Madison, United States Travel Blogs

First Entry
Jan 31, 2007

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Peace Out!
Jul 1, 2009 (1 photos)

I'm reporting from the hotel business center at 1:15 a.m.- we leave tomorrow at noon and I'm too excited to sleep! A couple of us keyed up teachers hung out in the jacuzzi a while after dinner, which was extremely relaxing, but I'm still not ready for bed ...

Video
Jun 7, 2009 (19 photos)

Got some cool video and pics today, check it out!

We are on our way!
May 12, 2006

... . We are excited to be heading out on this adventure. Penny We actually had a liitle snow last night just north of Madison.I have finnished all my business late last night. We will send our next report from Lincoln,Nebraska where we hope the temps ...

Information for study abroad! Ahh!
Aug 4, 2009

Just got housing information for Valladolid.  Looks like everyone is right in the middle of the city.  Downtown area.  The university isn't too far from where I'm staying...judging by Google Earth.  This is a screenshot of the area I' ...

Departure Night
Mar 20, 2005 (1 photos)

... me at some point in the adventure! With the night coming to a close... or should I say 'The Pub', my favorite Madison college bar, I venture back to the Memorial Union where the reception was held several hours earlier. It is now going on 2:30am and ...

Home again.
Jan 19, 2007

I'm back in the States! The weather here is horrible, but I'm very excited to see all my family and friends. The trip was uneventful (sigh of relief). Once again, I've managed to smuggle three times the legal limit of alcohol into the country and I even ...

Correspondence with Mercy- FIRST VOLUNTEER CONTACT
Apr 10, 2006

My Most Recent Correspondence With Mercy Ethiopia A rehabilitation center for street children From : mercy mercy.ethiopia@gmail.com Sent : Monday, April 10, 2006 2:48 PM To : "amber lynn siewert" amberlinas@hotmail.com Subject : Re: ...

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May 1, 2007

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A Day In The Life
Oct 5, 2009

I had my usual slow start to the day and managed to crawl out of bed at about 11. I walked around the town for a while, doing some window shopping and having a look at my surroundings. The day was passing without too much going on so I decided to head for ...

May 29 - Madison, Wi and the Wis Dells
May 29, 2008 (17 photos)

... that I would visit and stay for a few days and that sailing would be on our weekend agenda.  Sounds great! Driving into Madison, my gut told me that something wasn't quite right.   It could be that this man reminds me of an absent minded ...

Route Mapped Out, Hotels Reserved
Jan 16, 2009 (1 photos)

... (note ice above!) and we always allow a little extra time to get out to the LA Pen Show, the return trip to Fort Madison is not as time sensitive.   I'm glad this part of the pre-planning is finished.  Now I need to figure out how to ...

Windy Wet Cold
May 11, 2006

We are getting one last blast of winterly weather today with temps in the low 40's and winds of 20 plus MPH, and RAIN!We are still optimistic that the storm will move out and we can fire the bikes up at 7:00am for our departure. The temperature will be in ...

Bad weather
Jun 18, 2009 (11 photos)

... ; Thank goodness we were not in a tent!!  The next day we debated whether we should try the waterpark or just check out Madison.  Since it was raining we decided to just check out Madison and then head out.  Madison was a very cute little ...

Our Going Away Party
Feb 14, 2009 (38 photos)

Thanks to everyone for joining us in a triumphant send off. Although we wished we had more time to spend with all of you, we value the conversations that we were able to squeeze in. What a night.... Dan and I finally hit the pillow at about 5:00 a.m.. ...

Madison, Wisconsin and Tim
Sep 15, 2008

... so small at times. It doesn't take very long before you're right out into the country heading to another county and then madison itself doesn't have nearly as many tall buildings as Chicago does. The main reason I've come here is because my friend Tim ...

May we send you a postcard from the road?
Feb 2, 2009

We'll be leaving on our LA Pen Show Adventure in less than a week! We'd love to send you a postcard from the Mother Road, written with a fountain pen of course.   I enjoy scribbling a few postcards while we are traveling.  While we'll be ...

The Time is NEAR!-- New Correspondenc with Girum
May 14, 2006

Below, you will find a copy of the correspondence between me and Girum Asnake, the person who runs the rehabilitation center for street children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I hope that these letters will enable individuals to understand the needs of ...

London: A Recap
Jul 1, 2006

Greetings! Well now that I am safely back in the United States, I feel it is necessary to provide some sort of a valediction for my five months in Britain. Looking back now, more than a month since getting back from England, I feel a great longing to ...

New Beginnings
Sep 6, 2006 (5 photos)

... had changed. I started to think about graduate school for Educational Psychology.... I started to think about getting a job in Madison, moving to get a job, and I thought about traveling. Though I did some research on graduate schools that week, the ...

The Great Land of Cheese
May 13, 2009 (7 photos)

We arrived at Lake Kenoga campground around 5 pm CT and after a little looking around  decided upon a suitable campsite.  It took us longer to figure out how to pay for our campsite than to set it up, as there were no rangers on duty.  We ...

Exhausted!
Jun 28, 2009 (4 photos)

... of July fireworks lakeside on the University of Wisconsin campus- had to try out the "fireworks" setting on my new camera! Madison is beautiful, and the weather is lovely DC spring. All the Fulbrighters met today, enjoyed 45 minutes of Hindi 101, and ...

Back at Pendemonium Central!
Feb 21, 2009

A very brief note that we are back in Fort Madison at the end of our last day of our 2009 LA Pen Show Adventure.  While I know it's a little selfish, please forgive me ... I'm weary and I'll finish up our last day of travel and some pics tomorrow, ...

Mad Rush to Madison
Oct 14, 2007 (5 photos)

... much around here thinking that we are going to be taking off but the days keep passing.  AHHH!  So North we went to Madison, WI.  The town is super cool and is on an isthmus (which is my favorite new word - but seem to have a& ...

Home
Jan 25, 2007

Madison, a great place,  thought-challenging, open and friendly.

Relaxing
Nov 5, 2007 (4 photos)

Last day with Jane, Jon, Andrew and Katherine I have had a Brilliant and fantastic few days                             & ...

Taking a stand
Sep 24, 1993

... THIRTIETH state. Date: May 29, 1848 State Nickname: Badger State Key Words: lakes, university, carillon, Wright, zoo Madison was a wilderness when the legislature selected the site for the state capital and the state university. Today a beautiful ...

just mapping the route
Jul 21, 2008

just mapping the route!

Ready... set...
Jun 29, 2009 (6 photos)

... I'm also getting more familiar with my new camera. It has a "food" setting I used today during our lunch at Madison's Maharani Indian Restaurant (delicious!). And on my way back from the drug store tonight I was lucky enough to find a street ...

Packing, packing, packing!
Feb 6, 2009 (1 photos)

... liked, but this year I'm hoping the advance forecasts are on target, all things point toward moderate temp on our trip from Fort Madison to Los Angeles.  I really, really could use a good dose of warmth ... anything 50F and above is fine and if it's ...