Hampton Inn & Suites Annapolis

... and found a neighborhood store with home baked breads,pies and goodies and a wagon full of fresh fruits and vegetables from the farm YUM!!!!!This is a watermans village and a very close knit community most are island born and few outsiders reside here.The weather turned bad as predicted and we lost power for several hours.We fill the water tanks and get Blue Dolphin ready for the ride across the Bay to Annapolis on the Severn River.It was a later start than planned but what a great ...

... dem Sklaverei Abschaffer, Abrahm Lincoln, wurde gezeigt das aus der Vergangenheit gelernt werden kann! Hoffentlich kann dieser Lernprozess sich fortsetzen in der Lösung für soziale und wirtschaftliche Krisen! Müssen Kriege Zukunft sein? Kann sauberes Trinkwasser und eine Chance auf Bildung nicht die Basis für unsere Kinder sein-ob schwarz oder weiss? Muss die Religion Menschen als gut oder böse stigmatisieren ...

... headed direct to Virginia (on the metro across the river) to the Pentagon first, this was again a moving tribute to the people who died on 9/11 with the names of the victims on the plane with stainless steel sculptures facing in, and those dying on the inside of the building, with stainless steel sculptures facing out, in a water and pebble garden. Most impressive. Back to the Metro and to the Spy Museum. This was a fun spent ...

... and applied a paper bag over their face. The night life has been really crazy: for Top Chef on Wednesday night we went to this great restaurant... who would have known they had amazing Puertican food here! The only bitter part of the evening was that *****y Lisa with her new... well Mama said, "if you can't say anything nice..." Afterwards on Thursday during ...

... became a citizen of the good ol' U.S. of A earlier this year, there wasn't a better time for me to take in some of the DC sights and learn more about our country's history. Everyone we spoke to told us that there was so much to see ...

I usually fear cattle class longhaul flights. The cramped seats, the non-functioning entertainment systems and the general poor hygiene of my fellow passengers usually make for an unpleasant experience. But the gods of RTW travellers smiled down on us and got us off on the right foot with a very easy, pleasant flight. We had the entire 4 seats in the middle of the plane to ourselves, so stretching out and stealing extra ...

We're spending hours each day planning this trip. Believe me, it's not because I'm completely obsessed with it. I've come to accept that we'll be competing with many, many other people who have the same goals we have. And there's only one way I'm going to avoid long lines or ...

... anything like this in Hamar, so it was definitely something to look forward to! Crystal is actually from Canada, not far from Spokane, and married a Norwegian guy when she was 22 (he was 20!) and moved to Norway! Ellen's friend Elin that I hung out with in Trysil was there too, so it was a really fun group of people. Ellen even baked me a chocolate cake, and put a 21 on top. Man, relatives are great. :o) Needless to say, the rest of the night was highly eventful. All I'm going to say is ...

... we had to walk around 5 blocks after but it was in the trendy Meatpacking area and we saw some cool " NYC designer" stores like Scoop NYC, Stella Macarthy, etc. The museum was tiny but it was a moving experience and it will definitely be highlight of this trip. We decided to not do anymore shopping especially since I felt horrible about this morning. Since Brian is into military "stuff" we decided to go to the Intrepid Museum to look at the retired aircraft carrier and ...

... marinas I guess we were close to both. For anyone following our trip, I don't recommend staying here but if you must, know that it has good holding. It is just very wavy because of the boats going by in the channel. Due to the backup of boats waiting for fair winds there were about 25 boats anchored in this area. It is always a challenge to set your anchor for swings in the tide with the closeness of nearby boats, some on all-chain and some on mixed anchor rope, etc ...