Marriott Dulles Airport

... my bags are already checked on the plane to Newark! A tall, skinny black man with those giant orange plastic ear muffs on sees me freaking out and he helps me find my bag. Meanwhile, a big black lady with massive cornrows and hardcore sunglasses is frantically gesturing at me to get out from behind the wing of the aircraft. The short Asian guy that checked my ticket at the ticket counter is waving at me to tell me to get onto the plane to Ottawa. The first man grabs me and MAKES me ...

... concerned about it bursting open mid-flight), another memory card for the camera (wanted to be on the “safe” side), and a replacement travel alarm clock. So I stopped at Target, where I readily located the first two items. Finding the clock proved challenging. There was nothing in the travel section; house wares had only a couple of wall clocks. I couldn’t even find a regular-sized alarm clock, much less a travel-sized one. Now, the smart thing to do here would have ...

4PM EST We just landed Washington at the Dulles airport. We have a 2-hour layover before moving onward to Rome. So far, we've sustained ourselves on a nourishing diet of dried fruits, nuts, a Clif bar, and of course the breakfast of Filipino champions...whole wheat pandesal with butter and strawberry jam. It's lunch time now, and Jo spotted a Subway in ...

... and complicate matters they said the the german port authorities were dealing with a union strike at the frankfurt airport whick meant that are baggage wasn't goin to be unloaded. So United airlines wasn't sure what they were going to do once we landed. their was some talk of having the luggage couriored out to our area. but anyway it all worked out our luggage came down the carisel and we were off.

... in history, someone told me aft**wards that it was probably ted Kennedy's last really important speech in his life. That is cool. I am still pretty convinced aft** listening to Obama in p**son that his speech writ**/He has read MLK extensively because their speeches seem to have a v**y similar feel to them. It was v**y cool just to see all the student support of politics. The stadium was packed I would guess at least 5000 people w**e th**e based on what folks ...

... Luthier. Pilots track their lives by the number of hours in the air, as if any other kind of time isn't worth noting. - Michael Parfit, 'The Corn was Two Feet Below the Wheels', Smithsonian Magazine, May 2000. When old dreams die, new ones come to take their place. God pity a one-dream man. - Esther Goddard, reading from her late husband's diary to the AP just prior to the launch of Apollo 11. Don't let the fear of ...

Greetings all, It's obvious that I'm behind in my entries. Anyway, we arrived at Seattle and checked in to our hotel downtown. We were just a few blocks from all the action. Including Pike's Place, Pioneer Square, Space needle etc. we took a tour of Seattle on a double decker tour bus. It's a good way to orient yourself to a new city. We learned that there are approximately 86 Starbucks down town and some are just across the ...

... about a bizillion houseboats. I was lured by the idea of sitting on the deck and people watching while I sipped my coffee or beer. I also liked the fact that the deck might be shared and I would get the opporutnity to meet other travelers in a more intimate way. All this sounds good right? Did I mention I was arriving on a National Holiday???? It turns out there are a bizillion housebaots but on that ...

... around the table with some of the top legal minds in the country, one of whom, the executive director, was voted one of the top 100 lawyers in America. It was daunting and within an hour I had jumped in and was doing some really interesting legal research. So the moral of this part of the story is, I believed in me which sparked someone else to believe in me and it got me further than I imagined possible. Next chapter of the Karen story: Karen miraculously met a ...

... behind to really start having some fun. But that's a different story for a different road trip. So after 11 days on the road, 2 countries visited, around 13 states journeyed, more than 2000 miles covered and 1000000 memories made, at 5 in the morning it was time for this roaring road trip to be over. Steve went on to write children's books for Americans about Jimbo the Happy Koala, then selling the rights a big Hollywood studio making millions, and buying his way into the American ...