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Welcome to Atlanta
This is a top pick! Tuning into any one of the various hip hop radio stations as I drive past spaghetti junction (where I-85 crosses I-285 just north of Atlanta) I start to feel the vibe that is Hotlanta, or maybe you prefer the dirty south. Ludacris, Outkast, JD and ...
Cars, Wine, Beach and Theater.
This is a top pick! After a long night of inter-netting, updating the travel blogs and sorting out the photos for the last few days we decided to have a late start. We missed the breakfast at the Hotel, so decided to head out for brunch and to check out the town. It was ...
Dresses and an VCDX Exam
This is a top pick! Another nice and warm day in the City. So nice to have the sun out and temperatures up. Last time we were here it was raining hard and it was quite chilly. Today more shopping chores. Linda made an appointment at Vera Wang to try on some evening dresses. ...
Engaged!
This is a top pick! Well, you're right, this isn't really part of the 2012 journey, but we thought getting engaged at the foot of a 300-foot waterfall on an 8-mile hike was reason enough to post an update here. On brother Derek's 40th birthday, getting there was more than ...
Zurich by day, Lugano by night...
This is a top pick! After the overnight train, I spend the morning walking around in Zurich. Despite being one of the more beautiful cities I've ever visited, it was also in the midst of being a host city for the Euro Cup 2008 which provided for circus-like soccer ...
Departure time
This is a top pick! The next morning we woke up early to a shy sunshine. It was still cold outside, but without the rain a bit friendlier. We headed out to the Marriott where we checked in for the Cruise. The hotel airport shuttle gave us a ride to the Marriott, very good ...
Swimming in the ice water.....
This is a top pick! We woke up in Ketchikan Alaska. Our useless broadband Internet connection from ReadyBroadband is still not working, so we bought an hour of Internet from one of the shore based hot-spots. After reading our facebook and emails we headed out to the buffet ...
Welcome to the Rock
This is a top pick! John Mason: "The Rock has become a tourist attraction?" A quote from one of my favourite action films. The Rock, (Not the “If You smell What the Rock is Cookin..” wrestler type, but the island in San Francisco). Based on the island of ...
Prework to China
This is a top pick! I was selected for this trip because I did a good job in Hungary last year. The players are pretty much the same, a group of engineers and workers in an electronic manufacturing plant. This plant is Dongguan, China. The flight leaves Seattle ...
The Ups and Downs of Pittsburgh
This is a top pick! My time in Pittsburgh was surprisingly brief given my limited plans and awesomeness of Bear Run. It did afford me plenty of time to relax and reflect, but I did also have my fair share of activities and excitement, sometimes at inappropriate ...
Wine tastings and traffic jams
This is a top pick! The idea was to leave early this morning, but this remained yet an idea as we checked out of the Hotel at noon to head out for Los Angeles. We woke up early though to watch the Holland-Japan match, but we were not early enough so we just missed it. Good ...
California , I'm coming home
This is a top pick! ... , McDonalds and tourist and some other places, Hawaii is another exotic polonysian island. Los Angeles is the only place in the United states where more people take their dogs to coffee bean than their spouces and New York ... Well , I don't think I ...
Goodbye Manhattan, hello Brooklyn!
This is a top pick! So first thing (i.e. 11am) we move our stuff to Dan's place in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. His old flat mate hasn't moved out yet so we just dump our stuff and walk across the Williamsburg Bridge back into Manhattan. Everything runs across this bridge so ...
Bell and Cheesesteak
This is a top pick! So I made it to Philadelphia, known to me by its two famous children - America and Cheesesteaks. After a belated start I set of to investigate their births. Staying mostly within Independence Park, I cannot not help but remark about the state of ...
Las Vegas - Sin City
This is a top pick! Vegas is incredibly overwhelming for the first time visitor, no amount of warning could prepare you for what you see on arrival. In Vegas, being overwhelmed is no problem. Suddenly you don't care about the total disregard for the value of money, the ...
Escape from LA
This is a top pick! We walked a little way along Melrose with our bags and it was nice and fresh for a change. After a great day yesterday we both feel pretty chirpy and a little bit more Christmassy. We jumped on a bus at the corner of Melrose and Vine and squeezed our way ...
Come fly away
This is a top pick! The day started with a breakfast and delicious coffee from our local coffee shop. We had a noon appointment at Tejani, a store specialized in wedding Jewelery. We headed out to Tejani and found exactly what we were looking for. A beautiful necklace and ...
Contact Info and Instructions
This is a top pick! ... . There is a small chance that these letters may be opened by customs officials when they leave Africa or enter the United States. So, my address for the first three months will be: (NO LONGER NECESSARY) This address will change as ...
Driving the California Coast and Big Sur
This is a top pick! Ben Reporting: We return on the bus from Las Vegas to Los Angeles after a six-hour trip, at about 4 pm. We have no place to stay, which isn't too unusual, and no plan except to get to San Francisco. At the Los Angeles Union Train Station, where we get ...
Lake George Here We Come Roadtrip-A-Rama, DAY 1
This is a top pick! Day One of our first real roadtrip. Tris and I are accompanied by our friend Chris. She is running late! Crazy people with their late packing and so on. We arrive late because she said on the phone how if we arrived on time she would not be ready. ...
The Arts
This is a top pick! I had heard about the size and expanse of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. So thinking myself smart I allocated a whole day in which to absorb its treasures. Little did I know that was barely going to be enough for two of its giant wings. ...
California............wooooooo
This is a top pick! Well San Fran here we are!! Woo what an amazing city.......we arrived here on Tuesday May and had a good five days to go and explore the city and check out all the cool bars! First good sign was the weather... we were pretty lucky and had some Hot Hot ...
3 First Class Tickets Home Please
This is a top pick! I just had the most delightful banana tart and I'm blogging at 37,000 feet as we're en route to Chicago. International First Class is truly amazing. But why is it so amazing? Exclusivity is certainly part of it, but there's something more to ...
USA - Bound for Seattle
This is a top pick! Howdy all. You'll be happy to know this entry will be a lot shorter than the last. We haven't got a great deal of stuff to report on since getting back from the Canadian Rockies. We stayed in Vancouver for one more night. Then we were US ...
Hamburger at 2am! So good!
This is a top pick! Day 129 May 12 continued - I'm on the bus, and I have 18 hours to go till I make it to Little Rock and meet my host Amber. The first bus I take on this crazy 18 hour journey has wifi. However, it's not long before I'm dropped off somewhere in Texas ...
It's Too Darn Hot
This is a top pick! We have time to update our blog because today we are trapped on the sofa maneuvering our non-portable fan around with us to keep cool. As of yesterday the weather has been ridiculous with highs of 110 degrees in more than 50 US cities, ...
Walking the High Line
This is a top pick! We had a number of new experiences today, including the walking the 'High Line'. It is an abandoned train line which has been landscaped and converted into a walking track. Walking through the tree tops and canopy of the city is quite spectacular and it ...
Final shopping and sight seeing in NYC!!
This is a top pick! New York New York, so good they named it twice, even though it is actually called Manhattan!....I digress. You can spot people who have never been to New York before, they are the ones walking round , mouths wide open, looking straight up without ...
Hollywood
This is a top pick! We only spent one full day in Hollywood and decided to go celebrity spotting. As it turns out we only saw their houses or their names etched onto stars on the pavement. We took the 'Home of the stars tour' located at Gourman's Chinese theatre. Highlights ...