Courtyard By Marriott Richmond Northwest

... of souvenir sellers and shops. The vantage point takes away the bottom 15 feet or so of all of the buildings because of the tree line. It makes everything look very clean. I also saw couples kissing on the banks of the Seine which made me feel like I was getting my money’s worth; even though my own romantic partner is absent.

There is a military museum of some kind at Napoleon’s home. Catherine says that it is a common ...

... out of the corn** of my eye that she had should**-length red hair and was wearing a tight-ish white tank top.

I didn't really think anything of it, nor have a reason to really look at h** prop**ly until I realised she had really bad BO, that you would normally only smell coming from some kind of smelly man. Wond**ing what kind of woman would make such a stench, I looked ov** at h** only to find that she was a really creepy ...

... in dress even though you may not agree.

Don’t look at or smile at a merchant in Jerusalem unless your ready to dicker

Don’t be afraid to speak English, even though all you hear is Hebrew of Arabic, most everyone speaks some English.

Also don’t forget you are in Israel. Don’t have an expectation that everyone should be able to understand and speak English.

Richmond, Virginia, United States leafmold

... couple bars and played "The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down" five times on the jukebox and we sang every word like it was 1865. We became the hit of the party after asking the bartender to turn it up and to put on the Yankees-Red Sox Game.
We hit the road early in the morning and knew we were going to have a good day when we read signs that said we were entering "Goochland". Next stop...Western Virginia.

... to change, pack up and head out!

We were finally on the bike and headed south towards Cary, North Carolina to visit Luba’s family at about 12pm.

The ride south was very pleasant. I really enjoy riding on small highways with really tall trees along both sides of the highway. It just seems like a much more peaceful ride. It’s so much different from the west coast riding where there a lot of open space.

We arrived at our son's on Tuesday July 21st at about 4:20pm. No one heard us pull in so we got to surprise them. Andrea and my 2 granddaughters, ages 1 and 3, were home. Our son was not home from work yet.

My 3 year old granddaughter loved the motor home and kept wanting to go to it. Both of the granddaughters loved our 2 dogs, Maggie & Bitsy and come to find out Maggie loved their rabbits.

On Thursday I went with my ...

Soo one of the research program coordinators thought it was a great idea to take the interns to Kings Dominion, an amusement park. The interns from this area seemed hyped up about it, so I was excited as well.

Kings Dominion is about an hour and 15 minutes from Charlottesville, past Richmond, I think. People talk about how they go to Richmond to shop or see a movie (because Charlottesville clearly offers none of ...

From Austin, we went back to Virginia to spend a couple more weeks with my mom and Chuck. It was great getting to bookend our trip by spending time with them. Winter was snowy and pretty, then spring was beautiful. We went camping in Virginia, then took a quick trip to Florida (by quick I mean a 13-hour drive followed by an identical return trip a couple of days later). Camping was fun. We made smores. My mom and Lindsey love them some chocolate.

We ...

... bike rally. Very small rally, I was dissapointed there weren't more vendors there. But, I got to meet some of the guys from his American Legion Post in Virginia. We rode down the Outer Banks on the bikes. Very neat! Flat, sandy, but neat. We were able to stay in Cherry Point Marine Corps base/Havelock visiting officer's quarters for part of the trip - very nice, and cheap!

... after. The Richmond capitol is a beautiful piece of work. The city kind of sucks, but the CAPITOL is so refined and just plain lovely you want to stay and look and look. And the HISTORY! The black and white tiled floor. All the statuary. I wish I could have stayed longer. I'd really like to study this building. The tour guide told a you-are-there story about Robert E Lee, even shed a tear. Facts: Virginia was the TENTH state. Date: June 25, 1788 State Nickname: Old ...