San Jose, United States Travel Blogs

Another Countdown
Mar 20, 2003

... of emails and phone calls to D.C. did not tell me this. Sooooo...... I am out of here in exactly one week's time! I leave San Jose next Thursday the 27th and head to Miami for the night. Then on Friday, I have a 2.5 hour flight to Tegus (this is ...

The Conclusion: Part 1 of 2 - TIA/The Ingredients
Aug 26, 2007

T.I.A.   On the first night we arrived at the volunteer home in Dar es Salaam, Blair and I, both new volunteers, met the current ones.  After light conversations of whos, hows, and whys, we asked them about our orientation the next day.  ...

The Conclusion: Part 2 of 2 - Black is Beautiful
Aug 27, 2007

Black is Beautiful                We don't belong here, I think to myself.  Just like in 'Nam and now Baghdad, we don't belong here.  Some people come to Africa to see lions ...

And we're off
Jun 26, 2009

... on free tickets is great, but two stops to get to Costa Rica seems like alot of stops. We parked our car at the Raddison Hotel in San Jose.  It was cheaper to park at the hotel than any other place.  We also had a place to stay for a couple of a ...

WHY AND HOW, and misc advice for other travelers
Sep 15, 2009 (3 photos)

For some reading this blog, especially some of our new friends around the world ...you may be asking various questions that begin with "WHY" and "HOW".  Well, in short, Keith and I took the opportunity to embark upon our journey now while we are ( ...

Day 3: the mission, Santa Cruz, redwoods and SJ
Jul 2, 2009 (17 photos)

... idea of how massive they are, and the trail was quiet. It's only 20 minutes from Santa Cruz, and an easy drive to San Jose, our destination for the day. We had already seen the Doubletree at the airport when we were leaving the rental car place so it was ...

Day 4: the conference
Jul 3, 2009 (3 photos)

Pat went with me to help me find my room and be sure I had my overhead and CD player.  He also hung around to take a few pics.  Everything was fine.  This conference was poorly attended.  I think people like more exotic locations.& ...

Update on the Beard
May 30, 2008 (2 photos)

Many people have been asking for an update on the beard, so I figured, I would make another post with a final photo. Here you go!

San Jose
Feb 28, 2003

To give you some idea of the competition between Australia and NZ is a children's t-shirt I spotted which said: "When I grew up my dad says I can do anything I want... except play for Australia." Anyway, I'm on my way back, but it was a pain in the ...

Day 40 - Grassroots Training
Jun 26, 2008 (2 photos)

... the way. We were going to a meeting with Richard Hobbs, a man who was running as a candidate for the board of supervisors in San Jose. Tanya was supporting this man because of her strong belief that he has the qualities and skills that a leader in the ...

Day 44 - Learning Human Revolution
Jun 30, 2008 (3 photos)

... kids later to play in the pool. She was an Indian woman that worked wanted to be a nun but came to the United States and has a family. Tanya told me that Chinnamma had worked with Mother Teresa before back in India and has many wonderful experiences doing ...

As i mentioned in my last post i was off to ...
Nov 18, 2002

As I mentioned in my last post, I was off to an NFL game between the Oakland Raiders (one of two local teams, the other being the San Fran 49rs) and the New England Patriots. Well, the game kicked off at 5:30, so we left home about 2:30. It took us an ...

Meeting up with Lucy
Nov 21, 2006 (6 photos)

On our last day in San Francisco, my friend Lucy (who i met at University) came to pick us up. We then drove along Route 1 to take in some of the sights, we stopped off at a wee pub which is famous for its views of the sunset, we sat there with a blanket ...

To start i'd like to tell you that i've ...
Oct 29, 2002

To start, I'd like to tell you that I've uploaded my pictures, you'll find them in the first entry of each location where I took them. There's also a little bit of text to let you know about the photo. Sacramento. We visited it this weekend, and, ...

Day 43 - Peaceful Warriors of Youth
Jun 29, 2008 (4 photos)

... I took the chance to write President Ikeda and fax it to Japan from the Culture Center. Later that day after getting back to San Jose, Tanya was meeting a friend at Phu Lam, a Chinese restaurant close to home. The woman we met, Terri was a good family ...

Suzy and Jonathan's Wedding!!!
Oct 1, 2005 (9 photos)

... on Haight Street. then we surprised her with a manicure and pedicure. It was a lot of fun! After we were back in San Jose we did the last preparations for the wedding. On friday there was a really cool rehearsal dinner next door at their neighbor's ...

Day 35 - Activity Mania
Jun 21, 2008 (5 photos)

... weekend. She said I could stay over Sunday night. That still left tonight free. I went to the hostel in Fort Mason in San Fran. Bad news, I guess good fortune can't follow me everywhere because the hostel was full when I got there at 11pm-ish. Hmm, ...

Day 47 - Training Merits
Jul 3, 2008 (4 photos)

Day 47 So final plans still aren't set for me but the Freudenbergers want to show me a park in San Jose in the morning. We take the dogs out to the park to run around. I haven't had a chance to introduce the Freudenberger dogs... Shadow is the ...

The Start
Jun 16, 2007

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A rough start
Jun 14, 2008 (6 photos)

Well it was a bit of a rough start and we almost didnīt make it out.  Our flight scheduled to leave San Jose at 10pm was delayed until 2am.  We all boarded around 2:15AM and sat on the plane for a half hour before the pilot announced, that due to ...

Pics - at last
Mar 8, 2003

I've added some pictures to the NZ pages, not many as I didn't have the others developed on to CD, which is a good thing, as they did a crap job (the colours are nothing like the photos). I'll scan some more myself when I get back home. Something I ...

Siena Bistro - Bros Resturant
Oct 11, 2007 (2 photos)

Met Paul at Davids resturant. My first meal there was a treat. I recommend the cheesy bread, beet salad and mushroom chicken tortelini! We ate on the patio. Nice evening.

Audio tech and rigging
Dec 3, 2008 (3 photos)

... -hero yesterday with a bit of crushed red velvet becoming a cape and boots and a black waistband. :) And I still managed to sneak in a great run with Richie and Ryan.  Weather here in San Jose - crisp, fall evening glory! lots o' love Andrea

For those of you who haven't guessed i'm ...
Oct 23, 2002

For those of you who haven't guessed, I'm currently in San Jose with the parents, so expect the travel logs to be less regular. I do have some stuff to report though - for starters I have had my pictures developed. Unfortunately my camera was ...

Getting the Rocks Ready in the Lab
Jan 13, 2007 (16 photos)

Jonathan, my husband (it is acutally his research sabbatical and I get to help him!!) is working hard to get his samples ready for making thin sections, which is what you call microscope slides that have a very thin layer of rock on them. You can ...

Journeys End
Mar 29, 2009 (7 photos)

... night but just decided to pass on by.  I put the peddle to the metal and kept on going through the night until I reached San Jose.  It was sooo good to finally be back home and sleeping in my own bed! Now that the trip is over, I ...

San Jose, CA here we come!
May 2, 2007 (5 photos)

... Walmart Tire Dept. We hit the road around noon and Chris headed north with the RV to Pacifica and the boys and I drove to San Jose for a fieldtrip to The Tech Industry Museum. On the way, Keegan, Collin, and I made a stop off 101 N. outside ...

Day Trip out to San Jose
Sep 9, 1998 (7 photos)

... a lot of catching up to do as he drove back to his house in San Jose then we went to this little restaurant just out of San Jose which was very nice then we went to a computer store looked at cheap computers then returned to his house and met his mum and ...

Well we've been pottering about this week ...
Nov 17, 2002

Well, we've been pottering about this week, building up to the big event last Friday. I am, of course, talking about our trip to see Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (HP CoS. Now both Abbey (little sis) and I big HP fans, so mum booked up weeks ...

San Diego to San Francisco
Aug 14, 2005 (8 photos)

... fun over i then made my way to Monterey and Carmel however there were no beds available so i had to make a late night drive to San Jose, or Saratoga to be precise, a small village in a national park. I spent the nite in a lovely log cabin with deer and ...