Charlotte, United States Travel Blogs

Saying so long to the Queen City
Dec 28, 2007 (4 photos)

... Attic and some new club (name?) that are all crowded with a mix of three guys to every girl.  While this is a normal Charlotte night as I recall them from my ~3 year stint at Wachovia, I wake up the next morning feeling like a million bucks.  I ...

Starting in CLT to DFW
May 16, 2007 (2 photos)

... I am suppose to learn. My trip started in Charlotte NC, after attending Zvi's, Erica's, Stu's and John V's graduation from UNC-Charlotte(May 12th) I took a flight to DFW where I connected the next day to a direct flight to Tokio, Japan. My flight last ...

the lake
Nov 9, 2007 (14 photos)

Today was kinda cool. We picked up my dad and stepmom at the airport last night, and today they wanted to see the Charlotte area. They ended up being as excited about the area as we are. We just drove around and looked at neighborhoods, then we went ...

Ice Skating in the City
Jan 1, 2009 (2 photos)

In the center of Charlotte's downtown, a local radio station sponsors a seasonal outdoor ice rink for the holiday season.  I love ice skating...I feel so graceful while doing it; plus, it is a great work out and assists in the shedding of holiday ...

Queen Charlotte
May 4, 2009 (40 photos)

... of America, Nucor (steel),Time Warner Cable, Lowes (bit like B&Q)...etc. http://www.charlottesgotalot.com/default.asp?charlotte=2&urlkeyword=About%20Charlotte Driving around there seems to be many trading estates too, all of which also seem to ...

friends
Nov 7, 2007 (14 photos)

... !) And they experience a fair amount of growth in the congregations as well. One sister told me that they have 3 Circuits, in the Charlotte area alone! That's a lot of congregations! It's just a nice place. So now we're looking forward to company. My dad ...

Charlotte
Oct 15, 2008 (2 photos)

Nia drove us from Asheville to Charlotte today. The countryside is beautiful with trees turning autumn shades and some great panoramic views through the mountains. We arrived at the hotel to check emails and write up some of our visit notes. Late ...

Last Minute Details
Jan 2, 2007

Up early to take care of a million little details.  What kind of nut moves and takes a big trip like this all at the same time?  Me, I guess.  For those of you that I haven't talked with in awhile, I have moved from the condo @ Selwyn ...

Charlotte, it's me...
Nov 14, 2008

allright, you know it's coming...

The End!
Jul 13, 2009

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Il fait déjà plus chaud / It's already warmer
Jan 5, 2005 (1 photos)

... monte. Lentement les nuages se regroupent en couches superposées. Rien d'excitent mais nous sommes hors de danger. Quand nous arrivons à Charlotte, Caroline du nord, il fait gris et sombre. Le froid et la glace sont déjà un souvenir lointain. Les gens ...

It's Go Time!
Apr 1, 2009

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Girls night out at Trudy's
Apr 6, 2008 (8 photos)

Girls night out with Trudy was so much fun!    She made pasta and salad and even an apple pie.   Taking goofy pictures with her MAC made me want to toss out Vista and become a MAC user!

Charlotte
Dec 8, 2007

Fly from Charlotte to Atlanta

There's Take-Off...Barely--No Destination in sight
May 20, 2008

... of course, I missed that flight and had to go reschedule with U.S. Airways for another flight.  Needless to say, I am still in Charlotte airport at 7:11 p.m.  I got a non-stop flight to London, which is to depart at 7:55.  I then arrive in ...

Home from Europe
May 29, 2008

... the plane which let us first in line for the tram to the customs terminal.  This helped us be around 4th in line for US Citizens and we breezed thru customs, no questions asked.  Whew! Nice quick flight from DC to Charlotte and home we were.

Retro Films and Dinner in the City
Dec 29, 2008 (3 photos)

Our holiday staycation began after Phil's gruelingly tiresome holiday retail season when he could finally take some time away from work.  He planned to organize the garage, and while sifting through boxes and straightening the place, he happened upon ...

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House Projects
Jan 3, 2009 (2 photos)

After enjoying some of the attractions offered in our hometown, my husband spent precious time and energy installing wood floors into our guest bedroom.  He invested his sweat and brawn morning after morning over the course of this staycation, and ...

Change in the Weather
Jun 11, 2009

... got to Charlotte so I'm back on track!  And I did my patriotic duty by bolstering the economy on my brief visit to Charlotte since I was heading to the far north which meant a complete change of wardrobe. At REI I bought new clothes, wool socks, ...

Charlotte, NC Area - 5361 M'HOME MILES TO DATE!
Apr 24, 2006 (14 photos)

... up. Much of that week was spent visiting race shops in the area (the majority of the Nascar teams are based out of the Charlotte/Moorsville Area). We did meet some new friends, Mary Jane and Gordie, who are from Upstate New York, and they are also big ...

welcome to the jar
May 9, 2008 (3 photos)

This was a lot to take in. I may have to sit and think about how I really felt in this city. Lots happening. Thanks to Billy for scooping me off the main drag leading me through the ferocious stay alive and into the quiet quarters of his safe palace in ...

Less than 24 hrs until Mexico! :)
Mar 16, 2007

... the Ibarrola Family. There we will meet all the parents of our Mexican exchange families, as they did when they came to Charlotte. Sunday and Monday our PDS students will be on holiday because the San Roberto students will be on spring break from ...

On to South Florida
Apr 22, 2009

We continued our Florida trip with the long drive to Port Charlotte to visit Jane's family (and another stop at Sonny's along the way).    The weather was good for cruising the highway with the top down while listening to satellite radio.& ...

The Party Train Gets Ready To Pull Out
Jan 1, 2007 (4 photos)

... Neighborhood Theatre.  The goal was to get this last event of the year done and catch the fun train out of Charlotte headed to Guatemala.   As vacations go...this is pretty serious.  I plan on doing the spanish school immersion thing ...

Charlotte, NC
Oct 30, 2007

We've arrived in Charlotte! Many of you know that we've been enamored with Charlotte for some time now. So we're excited to be here again and to see if we still like it. Hard to tell so far-it's late and it's dark. The campground is a KOA and seems ...

Barely made it!!
Nov 24, 2005

... due to a 20 minute delay waiting for the crew, then another 20 minutes to de-ice the plane! But after a mad dash through the Charlotte Airport... we, of course, made it :-) otherwise the title of this entry would have been something like "Stuck in NC; ...

Travel Delays!
Sep 21, 2009 (4 photos)

Well, we were supposed to fly out on the 21st all the way to Munich, via Atlanta, but because of the heavy rains in Atlanta, the flight was postponed and they re-routed us through Detroit and Amsterdam.  But the plane to Detroit was also delayed and ...

Lunch with Michele
Apr 2, 2008 (1 photos)

I was able to connect with Michele for lunch at the Cracker Barrel.  It was so good to see her and briefly connect with her.   Unfortunately, I was just starting to relapse with a sinus infection and I was not good company.   I ...

Missed England Flight, Time with Family!
Jun 21, 2008

... out of Phoenix was delayed because of the ground crew by over an hour.  Since I only had 50 minutes to originally run across Charlotte International and get to my next flight, I was up a river without a paddle - it didn't help that my plane out of ...