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... our travels with you through this blog and hope it goes successfully. One of our audiences will be Sophie and Isabelle's classes...."hello fellow classmates/teachers". We hope to bring to this blog our personal experiences and reactions as well as some history and educational value. The girls would also like to challenge the classes with periodic questions about our destination to see if the classes can come up with the answers.

... in the city. From small mom and pop boutiques to outstanding malls, Portland has the upper hand on upscale shopping. You will definitely see your share of dazzling jewelry and fine art, and there is no better place to see it than in the fabulous museums and art galleries. The Portland Museum of Art and the Bayview Gallery are two of the premier establishments in town, and the equally delightful Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company and Museum is always a treat. You can ...

After the smog and the grime of NYC, I thought that some clean air would probably do me good so I have been in New England for the last few days. I've been in all 6 of the NE states at one point or another and have done a fair bit of driving but some of the places I have seen are beautiful and well worth the miles I've been clocking up. I'm sure that if I was the sort of person who knew a lot ...

we sailed into boothsbay in the dark (as usual). we only had limited lights, so it was a crew effort to communicate with chris who was motoring the boat in via GPS coordinates and autopilot.

"boat at 1 o'clock!"

"mooring at 11 o'clock!"

we successfully docked (at the wrong dock than planned but we docked none the less). we had hoped to get farther up the coast but the last few days had been light wind (cary said ...

... had no idea there were so many! but you can only see them by boat, and turns out maine has the longest coastline of any of the 50 states (i'm pretty sure this is what chris told me). some islands have lots of houses on them, plus a few stores, maybe a school. some kids have to take a ferry to the mainland for school in portland. but some islands are privately owned and have only 1 or 2 houses on them. if maine wasn't ...

On Sunday, September 13th, volunteers gathered in South Portland near the Maine mall for Volunteer Day. The mission for the day was to clean up trash, build a bridge, finish a kiosk and other tasks related to building walking trails for SP residents to enjoy. The best thing to me was the range of ages who participated -- from very young of 4 or 5 to young at heart of any age!

... We have a 27mile coach tour booked which takes us to Acadia National Park Mountains / Forests / Glaciers!

Saw some of the memorials taking place for 9/11 today. Flags at half-mast. Strange to see it while in USA and especially as we were there a couple of days ago.

Hope all well back in "Old England"...
Lots of Love, from "New England" - Love Paul & Laura xx

El día ha empezado bien. Con langosta. No hemos aguantado mucho y, hoy mismo, nos hemos ido al restaurante que teníamos aquí al lado donde tu llevas la bebida, pides las langostas, las cogen de unas mini-piscinitas al lado tuyo, empiezan a patalear mientras las pesan y en un rato te la llevan al plato. Pero antes, queremos ponerle banda sonora. Os dejamos el enlace a este temazo de B-52 titulado Rock lobster. El rock de la langosta: http ...

... going, well we're made of sturdy stuff, I knew those North Face coats would come in handy! After an hour we reached the falls, these were made even more spectacular by the resent rains, it was well worth the hike. We clocked up some walking miles on this day! Another 40 minute trek took us out to Diana's Baths. The terrain was much flatter, a walk in the park compared to the morning hike. The Baths are a series of pools created by the mountain river ...

... It was a year ago, I can't believe it was even a question! Does it affect their insurance? Is it a question on your insurance renewal contract?! The truly unbelievable thing is the response; 'Yes it will and from how you worded your question you should not have done it.' Interestingly enough the question was later deleted as no doubt the woman involved drowned in her sinful pit of *****dom. In so many ways America is incredibly backward and small-minded.