Holiday Inn Eau Claire-Campus Area/I-94,Wi

Hey everybody,

As you well know I'm leaving for Europe for 6 weeks starting this Sunday. Instead of writing lots of separate emails I thought I would chronicle my travels in this travel blog. Feel free to check back in to see where in the world I am and to feel so incredibly jealous of me. :D

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Alyssa

... village has 600 inhabitants and all of them seem to live in homes hidden by trees, It really does feel like there is no one -anywhere!
Sarah assured me there were and that we would meet them later as I was to be her 'plus1' at a function she had been invited to- another wedding!!
Having gate crashed my 6th wedding in 2 weeks we left as the music started and found ourselves eating pizza and deep fried cheese (ohmygod, just when cheese couldnt ...

July 8 The Wisconsin stop

We got settled in and set up today in the morning. All the birdies had some out time and tried to mess up where we'd cleaned. We decided to go to Chippewa Falls to see if we could find the Gower School (Historic) as it is listed on google. I knew there was a Gower School there because my grandfather grew up there and I have a letter form his mother to him mentioning the school and some ...

... this afternoon, then went into town to have a bite to eat in the Silver Dollar Saloon and took Johannah out so she could get that crazy Boxer run out of her system (they all have it, I don't know any Boxer that doesn't have the crazy run). This Motel 6 is great! Free interner and good reception so a good time to spend on updating this blog. Took a bath (yes, this one has a tub, always a bit ...

Eau Claire Wir Treffen bei der Familie vom Cliff ein. Zur Feier des Tages hat Cliff seine Schwiegereltern eingeladen (die Martin unbedingt kennenlernen und Reto wiedersehen wollten) und ein Grillen veranstaltet. Spaeter sind dann alle Zusammen noch in die Stadt gefahen um in einer Bar gemeinsam etwas zu trinken. Nach einem gelungen Abend war dies der ...

... Illinois. We had lunch when we got to Madison WI. Major storm almost caught us but we were on the road and outran it. Arrived at 6:00 pm our time or 5:00 pm Central Time. Great motel. Swim, hot tub and update blog. Subway maybe for supper. Meighan feeling a little better. Off to Winnipeg tomorrow morning after breakfast at 6:00 am. Bye for now

Today I traveled with family members to Eau Claire, Wisconsin to remember a special relative who has recently passed away. We had a really lovely time together. After the memorial service and luncheon I photographed several families present and some of the items from the service and then we spent time over at my cousin's home. I really enjoy the times that we spend in Eau Claire and was thankful that the service was this ...

... our trip, but I've still got two tests this week, and then all my finals next week to deal with. As soon as I'm done with finals next Friday, I'll head home for one night, then my mom is driving us down to Chicago on Saturday the 17th. We're gonna see some exhibit where they take real dead bodies and show thier muscular systems ...

In approximately 22 days and 12 hours I will be boarding a plane to travel over seas to a country that I will be studying for the next four months. Excitement can be sometimes over whelming and other times it just doesn't feel like it's really hit home yet. I have worked throughout my whole winter break saving up for this trip which I know will surely pay off big time. Looking at pictures of Australia and hearing about others ...

Driving across the US during the last five days have been an adventure all of its own! We can honestly say that the past few days have been the most difficult driving we've had during the past two months. A vicious 24 hour flu, rain in the mountains at night, driving in 40 mph winds on slick highways...the overall highlight was today though ...