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Oakland Slideshow
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Travel Blogs from Oakland, United States
Biking Central Florida's West Orange Trail
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A Cubs jacket in Kirkwall, in York, in London, Philip will take his Cubs jacket to the Auld Sod. We will walk into pubs and museums and bookstores and there will be, at least one, other Cubs fan. If you don't hang with a Cubs fan, you don't ...
Oakland
... week project at school where the students create a budget for a single mom of two (ages 2 and 5), living in Oakland, has a high school diploma...the thought is, is the American Dream truly available to everyone? They research job ...
Depart Oakland, heading to Tahoe
Left Oakland at like 5am, and there was a crash. so we ended up heading some indirect route, and literally was in traffic all the way through california. I bet mike that he wouldn't eat this disgusting blackened french fry, and of course he eats it. I ...
It's the best and worst of the trip!
Best overall & most surprising element of the trip: Glacier Bay! We did not expect the majesty and awe that it is! Nothing compares to sitting in front of the glacier in a ship! Worst stop on the trip: The Glass Museum in Tacoma. Big disappointment. ...
Stopping by Oakland
I slept all the way from LAX to OAK. Now we are just waiting for people to get on the plane and hopefully we will leave ...
Tai Chai, Farmers Markets and Beer,in Oakland, CA
... date with Nancy. He makes it just before I leave. Nancy and I walk 10 blocks down to a park in Oakland's Chinatown where there are 40 or so people doing various types of Chinese exercise. We see ladies performing graceful exercises with ...
Oakland/San Fran
... ; Of course, Marlon won practically every game. When we landed, we had to take the BART through San Francisco and over to Oakland where we rented a car at Oakland airport. It was actually a pretty quick ride on the subway. We checked into the ...
Back to Oakland
... a lot and wish to be with them again...but at the same time I'm having a blast right here, right now. After a few days away from Oakland I am looking forward to going back. I miss Ryan too. Cant wait to kick back and chill with buddies in San ...
Rt. 1
... was concluded with air hockey and beers at this old school arcade. Amazing. So we got a little distracted in Santa Cruz and made it to Oakland a little later than expected.. but we are here. And we are ready to explore the Bay. We are excited. ...
Indian Food and College Avenue
We went out to dinner at Khana Peena, the best Indian restaurant in the Bay Area. Then we went for a walk on College Avenue and saw a great sunset. We tried not to do too much today, because tomorrow is the Fire Arts Festival and on Thursday we fly ...
Eric & Lilian in Oakland
Michael showed Eric and Lilian around Oakland today and bought them a phone that they can use in the United States. One picture is from Lake Merritt with a view of downtown Oakland in the background. The other is of our lunch at Brown Sugar, an authentic ...
Sunny California
... and decended into Sacramento, everything was green and lush like Vancouver. The temerature was warm and it was raining. There were more and more palm trees as we went. Long story short, we made it to Oakland and stayed at another Motel ...
Our Friends Away from Home
Christine and Raine in the Oakland hills and searching for Rachel's grand parents old ...
how all of this happened
we are going, we are going, there is no turning back, Philip M. Saunders is taking me to the Auld Sod. I went to London the first time in May of 1975. My sister Julie and I ended our European tour with 5 weeks in England and Scotland. A ...
And Back Home I am
Got only a day or two at home before I'm on to my next trip. Europe here I come! How ...
Day 30
... just an hour outside of Livermore, so we finally got out of the room knowing we'd see some new cool stuff soon. We rolled into Oakland around lunchtime and were really hungry so we got off at a random exit to look around. I think we were not in a very ...
Back Home
Being back at home, I got to share my experiences with my family and friends. I remember coming home to a sign that Alex and Matt made, saying "welcome home". I'll never forget ...
Move-in day!
Today the people at the apartment I am staying went out of their way to accomodate me, and now I have finally moved in to my new place with a gorgeous view. The only thing I could complain about would be the loud train honking sometimes, but I ...
Too Many Hours in a Metal Box
... I looked out while riding the shuttle was that everything is okay here. Not to worry little lady, we've got it all handled. If inner city Oakland is the tamest of the "3rd world," as I am sure it is, believe me, we don't have it all handled. There is ...
E komo mai!
We started the trip with a Super Shuttle to Oakland airport for our 9:45am flight--it was easier than lugging our suitcase on Muni to get to BART. OAK security was a cinch. I realized, after the fact, that I forgot to take my bag of liquids out ...
On a Jet Plane out of Oakland
We arrived at the airport from Walnut Creek in 38 minutes, and that included dropping off the car at the park and ride!!! When we checked in at 4:30 AM they told us our 1pm flight would be delayed, Now I don't know about you but that seems a ...
Last Day and Night in California
... trip and zero humidity. For a woman who is always hot -temperature wise- it is fantastic. Since we are in the downtown Oakland area, I go out walking this morning to scout a lunch spot as many are only open on weekdays for the corporate crowd. ...
Chinatown in San Francisco
... the train back home. Marshall has started his Homebrewers Conference while I am blogging in the room. Our room overlooks the Oakland shipping are and further San Francisco. I can see the fog off in the distance preparing to descend on San ...
And so it begins...
ĦHOLA! I feel the obligation to start by providing all of you, my avid, faithful readers with an important disclaimer before we embark on this marvelous voyage: It's hard for me to find clear cut beginnings and endings in life; so I try to ...