S. Paul
Travel Blogs from S. Paul, United States
Andrew's Grad party and seeing the city
... way that I got to meet and spend a little bit of time with. In MN, Kris, Tom and I drove over to St. Paul to be a part of a special High School Graduation party for Andrew. There, I finally met in person Susan and her sweetheart, ...
Ben the Tailor
Ben has picked up a new hobby here during our stay - sewing. I think my mom was brought to tears to have someone take a fancy to one of her lifetime hobbies. Ben has been a mad tailor talking about things like bobbins and 13 guage ...
Long Days Journey into Night -- Pt.2
Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport, Minnesota Sept.22, 2006 5:30PM Minneapolis Time 2:30PM Vancouver Time 2 exciting things happened to me as I got on the next Northwest Airlines plane bound for Amsterdam: 1- I got a window seat in the 2nd row of the ...
Both sides of the river
... students) take the animal barn tours. St Paul's Winter Carnival is one of the leading winter festivals in America with ice and snow carving, parades, parties and pageants. St Paul, Minnesota Population 284,037 Elevation 874 Central time ...
Food on a Stick
There have been updates to the website including the rest of our photo galleries from our South and Central America module. If you haven't been in awhile - check it out! www.boatubia.com Meanwhile here in beantown.... Between the calls to ...
Slowly makin our way......
We are now 10 to 11 hours behind schedule! We just pulled into St. Paul and there will be a representative from Amtrak getting on to help us with our connections and accommodations in Chicago since we will have to lay over for 12 hours before catching the ...
back home
We drove back into the Budget lot at the airport in San Jose on fumes! So that worked out well! This flight was on time. Now our layover was in Vegas, another place we've never been and will never go to. They have machines in the aiport ...
Tentative Itinerary
Hello! Many of you wanted to see our full itinerary so here it is. Our route and dates may change a bit but this is a rough outline of tentative destinations. Hope you can follow us where ever we may go... Vietnam ...........Jan 23 ...
Gearin' Up
Hey all, I'm just testing travel-pod out. I'm currently looking up restaurants and clubs, and thinking about all the things I still need to be doing. (Just kidding Deb, I'm not wasting time at work. That was a joke..) The ...
Hola de Argentina
So guys, I made it. I'll start off by apologizing for the length of this. I just have a lot to say right now, and don't have any friends here to say them to. My flight from MSP to ATL went swimmingly. I sat next to a ...
Time to Rediscover!!!
It's that time everybody. after 3 months back in the states, i invite anyone who is reading this to come join me in a celebration of India. bring family. bring a friend. bring the family of a friend. but, don't let them talk you into bringing that ...
Pre Night Jitters
Hello everyone. This entry marks the launch of a new blog series. If you want to unsubscribe now is the time and if you know of anyone you think should be getting news from India please pass along their email address. It's about 11 PM ...
Short but very sweet in the Twin Cities!
What a joy to see grandsons Beck and Taro again. I brought them a new storybook, Little Snow Bear, so we had many cozy moments together, reading about the baby polar bear who ventured out into the snowy artic wonderland to find the sun. Taro (18 ...
How much Red Tape to get to Red Square?
How much Red Tape to get to Red Square? The answer: A lot! We had decided to take the Trans-Mongolian train which departed in Moscow. For this leg we needed the following before departing: A Russian Visa A flight ...
Back in Civilization
Wanted to let everyone know that I am back from my Boundary Water canoe trip and had a great time. An absolutely amazing place and which I highly recommend. I stayed at a relatives house last night who lives near the Minneapolis airport. I'm flying to ...
Eastern Route
5/21 - Fly into Chicago, just a warm up flight. 5/22,23 - 13 hours on a plane... really? Prob worth it! Chicago to Shanghai, second plane to Beijing 5/27 Fly Beijing to Xian 5/30 Fly Xian to Shanghai 5/31 Shanghai/Tong/Suzhou 6/1 Suzhou 6/2 ...
They're Red Hot!
... nbsp; I met Naomi in Hospitality Club who was kind enough to offer me accommodation after I had difficulty finding a hostel in St Paul. She very kindly showed me around her adopted town, including the statue park. Donīt ask me about the ...
Como Park Zoo and Conservatory
While in MN, we received more tragic news that our friend Diane lost her daughter Rachel. With broken hearts and inadequate to do anything to relieve the pain, we sought to celebrate her life with Diane. The butterfly became a ...
The Minnesota State Fair
Howdy! Today I had another extremely interesting anthropological experience of American culture. I went with some other people from the magazine - my editor Stephanie, her husband Kelly, Kyra and Liz - to the Minnesota State Fair, an annual two-week ...
One week to go!
While we get ready, it almost feels like the amazing race is coming up....we love that show! So - here's our pre- take off photo in some of the few travel clothes you'll be seeing in the next year (trying to pack lightly)! Luckily, we won't need to race ...
Mickey's Diner Car
... few - maybe the only one - old-style diner left in town, house in colourful streetcar parked in the middle of downtown Saint Paul. We had apple pie with ice cream, pecan waffle and strawberry sundae - all really delicious - sitting at the bar while ...
Things are winding down....
... she is doing well. No movies this time but we both decided that we HAD to go when I get home this summer. I left St. Paul and then ran errands of last minute things I still needed to get. Kia has volleyball tonight so I am going to pack and clean ...
2 days in the Twin Cities
... have been up to since last we crossed paths. We also had time to visit the State Capitol in St. Paul. It is a very impressive building and the grounds were the most pristine we have seen After the Capitol we headed ...
The Route
Jan 8th: Leave MN Jan 9th: Arrive Tel-Aviv Yafo, Israel travel to Tiberias Jan 10th: Jordan River, Capernaum, Sea of Galilee, Mount of Beatitudes Jan 11th: Nazareth, Cana, Jerusalem Jan 12th: Jerusalem, Jericho, Qumran Jan 13th: Jerusalem Jan 14th: ...
We are off!
Sitting in the plane, exhausted and only partially recovered from our illnesses, we are looking forward to some rest before the adventure ...
The obligatory "Passport Story "
Now that the passport requirements have been relaxed (for the time being anyway) I'll condense this portion of our log into a fairly brief entry. After repeated calls to the Passport Information Center, many hours on hold waiting to be told that ...
