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... t Ch*rlotte Dougl*s Intern*tion*l *nd s*y HELLOOOO to Sergio R*mos in M*drid.......well, m*ybe I won't get to meet Sergio, but I c*n dre*m right? Unless you're Eric* Dunh*m, Lizzy M*nieri, or Julie M*nsur you re*lly c*n't im*gine *ll the thoughts, feelings, *nd emotions I'm going through right now. Every d*y my countdown of d*ys to dep*rture gets sm*ller *nd sm*ller. The *nticip*tion m*kes me more excited ...

The journey home began at 6AM Venice time and even with only a one hour layover in Munich we arrived in Charlotte at 6PM est time (midnight Venice time!) a very long day. We had a trendous trip and Aunt Sue and Guido were the perfect hosts and tour guides. I almost feel like going right back but that will have to wait for now probably June 2011. The weather was cold and at times rainy so some of the things you would routinely do were just not possible.

Excited and ready to leave. The forecast does not seem very promising but it will be great to see Sue & Guido again. We leave Charlotte at 5:30 PM and should be in Venice at Noon (Italian time) Wednesday. I will try to send photo's as we take them as well as update this blog. I loved this when Chris and Liana used it .

After a long and hectic tech week in the not so glamorous land of Roxbury Community College, we finally hit the road on Saturday. Our first day was quite long. Anyone who's ever driven the I-95 route up and down the east coast knows that the triumverate of driving nuisances are Boston, NYC, and DC... and yes we were passing through all 3 in our first day of driving. Needless to say, 12 hours later we were VERY thankful to reach the hotel.

Sunday, we ...

I thought that I would post this picture of me and La Poderosa just before I left for the west coast a couple month's ago. She had to be sold in LA:( What an amazing bike for 700 bucks. She got me through one of the most amazing adventures that I've had to date. As soon as I can get my computer that has all the pics on it online I will have a boat load of stuff to post from this trip.

So I just set up this blog thingy. Computers and stuff like this are not my forte. I will try to update with some images of my travels as I get a chance. I am leaving for Istanbul, Turkey in a couple days. So i am practice packing to get things down to as little as possible. I am hoping to hitchhike ...

... spots is very puzzling to my mind. You think "I KNOW you! I really KNOW you. And here you are. And here we are... and we're not in Kansas anymore, Toto!"

We have about a 2 hour wait before our evening flight across the pond. So, let's have a beer!

WW and I drove across western NC. Got to a town called Statesville and went into J&R Cigars, billed as the World's largest cigar store. They ain't lying. BIg ol' CHurchills for $3 (or less).

We camped at Lake Norman, land donated to the State of NC by the Duke Power company as long as the state let them leave their nuke there. No pics. Suprisingly nice campground.

... at the Billy Graham library that talked to you and told you Billy's childhood story. I could not make eye contact with my aunt as I would have burst out laughing several times in the evening, including the moment the lady guessed me at 37?!?! And, yes, I did contra dance. :) I grabbed my uncle for the first dance. Proceeded to get very dizzy as I was not making the appropriate amount of eye contact as is needed to avoid said dizziness!! And no, I was ...

I have never been really good at keeping this type of thing and I am not sure how often I will be able to keep it updated, but I figured I would get it a shot. So, for those of you who are planning to live vicariously through me, I hope you appreciate my efforts here. For those of you that don't know, I am going to work for a friend of mine in Europe (I met him while I was in New Zealand). The company he is starting is ...