Courtyard By Marriott Milwaukee Downtown

I'm working on a grant for the National Institutes of Health that is due early next week. Once that's done, it's full-on preparation for our month-long Journey to India. Daisy is doing her Santa impression (making her list, checking it thrice) and we received 4 new pieces of luggage the other day. <br><br>The airline tickets are booked and now we just have to finalize some domestic trips while on the sub-continent.<br>

Exciting times! One more day before the big trip and we are doing out last minute preparations before we go. There are things to be packed though and that will get done tonight and then a little bit more tomorrow. We have an evening flight so we should be pretty well rested and ready to scout about Copenhagen as soon as we get checked into the hotel.<br><br>Stay tuned for more!<br>

... items from Peace Corps Volunteers (PCV). I bought yak traks, which I will be wearing in winter because I hear that Ukrainians do not put salt or sand on the roads so it is difficult to keep footing. <br><br>I'm also working on getting an address book together so I can keep track of people hopefully. It is much tougher than I ...

... flight (free warm cookies) to NYC. As I looked out the window and saw my favorite skyline, I got a little teary. These have been the best six weeks of our lives. Travel like this can either tear people apart or bring them closer, and even though I didn't know it was possible, I feel more love and closeness between Joe and me than ever. How lucky I am to have found this incredible person to be with forever?<br><br>Tomorrow: a wrap up!

... tour! Too bad I didn't bring my camera to that, because now all I have is a dozen **** camera phone pictures of Travis Barker's fly-over-the-crowd drum solo! Amazing. Anyway thanks to the hospitality of Rob and his friends (well most of them j/k lol rofl), although short-lived, I had a great time in Milwaukee and certainly hope to visit again.

... really loves saltine crackers and loves sharing them back with her mom - yes right out of her mouth! Dinner tonight was a bit more appealing - 4 spaghetti dinners and pan fried pork chop with a cold baked potato all for $25 USD!! We are getting so spoiled with these prices we'll be in for a shock when we get home.<br><br>For those that have asked - Emma's not quite fitting in to her 18 month clothes ...

... some are good and some are bit of a miss but that's a brewery for ya. Can't love everything (except for my favorite wine in the world, Biale, they are all delicious and nutritious.... Isn't it so Sandra?!). I got a tip from Frank (SF friend) who told me to visit the Safe-House. You have to say a password when you enter the place and then after the first door you stand in a small hallway. You don't know which door you have to go into. I said the ...

... watched swans, went to Italy, and made it as far as Venice. On my 22nd birthday we were in a little coastal town, close to the Yugoslav border. We were going to Greece. It was cold and rainy. We got a rotisserie chicken from the market and ate it in the VW, looking out at the pouring rain. We slept in the car that night, and in the morning, Lee decided that we needed warm weather and familiar faces. We turned the car around and crossed Italy as quickly as ...

End of Line. The one hundred first entry will be the last one for this grueling journey back and forth to Hong Kong. I arrived back in Milwaukee early this morning around 1:00 AM and it was good to be home. It was a long day of traveling, I'm still tired but I am also home. The only snafu was that Northwest damaged my ...