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... of my trip, like where I'm living, the classes I'll be taking, etc. But after my orientation today I'm officially excited. I've started to get back into that old French mindset, the one that I've experienced before my other two previous trips to France. By the time I leave it will have been almost two and half years since I've been there, and while going to a completely different country with a completely different language ...

As anyone that has had the unfortunate task of traveling with me can imagine.....in order to get to our 8am flight at Regan Airport in DC, we got up at 4am and were at the airport by 6am. So the early start made for a long day, but with Florence struggling with a cold (no fever, so it's not Swine Flu), and a sore shoulder, we were ready to get home. <br><br>The flights were right on time, and we even caught the shuttle to our car with perfect ...

... to say.. I had a great time. <br><br><br>In other news..<br><br>Rob' brother Brian and his wife Sue arrived on Monday and are staying to Friday! It's great to see some family! And Mum and the boys are coming for the weekend! YAY! <br><br>I've been hard at work on my halloween costume for the party we're going to this weekend.. pictures to be posted in the future!<br><br>Today.. solo adventure.<br>

I went back up to Eugene, picked up Katie and we drove back to Idaho. On the way there we camped in the Cascades at the Metoleous River. The photos don't really show how incredible this is, at the mouth of the Metoleous the water comes out of the side of the mountain. Turn around and it's a full river.<br><br>We drove through the Craters of the Moon National Monument, also an incredible area.<br>

... oh well.<br><br>I went to the coast with my friend LaRosa, drove by my old house and found the fence I built and designed still standing :) I went to my first of several WINGS seminars, I am learning and growing a lot from these seminars and will stay connected with the program. If you're curious, google WINGS Eugene and check them out.<br><br>

As a final post for my India travel blog, I wanted to document the adventures since I've returned to the states in trying to build my own personal tandoor oven. For those that read the previous entries in my travel blog, you'll remember that towards the tail end of our trip to India, I was told that tandoor ovens are incredibly cheap to purchase over there. Like 500 rupees (about $10-$12 USD) but of course the problem is that they are very heavy, because they are essentially a giant ...

Hello everybody from Kirby and Rebecca! For those of you who are still wondering what this is all about, I apologize, I didn't get a chance to send an individual email to everybody notifying them of our latest travel blog. For those that still don't know, Rebecca and I are finally going to India! In the past couple of years since we've known each other, we've fallen in love with India. Or at least the version of India that ...

To recapitulate a bit. <br><br>Before leaving on a projected two-year experiment in living in Turkey, and all the unknowns of travel and and such, considering my own mortality I felt obligated to a painting that I had begun some 34 years before that rested unfinished.<br><br>I was able to "provisionally" finish the painting, and locate a placement for it in a position which I imagined and which I called a "public conservatorship." The ...

... pretty quick rate. When we continue into California, it will be great to not be so worried about walking in the dark when arriving at our destinations after eight or more hours of walking. We want to begin this entry with a reflection on our experiences with Friends in the Northwest. Often when we told Quakers in the East that we would be visiting with Evangelical Friends out west, they responded in such a way as to imply that we would be working very hard to communicate and ...

... to eat at the Blooming Branch Bistro, which happens to be owned by my Dad and Step-mom. We had a great experience here and great food. In the front is a small goods shop where you can buy wines, cheese and deli meats (A throw-back to the days when they owned a German deli). In dowtown Eugene, Nancy and I took a self-guided tour of the city while my Dad was at work. We hit some ...