Courtyard By Marriott Richmond Chester

... recently. There’s no denying it, luck is good. We made use of the sun to enjoy a boat trip on the Seine that went around the island where Notre Dame sits. Along the way there are many other sites, including the Louvre, which is impossibly long. I heartily endorse the boat excursion for several reasons. It gives you a rest, takes you away from the milling crowds and the traffic and it allows you a leisurely look at the sights without the ...

... coming next in the conv**sation. I glanced ov** at the guy next to me, and could see him getting more and more tense ev**y time the guy spat out the word "******". I was reassured, though, because he gave me a look that showed he und**stood I was petrified and he was watching out for me.

By this stage I had stopped replying to his rantings, except for when he raised his voice and repeated a question in a way that implied he might ...

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If you like great but not fancy accommodations and excellent regular food try Kibbutz sometimes called Guest Houses. Not cheap, but consider that 2 or 3 meals are included usually.

A dinner in a restaurant averaged $15. A car (Mazda 3) for 8 days was $500, Gas was about $8.00 a gal but with all our driving around for eight day, we spent $130 in gas.

We exchanged money 3 different ways: US cash ...

Well we started off right, but we hit lots of traffic on Rt. 95 heading into Mt.Vernon and Richmond. Made a historic pit stop at Mt. Vernon. Pretty impressive place. I almost embarrassed Kristi and had us kicked out for rubbing my face on General Washington's pillow. They take that stuff very seriously nowadays.

Then off to Richmond where we met Ryan and Kelly. First night...hotel...not bad.
We hit ...

Sunday July 26, 2009

Luba and I slept in until about 830am. Bevil and Stewart were, of course, up, dressed and waiting for us. Bevil and Stewart took us to O'Doul’s for breakfast and then afterwards took us to visit the family plot at the Hollywood Cemetery. It was great to see that Luba was actually interested to see where my father and family were buried. After a short ride through Richmond we headed back to the ...

... it will take a week to get everything straightened out. The spiders loved our house while we were gone. We tooks thousands of pictures, and no, we won't make you look at all of them.

Praise God for a safe trip through 19 states and over 13,100 miles.

A few words of advice - "Go West, young man (and woman), go West!"

... eine stadt als überdimensionales freilichtmuseum.

das leben der ersten siedler wird in den gut erhaltenen straßenzügen quasi lebendig.

am abend weiterfahrt nach richmond. das hört sich jetzt insgesamt nicht nach so viel aus aber glaubt mir: es ist mehr als genug für einen tag!

... out Colonial Williamsburg. I was unimpressed. Watching people in historical costumes alternate between texting and bad acting isn't worth $40 to me. But the buildings were nice, and it was a pleasant little town to stroll around. But at no point did I feel I had been transported back to the 18th century. There's something less than authentic about vending machines with $3 bottles of water and ads announcing "Ye Must Be Thirsty. Quencheth It You Scallywag!" I ...

... the snow and was fairly uneventful. We stopped at the Flying J at Carmel Church VA and decided it was warm enough that we could safely fill the water tank when we topped up the fuel. We decided to join the dozen other RVs who were over-nighting in the RV parking lot and slept to the sound of transports gearing down - there must have been close to a hundred trucks in the trucker lot behind us when we left in the morning!

It was so great getting to meet up w/ Heidi again! We didn't do any "touristy" stuff, but I got a grand tour of the little neighborhoods in D.C. which were all different in their own way. We had great food and great conversation. It is such a clean place and the people put more value on intellect than looks, which is a nice change coming from ATL.