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Charlotte Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Charlotte, United States
welcome to the jar
This was a lot to take in. I may have to sit and think about how I really felt in this city. Lots happening. Thanks to Billy for scooping me off the main drag leading me through the ferocious stay alive and into the quiet quarters of his safe palace in ...
Halloween in Charlotte
I spent Halloween in Charlotte with my brother Henk and his family. The neighborhood celebrates with a block party, and then the kids go trick or treating. Henk's Joker was a big hit and he even had the creepy voice to go along with the ...
Less than 24 hrs until Mexico! :)
... of the Ibarrola Family. There we will meet all the parents of our Mexican exchange families, as they did when they came to Charlotte. Sunday and Monday our PDS students will be on holiday because the San Roberto students will be on spring break ...
The Party Train Gets Ready To Pull Out
... at The Neighborhood Theatre. The goal was to get this last event of the year done and catch the fun train out of Charlotte headed to Guatemala. As vacations go...this is pretty serious. I plan on doing the spanish school immersion ...
Charlotte, NC
We've arrived in Charlotte! Many of you know that we've been enamored with Charlotte for some time now. So we're excited to be here again and to see if we still like it. Hard to tell so far-it's late and it's dark. The campground is a KOA and seems ...
DISH me up some southern love
Aha! Finally in the South! Charlotte, North Carolina is beautiful! My traveling foursome made it here in one piece and we've been bunking down at my sister-in-law's place spending some much needed quality time with her and her family. The humidity isn't ...
The Changing Of The Guard
As I sat underneath the sun shade watching all the humans running back and forth, I realized that there is a very meaningful dynamic in process. It is Sunday, May30th, 2010. Kim and Jeff are putting on another picnic/party that ...
Barely made it!!
... due to a 20 minute delay waiting for the crew, then another 20 minutes to de-ice the plane! But after a mad dash through the Charlotte Airport... we, of course, made it :-) otherwise the title of this entry would have been something like "Stuck in NC; ...
Ant, ants all in my paints!
... ! Due to all the rain, the ants are attacking anything above water level. My sister Lynn has a beautiful old Charlotte home with huge trees surrounding the area.. When I say huge, I mean HUGE trees! Her basement is filling ...
On to South Florida
We continued our Florida trip with the long drive to Port Charlotte to visit Jane's family (and another stop at Sonny's along the way). The weather was good for cruising the highway with the top down while listening to satellite ...
In Honor of Dad (Jane)
Just before our teambuilding weekend my father was admitted to the hospital and during that weekend it became apparent that the outcome would not be favorable. This is when being 10,000 miles from home is the hardest – when you want to get back and ...
Travel Delays!
Well, we were supposed to fly out on the 21st all the way to Munich, via Atlanta, but because of the heavy rains in Atlanta, the flight was postponed and they re-routed us through Detroit and Amsterdam. But the plane to Detroit was also delayed and ...
Lunch with Michele
I was able to connect with Michele for lunch at the Cracker Barrel. It was so good to see her and briefly connect with her. Unfortunately, I was just starting to relapse with a sinus infection and I was not good company. I ...
Missed England Flight, Time with Family!
... out of Phoenix was delayed because of the ground crew by over an hour. Since I only had 50 minutes to originally run across Charlotte International and get to my next flight, I was up a river without a paddle - it didn't help that my plane out of ...
Good wine, good food, good people.
... 300 miles down through the middle of Virginia and to the far south side of North Carolina. We were anxious to get to Charlotte, as Meredith's family friends, Brendan and Kevin Byrnes, had big plans for our time in the Queen City. We made ...
Just a Thought...
Dear Nae, I'm sitting at McDonald's this morning reflecting on several things. (Couldn't find a close Starbucks!) Following the development of the human spirit is about the most interesting process in the universe. ...
Last Leg of Our Journey Home
... our gate in Chicago very very late and had significant turbulence at times but otherwise, it was an uneventful flight to Charlotte. The captain came on the loudspeaker to announce that he was trying his best to get us there quickly. ...
Preparations
We are preparing for this journey by contacting the fifty Friends meetings and churches we plan to visit along the way. We will actually begin with a visit to Montreal Friends Meeting and then Toronto Friends Meeting during our train trip across Canada ...
A New Year's Adventure
Since we couldn't go to New Orleans for Christmas, we decided to have a brief New Year's adventure in our nation's capital. Phil has to work today, but we will be leaving afterward, and for now, it is time to drop off our cat, Professor Macgonagall ...
Sailing Through December
December was a whirlwind of activity leading up to our US home leave on Dec 15. First was the ENP Christmas Pary at the Decagon in Ortigas. The theme was Rock Stars and Divas and Jane put together a costume that looked like Ozzy Osborne in ...
Working on the photo thing
Okey Dokey...how bout that crazy Neighborhood Theatre bartending staff that's so great to work with There's also the woman that is responsible for making the New Year magic happen Lyn! ...
Visiting my aunt Lois
... contra dance gathering and potluck dinner that night! You betcha that's what I chose to do. When in Rome...or Charlotte. And it's an experience I would not normally have but is their world - Perfect! The dance was at this wonderfully ...
I Love Bikes!
... friends, Des and Jon. Both of which are talented artist and all around great people. The two couples took us to an area of Charlotte known as NoDa where many local artists display and sell their work. Des and Jon were of the artists that set up a table. ...
Mint Museum of Art
... enjoyed reading about the history of the old Charlotte Mint, for which the museum is named. The Mint was operated in Charlotte until seized by the Confederates in the civil war, and the building itself was later relocated and reestablished as the ...
Time with friends and Billy Graham Library
Here around Charlotte we got to spend some time with our frineds Miky and Marco. We had a good time together going to parks and downtown. We even got to go to a romanain theater done in romanian, it was fuuunnnnyyyyy! And while we were here we heard about ...
PLC Conference
Well, this probably won't be a very exciting entry. I'm currently sitting in the airport at Charlotte, North Carolina, waiting to get on the plane to Vienna, Austria. Right now, I'm totally and completely exhausted. I've spent the ...
The Travel Begins
This afternoon we were picked up by Lotus Limousine, who Kelly works with on a regular basis to take the family to the airport. There was a little "turbulence" at the ticket counter as our largest bag was 58 lbs and they wanted to charge us an ...