Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Meriden

... bookstore in the tiny but very artsy/intellectual downtown Chester. It's called "The Lace Reader" (the book).

OK, I know this whole trip is called "Heidi's Great Adventure" and I haven't said anything about what that's about...but patience, grasshopper. All will unfold...

Here are a couple of pictures of my family instead :)

We are moving again tomorrow and it will be to Cromwell, CT as we house sit for other traveling friends who will embark on a 2 month sail from CT to FL. Megan lost her new bike today to some ******* who planned in advance to steal the bike hanging "double ...

The first thing i did is go to my best friend Juliana birthday party and i was the only one to come because all other friends ditch her sec for me i was happy i was happy to go because everybody who was suppose to come didn't watch the other blind side and we went out to eat they should come Juliana just turn 15 year old she is so cool and she is my best friend forever.....:D

... there was still some weird comfort level of the "known" versus the unknown. At any rate, I hopped onto the Silver Line bus for $2 and took it to the South Station, where I bought an Amtrak ticket for $44 back to New London. Jan and Jack were there to pick me up, and they kindly took me home to a hot meal, hot shower, and bed.

... dropped him off at the hotel to work on CME while Jan and I went to Marshall's and found me a pair of Under Armour tights to also weat in Boston. We gassed up the car for our trip to New London the next morning, then had an ice cream at the Creamery on Main Street in Old Wethersfield--yumm! Said good-bye to Jack, as he will be in art class when we leave tomorrow, and gave Jan her early birthday gifts ...

... years.

Jan & Jack arrived at 11:00 to take us for a beautiful drive in the country--Litchfield and Kent in western Connecticut. We stopped at Lake Waramaug and had an outdoor lunch at the Hopkins Inn overlooking the water, then drove on to Kent where we walked around town a bit, admiring the huge animal sculptures scattered about. I could have spent a lot more time there! We drove over Bull's Bridge, a ...

... surgery and was such a trooper to make the trip. We decided to meet them in the lobby for dinner later, then took off to explore Glastonbury. We walked Main Street, marveling at the beautiful leaves. After wandering a bit, we bought salad goods from Whole Foods for tomorrow, then walked back to the hotel, changed, and met all our friends for dinner at Max Fish restaurant.

The meal was fantastic. Chris and I split a seared ...

... the Doce Vida bakery I found the day before, then to the package store where I bought three bottles of the Columbia Crest Cab Reserve that Chris and I like so much. Back home, Jan made a quiche for dinner. I received a text from Mom letting me know that Tammy was awarded the honor of Homecoming Queen for her senior year. I talked to Chris and we ordered Jan a Garmin sat-nav as a birthday present. I am so looking forward to seeing him tomorrow!

... t the limit and staying in the PA park one more day but concluded we would be reasonable and give her time to be with her Mom and get readjusted to home before starting school. It was a good choice. She commented to Grammi yesterday, "It feels good to be home!" We are glad to have the space to relax for now but are currently and actively creating are plan for the time we are home and before we head south for the rest of the year.

... por 1,5 milhão de brasileiros; o italiano por 500 mil, o japonês por 400 mil e o coreano por 37 mil. Essas minorias lingüísticas são em sua maior parte bilíngües, ou seja, falam português juntamente com a língua de origem imigrante. Todavia, devido à rápida assimilação, o número de descendentes de imigrantes que ainda falam a língua dos antepassados está em declínio, principalmente entre as gerações mais novas, que normalmente aprendem primariamente a língua portuguesa ...