Howard Johnson Inn - Cincinnati

... college. Should be fun.<br><br>The day started with a way-to-early 7:15 a.m. flight from Cincinnati to Miami. We luckily found a direct flight (both ways) that was also the least expensive. Direct flights are great way to start a vacation because they are relatively stress free. Changing planes is just never fun.

Leaving for KL in 6 days, monsoon season i know, but. Plan on spending Christmas and New Year in Malaysia before heading north to Thailand after getting a visa in Penang. Anyone out there care to share a Tiger somewhere in the peninsula drop me a line. <br>Wherever enjoy your trip to s/e asia!<br>Polesana<br>

... get my hands on. I think that when this trip is over, we'll have to plan another to Northern Ireland. I have found a lot of places I would love to see...but many of them are up North. My list includes: Carrowkeel Cemetary above Lough Arrow. They have one special burial chamber that is lit by the sun on the day of the summer solstice - June 21 - as opposed to the winter solstice. I would love to see the Giant's Causeway. It is bizare with ...

... professors, etc,--stuff like that. Of course, I wasn't going anywhere near Boston on this particular flight at the beginning of a semester. Not that I've flown up to BC at the start of any semester, but whatever. At least I'd been to Mike's Pastry on their lists. <br><br>On lift-off I was struck by the guy next to me...as the plane started shooting down the runway, I noticed he set aside his magazine, folded his hands, closed his eyes, and his lips started moving. He ...

... food is good. To us, they are as close as a chain will ever come to "home cooking." They have great chicken and dumplings, fried catfish, collards, sweet potatoes, okra, stewed apples - all the stuff grandmas of 100 years ago used to make. And it's not bad!<br><br>All that nostalgia is combined with modern management, however, and the service is super efficient. We were seated near the huge stone fireplace which was unused on this summer day. A folded up ...

... and the 3g network. After a teary goodbye from ben we are ready to get this trip started right by going to enjoy a nice tasty beverage!! An thank u non smoking ban Florence, u keep me happy:) Alright so our first flight got delayed, by 2 hrs. So we have been enjoying some good beers at this little sports bar and smoking as many cigs we can before we hit jfk because according to what I have read it ...

... flag of Sharif Hussein, the great-grandfather of the present King Abdullah. His flag was the model for most national flags of Arab states today. We spent Tuesday on the beach and around the hotel pool. We were struck again by the swimming costumes of some of the Muslim women. Since the more devout among them feel they must remain covered, they swim in suits that cover them much like a diving wetsuit would: a hood-like veil over their heads, and black material ...

Back in the 'Nati enjoying Spring, seeing friends and running the Turkey day race...and oh yeah spending time with family - Gotta love those grand nieces! Today was Thanksgiving and time for the annual (98th) running of the Thanksgiving Day race 10K. Last year I ran the Dallas 10K Turkey Day race and even though that was fun and different its not like the Cincy race. Just something about that hometown race. Although I wasnt in shape for all 6 miles I did about 4 miles and ...

... we would have heard, "Yo man, whats the wood fo?"<br><br>We finally found our way and headed west on I70.<br><br>Grandma note: We arrived at Carolyn's (Lesli's friend) around 1am. We were all too tired to be very friendly. After a detailed tour of their house (!) we bedded down for the night for the first sleep in our traveling home. Brett and Lesli in the back bedroom and Cleo and I over the ...

... St Peters) Favorite Hotel: Tie-Mecenate Palace-Rome, Grand Hotel Dino-Baveno, Italy Worst Hotel: Hotel Flora-Lucerne, Switzerland. No AC and temps near 100 (40 year high) Scariest Moment: Changing trains in Ariaye, Spain Types of transportation we were on during our 18 day trip: airplane, train, subway, bus, shuttle (large van), water taxi, gondola, arial tram, mountain railroad, airport tram Rivers we saw: Tiber-Rome, Seine-Paris, Thames-London, Arno ...