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Charlotte Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Charlotte, United States
Midway Reflections from Home Sweet Home
... of my friends and family to now, sitting with my wisdom teeth yanked out of my mouth, I've been in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the United States of America, and it has been amazing. The first story to tell would be my ...
Addition to the Bucket List
Saw the doctor today about potential vaccinations that I need to get before I leave. I tried to give her a vague itinerary but pretty much said “I’ll be in the Galapagos for awhile then traveling around…. Argentina, Peru, and hopefully ...
Packing!
and I’ve started packing! This is a collection of what I have for supplies thus far… I’ve received so many useful gifts for my high school graduation! This picture includes a hiking pack, a day pack, books, a quickdry towel, a scarf, ...
Bucket List
It’s time to make a bucket list. I’ve been researching all morning: looking at travel logs, searching past travelers’ suggestions, learning about every “top ten” list in south and central america, and ya’ll can imagine ...
10 Days Away!
... a cool guy, very involved in the community and loves to surf. The plane ticket was not bad and only a 4 hr direct flight from Charlotte. The hotel and surf lessons were not that expensive for a whole week. Lots of good reviews on tripadvisor.com the most ...
Butterflies
39 days until I leave for a year. We booked the flight today. I leave Charlotte at 10:55 a.m. on July 21st, and I couldn’t be more scared and excited! The butterflies in my stomach are going crazy just thinking about it! I think what scares me the ...
Some Info: If anyone’s interested. (:
This is some info Projects Abroad sent me about my placement in the Galapagos. More information to come! LOCATION:The reserve is located in the highlands of the island, 45 minutes by truck from the town of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno where our office is ...
T-minus Ten Days
With ten days left in Charlotte, I’ve been trying to figure out what there is I want to do but still haven’t done yet. I could ride the CATS bus, go to all the museums I haven’t been to… I thought about making a “last ten ...
Adios
I think saying goodbye might be my least favorite thing to do. There’s that, and traffic. When you say goodbye there’s all the pressure to say goodbye to everyone you need to, to say everything you need to say, to part with some sort of ...
what are you
Today was quite interesting. I took apart the front end of my fathers truck - to remove the reservoir for the windshield wiper fluid. - lets just say that those re-filling bottles (the blue ones) should be better labeled.. if thats even possible - ...
CLT - Layover
Well, I have a 3 hour layover here in CLT...going to have dinner...and then i'm off to ...
Nascar Sprint Cup Coke 600
A brilliant day, we started off back at the Nascar Hall of Fame, managed to see a few things we hadn't on Friday and then to the Circuit. Lots of Pre race activities around the Military. Then to the race. Juan Pablo didn't have a great ...
Stop #51
... the Charlotte Panthers, and is also known as the "home" of NASCAR! It is also the home of the Lowe's Motor Speedway. Since Charlotte is within driving distance, Mr. Bennet was able to drive there in about 4 hours. The city of Charlotte is even in the ...
The Carolinian
... tickets for the race weekend. Weathe looks at the present time nearly 90 degrees today. Some rain tomorrow afternoon - but clear on Sunday for the race. A few pictures on route to Charlotte North Carolina, Lots of Love Les & Caroline ...
Hall Of Fame
... for the first of two days at the circuit. Temperatures have been really high today, 90 degree's as we write this a thunder storm is traveling over Charlotte. Some of the Pictures from the Hall of Fame and Charlotte today. Love Les & Caroline ...
Tech-Net Auto Service 300
We spent the day at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, watching a couple of sprint cup test sessions and then the Nationwide Tech-Net Auto Service 300 Race. A brilliant day, the weather was good and the rain that had been threatened never luckily ...
Making the Plans.
Making the Plans.It's time! After months and months of dreaming and talking about it, I finally get to make the plans for my gap year. About a year ago this time, I remember talking to some friends, advisors and teachers during my time at the Chewonki ...
12. Buy a guitar to travel with
... yesterday! My first bucketlist item has been crossed off! I got a Washburn travel guitar from the Sam Ash store here in Charlotte, and I’m so happy. It sounds pretty good, for a travel guitar especially. The case has backpack straps so it ...
DR 871 (Hurricane Katrina)
... of Hurricane Katrina; it's worldwide news. But it's thrown a wrench into our trip too. We had planned to go from Charlotte to Savannah, New Orleans, Houston, Brownsville -- unless we decided to change our plans. Then our plans were changed for us. The ...
Deployed
Once we filled out the forms at the Red Cross on Saturday, things happened fairly quickly. We got a call on Sunday telling us to come in Monday morning to have photos taken for our ID badges. So this morning we got our badges and were told we'd get a ...
Yes Well, I've Never Heard of You Either
... someone peed and/or spit on it. 8) I am amost thirty. This one band led the crowd in a call and response of Charlotte! / F*** you! I was like, am I (you know, as an old person) supposed to be scandalized or something? Because I wasn't. Yelling the ...
Stop and go in Charlotte
... nbsp; Awsome view and very smooth air, so I let Bruce take the controls for most of the cruise portion. Coming into Charlotte got a bit hairy as the predicted turbulence kicked in, and we got flown all the way around the Charlotte Terminal Aera by ...
Alaskan Cruise
We sailed to Alaska from San Francisco on a ten day round trip cruise. Since San Francisco is just a 90 minute drive from our home, we boarded the ship directly from the pier in San Francisco. We made arrangements for Super Shuttle to pick us ...
Predeparture: You're planning to keep your organs?
... a matter of five months of waiting. And waiting. And then a little more waiting. And procuring a cheap domestic flight from Charlotte to New York. And waiting. And getting my shots and vaccinations. And waiting. And getting my Tanzanian visa. And ...
Charlotte, NC. 2nd largest banking capital
Apparently someone found gold in Charlotte back in the day. Now it's a banking ...
Home sweet home.. after 31,656 total miles!
Home safely... 4:30 am Greece time, 9:30 pm here! We had a wonderful adventure and it is so good to be home:) See you ...