Hilton Garden Inn Baltimore Arundel Mills Hanover

... truly lucky to simply live in a place like this.  

I live in Georgetown, which is a very cool place to be.  The only issue I have with this area of town is that the Patrician anglo-snobs that run this area refuse to let a Metro stop exist in this part.  The Metro is amazing.  My roommate, who goes to Georgetown, but works next to the Capitol, hates the Metro and for the life of me I cannot understand why.  Underground public transportation ...

Hey guys the last installment!

It had been harder than we thought to find any computers - everywhere we go they say WIFI but without any gadgets this is pointless, at the mo we are in the libary and the computer shuts down every 15 mins so its the reason our typing may not be the best!

Anyway travelled down to Washington and checked out all the main sites of the city. The Capitol ...

... to the metro station our dogs were pretty tired. After a meal and stroll through Georgetown, we set our sights on the Lincoln memorial. All these wonderfully historic sites are beautifully laid out around the city but if you are walking to each one, you start fantasizing of having a segue to glide around. The Lincoln Memorial was beautiful and as we stood gazing out at the reflecting pool I looked down to find that the words "I have a dream" were inscribed right where we were ...

... goodbye but I was happy that she was able to come out and spend a few days with my family and I...That evening I got all of my stuff packed up for my trip to Seattle (oh yeah!) and my parents and I sat around and watched TV; one of the few days of the year that I would actually spend the evening doing that. Like I said before, the time went to quickly and I wish I would have had more time to spend with my folks but I guess there's always next year. See you in Seattle!!!!

... be honest I was incredibly bored by the whole thing but luckily there were heaps of hands-on things to do (which was handy seeing that I'm pretty sure Tom stopped to look and read about every item on display). So now I am sitting on the bus on the way back to NY and I am fairly happy to be sitting down. As Tom mentioned we walked a lot (which always ended in competitions about whose feet hurt the most, apparently I had no chance to win as I was up ...

... the driver suggested instead of going to the train station, we should go to the Airport Bus at Fangzhuang. He claimed it was closer and easier to get to. I knew about this bus and it looked a bit closer on a big map but the precise location was never given anywhere I have seen. But since the driver knew where it was, I was game. And guess what? The taxi driver was right. We got there in just over 30 minutes and ...

May 2007 Rome France Spain Thursday, May 3, 2007 8:30 AM John Wayne (SNA) AA 1246 2:20 PM Arrive Chicago (ORD) 3:35 PM Chicago (ORD) AA 110 7:50 AM (Friday) Arrive Rome (FCO) Grand Tiberio, Via Lattanzio 51, Rome, Italy Phone: 39-06-399629 Check In: May 4 Check Out: May 9 Wednesday, May 9, 2007 10:52 AM Roma (coach 12, seat 55,56) 12:29 PM Arrive Firenze S M N Albergo ...

... parade )on 34th St. Stuck by the sidewalk with 10 kg on my back and struggling with the other 14kg, I watched the parade pass by between the heads of other people. Huge balloons figures floated past Times Square and suddenly, the little boy next to me screamed: 'Santa! Santa!' The long awaited arrival of ol' Saint Nick. Cameras everywhere were flashing while my memory card flashed 'Full' after taking just a couple of pictures ...

Well, tomorrow is my official birthday so we had a little family shindig at a restaurant. It was sooo great to see my dad and brother and grandmas and aunts and uncles and cousins!!!! I love my family, we have so many extentions. The more the merrier! Saturday, I woke up at a decent time, got a slalom set in at Mystic and we headed to Kaw.

... about Spanish music that night. French people hating me was a sacrifice I was willing to make. When my friends left I did not cry. I knew I would see them soon enough, and the next time would be even more of an adventure. Their departure left the promise of an exciting trip in the near future that would be full of surprises and unequaled amazement... on my part anyway. I started counting down the days as soon as they got on the plane.