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Travel Blogs from Madison, United States
Day 4- Madison Wisc.
Sorry no WIFI yesterday. Nothing big here just the capital and a walk thru U of Wisconsin campus which was like the whle ...
Day 1 Hitting the road
Hi ya'll this is Bob and I'm going to talk about the drive for us today. Ohio was a breeze. Even though we started late we did very well time wise UNTIL..we got about 20 miles outside of Chicago. There was an accident east of Chicago 2 ...
Yoga in the park & lunch 95 floors up!
... their price was a bit steep that included amenities that I knew I wouldn't use. So I got on the highway and headed towards Madison. Again, no campsites along the way between the two. I was getting worried and stopped at a rest stop. There I asked a ...
Made it to Wisconsin
First stop the campus of University of Wisconsin in Madison...having some dinner at Dotty Dumpling's Dowry. Had some trouble before we even left the driveway...found out we couldn't power up the video games for the boys. Can't have that now can we?!? ...
Day 9: Stoughton to Madison to Beloit (again)
Woken in the wee hours by the most silent 5-year-old ninja mouse in the family. Wrestle time, delicious frittata, rain. Brunch and lovely conversation with my beloved Miss Katie G at Manna Cafe & Bakery. Yum! Art time, game time, cuddle time, ...
A Big City for a Big Family
... herding cats. We drove to her friend's lake house and ditched the RV and met up with Tom. Then we commenced to explore Madison. We went by the house Dorothy grew up in and then we went to the park where the city's free zoo is ...
WEEK OFF! :)
Ok so new update had my second lot of campers they were so nice and cute cos they were little like 6-8 year olds. We now have a week off and we are staying at an american ladys house in a place called appleton, we have managed to borrow a car for the ...
Badger-centric societies - pros and cons
... of the badger and abide. Try googling Wisconsin Badgers, hopefully you will come across their badger logo. Sad to be leaving Madison today actually, I really liked this town. Quite a constrast to my experience with the conference, which I am not sad is ...
Bike Love in Madison
... Madison, Wisconsin, visiting our dear friends Annie and Andrew. They generously showed us around their city, introducing us to Madison specialties like local microbrews and cheese curds. Madison has a great outdoorsy/artsy/laid-back vibe, and it was ...
Graduation
So I graduated! I am no longer a student at UW-Madison, but rather a graduate of Aerospace Engineering. It is wierd to say that. Mom, dad, grandma and grandpa came down for the ceremony and Ivy joined us. The actual ceremony was a good time and they ...
weather....wind...rain....hail in the capitol city
The weather was the story today as we traveled from Chicago to Madison, WI. Things were great until we reached Madison and then all the elements combined to make an interesting evening. But we weren't deterred. We walked thru the campus ...
Depart Madison
I left Madison at 6:00 pm on Sunday, July 15th and flew to Detroit. Will Depart Detroit at 9:00 pm for an approximate eight hour flight to Amsterdam in the ...
Going West
Gerade mal 2,5 Wochen drüben und schon wird die nächste Stadt unsicher gemacht! 9 Zeitstunden Unterschied zu Deutschland, am Pazifik und mit ca. nur einem regenfreiem Monat im Jahr (August). Ich spreche von Seattle! Als Teil meines Trainings soll ich ...
Long (long) trip home
... loaded all of my stuff into Luke's car, but I wasn't out of the woods yet, Chicago is a good two and a half hours from Madison and I had more waiting to do. Thankfully this time I had someone to chat with and Luke and I yapped away the last few hours of ...
Almost Ready
Well, only 36 hours until we head to the airport. We are both getting quite excited. Right now James is filing our ice axes before we pack them up. We are 98% packed and have a few things to get done tomorrow. We will try to update as soon as we have a ...
Back home
Tired, dirty, with lots of pictures and not much money - but a whole bunch of new friends - I returned ...
On Wisconsin, on Wisconsin!
ANOTHER day on the road...so ready to be home. Again, not much happened today. Just a lot of driving. We arrived at the hotel at about 5pm, went out for dinner, watched some Law and Order and then went to bed. The internet here is very unreliable, so I'm ...
Wisconsin
Lots of corn, although it looks really dry. Poor corn. Pretty scenery. Wasn't able to take any pictures of the cows or any scenery since we were zooming by... Here's a picture of the road. Exciting. :P ...
Getting ready
Just a few days before we leave. We've booked hotels, tours, etc. Need to start packing. Just using this to test connecting this blog to Susan's Facebook account. ...
Dreaming and planning...
The travel guides purchased from Amazon.com arrived just yesterday and we're looking forward to our first jaunt down to our neighboring continent to the south - South America. And, more specifically, Bolivia. No, the tickets haven't been ...
Time is passing
... that was unveiled near the stadium, but Dad and Missy looked at me like I must be kidding... This weekend is Halloween in Madison. They have put in some kind of fencing around State street and are selling admission tickets for $5. As of this ...
There and Back Again: A Badger's Tale
Well, folks, I'm home. It has been a wonderful past nine months. The journey has by no means been perfect, but I think all the bumps and hiccups along the way are what has made it such an amazing experience. I've decided to leave you with just a ...
Untouched and Lovely
... West Point, and Hill had not voted for secession; Sherman honored the request and left the town untouched. As a result, Madison is blessed with a number of lovely antebellum homes and historic churches along its tree-lined streets. At the ...
Visiting Wisconsin´s Capital
... who is supposedly the “greatest architect America's” as we later find out. We then started our sightseeing tour through downtown Madison, and off course we had to visit the Capitol first. We entered through one of the 8 entrances and all of a ...
Friday night lights
Next stop on the grand tour through the south was in Mississippi, to see Sarah's cousin Miles play high school football, and to visit their wonderful home, take a dip in their pool and play with their ...
People are starting to leave...
... , etc.) so it was really hard to find a gift for them. I ended up buying them a really nice book about the United States. It has a bunch of pictures about the US in general and then a chapter about each state. Figures that Wisconsin's ...
vacation at Madison
My husband brother live in Madison and I took my children to visit their uncle every year during the summmer. I want my children to know their family and don't want their close to the cousin. Years was pass by very fast and my children already grew up. I ...