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... stay. We had a very nice visit with them and it kind of picked up from where we left off all those years ago. We had a nice lunch in the the town of Chestertown, MD then back to their house for some more catching up then we departed.

We basically took MD 213 on a diagonal path to the southwest and finally got on US 50 that took us across the bay bridge to the Annapolis, MD area. I was worried this was going to ...

... more information. A garage. They open the garage door and--you guessed it--years worth of mail came tumbling out. Very funny. And K. knows how to tell a story. Today K. (not the same K.) gave me a Thai massage. Amazing. So much tension in the legs. It is such a deliberate and intelligent technique. You can follow the rationale behind it. With sensing. Very cool. Well, this isn't getting my bags packed.

... with Rebuilding Together and interviewed with them today, though there is no spanish there so they are not high on the list (If you are not familiar with RT it is a home repair organization for folks in poverty, the elderly, disabled etc and the Portland chapter is on UP's campus :) ) Fri we also had lunch at our Prof's house to discuss internships which was swell and the folks in the group seem nice still :) The weekend I went to NC which will be in a ...

... t technically supposed to do this with us because of Yossi's fathers death and Tali's uncles passing but since it was their night they decided they needed it and that it would be ok. So, we went out! Everyone had an absolute blast and for the majority of the night our group had the place to themselves. It was the first time I was able to watch Leon, Shaul, and Yossi laugh, dance, sing, and truly enjoy themselves since we arrived. We loved our trip but ...

... a treat! Here we get given freshly made cookies every night, but for some reason we'd all been craving icecream! I've gotta lay off the candy, I'm trying to lose weight not put it on!! After icecream we were all in a pretty awesome mood and we rehearsed some of the camp songs we have to memorise for when the kids arrive. So everything is set now. It'll be a couple of days til I get any more time off as we have to get to know our bunk and stay with them for ...

... to get a free ticket on Continental Airline for my upcoming trip. However, this free ticket only takes me to Europe, I will need to buy another ticket to South Africa. But I found most fare to Southern Africa from North America cost at least $1600, while from Europe to Southern Africa: around $900 to $1000, this could save me at least $600 to $900... It's exciting! I am leaving for Caribbean tomorrow (and leave the cold North American weather behind)....

... to get through that they opened my departure gate. A 20 minute walk ensued to Gate 17 where I sat in the lounge for all of 15 minutes before they said we could board the plane. The plane was quite small - a 2-3-2 seat formation. I ended up sat next to a guy who looked and sounded like Kris Akabusi, but he was well behaved so it was okay. The flight was not okay however. We had about 6 hours of turbulence out of the 8 hours flying time - i have never wanted to throw up on a ...

... the sight of mile long lines.There must have been at least 500 non-US citizens, waiting in line for immigrations. We were standing in line for 3 hours! As if that wasn't enough, the fire alarm had gone off, and apparently nobody could stop it. It was driving everybody in sane. When we finally got through the line, we just missed our flight to Miami. Due to the long lines in immigrations we were not the only ones missing our flight, so there ...