Raleigh, United States Travel Blogs

RDU - Rome-Sulmona
Jan 21, 2005

I flew from Raleigh-Durham, through Philly (go Eagles!), to Rome on a red-eye Jan. 20 - Jan. 21.

Lunch break
Jul 26, 2005 (2 photos)

Stopped for lunch at Roly Poly!

Rally to Raleigh
Nov 13, 2008

hmmmmm, it's coming....

Raleigh, NC
Jan 23, 2008

Raleigh, NC

Thunderstorms and groundhogs
Jun 6, 2008

... passing out on the plane from Cali I found myself walking, glazed eyes and all, out of the arrivals gate in Raleigh, North Carolina. I was there to start staff training for my dream job taking kids on adventure travel through Central America. Thanks to ...

Birthday dinner with Sister
Jul 7, 2006 (1 photos)

... Carolina around 4:00 PM after dropping my daughter Ashley at the a NY City airport around 5 AM and driving from NYC to Raleigh. It was sister Deb's birthday, so Ashley, Mike, Morgan and I took Deb out to dinner. Will be leaving early tomorrow morning to ...

Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Dec 6, 2006

Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Arriving
Sep 4, 2006

... this sitting area here in Ottawa :) So my mom forgot to tell me the exact name of the hotel we were staying at in Raleigh... oops! I almost got into trouble for that. They let me in, but after a wee bit of questioning, and finally taking down my cell ...

Visiting Campus, Meeting the Professors and Grads
Sep 8, 2006 (10 photos)

... fun, I think North Carolina was nice :) Not as big as a city as Northwestern in Chicago (duh), but people here were very friendly. I'll see what I want to do :) Next travel is.... Undetermined :( ~*Joe*~ Raleigh/Durham Intl airport (for now :P)

The plans
Aug 3, 2009 (1 photos)

I'll be leaving Tuesday at 2:15 from RDU. stopping in DC and Frankfurt, then I'll be in Ghana by 3:30 on Wednesday. The plan is to meet a member of the psych faculty at the airport (among others, i think) and have "orientation" at the University until ...

Off to Raleigh Airport
May 11, 2008 (98 photos)

... at Craven Community College where we connected with our driver Victor of "Shuttle-Me" van service for our ride to the Raleigh Durham International Airport. We had an easy ride to the airport and a checked-in without delay or security issues.   ...

Back in the US
Oct 15, 2008

Still can't get these damn photos to upload.  I think my memory card is totally screwed and ALL my pics are stuck on my camera.  This blows.

Rest & back on the road
Aug 14, 2009

Did not get to see much of Raleigh just a rest stop on the way through to Virginia..

Life's A Beach
Sep 29, 2006 (5 photos)

ROB - Why did the armadillo cross the road? Not sure, but they really shouldn't try, judging by the number that are lying feet up on the side of the road. The rabbits - which look about the size of kangaroos - are at least getting to the fast lane, but ...

Artists and pirates
May 16, 2009 (43 photos)

... " the high tech and research centre of the "New South' the other two being Durham and Chapel Hill. Each has a university and Raleigh is also the capitol city of the Sate of NC. Once settled into our campsite we drove into town, being Saturday we thought it ...

Raleigh
Oct 23, 2008

Today we stopped in Charleston, South Carolina on our way to Raleigh, North Carolina.  Charleston was home to some really cool (but expensive) shops and some really nice old houses.

Raleigh and what a wonderful place it is
Oct 9, 2005

... but I hoped is was in line to board a plane to Orlando. They asked why I wanted it sent to Orlando when I was in Raleigh. I sighed. I explained I was going to Orlando. They asked why I was in Raleigh. I said I missed my plane - the second missed ...

How can you NOT like the guy...?
Oct 29, 2008

... White, had managed to get us VIP tickets - so at 08h30 we were off, four of us in the car. We arrived in Raleigh to find lines stretching three blocks - and thanked Spencer is our minds for getting us VIP tickets. We parked illegally - and hoped the ...

Raleigh
Oct 17, 2008 (3 photos)

... and Palin badges. So all in all, this is what those lefty New Yorkers had told me to expect as I ventured South. Raleigh is a pleasant friendly place all the same and was good to catch up with Sean, an old housemate from Vancouver.

Snakes Alive!!!
Aug 29, 2007 (6 photos)

... , so Ian, Debbie, Chris and Tina headed west to a tourist enterprise called Fearrington Farms, about 45 mins away from Raleigh. This obviously started out as a large working farm, complete with stately old farm house, barn and silos, but recently someone ...

The wedding!
Oct 1, 2005 (1 photos)

Miles travelled: 2550 We traveled up to Raleigh and stayed in the Motel 6. Tom Bodet left the light on for us. Nothing to write home about (although that's exactly what we're doing now), but it'll be luxury compared to what we get in about a week. We ...

The Legend....
Aug 1, 2006 (4 photos)

In less than two weeks John and Brad(aka Ace and Gary) set out on our three month backpacking trip through Europe (western mainly). Though the post-college graduation European backpacking trip has been done to the point that it has almost become cliche, ...

12 hours to go, its 'bout to get rowdy!
Aug 14, 2006 (14 photos)

... (due to the fact that we dont read good and all) that Expedia had only planned a 1.5 hour layover after our flight from Raleigh RDU to NY JFK before our flight to London takes off... NOT good news. So in a frantic attempt to have an earlier flight to NY, ...

leaving the U.S. -- sometimes vacation hurts
May 25, 2006

Let me preface this by pointing out that I,m typing on a French typewriter, which doesn,t have the same key placement as an American one. But it's (I finally found the apostrophe key!) just similar enough that I start to get into a groove, but then get ...

HeadinŽOut
Feb 29, 2004

And off we went........

Sir Walter, Sir
Nov 13, 1993

... of North Carolina, and North Carolina State. Raleigh isn't too far from the Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kitty Hawk and the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Raleigh, North Carolina Population 306,944 Elevation 363 Eastern time zone

Back to Raleigh
Jan 31, 2005

Monday morning, took the train back to the airport and set back off for RDU via Philly.

Sweet Caroline - wah wah waaaaah!!
Apr 27, 2007 (4 photos)

... , firework stores and life size concrete animals. Today we drove from Savannah, Georgia, through South Carolina, to Raleigh, North Carolina (dubbed Nth Kakalac by the locals) and stopped at this wicked roadstop for lunch. We arrived in Raleigh ...

Heading South
Aug 27, 2007 (1 photos)

... bunch of surplus clothes with Karl) at the Fonterra office, we headed south for a 350 mile, 6 hour journey south to Raleigh, North Carolina. The journey its self was pretty uneventful, apart from a police escorted cavalcade we ran into just south of ...

Roadtrip - Raleigh to Jamestown and Williamsburg
Jun 19, 2006 (14 photos)

Named after Sir Walter, the man who famously threw his cloak down for Queen Elizabeth I, modern Raleigh is predominantly a business center and at the moment is undergoing a facelift in the center of town. That said, the place was a pleasant stop off en ...