Travel Blogs from Raleigh, United States
Birthday dinner with Sister
... , North 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 ...
Arriving
... from 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 ...
Visiting Campus, Meeting the Professors and Grads
... 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 ...
The plans
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 ...
Thank God
... to live or go back to due to my family splitting up across the country. We make our way towards chapel hill near Raleigh ,North Carolina when i couldn't think my week could get any worse i crash the car at a T-intersection and dangerously escape injury ...
Off to Raleigh Airport
... met 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 ...
Life's A Beach
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 ...
Back in the US
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 ...
Rest & back on the road
Did not get to see much of Raleigh just a rest stop on the way through to ...
RDU - Rome-Sulmona
I flew from Raleigh-Durham, through Philly (go Eagles!), to Rome on a red-eye Jan. 20 - Jan. ...
Raleigh
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 ...
Raleigh and what a wonderful place it is
... 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...?
... Spencer 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 ...
Raleigh
... 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 ...
Snakes Alive!!!
... arrival, 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 ...
The wedding!
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. ...
The Legend....
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!
... realized (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 ...
leaving the U.S. -- sometimes vacation hurts
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 ...
7th August - The most boring town in the US
... to the 'late jar' and hopped on. It was a few hours drive before we arrived at our destination for the night, Raleigh, North Carolina. Todd told us that there was absolutely nothing to do in Raleigh and he was absolutely right. We were taken to ...
Sir Walter, Sir
... 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 ...
Sweet Caroline - wah wah waaaaah!!
... rides, 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 ...
Heading South
... 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 ...
I'm officially on my way....
So, just to give you an idea of how this trip came to be... I finished up grad school in May and began studying for the bar. Shortly before I took the bar, I learned that my start date for my job was pushed back until January. I knew I had to ...

