Holt, United States Travel Blogs

T-Minus 4 Days
Jun 26, 2008

4 days until I leave for Norway.  There are still a lot of little things to take care of both at home and at work.  I can check "Sign up for a travel blog" off the list at least.  My remaining items include: - Pick up perscription - Pick up waterproof ...

Let the countdown (and packing) commence!
Dec 26, 2006

... 2 hours of sleep, and I have an 8-hour flight ahead of me.  I will be the first to say that the jet lag very well may be the end of me.  But my plan is to keep busy and push through somehow. I'll be back in the states January 11th!  Bye!

Back To Reality
Feb 28, 2008

Well...................we made it back - all safe and sound.  It was a hard last day - NO ONE wanted to leave.  If I may say, this was the most beautiful place we had ever seen.  The water as blue/green/turquoise as you can imagine, the ...

Bagels
Jul 15, 2006

I was in America for less than 12 hours and I had already eaten 2 bagels. Oh man, how I missed them! While waiting in line at Starbucks in LA (I NEEDED coffee), I was wearing my backpack and I had attached my woven sun hat to the top for easy carrying ...

Commence Countdown
Jun 17, 2006

Once I sucked it up, packing actually wasn't that horrible. The hardest thing was deciding what walking shoes to bring. I bought all the last minute essentials today - a new toothbrush, sunscreen, a 1GB chip for my digital camera (which means lots of ...

Home
Jul 22, 2008

... right through. It was a little confusing as to what to do next. We had our baggage and I was checked in. There was a United agent telling people to put their baggage on a conveyor. It seemed weird since some of us weren't checked in yet, but it was ...