Ithaca, United States Travel Blogs

Ithaca, NY
Aug 28, 2008

Today we traveled to Janine's house, Moms sister. We saw Aunt Joanie, Cousin Micheal, Uncle Jim, Aunt Mary-Sue, and Janine's boyfriend, Tony. It was great to see them all. We had dinner with the family and then called it a night knowing we ...

Compassionately Stoneground
Jan 21, 2007

... by the combatants, and lots of excited conversation, plus a couple of pretty fair diner meals at the venerable State Diner. Everybody is happy in the end, and we can't wait until they bring us back to Ithaca again. -New Orleans February 19, 2007

go west, young man
Jun 16, 1986

the start of the trip

Ithaca and the Finger Lakes
Jun 9, 2007 (5 photos)

... '!). The river runs down through the town and into the lake, and there is an impressive waterfall halfway down called Ithaca Falls. Other falls we saw in the area include the absolutely spectacular Taughannock Falls, taller than Niagara, actually the ...

Cornell
Aug 13, 2008 (27 photos)

... with moving the RV around today's school: Cornell University. Sprawled on top of a giant hill overlooking a lake and the town of Ithaca, it had few parking spaces. I had to jump ship at the Information Office in time to catch the campus tour while my ...

Moosewood and Mud
Jul 1, 2009 (6 photos)

... worth the effort. They are so much more flavorful and fresh-tasting. -    Took the Robster to the Ithaca Airport. This establishment is approximately the size of a small elementary school. We made multiple jokes about the size of Robie&# ...

Lucifer Falls
Jun 11, 2007 (5 photos)

... theirs, an historian at Cornell, but who was introduced as "our neighbourhood shop steward". Maria then explained. The residents of Ithaca had a while back, organised themselves into a form of "rate payers union", with an elected shop steward for every so ...

Cornell 2 , Vermont 1
Jan 22, 2005

After the fact: Had a great weekend in Ithaca visiting Ashees and Ruchi. It was frigidly cold, dumping about 8" of snow on us. We were not to be denied our fun though, and went out Friday and Saturday nights. Even managed to get tickets to the ...

My fresh morning logs
Sep 29, 2007

... And so onto Monday morning which for us meant a 5 mile hike along Treman Gorge. Another amazing place just outside Ithaca with huge waterfalls.  This is a very beautiful place, with winding tracks through the forest alongside the gorge.  ...

The next bit
Sep 20, 2007 (2 photos)

... into a local barbers to be mullified, just so I can nicely fit in.  (pics to follow shortly) Back on the bus to Ithaca where our organic farm host Bill picked us up. So just to recap the last few days in NYC.... and we've had identical brekkies& ...

Ithaca is gorges
Sep 24, 2007

... 2 dogs and a very large cat.   Bill runs a local vegetable delivery business and does some landscaping in Ithaca, while Chrys works for the local authority Tompkins County, making the urban spaces look better by planting flowers whilst being ...

Castaways
Sep 29, 2007

... hot.  This was followed by digging up potatoes and picking tomatoes. Friday night we went to a bar/music venue in Ithaca called Castaways to watch a band from Washington D.C called Scythian.  Half the band are of Ukrainian descent which gave ...

Farewell Tour
May 23, 2008 (11 photos)

... weeks in the US I decided to visit some of my favorite people, in some of my favorite places at my favorite time of year. Ithaca in the spring is, as the t-shirts claim, gorgeous. The brilliant green of the new leaves, pinks and purples of new buds, and ...

Ithaca
Aug 10, 2007

Ithaca

Ithaca
May 28, 1987

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Breezin' through
Jul 1, 2009 (13 photos)

... at the passports and we were in! The geography of that part of Canada is very similar to the terrain of parts of Midwest United States: rather flat. We thought we might be able to find a rest area to pull off and have lunch but nothing presented itself so ...

Ithica.
Aug 2, 2007

the twelve tribes.

Home at Last!
Jun 2, 2008

Hey All, So here it is, my last travel blog entry...made it back safe from Singapore, spent a day in Bangkok and then took 44 hours to get back home, but everything went off without a hitch so to speak. Anyways, I uploaded almost all of my pictures, and ...

Ithaca
Jul 26, 2006 (2 photos)

test

Ithaca and Cornell
Aug 4, 2007

... let Terry tell the story of how his day went while Allie Jo and I were at Cornell.  After we were re-united we went to check out the town of Ithaca and then left for Boston.  We left earlier than planned, which was a good thing since we had a six ...

North to Cornell Univ. NY
Aug 13, 1975

Visit to Cornell U campus high above Cayugas' waters.

Ithaca
Jun 1, 2004

Leaving College

Belated signing off
Jul 6, 2006

... sandwich deprivation to sandwich overload! I'm working on getting more pictures up online. I've got a great internet connection at Ithaca, but I'm just lacking the time to post things. The life of an orientation leader is a pretty busy one. Our ...

Ithaca
Oct 17, 2005

Start

Dirt roads, wine and gorges
Jul 2, 2009 (8 photos)

... We took a different road home which kept us from the dirt roads and the cornfields and made a stop at Maxie's for dinner in downtown Ithaca. They serve some great cajun and fish there and we got back to the inn tired and full but the day was not over. In ...

Cornell
Sep 25, 2008

Drove out to Ithaca today to attend the graduate fair at Cornell.  I am really beginning to enjoy my "tour" of the Ivys...All I need now is a visit to Harvard and Brown and I think I have visited them all!  Today was an especially long day - the ...

Road Trip to Ithaca, New York with Rachel
Sep 1, 1997

My friend Rachel and I drove 5/6 hours to visit my brother Tommy in Ithaca, NY.  It was one of the best road trips I have ever taken.  We had so much fun up there and I all I can say is POP ROCKS!!! 

Cows, cows and more cows
Sep 30, 2007 (3 photos)

At work with Jenni.

It's GO TIME!!!
Aug 24, 2007 (1 photos)

Well...I think that we are actually all packed up and ready to roll!  Our little car is laden with snacks, camera, passport, loonies (both monitary and character) and plenty of excitment!  Look out...the 'Dome of Stardom' (that's what we call ...

So Long Ithaca!
Aug 2, 2009 (3 photos)

Well, today we leave the only home I have known.  It is a wonderful city and I am proud to have been born in such a beautiful place and to have been welcomed to the world by the great friends here.  Clearly my parents loved it here as they have ...