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... It had started to sleet and we were exhausted, so it fit our needs and still got us a little closer to home. The next day we got up and headed home, arriving about mid-day. I hope everyone has enjoyed our efforts. Please let us know what you like and don't like about this narrative. Comments and opinions we receive will decide if we document future trips with this type of blog.

This morning we went to the Brookings Institution to hear "Opportunity 08: What the Presidential Candidates Aren't Talking About." We heard experts on education, immigration and East Asia issues talk about some of the issues that will face the next President and their recommendations for government approaches to these issues. We grabbed lunch and then headed to the Phillips to view the Christo exhibit about the river valley in Colorado ...

... own pattern All that it takes is some time but I'm shattered I always turn the car around Well, I've left off the next verse because it went a little long, and well, I guess this doesn't take that much examination after all. It's a girl, isn't it? It always is, although as my dad famously asked me at age 15 over the phone and across 3 time zones, "do you have a girlfriend?" "No." "A boyfriend?" "No, but thanks for taking an interest in knowing me." Okay, that ...

... a booked package from Quantas. However, Quantas apparently didn't know about this little issue, and when I called them they were typically difficult. They fist said no changes to the flight schedule because it couldn't be done. Well, that wasn't going to wash, so after about an hour of talking to three different agents, they eventually relented and said we could change it, but we couldn't change the dates- well as you might imagine this posed a bit of a problem. (also ...

... whole team. I'm leaving in about an hour to go and meet everyone. Should be interesting. My first attempt to NOT insult everyone from a foreign country... wish me luck! And for those of you who pray... well get out your GOOD bibles :). Laugh! Patrick and I took a walk tonight after dinner and I got some nice shots of the grounds around the hotel and the sunset and moon. Amazing ...

... a treat! Here we get given freshly made cookies every night, but for some reason we'd all been craving icecream! I've gotta lay off the candy, I'm trying to lose weight not put it on!! After icecream we were all in a pretty awesome mood and we rehearsed some of the camp songs we have to memorise for when the kids arrive. So everything is set now. It'll be a couple of days til I get any more time off as we have to get to know our bunk and stay with them for ...

... 3 where womens clothing where Clare was happy to browse. I sat down and read a National Goegraphic magazine on India and tried to pretend to be somewhere else. No, not Staten Island! Next day, and the rains came. Oh boy did they come. It knows how to rain here in NYC. It started in the night and went on all day without relenting. Unfortunatley this was out last day to use our open decked bus pass. Shesh. Oh well, we tried to go and do the updown tour ...

... strapped to my back, but I also did that too. It's nice to be reminded that the world is a big place, and that the rest of the world has so much more history than most of us experience on a day to day basis. It's grounding, but realistic. I've uploaded about a fifth of my pictures. Enjoy! Thanks for reading and keeping me safe during my trip. I can't wait to go back! Next up, Spain. Over and out..... Miranda

The morning was sunny and blue, and after a quick breakfast of bacon, eggs, and toast, we loaded up and decided to head into Philadelphia for a taste of the country's colonial history. The particular taste upon which I was chewing at the moment was the three-foot-tall skeleton of a dwarf with the much tinier skeleton of another dwarf fused to its side. Ellie was rifling through a cabinet filled with things that had been extracted from people's noses and throats, a collection ...