The backpack...

Getting Ready To Leave...

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June 14th 2006
With less than 30 hours until my plane takes off, I thought I'd do a trial run of updating this blog... Hopefully I'll be able to update every few days throughout the summer and then continue into the fall when I'm in Madrid and elsewhere. Feel free to comment, forward the url to anyone else you might think is interested in reading, etc. etc. In this entry I put up a couple pics as well as a map ... read more

North America » United States » Illinois

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more