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Ok, here I go... This is the blog page for my trip to South America. For those of you bored enough to log on, I will try my best to keep my blogs and pictures up to date. I'll also try to keep the material interesting. Tomorrow is the big day and I am quite excited, why ...

... Palestine to France and many more. My kids especially are looking forward to attending some theatrical and musical performances by the San Diego Junior Theater and San Diego Civic Youth Ballet. And yes I forgot to add, the best part is actually free visit to all the museums. For two days visitors can visit all the museums free of cost in Balboa park. Now isn't it icing on the cake.

We decided to cross the border back to the USA. From our last drive through Mexico I remembered all the locals walking up and down between the stalled cars trying to sell food, blankets and other random items. They are definitely still there! It was a great way for me to get rid of all my change, since I can't exchange it anyway. I bought a creme-filled pastry, not sure what it was, but I do know ...

... kids were really excited about seeing it. It reminded me of how kids in the Midwest react to seeing the ocean for the first time in the States. We toured the dam and got to go into the underground power plant and watch the turbines and all of the machinery in action. It was very interesting, even though I ...

... after running riot around the dorms it was off to bed. Tomorrow with a heavy heart(great place San Diego and really chilled people) I'm leaving the US and crossing into Mexico and more specifically Tijuana. The US really surprised me in many ways. I tried to come here with an open mind about the Yanks in the beginning but early on had this feeling I wasn't going to like them. I was very wrong. In general they are very friendly and talkative ...

... als wäni da änä mit orange wür telefoniärä... schpötär hämmär dänn au chli gluägät wär bi wäm i dä nöchi wonnt, das mär händ chönä äs auto miätä. das häisst also das vier kolegä und ich jetz än altä toyota händ :) ämäl mal für dä erscht monät... will au d'öv's da unä chasch äifach nöd bruuchä... nachäm ässä simmär dänn mit äm auto widär uf la jolla und det is ...

... to go, and they have me on a gurney in the hall when Dr. L comes racing up. He's asking for his fee again! I told him again that it was going to be paid by Kaiser, my HMO. He said the hospital costs were being paid by them but that his fee wasn't. I assured him it would be, but he insisted that Michelle go down with him to the office. She started crying and said she didn't want to leave me, but I assured her I wouldn't let them take me anywhere without ...

... a folder and had all the faxes with her, which explains why the nurse's station couldn't find them. She said she would send the fax the doctor had signed out herself, which she did right then. She came back with a copy for me and a receipt showing it was sent. Later I got a phone call from Melissa at the travel insurance company saying they finally got the "frickin'" fax (s). She's going to get to work right away on the travel arrangements so that we can ...

... sees my miniature deck of cards from the Muir Woods near San Francisco, she exclaimed in French how cute they were. I said, "petite," and she said, "Oui, mignon." I couldn't reach my French/English dictionary, and I asked her for it in French. I pointed to my bed table, and she looked all over for it. Then she went to ask a nurse, and the nurse came back and spotted it right away. Emonde had thought it was a "Bible" (pronounced "Beebluh" in French ...

Tuesday, July 1 -- It goes without saying that besides Paris being fini for me, Rome is also. I never even got to land in a hospital in Rome! Oh, well, they were (and are) having a heat wave, so I will aim for Rome and more of Italy at a cooler time of the year. In the meantime, I am still in Paris and enjoying my stay at the deluxe hotel, Hopital Americain. Entries from my handwritten journal: "It is so neat being in a Paris hospital, and it's so ...