St. Paul, United States Travel Blogs

Andrew's Grad party and seeing the city
Jun 7, 2008 (29 photos)

... the 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
Aug 28, 2007

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 needles.& ...

Long Days Journey into Night -- Pt.2
Sep 22, 2006

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
Sep 23, 1993

... 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 zone

Food on a Stick
Aug 25, 2007

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 ...

Tentative Itinerary
Jan 22, 2009

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 - ...

2 days in the Twin Cities
Aug 6, 2009 (15 photos)

... they 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 ...

Short but very sweet in the Twin Cities!
Dec 28, 2005

... Rica. Yesterday Christer, Taro, and I visited my friend Franziska at her daughter's nearby community farm in Osseola, WI (across the St Croix river) where she's been laid up with a broken knee for several months. Taro (and his dad) visited the cows ...

How much Red Tape to get to Red Square?
Aug 24, 2007

... long way out, but in reality we had hoped for some time to visit Russia and possibly Eastern Europe and had added on St. Petersburg on to the itinerary.  The race shifted focus and became all about the Invitation and getting our Visa applications fed- ...

Back in Civilization
Jul 12, 2006

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
May 22, 2008

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!
Nov 5, 2006 (5 photos)

... .  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 cherry ...

Como Park Zoo and Conservatory
Jun 6, 2008 (36 photos)

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 ...

One week to go!
Apr 24, 2008 (1 photos)

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 ...

Things are winding down....
Jan 7, 2009

... happy that 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 ...

The Route
Jan 5, 2008

... of the Holy Sepulchre, Wailing Wall Jan 16th: Ein Kerem and Garden Tomb, Jerusalem Jan 17th: Travel to Egypt Jan 18th: St. Catherine and Mt. Sanai Jan 19th: Memphis, Step Pyramid Jan 20th: Great Pyramids, Sphinx, Hanging Church Jan 21st: Egypt Museum ...

The obligatory "Passport Story "
May 26, 2007

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 our ...

Ground transportation to Playa Del Carmen
Jun 3, 2007

One last thing. Ground transportation from the airport in Cancun to our resort in Playa. My wife and I had settled on taking the bus from the airport to Playa which was the most economical way we could think of short off a collectivo. We were looking for ...

You have tickets, you just don't have seats..Huh??
May 27, 2007

We just got our passports yesterday so all is right with the world! I think that I'll take care of some of the preparation for our trip. I check to make sure that all of our paperwork with our resort, Shangrila-Caribe in Playa Del Carmen. ...

Minnesota and Wisconsin
Aug 17, 2006

US Nationals and USA Gymnastics annual conference, saw my cousin Neil and and his wife Debbie, and Coach Frances, who finally remembered who I was after about 2 hours of talking to him. Dan and I went to his good friends' Andrea and Jesse's wedding, ...

aunt melanie
May 28, 2008

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America
Aug 13, 2008

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Return trip
Apr 14, 2009

Of course what's better with fresh fruit than chilled white wine?  She quit the lab.  Too claustrophobic.  He didn't come down; he has to work.  She shares the fruit with the children at a road side stand.  Each one is paid ...

State Fair 2009!
Sep 5, 2009 (5 photos)

This is not only a test post, but it is a post about my adventure with Steve at the Minnesota State Fair last weekend. I had a lot of fun, and I will certainly miss Minnesota when I am gone. I won't probably miss a crowd like the one at the Fair, the ...

Departure
Apr 13, 2009

Hello All -  I'm off very soon to Delhi, India (tomorrow).  I have a direct flight from Chicago and I think this will be a new personal best for flight length, trumping the previous record of 13 hours from Chicago to Shanghai.  This ...

All Things Tiny and Mighty on our Last Day
Mar 30, 2008 (25 photos)

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Hostfamily
Sep 27, 2006

After 5 long years I finally saw my hostfamily again. And it was definitly not the last time I visited them. They are my Family far away in America.

Station 4
Oct 7, 2008

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St. Paul
Jan 2, 2009 (3 photos)

Visiting St. Paul

1st Show - St. Paul
Feb 14, 2007

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