Staybridge Suites Eagan

... room and a kichenette. After check-in we went to the mall and had a great time.

The next morning we went to IKEA by the mall and then to the local casinos. No luck on winning but it was fun. After the casinos we started to head back to Milwaukee.

Today we woke up late again, but headed out to Minnesota after eating lunch. It was a late start at about noon. The 7 hour drive was frightening as there was snow falling down when we drove through Iowa. At several stretches, we drove only 20 mph because of all the snow. The interesting part was that it came in spots even though we were constantly driving north. The drive took longer because it was all stop and go ...

Today I traveled via e-mail from home to Kampala, Uganda. Because of the 8 hour time difference, I didn't arrive in Kampala until the next day though. Boy is that a long trip! I was so tired and went straight to bed. I got to sleep ...

I'm frantically trying to work through my 3 page list of things to do before I go. Setting up a travel blog was one of the things on my list. Hopefully this will work as a great way to share stories and photos will all our friends and family back home. This seems pretty easy so far. My next task is a little more complicated...buying another swim suit. Why did I wait until 48 hours before departure to tackle this monumental task?

Off to MOA!

Mary

Here are links to over 800 photos I took on the trip. They are in chronological order.

1st set

http://www.facebook.com/albu m.php?aid=2743654&id=13903381&l =6484cf32ac

2nd set

http://www.facebook.com/albu m.php?aid=2743677&id=13903381&l =21fa01c9dc

3rd set

http://www.facebook.com/albu m.php?aid=2743705&id=13903381&l =8604f37db0

4th set

http://www.facebook.com/albu m.php?aid=2743712&id=13903381&l =1612875889

... to a man from Kansas who comes with his family here for vacation. His wife shops while the kids ride the rides. I think that could be quite expensive, though you can buy an unlimited ride wrist band though I believe it is only good for one day. Well we are sitting here at the airport waiting for our flight which has been delayed. It figures, though only delayed by 20 minutes, not bad for Newark.

Hello, all, I'm sorry that I haven't written in a terrible amount of
time, nor did I post the photos I promised I would.

BUT,
now I have gotten it together and made two albums. It's hard to try and
distill 1245 photos into 120, but I think I did ok, if you have any
questions or want to see a different photo, email me at ...

... so I could phone the shuttle company. Unfortunately I had been given the wrong number, but my company's airport customer service team was able to call and get the correct one for me. During this time I met the guest entertainer for the week and he had no phone to call so I told him to hang with me and we'd ride in together. A while later the shuttle driver finally arrived (1 hour later) and then he had a list of 6 other crew members also ...

That is what greeted me as I entered the gate area, where everyone was preparing for the first non-stop flight to Paris on Northwest Airlines. I admired the ice replica, and noticed that they had every facet and detail chiseled into the ice perfectly. Northwest airlines went all out for this one. All the news channel were there to cover the ribbon ...

Greek Odyssey Itinerary Sunday 29 April Depart for Athens Greece via Amsterdam on NWA @ 3:10 PM CDT Arrive 30 April Amsterdam 6:30AM Depart Amsterdam 9:25AM Arrive 30 April Athens Greece 1:45PM transport to Avra Hotel 1 May Celebrate May Day in Athens 3 May 7:30AM Hellenic Seaways HighSpeed 3 to Santorini Arrive 12:30PM 6 May 3:30PM ...