Residence Inn By Marriott Annapolis

... along the lines of a bomb shelter.  With cardboard surrounding us on all sides but the roof (as a camera-man filmed and questioned us) we believed we could sleep in peace and confidence (especially after all of the time and physical strain required) that we had the best, safest and most refined of all D.C. gravel camping enclaves, until the police ordered us to return the cardboard within five minutes or face the wrath of the law. With haste we obliged, and returned ...

... the gates of the academy, and headed in; the security check was a simple photo ID, and no scanning of the bags nor bodies, a slight change from West point or buildings in Washington. We spent an hour o a guided tour and were hurried through by our guide to enable us to catch the "formation" This happens twice a day, for breakfast and lunch, this is a roll call time and all 4000 midshipmen arrive on the parade ground in front of the huge memorial hall, all to march in for ...

... anyone had the chance to report, a little man named Bob stood in front of us all and read the upcoming events. I remembered that someone had given a packet of papers, which I finally began to read. Apparently it's the information we were supposed to know before the meeting started. I had, of course, deleted the email without opening. The first page of the packet listed the very same upcoming events that Bob was reading. I leaned over and whispered to the lady seated next ...

Is there ever a bad time to visit DC? Someone in Baghdad messed up my paperwork and forced me to take a week long (paid) vacation in a 4 star hotel. Sounds terrible right? I wasn't really visiting since I had to show up at the office everyday and work for a few hours as I was stuck there. It actually turned out to be one of my best trips this year. I met up with Brandon and Jeana Lee for Brando's birthday dinner. He was just finishing up his internship before ...

... Bar (all to do with rioting in the 70s) so that was my fist stop. Within a few minutes 2 Yonkers started chatting to me about England etc. They seem to think everyone lives in London! Eventually you just say you live there, it's easier. I asked about New York what to do and where to go - plus i was getting my drinks bought!! tee hee hee after a few hours i went to a bar where there was karaoke.They love it here and take it SO seriously, i was even tempted to do me Elvis ...

... very proud to show me these different places, and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing another side of Oslo! She also drove me back to the train station, and saw me off at the train. I spent my last night in Norway in a hotel room by myself, with only my racing thoughts and range of emotions to keep me company. This was not what I imagined to be the end-I guess I didn't realize the impact of all these goodbyes happening at once with my friends, with my life in Hamar, with Norway as a whole ...

... certainly prepared for the worst! We walked around the New York Public Library (from the film, the day after tomorrow). It feels like we've done more, but right now I can't think of anything else... The reason why I keep writing these stories is because David can't type at any kind of high speed but he would like to add this (but I'm typing it!) To be brief, Donald Trump's a chump, my feet hurt (and smell really bad - odour eaters don't work) That is all. P.S. Keith smells...

... happen in the ocean. We have a nice sunny day to dry things out and a very nice anchorage in which to recuperate. Now some of my sailor friends will be asking the same question I had. Why didn't I notice that the log had stopped working. The answer is that it didn't. It continued to work fine because I had it set to display "Speed Over Ground" instead of Boat Speed. SOG is a much more accurate reflection of your actual speed over the bottom when tides and currents ...

... leaves brightened the walk. My cotton sweater was enough. THE CAPITOL The Maryland State House has enviable bragging rights. It's the oldest state capitol still in continuous legislative use, and the only state capitol ever to serve as national capitol, from November 26, 1783 to August 13, 1784. I entered from the north, peeked into the Senate Chamber. Four from Maryland signed the Declaration of Independence; their portraits honor the Chamber walls. Red-carpet floors, Italian ...