Travel Blogs from Tampa, United States
stanleycup in Tampa bay
Here are a few pictures of me chasing the stanley cup down in Tampa bay for game 5, 24 hours of great fun. I had a blast down there, I when down for the day left around 6AM and got home the next day around 5:30 am. It was a very long day but I enjoyed it ...
Through Tampa on the way to Louisiana
... Everything cost money and we never experienced any culture that was far removed from our own, but that was the beauty of the states. This slight skew on our familiar western culture was indeed fascinating and it was nice to find out just how alike and ...
Little Cuba, the beach and music...
... Sunshine Skyway Bridge and checking out the beaches. Nick even mentioned a strip club? Another friend of ours, Lyle, recently called Tampa ghetto. Great...at least we didn't have high hopes going in! We thought about Busch Gardens but from the sound of ...
We leave tampa tomorrow
... only a few stops! Since we got here we have enjoyed the wonderful weather of high 70's.... love it!!!! We will leave tampa tomorrow morning. Our train leave Tampa to Miami at 12:45pm and we only arrive in Miami around 6pm. Then we will spend ...
FLA west coast
... traveling solo through the countryside in India right now) is concerned with the radio silence! Well, we are currently in Tampa, staying with Bob's brother. We took Alligator Alley over to the west coast from the Everglades. The hardest part about ...
Embarkation day
POLSKI: Embarkation day to taki dzien, gdzie zmienia sie "turnus" na statku. Jedni goscie wyjezdzaja, drudzy przyjezdzaja. Fotografowie sa pierwszymi ludzmi z zalogi, z ktorymi maja kontakt. Dlatego tak wazne jest pierwsze wrazenie, ktore musimy na nich ...
First a visit to the family
First a quick visit to Amy's family with a side trip to Key West- just the first of many tropical beautiful stops and only 35 miles from Cuba-where we hope have one on our last stops on our journey next ...
Waiting to depart Tampa
So, our trip is starting... Hana, Malcolm and I are waiting patiently at the International Club room at Tampa Airport. Here we are enjoying a drink and relaxing before our short 8 1/2 flight to ...
Up and waiting
4:30 AM was the time that Lynn announced it was time to get up and within minutes we were up and about, taking care of the last minute details before we left for the airport. And right on time, Dan was ringing the doorbell, and then helping us load ...
Final Entry ( 9756 Miles)
... Johanna. She was visiting from Atlanta. We hit it off and I spent time traveling back and forth to Atlanta. Johanna relocated with me to Tampa in January and we are quite happy. She loves to ride (as a passenger) so the next adventure we will be able to ...
Preparation
This is my first trip to Europe. I am both excited and a little nervous about this trip. For the first 10 weeks I will be doing research with UNESCO-IHE. This is the part I am worried about. It is the day before the trip and I am still not sure what is ...
Tampa Bay
Hey everyone! Long time no blog. We have just spent the week in Tampa, Florida where we spent two days at Busch Gardens theme park. Not much else to do there but we will tell you what we did anyways. We experienced very tropical hot and humid ...
we have docked
Hey y'all, We are waiting to disembark. They are running on schedule so we should be leaving in about an hour. ...
All Aboard!
... be. And I do!!! Bingo at 9:45, yea!!! Tomorrow is a full day at sea. FYI We are sailing on the Carnival Legend out of Tampa on a 7 day western Caribbean. This way if you hear on the news about a Canival ship stuck somewhere, you will know if its us or not ...
Trip to Miami
In about an hour I start my trip down to Miami. I can only imagine that it will be one of the most awkward rides of my life. It should be around 4 hours of traveling with a professor and one other student. We'll see how that goes. I am very happy to ...
Da steckt Musik in der Bude!
... da vermutlich auch nicht viel gebracht. So interessant unser tolles Hostel in Fort Myers war, so einzigartig ist unser neues in Tampa. "Gram's Place" fiel uns bereits bei der Buchung ins Auge. Man wirbt auf der Internetseite mit Themenzimmern, die sich ...
R and R with the old folks...
Sunday 21st Sept - Sunday 28th Sept Fourteen of my extended family (that's right 14!) flew to Clearwater beach just outside Tampa. The only people close to my age were my cousins Gavin(16) and Aoife(25). We rented out a nine person mini van and two cars ...
PANSYCKAS (RRRGH!) MAKES ME SICK
"This is the night you cry yourself to sleep," I prophecized during the car ride to "Competition of the Week" 7. I was in Florida now, having said good-bye to "Pancho" and friends before leaving Michigan again to head towards South America. The joys ...
Florida - Day 5 - Ybor City
... We decided to have a day away from the beaches today and give our skin a little rest. We headed to Ybor City in downtown Tampa, which is more of a historical district with old buildings. Here I did have a little luck shopping and it was nice just to have ...
Evening activities - The Florida Division Banquet
I have been personally invited to and attended a number of functions whilst here. On Sunday evening, there was a reception for first time attendees followed by the Presidents Welcoming Reception and speeches. Monday morning was a breakfast sponsored by ...
The Opening of the IAI Conference
I managed to get here safely and very easily by public bus (although there were some really strange people who use the bus system over here) and for $1.35 I thought it was really good value for money. The first evening there was a drinks reception ...
"Wir nix verstehen" ;-)
... bewältigten. Wir passierten eine nette Uferpassage sowie die Multifunktionsarena "St. Pete Times Forum", in der u.a. die "tampa Bay Lightnings" ihre Eishockey-Spiele austragen. Am "Bayshore Boulevard" bekamen wir dann einen Weltrekordhalter zu Gesicht. ...
Workshop, winning and wondering
... in court if we used them! The vairety and choice of products and IT systems both available and used within different states is mindblowing. You can choose from douzens of different swabs for blood and DNA recovery and the main practice appears to be ...
Veränderungen
Der nachfolgende Blogeintrag wird der bislang traurigste der gesamten Reise werden. Christoph: Um es klar auszudrücken: Ich werde am Montag die Reise aus gesundheitlichen Gründen abbrechen müssen und wieder zurück nach Deutschland fliegen. Da dieser ...
Size and Scale of it
I want to try and give you an idea of the size and scale of the conference here in Tampa. There are 35 Lectures taking place today which are free for delgates to attend. There are also 26 workshops running today whic are an additional cost of you attend ...
D-Day
... to practitioners. Clearly he is passionate about this subject and has extensive experience in relation to CSI's all over the states of America. He operates a consultancy business now and is currently working in Jamaica. He too feels that standards are ...

