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Travel Blogs from Columbia, United States
Really? Ok.
Yeah, so I was actually sent walking home (aka another random hotel) by myself tonight. Probably 5-6 blocks, and I've definitely done scarier, but still after I'd pretty much polished off a bottle of Pinot Grigio on my own (hey, it was 1/2 off ...
I Love NY in the Springtime
The inches and inches and inches of snow in February gave way to a lovely mild spring. I've posted pix from sojourns and hope you enjoy. Among the things I have learned: (1) New Yorkers treat the car horn as a sonic extension of the middle finger. (2) ...
Staging in Washington D.C.
Staging today in Washington, D.C.. We talked about what to expect, and what we're worried about. There are 45 of us prospective volunteers, 20 from the Community Economic Development, and the rest from Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Then, ...
Coming Home
Nothing major, just some pictures of an airport. This happens to be the Columbia airport. Very convenient, in that I need to fly home from Columbia. I wanted to include pictures of the airport because it is so typically southern. It even has front ...
Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear
Man, I completely forgot to update this thing when I went to visit our nation's capital. It was a really moving experience, because I got to go to the Holocaust Museum, though the main reason for the trip was to attend Jon Stewart and Stephen ...
You can't come in
... Episcopal congregations in the country. The University of South Carolina and nine other colleges are here. The Saluda River flows through Columbia, and Congaree Swamp National Monument is nearby. If you go east you'll get to the Atlantic Ocean and if ...
Rocky start then on to Washington
Philadelphia is a little town so we had one more thing to do before we had to catch our bus to Washington DC. We had some free breakfast cereal, updated our blog and headed out just before lunchtime. The site was a good 20 minute walk away, so we needed ...
The eagles have landed
Last week Marianne and Josephine finally arrived. After a month of relative solitude I was very happy to greet them at Dulles airport. We enjoy being together again, although available time was limited due to my final exams. However, yesterday we ...
Washington, Capitol und Museen
Wir fahren Bus Weil unser Auto so schön kostengünstig in der Hotelgarage steht, entschliessen wir uns zum ersten Mal in den USA mit dem Bus zu fahren. Die richtige Buslinie verrät uns Google Maps. Wir stehen auch an der richtigen Bushaltestelle nur ...
Washington DC
Will update this as soon as we can!! Just thought we would send a few pics that we managed to add from our time in the Hamptons and ...
photos: Great Falls! (Saturday)
Back from Maryland! (With a heavy heart) I sincerely had the best time, and it hence feels lonely coming back. We did everything!!! (and I didn't plan a PIECE of it) Friday night we had a movie night with a bottle of wine I brought down. ...
DC by night
After almost two weeks I feel at home in DC. Every day I discover new angles and insights. This week I visited a number of restaurants, parks, museums, libraries and federal buildings. But when my cousin Ruben Vellekoop visited he explained I had not yet ...
Washington
So, we have done quite a lot since the first installment, we have been so busy that we havn't had a chance to update you, so here goes: We left New York last thursday and got a 4 hour greyhound bus to Washington d.c. When we arrived at our hostel we ...
Washington on Memorial Day Weekend
We woke up to a beautiful day. In fact, it was quite hot, so that was a wonderful change from New York, that was chilly. We bought tickets for a tour where you can hop on and off, and had three different loops of ...
Making memories!
Hello! I've heard from tour director Tim Silva, that today has been a great day! The boys sang a mass at St. Bernadette Church, which of course went very well :-) This was followed by a some historical sightseeing at the John Paul Cultural center ...
Visa In Hand; Friday's DME Flight Oversold by 9
... astounding 57 no-shows today. This huge number was apparently due to thunderstorms along the East Coast that delayed many United Express flights into IAD, causing lots of Moscow passengers to miss their connection (the Moscow flight departed on time ...
Easy day at sea
It was a nice and easy day for us today. We slept in a little bit and then dragged our jet-lagged butts to breakfast and then the gym for and hour (yes, Melissa, an hour) of cardio. Other highlights of the day include a nap this afternoon (I love naps!) ...
Lines and Tickets and Pairs...of knees!
... 10 minutes. Other than that, airport travel was a breeze! I was so impressed with the G's. We made it back to Columbia Tuesday afternoon, picked up the rental car, and headed for the house. Exhausted, we went to eat dinner with Paul ...
I just stepped foot on American soil!
and it feels wonderful! the trip was fine just hectic soon it will all be over but illI'll always have memories! write ...
Museums and one less fingernail
Washington dc I actually managed to take the right trams and arrive at my hostel. When I walked through the door I saw a friend I had met in Miami 2 weeks ago which was very funny and he had met a german dude at the hostel so we decided to go to the ...
The Adventure Begins: Leaving DC
The last day in our apartment was as the last two weeks have been. Up at the butt crack of dawn to finish packing and begin the cleaning whirlwind. As it was last year, the day was rainy and overcast, but this time, adventure was in the ...
On excellent citizens and good men
When reading my own entries in this travel blog, I can imagine questions arise from careful readers. I trust the pictures serve as examples about my surroundings and the short stories describe the way I perceive daily life in Washington. However, this ...
North Zion
North Zion, Kanarranville UT 9/9 Friday After leaving Antelope Island we drove south on I15 past Cedar City to a small town called Kanarraville where we stayed at a Passport America campground. It was not to our liking so we only took 2 nights. ...
Query: WHERE is the hip-hop at?
As the evening comes to a close, as the guests known and unknown weave out the door, there is inevitably something, or rather someone left behind. Perhaps this is a universal phenomenon -- its exact origins are unknown. However, at approximately 12:53, ...
Capital Ideas
This morning I woke up extra early so that I could drive back into Washington, find a place to park, and jump in line for a ticket to go through the Bureau of Printing and Engraving tour. The Bureau's website says that on busy mornings, all of ...
Obamas new den
... important and classified. From there on the Arlington cemetery which includes again a lot of memorials of the great wars in the states along with disasters such as the pan am and the failed Apollo mission and also many of the presidents including JFK and ...
On to Boston...
I have a small loose stack of fall leaves on the desk next to the computer, green/gold and dry. I felt the bite of fall in the air today for the first time, which was too bad because after a week of wearing jeans-and-toe-supportive-shoes, I put on a ...
Back to work
We'll I'm mostly over my "sandwich" episode and we've all gotten up early this morning to load ourselves into vans and head into the city. I managed to get a glass of milk and an untoasted piece of white bread down my gullet. Arriving at the ...
Orientation
Today is my third day of orientation in Washington D.C. and this is my first entry. I miss all you guys very much. Finding internet is a total pain, so I might be breaking a few rules to be writing this right now, but it's worth it. The first ...