Ramada Inn Laurel Md

... C so we roasted at night. The cookies were good though! We were only here for one day so we didn't get to do everything we wanted but I did take mom to Legal Seafoods which I highly recommend. The weather was gorgeous while we were there too so that was a plus. Mom looks forward to going back there some day.

Hi all, Before I leave, I want to put up a general outline of my trip.   I leave from Denver on April 7 for Hawaii and a visit to my cousin Randy in Maui, known to some as "Uncle Bunny."  He doesn't know this yet, but he will be leading me around and setting me up with a good spot on the beach for 5 days or so.  In return, he will get my sunny disposition (or anxiety about going to a foreign ...

... the change. After this Museum it was time to head back to the hostel, pick up my bags and head off to the airport. I caught my plane back to New York without any dramas, in fact the security here were quite reasonable and actually nice to me, a big change from my previous encounters. As soon as I got to the hostel in New York, I went out and had a quick bite to eat and then crashed. One more day left in the US.. It's going to feel a little strange leaving but I'm busting to get to Europe.

... look at the different elements-each state is represented, plus all the battles, and my favorite part were bronze relief panels that depicted various scenes from all different perspectives of the war. From there I walked along the reflecting pond (of MLK, Jr. "I have a Dream" speech fame) to the Lincoln Memorial. I climbed those steps to find Abe still sitting proudly and surveying the lay of the land. He probably has a good view of his old cottage up on the hill. Let me tell you ...

We experienced a New York Taxi ride this morning to get to the Bus station to travel to Washington. Wasn't bad - realtively harmless. The bus station was something else though - 3 levels where all the buses come in and out. Got there early so managed to get on the 10am bus and arrived in Washington about 3pm. Checked into our ...

... jabbed us with, Delta Airlines gives us one final twist of the blade. Forget the reasons why--just remember that you should never fly Delta Airlines and you should never connect thru JFK Airport. Lesson learned. It was nice to finally get home at 10 in the morning, a day late. Then we took showers and went to work!

Well, not *really* the beginning, as this trip began months ago, in March really, with a bunch of research as to just the place for us to spend a week on a "fancy vacation." That is to say, we take a week of vacation each August, often the week before school starts because that's when there isn't much in the way of camps for the kids to attend, plus the crowds are dying down because some kids are already back to school ...

... to come through and overhearing conversations then and over the past couple of days, the reaction seems to be more one of who to blame than shock and outrage that one might expect at home. More terrifying is the attitude to guns here - there seems to be a consensus emerging in the press and on TV that seems to be that gun control isn't working, so lets go the other way and let everyone carry a gun. The logic obviously being if the students had been armed ...

... a track meet with two large backpacks in a dress shirt and slacks, decided to take pity on me... or maybe she was just getting board with my persistence. She gave me the number of a US Passport office in Miami and booked me on a flight the following day (no extra charge). She said that I needed an appointment but that if I showed them the plane ticket they would issue me a rush order and a new passport. I called in, but there were no appointments until Friday afternoon. I was ...

... it wasn't my first choice! Had lunch at Macy's for Nik to get her 'Miracle on 34th Street' fix, which for those of you that don't know is Niks favourite film. Other things we did include: Natural History Museum, Central Park, Comedy Show, Times Sq, Empire State etc, etc. We've had a great time in NYC, but now we move on. Off to Grand Central Station to head to Washington DC, only to be told that to get to DC, you need Penn Station. Ahh.