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Travel Blogs from Barre, United States
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The Journey Within
Let's face it. As much as people ask me about the food, the people, the sites, the bathrooms... this journey to Malaysia will mostly affect my inner self. The feeling I have had since I applied, found out I got accepted and have been ...
night before
I'm starting to get the jitters :). I am so excited to begin this journey and to be on a plane tomorrow. Wish me ...
Blessed...
With friends that I can reach out to. With a sister and brother that I'm so close to. With new experiences each day - getting to meet great people and see different cities. With wonderful health. With a job that more than pays ...
Wilkes Barre to Miami
It is cold and snowing at home so we decided to leave the hectic holiday season and cold weather for some sun and sand. Our US Air flight was late at AVP and we ended up missing our connection in Philly. After a three ...
Arriving home to NEPA
... thing that did hamper us a bit is the change of seasons which will limit our time in Europe. Info on Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania Map of Wilkes-Barre... ...
Arriving home to our parents
... have landed and we will be arriving home at 7:40PM. After a 3 and a 1/2 hour bus ride, we arrived in Wilkes-Barre. I got our camera ready, we wanted a picture of whoever was waiting for us. As I was about to take ...
The Olympics Were Only A Dream
... and watch Robin Cousins skate, Ingemar Stenmark ski, Eric Heiden fly, and - of course - the US hockey team win. I was growing up in Barre, VT and was used to the idea of getting buried in 6-10' of snow every year and being forgotten by the rest of the ...
Laundry mat shenanigans
1:30 pm I guess we are doing laundry in a laundry mat. Me, matt, Ashley, ashley's bro Jason, and their mom Gerry. A crazy group of folk. They aparently didnt bring enough clothes for thier 7 day trip. Today we will see Disney's Up at the theater here. ...
Farmer's Market
Farmers Market Fake flowers Safety pin in socks Chicken tenders And the sun 3 for 5 bandanas Face painting Slushy Hotdog Baby changing Creepy Shirtless Interested Locals And jars of jelly and jam Coin collections Hemp bracelets Mood rings And sunglasses ...
Dubai Round 1
It's hard for me to remember how exactly we ended up interested in Dubai. We first heard about it from watching the horse races on TV, but we never actually thought we would go. India was what we had in mind. But then Dubai popped up again. A lot of ...
Casino Parking Lot
... teleconference around 11:30....thank goodness for speaker phone. We were on the road around 1pm and headed for Wilkes-Barre, PA and the Casino there for our next overnight. Pennsylvania is another state where staying in rest stops is not ...
In the beginning...
We start our vacation plans the same way each year. We've just returned from one vacation, when we start thinking about the next. We have a long list of places we would like to visit some day, but we are constantly getting ...
"I wish that would happen."
"Taryn loves Dubai!" my cousin would say. "No, I am IN love with Dubai," I would correct her. "I feel warm and fuzzy in my heart and my nose tingles and my eyes get teary when I think of Dubai." And then the conversation would end with awkward laughter. ...
Planning Planning Planning
Welcome to my blog. Please feel free to comment as much as you want. When planning a trip like this (3 months) there are two rules of thought for me. One, plan everything out as much as possible; every city, every place I will stay, every train, bus or ...
on the road still...
We are still moving along here...passed through Deep River, ON where we fueled up and grab a quick snack. The Chevy was leading the pack with 14 mpg but the red GMC has taken over with a steller 15.1 mpg and leaving the greene GMC in last place with ...
Day 1
Well the trip has started...woke up at 3am (not fun) had couple cups of coffee and now heading north to the border...the 26 hour clock ...
New York Capitol
I went to the New York Capitol Building today. I had a bit of trouble finding it. It's a big, old building that looks official but it doesn't look like most capitols. I drove past it a couple times before deciding it must be what I was looking ...
Do you know the way to Barcelona?
Sorry, folks, but I need to step out of sequence for a moment here to discuss what we did this weekend (lest I forget the details later on). One of our dilemmas has been how to get from Collioure, France, to Barcelona, Spain. John thought we ...
Hotel Selection (Part 2)
So, you now know we are flying into Toulouse, renting a car, and driving to Aucun in the Pyrenees, where we will be staying for three nights at the Hotel Le Picors. Our next port of call will be Carcassonne in the Languedoc region of France, 177 ...
The last piece to the travel puzzle
Last night we purchased our train tickets through Rail Europe. We'll be taking the 8:56am train from Perpignan, France, to Barcelona, Spain, arriving at 11:48am. The tickets cost $88.00 for two reserved 2nd-class seats, plus ...
Rainy morning at Rock of Ages
... had let up and we hoped the sky would clear but as the morning continued our hopes for a sunny day were depleting. Breakfast in Barre, at Soup and Greens, was home-style, simple, and a perfect start to our busy day. We headed to the outskirts of ...
All or nothing at all
No matter where I am I can't help thinking I'm just a day away from where I want to be. ...
May 31, 2010
Days 31 & 32: Quiet Appalachian Travelling Days
... in some of the peaceful landscape and the quaint buildings of that historic place that changed the course of history forever in these United States of America. We arrived at Kathleen Bergin's condo about 6 pm. It has been a number of years ...
Dinner Cruise on 'Spirit of Philadelphia'
.. Spirit of Philadelphia Website... http://spiritofphiladelphia.com/Philadelphia/home?src=google&loc=phila&ad=spirit&gclid=CIPenZ7u66sCFQ0CQAodWj4PKg Menu... Dinner Menu: Featuring Our Grande Buffet FRESH SALADS ...
It begins...
Well it's 10:15pm on Wednesday night...the gear is packed, the final work tasks are just finished up and the GPS is loaded with fresh Canada topo maps. So it's time to get this show on the road. Dad wants to leave at 3:30am...so probably need to get to ...
1 day before I leave
Hello again, well tomorrow i leave at 10am, will drive to baltimore/washington airport and fly to philadelphia(i know it sounds odd, but it was like 250$ cheaper so we went the cheapest way) and then ill see my baby in philadelphia hopefully for at ...
Driving
... bridge was sagging badly. The town hasn't fixed it since then so we skipped the drive over the bridge. After Brookfield, we drove up to Barre and stopped in at the Rock of Ages, one of the (if not THE) largest granite quarry in the world. We were able ...
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