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Travel Blogs from Oakland, United States
Just testing, really
No one knows about my little Travelpod escapade. Few people know of my desire to take this trip this summer. I'm not so sure of what draws me to Latin America. I've been to Mexico five times and Guatemala just once, but never been ...
Leaving the States
Happy Valentine's day! The frenzy of the last 2 weeks has finally wrapped up and I take BART to SFO around 9 am. It is an 18 hour flight to Hong Kong and after a 2 hour layover another hour to Manila. Allowing for the timezones, I leave SFO at noon, Feb ...
Time to Leave!
Hello Friends, Family, Former Business Colleagues, Cool Germans in the Bay Area (there are many of you), and Guy I Sat Next To on SW Airlines Flight to Phoenix ... Well, the day has finally arrived after much anticipation and preparation ... I'm ...
Oakland Station
We got up at the crack of sparrows to get the BART to Oakland station to catch the coast starlight train to LA. However, it eventually became apparent that the train was 5 hours late, so we missed most of the beautiful view, which was partly the point of ...
Picking up The Beast
Mission it to RV park, trapsing over highways and traintracks to get our 30ft uber RV with extendable sides, flat screen tv, full kitchen and internal and external ipod players. Very quickly learn to value my life a whole lot more through Mac's driving ...
Oakland California
... we did go traveling alot to San Fransisco and to Monteray where the famous aquarim and memouirs of famous author Stienbeck lie!! Oakland is a great place to be especally with family because its like a small town but the greatest thing of all is to ...
Pre-Trip Reflections
Its early Sunday morning and I came across this fascinating website. A place where I can blog my thoughts on past, present, and future trips. God keeps His promises. I have experienced great adventures, and many more to come. The excitement is ...
Finally a welcome to all!
... everyone for your incredible support and love through the preparation for this summer. Upon arriving in Oakland, I had only thoughts in mind of how the days might unravel, not truly knowing how to formulate them. And ...
Begin the journey : Moving from A to B
I am leaving tomorrow for Switzerland - a trip I have taken several times and a route I know well. Its comfortable and familiar now. I'll arrive in Geneva about 14 hours later. Today I ran some last minute errands and picked up some much needed reading ...
Hippie Holiday!
... size. I was expecting more of a small commuter airport, but was pleasantly surprised to experience the well-equipped International Oakland Airport. I guess I should not have expected anything less from one of the main hubs into Silicon Valley, the world's ...
Northern CA Breweries of Course
... day slow. Seems like we've been on the go a lot so we decide to kick back in our hotel and get acclimated to Oakland. We determine that like many convention hotels, this one will nickel and dime you to death so we've decided to turn in the ...
Visit from Devon & Bella
Finally getting visitors at our new condo! Devo & Bella were among the first... but not the last! Loving being back in the Bay Area & out of Sacramento, & happy to share it with friends & family : ) ...
Oakland
My kids and I didn't spend much time in Oakland, the only thing we did was catch the A's baseball game on the last night of our vacation. I think we were all home sick and ready to go home after spending 15 days in California. One of the ...
Oakland stories
... York. HELP! Ok, now that the rant is over let me tell you something about where I'm from before I go. Oakland is so much more beautiful than anyone knows. Our weather is very mild, our streets are handsome and full of trees and we ...
Leaving Oakland Airport
Right now me and amy are here at the Oakland Airport, Terminal 17 Gate A. We are standing in a queue to get in as the seating arrangements are according to first-come-first-serve basis. Everything went smoothly today. We took the BART from San Francisco ...
Celtic Locksmith
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Departing Oakland, nervous..
I remember being in the Oakland Airport, and I was really nervous about flying. We took TACA ...
Long, Tiring, but Great Day
... Rapid Transit) System. Headed to Hertz where I picked up an upscale Chevy Malibu...love the satellite radio. And headed toward Oakland. I was headed to a place I had heard of from Triple D, called Aunt Mary's Cafe. Wanted to go there for a couple ...
Leaving the Bay Area
A bad breakup & the ever-present urge to flee prompted me to load up my truck (bought for the occasion) & a Uhaul trailer & head to someplace sunny... I thought Boulder might foot the bill for a while... lots of solar opportunities (I ...
My plans so far
The planning phase... So far I've only bought my RT ticket from SFO to Madrid. Now I need to come up with which cities and countries to visit during my 18 days in Europe. Here's the rough itinerary I'm playing around with: Arrive in Madrid ...
after all that
... entirely new to me, so P and I will see it as equals. What with one of the greatest cathedrals in the world, a complete Roman wall and THE GREATEST Train Museum. I think that will do for the nonce. next text Oakland and CA cheers ...