Hilton Garden Inn Richmond Airport, Va Sandston

... legs from cramping with fatigue. Catherine had a hot dog which was in a French roll, slit down the middle and had cheese on top; the whole thing was then squashed flat in a panini press. It looked very odd, but I’m sure it was fine.

After our tour of most of the major landmarks of Paris, we went to the neighborhood that I think is called the Latin Quarter, not because people speak Spanish there, but because there is a university there ...

... coming next in the conv**sation. I glanced ov** at the guy next to me, and could see him getting more and more tense ev**y time the guy spat out the word "******". I was reassured, though, because he gave me a look that showed he und**stood I was petrified and he was watching out for me.

By this stage I had stopped replying to his rantings, except for when he raised his voice and repeated a question in a way that implied he might ...

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If you like great but not fancy accommodations and excellent regular food try Kibbutz sometimes called Guest Houses. Not cheap, but consider that 2 or 3 meals are included usually.

A dinner in a restaurant averaged $15. A car (Mazda 3) for 8 days was $500, Gas was about $8.00 a gal but with all our driving around for eight day, we spent $130 in gas.

We exchanged money 3 different ways: US cash ...

Well we started off right, but we hit lots of traffic on Rt. 95 heading into Mt.Vernon and Richmond. Made a historic pit stop at Mt. Vernon. Pretty impressive place. I almost embarrassed Kristi and had us kicked out for rubbing my face on General Washington's pillow. They take that stuff very seriously nowadays.

Then off to Richmond where we met Ryan and Kelly. First night...hotel...not bad.
We hit ...

Sunday July 26, 2009

Luba and I slept in until about 830am. Bevil and Stewart were, of course, up, dressed and waiting for us. Bevil and Stewart took us to O'Doul’s for breakfast and then afterwards took us to visit the family plot at the Hollywood Cemetery. It was great to see that Luba was actually interested to see where my father and family were buried. After a short ride through Richmond we headed back to the ...

... confederate flag hat, and a big black family was waiting in line behind him...

So off we went. For the next 7 hours, we rode on 4 rollercoasters (Dominator, Volcano, Stunt Double?, and Flight of Fear) and a kiddie swing type of ride. That's right. 7 hours and 5 rides. This is why the Flash Pass at 6 Flags is the greatest invention ever. The rollercoasters themselves were really, really fun and sometimes even ...

... it will take a week to get everything straightened out. The spiders loved our house while we were gone. We tooks thousands of pictures, and no, we won't make you look at all of them.

Praise God for a safe trip through 19 states and over 13,100 miles.

A few words of advice - "Go West, young man (and woman), go West!"

... eine stadt als überdimensionales freilichtmuseum.

das leben der ersten siedler wird in den gut erhaltenen straßenzügen quasi lebendig.

am abend weiterfahrt nach richmond. das hört sich jetzt insgesamt nicht nach so viel aus aber glaubt mir: es ist mehr als genug für einen tag!

... out Colonial Williamsburg. I was unimpressed. Watching people in historical costumes alternate between texting and bad acting isn't worth $40 to me. But the buildings were nice, and it was a pleasant little town to stroll around. But at no point did I feel I had been transported back to the 18th century. There's something less than authentic about vending machines with $3 bottles of water and ads announcing "Ye Must Be Thirsty. Quencheth It You Scallywag!" I ...

... like parties, and lives shows as well. I have two more international students in my class: KC from Singapore and Eric from Taiwan. The rest are all red blooded American soldiers. They are very nice and very supportive of our war against Lebanon. Even more supportive than most Americans, I think due to the fact they are soldiers, and most of them have been in combat, so they understand the situation and the implications better. But on a lighter note... I was on 2 trips ...