Travel Blogs from Madison, United States
The long trip in
It's 6 am in India right now and I'm awake. I've been awake for a while and only got a handful of hours of sleep between the plane and my new bed. I am exhausted but for the life of me I'm not able to sleep. The flight was fine. Long but fine. Nothing ...
Welcome to Madison...
We arrived in Wisconsin near midnight and got a room at a Best Western Suites, where I kicked back on the pull-out couch, watched reruns of That 70's Show and then passed out shortly after... The next day, at 6 a.m. we made our way to St. Mary's ...
Marvellous Madison
... to look at an exhibit describing the relationship humans have with animals, but it wasn't so focused. The state capitol building in Madison is the second biggest outside Washington DC and stands like an X marking the middle of the ithsmus. The inside dome ...
Traveling through Minnesota - Wind Turbines - Wow!
... Minnesota, seeing the Wind Turbines all along the interstate and set our goal to reach for the night as Madison, Wisconsin, home of University of Wisconsin. We always enjoy visiting college towns. And it is always nice to stop in the ...
Madison
Went here on my trip around the U.S. Visited the University of Wisconsin campus. I was shocked to find it infiltrated by socialists! Man are the people there ever different from back home in Louisiana. And I don't mean in a good way! It was like ...
Quilt Barns of Green County
We arrived in Madison on a very hot and humid afternoon. The perk of being a director is being able to park very close to the convention center, this makes it very easy to come back and walk Molly. Monday morning Larry had a meeting, the down side ...
A Week at the FMCA Convention
Tuesday, Larry had a couple of meetings so Molly and I hung out together. Wednesday, which was the actual start of the convention, started at 7:00am. I wanted to sign up for some jewelry classes so I got there early to get the times I ...
Helllllo!
Helllo! Okay so another update since the last time we have finished staff training and I have completed my lifeguarding badges thing so if any starts drowning i a responsible to save them (god help them!) the first set of kids arrived yesterdays night ...
Leaving Wisconsin Winter for Italy
I am leaving for Rome on the 25th of January. We will be there for one week and then settle into Florence for the rest of the semester. Our apartment over looks the river and the Ponte Vecchio. My Travel Plans are as follows: ...
Rednecks here we come!!
On the journey to Madison we stopped in Milwaukee for some lunch in the sun! We hit up a mall - my first big mall.. And I loved it! Me and Kate were most taken with the Hollister shop that had a sale on. Shame my bag is at full capacity - I could only buy ...
My bags are packed I am ready to go
I can't believe this time tomorrow I will be on the plane. Travel tourneys will begin. The time has come very fast. But I am ready for it. I have been bored at home since I don't have to attend school right now. For the last week I have not been able to ...
Day 06: Madison, CT (Hammonasset Beach SP)
Yesterday we got a taste of New York City but didn't see the Statue of Liberty or Ellis Island. So before leaving the city we took a short drive to Liberty State Park, located in Jersey City, NJ. Since we were on the Jersey side we could only ...
Another State Capitol........
... and that means another State Capitol Building..... we are in Madison WI. So far so good! Usual first day spent walking 'downtown' to death. We walked around (and around) and through the State Capitol building, ...
Squirrels make everything better
As with most days, this one began at the tender hour of 5.30. I wouldn't call it jetlag, my brain just doesn't seem to understand how long it has slept for (an hour feels like 8!). I decided to have a shower, seems easy enough? Wrong! There is nothing to ...
Endings
... as possible into the ones I had. Then it was about 30 hours of traveling before Rick picked me up at the airport in Madison. Then I discovered that I had a huge amount of swelling in my lower legs, even though I tried to get up every few hours on the ...
The Countdown Begins
Our official tour packet arrived in the mail today: friendly reminders like "bring your passport" instructions for changing planes in Tokyo steps for getting thru immigration & customs in Bangkok when you are totally exhausted from the ...
The plane lifts...
I woke early, filled with anxious energy and ready to get moving. My things were already packed and waiting to be loaded into the car. My clothes were already laid out, all I needed to do was step into them and I would be ready to head out. ...
New Glarus to Madison
... the menu which was nothing special, we decided to try The Brocach (broke-a) Irish Pub. Larry and Derek got Satisfaction Jacksin a Madison Beer. It was a strong IPA (India Pale Ale). I had a glass of Santi Moscato. Larry had Bangers ...
Departure
I was still packing and didn't get to bed until well after midnight. Rick gave me a ride to the airport. I was exhausted and hadn't done everything I planned, of course, but at least once I left there was nothing more I could do to prepare, so I could ...
It's always fun to plan a trip
My friend Natasha and I have been talking about taking a road trip together for ages. 4 years at least, I should think. I'm at that point in my life where I'm sick to death of always saying I'll go and do things or go places or make changes to something, ...
One More Day
3/29 Today, Rachel and I drove another 9 hours to Madison. We arrived around 6:00 PM to stay with Rachel's friend, Melissa, and her husband, Josh. We enjoyed great conversation over dinner, and later, over a beer at a local pub. It was a great final-night ...
Summer Recap
Hi Everyone! We've had a great summer with lots of adventures, some planned and some unexpected. Here are a few pictures to share the ...
Day Nine - All the way home
... we were in O'Hare, we found a money exchange place, but they wouldn't take Argentine pesos. D'oh. Last flight to Madison was easy and uneventful. Lisa even slept a little bit. Upon landing we took one last picture, sorry the week ...
One Week
There is officially one week and one day until I leave the U.S. and fly into Rome for orientation. I just found out that only one other girl is going on the program with me (I assume she'll be my roommate) and this is kind of scary. I'm not sure ...
Gidday
... a winter. Since Thanksgiving we haven't spent more than three consecutive nights in any one place. Between us, we've been in Madison, Chicago, Door County, San Francisco, LA, Portland, New York, Gainesville (VA), Las Vegas and Boca Raton...all in the ...

