Comfort Inn At Shady Grove Gaithersburg

... the arrivals screen, my sis checks the baggage claim area but still no Sara. Finally, as I'm manning the gate area, she goes to the information desk and has her paged. A few minutes later this girl comes half-running out of the terminal area and it's Sara. It's been so long since she's been on a flight that when she got off the airplane she just sat down at the gate and waited for us, figuring that we would show up at some point. She had no idea that we weren't ...

... been to the Holocaust museum in Israel this was interesting to see it done in a different way. It was a fascinating exhibition showing the timeline of the Nazi Period. It was especially interesting for me having just said goodbye to my new German friend and my memory of the discussions we had really enhanced my time in the Museum. Once we had finished at the Museum we moved on to the famous Air and Space Museum which was good fun - there was a ...

The sprint home took another day and half: Rapid City, SD to Sioux City, IA to Lima, OH, and GAI on the last day. Rapid City is the gateway to the sights in the Black Hills: Custer National Park, Crazy Horse Monument, Mount Rushmore, Sturgis, Spearfish, Badlands, Devil's Tower, ... Arrival from Great Falls, MT the evening before took us over Spearfish and Sturgis. The plan for the 23rd was to fly direct (southwesterly) to Custer, circle ...

... front didn't inspire much confidence and so ,holding my breath, I stepped inside... However, after such a buildup it was a big anti-climax... The place was basic, but clean, pleasant, brilliantly located a couple of blocks from the Mall and friendly. After settling in and having a Nana nap we rang Sarah (a work friend, who was over on a work-trip). It was good to catch up and she was very happy to see some familiar faces after spending the last 2 ...

... about ten feet in height. There were a few volunteers near the wall that would help people find names or reach the upper names for a rubbing. I listened in while a nearby visitor talked to a volunteer and they found they had been in the same platoon during the war. The world war two memorial might be the least creative and least inspiring memorial I've ever seen. Considering its importance in history and the fact that it sits on prime memorial real estate ...

... Vanilla, Hazelnut, Irish Crème, Original, Original Fat Free, Original Low Fat, Pralines & Crème, Soy French Vanilla, Soy Original, Sugar Free French Vanilla, Sugar Free Hazelnut, Sugar Free Vanilla Caramel, Toffee Nut, Vanilla Caramel, and Vanilla Chai Spice. Overwhelmed I left with some razors instead. For the past couple of weeks I've been all over the place: North East, Baltimore, DC and ...

... and Sunday. While I would have enjoyed few things more than traveling to Rotterdam on Sunday with this krewe and hanging out at the Rotown on the Nieuwe Binneweg, I would instead be flying toward Washington DC and on to Los Angeles that day. But I could get with them at the Bitter Zoet club on the Spuistraat in Amsterdam on Saturday night, and Henk brought his gear as well, so we hooked up a guerrilla broadcast from a closet off the green room and captured ...

... were finally open and we were able to cross. I made my way to the hostel, excited to dump the luggage and spend my last day shopping. Only to be told that it's Thanksgiving weekend and most shops are closed. F**k. What the heck is Thanksgiving and what are these people giving thanks for? This is supposed to be the city that doesn't sleep. Whaddaya mean the shops are closed?! How do I spend my tourist dollars then? It was only ...

OK, so it's August 25th, and I'm getting a little anxious. I can't wait to get there and see what this whole experience is going to be like. There are just hundreds of unanswered questions flying through my mind. What is the school going to be like, am I going to be able to teach a bunch of kids who don't speak a lick of english ...

... entry title really isn't appropriate. It should be: Coming to Maryland. Just like any other foreign place I'll come across on my trip. Right now in California I bet the sun is out and it's really hot. I look outside my window here and sky is overcast, I don't think it rained this afternoon, though. I kind of already miss Davis. Guess what? On the plane from SFO yesterday I met this girl from Virginia. She had just graduated too, from William and Mary. What are ...