Fairfield Inn And Suites By Marriott Newark Liberty Int Arpt

... from Newark so we are all on the same flight today. <br><br>I am really excited about visiting the schools and meeting with educators in the three cities in China. What a great opportunity to learn about education in a totally different country and culture. I will really look forward to sharing this experience with all of you on campus.<br><br>I have to say "hi" to the Edu 4000 Capstone class. With the ...

We arrived at the gate at Newark airport at about 9:20pm. We were unsure as to how far our gate would be for our next departure. We had about 45 minutes to make it to our new gate. Using my blackberry, I was able to get online with the Continental website only to find that we would be flying to Edinburgh on the same plane we just came in from Tampa on. How cool was that?? We departed Newark at about 11:00pm.<br>

... the whole being gone for 2 months thing and packing light thing don't mesh too easily. We tried to limit clothing and find travel size everything and share as many products as possible. I think I did ok as I only packed about 5 shirts including the one I'm wearing for over 60 days of travel. However, I'm afraid poor Bekah forgot the whole "light" part of packing when she got down to it. Some of the things in her bag include 13 shirts, 4 sweatshirts ...

... to miss our flight because poor Tom had to park the cars so far away and wait for a shuttle back to Air India - we were still having our luggage inspected when we heard our names called as the last passengers they were waiting for. The luggage inspectors radioed the crew that we were on our way, so they held the plane just for us, lol! <br><br>...but we made it, and we are on our way to India!

... to have people clapping cheering along to a film whenever superman appeared lol. But it was quite good fun. A woman did decide to cross me, which was mostly a bad idea as I was still feeling a little stressed. She had been shouting at some people to move out of her view.... Then she had made her way to stand behind me. She was about half my height and banged at my arm. When I turned round she looked fuming and just gestured to the side as if to say get out of the way ...

... Building. Whew! So we finally got our majestic view of New York City. The view from the Empire State lets you see how truly massive New York is, developed as far as the eye can see. I also got my very first look at the Statue of Liberty, to the south, tiny and distant like an ant (a tall, green ant). Across to the southeast we could see as far as New Jersey and to the north we could see Central Park and beyond. While the best views of Manhattan Island are to be seen from the boat that ...

... Once we made it though, it was good again. The Hyatt in Jersey City where we stayed was feet away from the PATH station which links NYC and Jersey City, so it was very convenient. And we had a perfect view of the NY Skyline from our room. The Empire State Building was right outside. Once we got settled we figured we'd head back to NYC and spend what remained of Christmas in the city itself. The streets were full of people and we visited Rockefeller Center and saw the great tree ...

... so I fully expect us both to be incoherent for most of this leg of the trip. We make it out safely, landing in LAX at something like 10 AM. Our flight to HK is at MIDNIGHT!! Our parents won't even be there until 7 PM. And our luggage didn't make the connection and is still in NYC. Ah, winter travel. Still, the air is balmy in LA and I have two friends that may be able to hang out later. Vanna and ...

... on the other side of the water, with a great view of the city lights. Although as of tomorrow, he is moving to a new place, which is further away. It is in a nice neighbourhood, where instead of hearing the buses and the tucks you can hear the crickets and the birds, and if you are lucky, you can have a deer in the backyard. It is a peaceful place. The weather out here, has been hot hot and humid and hot! :) Yesterday it got as high as 40 degrees ...

We flew out of Kansas City in the late afternoon on an Embraer jet so small that I couldn't stand up straight in it. Considering the small size of ours main bags, it's really a shame we had to check them. Monday is a pretty quiet day at the airport so I'm fairly confident (hopeful) they'll arrive in one piece in Madrid. Of course, just after checking them I realized that we forgot to put a little name tag on them, the ones on the ...