Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Boston-Peabody,Ma

Bored sitting here waiting for my flight to Seoul (scheduled to leave @ 0050 hrs.). Catching up on some emails & research in the meantime. Still have a few more calls to make before the flight; will check in once I arrive in Seoul as it may be last contact 'til the return trip (not sure how technologically savvy our base camp will be). Happy holiday, everyone! Sent from my BlackBerry Tour

... the Consulate this evening (yep, after 5pm), the gentleman on the other end was gracious and helped me somewhat. I have to call back Monday morning (yep, the 16th, the day I'm leaving) to see if we can remedy my forgetfulness here or in-country (they allow on-arrival visas, thankfully!).<br><br>My flight will be leaving here (Boston) at 7pm on Monday, the 16th; I ...

... urban crime (muggings are common). But I hear that since the World Cup is taking place in South Africa in 2010, there's lots of government revitalization projects going on...<br> <br>So I'm going to take it one day at a time, and try to tamp down on my yuppie instincts and roll with the punches (hopefully metaphorical). And since I'm a scientist in training, I'll include some goals for the trip:<br ...

... again. This time Tony piloted her out, otherwise the pilot and the tug boat would have to wait outside for the next tide.<br><br>So here we are doing 14knots. The day is grey but warming up a little, although I can&#8217;t say it&#8217;s been cold.<br><br>We haven&#8217;t seen any whales yet, although we did see the spout of a Right Whale yesterday. We knew it was a Right Whale as their spout comes out V-shaped. They are a protected species here and we ...

Finally heading to Spain to start my month long trip! This will be an interesting trip as I don't know Spanish and I hear that english is not generally spoken. Let the Adventure begin!<br><br><br><br>The flight over from Boston went well other than a little hold up with the computers. This caused me to miss my connecting ...

... of touring the full sized replica of the Mayflower and going to Plymouth Village. Unfortunately, we were held up for quite a while around Boston and by the time we got to Plymouth it was 30 min to closing at the places. They said we wouldn't have time to do the MayflowerII, so we went in Plymouth Plantation until closing. It is a replica of the Plymouth settlement as it was in 1620 or so with actors playing various ...

... three months in recovery. So, I'm going back east for a week to stay with them, help unpack, and help in general with the million of little things that'll inevitably need doing in getting settled. I'll just delay my departure for my trip by a week or so, and as a side bonus, I'll get my Visa application/passport into the Chinese Consulate before I leave SanFran, so it can hopefully be processed and ready when I get back.

Boston is a city of "The First" and "The Oldest" we have come to find. We are learning history and tradition with out any painful classrooms, lectures or homework. For example we are a part of history now we have attended the 340,341 &amp; 342 consecutive sellouts at Fenway Park the "SECOND MOST" in major league baseball. The first is at Cleavland if any one is interested. Sometimes it is the spontaneous and ...

Hello Armchair Travelers! I am leaving for Miami in exactly one week! That is where the Peace Corps Training (finally) begins. I'll be receiving all sorts of fun immunizations and meeting my fellow PCTs (Peace Corps Trainees). Then on Wednesday night we all fly to Paraguay together. I think there will be about 40-50 volunteers. A lot of people have been asking me about what I'll be doing with the PC. I will be a PCT for about ...

We wanted to go to the beach today but it was raining. So we decided to see a movie and go to the Constitution. The Constitution is outside though and it was so much trouble to get over there that we just went to the mall where the movie theater was and didn't see the Constitution at all. We saw "Bewitched" at the movies ...