Fairfield Inn By Marriott Appleton

... stages of their careers. The program provides travel grants for teams to exchange visits in paired areas of different countries. For four to six weeks, team members experience the host country's culture and institutions, observe how their vocations are practiced abroad, develop personal and professional relationships, and exchange ideas."

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... about them. So far, my experience with them has been great. They even have a Facebook fan page so I can try and connect with other travelers.

After I'm done volunteering, my cousin is joining me for a few days to relax and explore Costa Rica's beauty. Between now and then, I have to brush up on my Spanish, especially "Costa Rican" Spanish.

I know these next few months will fly by, and that's ok with me!

Until next time,
Jamie

... is very close to Green Bay so we did a day trip and Jesse did a tour of Lambeau, the Green Bay Packers stadium, their fans are called the Cheese Heads and wear foam cheese hats on their heads, ha, ha! Told ya Wisconsin was Cheesy. Whilst Jesse was doing something educational and informative Bek hit the local mall and checked out some chick flicks. $1.50 movie day, who can resist?! She ...

... one with us that had a least three generations of their family traveling together. They were constantly changing their seats and talking w/one another. It was really nice to see. They really give you a lot of food on our airline - Aliltalia (sp?). It was a breeze to get through customs in the Ohare airport. We were pretty tired once we got in Oshkosh though, it was 7:30 that eve. Traveled for 21 hours ...

After picking up our cool little Toyota motor we headed up to Green Bay. The Wisconsin countryside is beautiful and made me and Adrian both think respectively of our home countries. I guess it was the farm landscapes. They are beautiful.

We had a nice quiet evening and the next day we went to the wildlife santuary where we saw cute little coyotes, bob cats, a cougar, otters ...

... songs were original and the actor mouthed along to thier own pre recorded voices. I was just stoked that I was being paid to be here and I got a free musical! I could't beleive that this was all seventh day adventist. It was so professional and HUGE.
I only worked three whoel days on the obstacle course with breaks. When I did have a break, I walked down to the hangers where they were offereing honours and games and food vendors.
I would have bought the DVD of ...

... 21.00/night. Because we are EAA members we get a good discount on the daily entry to the Airfield and we enjoyed a free concert by the Dobbie Bros on the first evening.

The air show lasts for 7 days but after two days for me (I went to the Outlet Mall on the third day) and 3 days for Brent that was more than enough. So if you have any interest in planes and that includes flying on Air New Zealand, this show gets a big recommendation from us.

Once again our trusty ...

... and face the rain head on!!

It was nice ride out of Fayette. About 75 miles of two lane road in the pouring rain. It was a fun ride still maintaining 60-65 mph. It was a pretty amazing ride even in the rain. I can only imagine how much more awesome it would have been if it werent raining. Check out the pics.

It rained hard for the first three hours of todays ride. Unforntunatly my feet got soaked ...

Well, I've started this travel blog a little prematurely, but I'm too excited to keep everything quiet. Trisha and I have officially started saving for our world travel adventure which will begin on the 6th of April 2010. Still deciding exactly where to start our trip and how it's all going to work out. All I know is that it WILL happen. 9 months to go. Until then this blog will help me organize my thoughts, ideas and potential travel destinations. Can't wait to get started.

Home came way too fast and we should have stayed another week. Ukraine is worth seeing for it's beauty and hospitality (the chocolate isn't bad either!) Thanks to everyone who made this trip special for us. If you want my vote, jet lag is much worse going west than east. Don