Four Points By Sheraton Waltham

Bored sitting here waiting for my flight to Seoul (scheduled to leave @ 0050 hrs.). Catching up on some emails & research in the meantime. Still have a few more calls to make before the flight; will check in once I arrive in Seoul as it may be last contact 'til the return trip (not sure how technologically savvy our base camp will be). Happy holiday, everyone! Sent from my BlackBerry Tour

... the Consulate this evening (yep, after 5pm), the gentleman on the other end was gracious and helped me somewhat. I have to call back Monday morning (yep, the 16th, the day I'm leaving) to see if we can remedy my forgetfulness here or in-country (they allow on-arrival visas, thankfully!).<br><br>My flight will be leaving here (Boston) at 7pm on Monday, the 16th; I ...

... urban crime (muggings are common). But I hear that since the World Cup is taking place in South Africa in 2010, there's lots of government revitalization projects going on...<br> <br>So I'm going to take it one day at a time, and try to tamp down on my yuppie instincts and roll with the punches (hopefully metaphorical). And since I'm a scientist in training, I'll include some goals for the trip:<br ...

... again. This time Tony piloted her out, otherwise the pilot and the tug boat would have to wait outside for the next tide.<br><br>So here we are doing 14knots. The day is grey but warming up a little, although I can&#8217;t say it&#8217;s been cold.<br><br>We haven&#8217;t seen any whales yet, although we did see the spout of a Right Whale yesterday. We knew it was a Right Whale as their spout comes out V-shaped. They are a protected species here and we ...

Finally heading to Spain to start my month long trip! This will be an interesting trip as I don't know Spanish and I hear that english is not generally spoken. Let the Adventure begin!<br><br><br><br>The flight over from Boston went well other than a little hold up with the computers. This caused me to miss my connecting ...

... carpet tiles if they'd had mayo on them. Had a Root Beer which I was delighted to see on the menu. I feared that in these ever so health conscious days a drink made of sugar that tastes of toothpaste but have been killed off in favour of jojoba flavoured water. But great news nostalgia fans Mug o'Root Beer is still going strong. I even had one with some lobster later in the trip. How do you like that Gordon Ramsey. Huge and comfortable beds so we happily crashed out.

... on to the home of Uriah Smith and his sister Annie. Annie wrote many hymns in our current hymnbook. We visted her grave and sang one of her hymns. For dinner that evening we enjoyed good food at the Longfellows Wayside Inn- the oldest in USA.It was founded in 1742 and still operates today.The poet Henry Wadsorth Longfellow immortalised it in his "Tales of a Wayside Inn." Well this means I have now caught up on my travel diary. This has been a ...

Today we travelled to the picturesque village of South Lancaster where Atlantic Union College is located.This college was commenced in 1882 under the leadership of Stephen Haskell. We met with the congregation at the village church on the campus and enjoyed Sabbath School and Church with them. This was a traditional service with a 50/50 mix of black and white members. We had lunch in the college cafeteria and ...

... The shakers called themselves "The United Believers in Christ's Second Appearing".They became known as Shakers because of the trembling that affected them during their spiritually ecstatic worship services. They believed the second coming was realised in their leader,Ann Lee, whom they called Mother Ann. They left persecution in their native England ...

Hey, I finally found housing for my semester in Ireland. I will be living in a twin bedroom at Menlo Park Apartments. Menlo is about a 15 minute walk into down town Galway and about 20 minutes from the University. Also I just got my plane ticket booked. I am flying from Boston to Shannon on the January 1st and leaving from London to Boston June 8th.