell asleep!!! Next day was a nice day in Vegas. We drove to a nearby Hawaiian BBQ and had lunch then drove down to the strip to check out the hotels! I was absolutely amazed by the hotels! How much work went into each design and how much there was to do in each ... read more