Destination: USA

Moving on to Austin

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 | By clarrieno1 | Views [511]

So I said goodbye to Alma and her cats - think i may have forgotten to mention there were loads of cats around, she has four but there were at lest another 3 loitering outside the place most of the time, including the most sad pathetic little kitten ... Read more >

Back to San Fran

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 | By jimandnicadventure | Views [348]

Wednesday 14 th July San Fran We love not getting up at 5:30am! Late check out today – another stunning breakfast then a few hours by the pool chatting with two lovely boys from NY, ... Read more >

Extreme Kids and Quarantine!

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 | By zoe_wilson2 | Views [529]

Hi all, So I've had an awesome couple of weeks since I last wrote. I was lucky enough to get to coach the Extreme kids last week and this week. They're the oldest campers and they get to do fun things like dune bugging, laser tag and tubing. It does ... Read more >

"He who would travel happily must travel light."

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 | By lem53venus | Views [1580] | Comments [2]

Ah, the first steps of a 12-day backpacking trip...Learning how to pack. What the hell have I gotten myself into? I don't pack lightly. I pack EVERYTHING. Let me get this right... 12 days. 1 Winter. 1 Backpack. 1 Foreign Country. 1 Foreign Language.... Read more >

Shaking the Family Tree

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 | By fieldnotes | Views [885]

Genealogy is quite the rage and Connie’s brother Ron has caught the bug.   He has traced the Lintz (aka Linz, Lins, Linss) family back 700 years to Alsace Lorraine.   Ron, the consummate story-teller, wasn’t satisfied; he has fictionalized ... Read more >

The past month as a JR Commissioned Officer

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 | By walkamile | Views [511]

Halito! I have had the most educational summer here in Oklahoma.  I've learned a lot from my job and from the culture here.  I've picked up quite a bit of slang hanging out with the natives here, such as snag, apples, samookalani, and modo.  Boy, these ... Read more >

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Prague, Berlin, Munich, Neuswenchstein

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 | By afton_romero | Views [560]

So Prague was amazing and so beautiful. We got a chance to stay with one of Corys friends named Jirik. He was so nice to take strangers into his home and show us around especially the food. We ate so much food i thought i was going to throw up. But it ... Read more >

Packing List to Keep as Small and Light as Possible

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 | By nncysf | Views [679] | Comments [1]

Packing list Skirt – 1 silk skirt in khaki     Blouses – 2 silk short-sleeved, one red and one black T-shirt – cotton short-sleeved, black Shorts - 1 pair black cotton Trousers/pant – 1 long pair silk African ... Read more >

San Antonio part 2

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 | By clarrieno1 | Views [206]

So another day in the city of swelter, did I mention that it's not much cooler here than Las Vegas in the middle of the day.  I thing Las Vegas was 44 and here (yesterday) it was about 40 - phew! So off to the library this morning to get on that internet ... Read more >

Sweltering in San Antonio

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 | By clarrieno1 | Views [255]

So with the help of Min (the Aussie sharing my room) we figured out the bus into town and after a much needed coffee I went off to have a look at the Alamo - the big event in San Antonio.  Forked out $6 for the audio tour and it was well worth it, lasted ... Read more >

The Russian River

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 | By jimandnicadventure | Views [486] | Comments [1]

Monday 12 th July Two hours of our lives we will never get back. It took us two hours to pick up our rental car this morning - longer than any airline que we have been in. Mind you, we did pick up  ... Read more >

Sugarcane!

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [873]

I thought I'd share a couple photos of the local sugarcane growing.  I've watched it grow from seed to around 7ft tall!  My guess is within the next couple weeks they will have the machinery in to harvest the sugarcane.  The other photo I uploaded ... Read more >

Gallery: The Dakotas

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 | By fieldnotes | Photo Gallery

Moving on to Texas - THE BIG STATE

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 | By clarrieno1 | Views [244]

Oh my god, what was I thinking yesterday.  Woke up this morning feeling dreadful, haven't had a hangover for ages and I'm sure I was given some advise once about not flying whilst feeling this rubbish.  Oh well too late now! Off to the airport for ... Read more >

San Diego and the beach

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 | By clarrieno1 | Views [542]

Couldn't decide what to do today so I pootled about a bit in the morning before realising that what I actually wanted to do was nothing so I hopped on a bus to pacific beach and enjoyed a few hours of sunbathing, reading and people watching. Perfect, ... Read more >