The Westin Richmond

... cafes in case you had more time. That would have been a very good place to spend the better part of a day as well. The object of this excursion was not just to see this charming little shopping district, but to buy what Catherine considers the best ice cream in Paris. The displays are like those for gelato in Italy where there are rows of rectangular metal pans which each have a different frozen treat of some kind. Often they are decorated with ...

... man, who was looking right back at my.

This is when the alarm bells started going off in my head. He just made me uneasy, the way he was staring at me. He asked wh**e I had come from and I answ**ed "Washington DC". The look of hatred in his eyes startled me, and he spat "you're full of **** if you're from DC". I hastened to clarify that I wasn't, in fact, from th**e, but I had only been visiting. This was when I knew he was some ...

... in dress even though you may not agree.

Don’t look at or smile at a merchant in Jerusalem unless your ready to dicker

Don’t be afraid to speak English, even though all you hear is Hebrew of Arabic, most everyone speaks some English.

Also don’t forget you are in Israel. Don’t have an expectation that everyone should be able to understand and speak English.

Richmond, Virginia, United States leafmold

... couple bars and played "The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down" five times on the jukebox and we sang every word like it was 1865. We became the hit of the party after asking the bartender to turn it up and to put on the Yankees-Red Sox Game.
We hit the road early in the morning and knew we were going to have a good day when we read signs that said we were entering "Goochland". Next stop...Western Virginia.

... to change, pack up and head out!

We were finally on the bike and headed south towards Cary, North Carolina to visit Luba’s family at about 12pm.

The ride south was very pleasant. I really enjoy riding on small highways with really tall trees along both sides of the highway. It just seems like a much more peaceful ride. It’s so much different from the west coast riding where there a lot of open space.

... granddaughter and my daughter in law to read time at the library. After read time we went to the playground with 2 other ladies and their children. The children had lots of fun at the playground.

Saturday my granddaughter knock on the motor home door to wish me a happy birthday and to ask me if I wanted to have breakfast, then she said "in the motor home". Of course I know our son had sent her out to see if we wanted to come ...

... I don't remember ever being so scared or screaming out so loud while riding a rollercoaster. Oh, how time has changed.

I would go back only if I went on a Wednesday evening when not many people are there... the waits were just a little too long. There was an online special on top of it being a Saturday morning... that's just a lot of people. Even with a fun group, you kind of get drained and bored by the end.

... than in the past four decades. Then, just tonight, the aft** dinn** conv**sation included tracking how many gen**ations of the women in Kim's family had threatened their husbands with a knife. Kim and h** sist** had proudly announced they had broken the cycle with their gen**ation. H** niece asked if stabbing h** broth** with a fork counted, and it was agreed that it did not. Don't get me wrong, I'm having a great time. I've been studying ...

... shoot me now]. Lol. So bK was our next stop. We made it there NO problem. Shopped around. Got me a dope pair of peep toe shoes because ii couldnt find Dunks to go exactly with my outfit [booooooooooo]. [Maybe next time]. Then shaunda && i dipped in somewhere to get something to eat while we waited for her Gooniez[ Bois] to come get us. MEETING THE BOYS Mr. Elz walked in. Awww Nice to meet you. And he showed us the ...

... to be very good about writing letters and e-mails and of course there is an open invitation to ANYONE who wants to come visit me at anytime(except I can't have visitors for the first 6 months :() I hear that Carnival (on Fat Tuesday) is not to be missed. So start listening to some Wyclef and get excited! I hope to get in touch with everyone before I leave, and I will be thinking about you all all the time! Wish me luck! Love, Molly msr2a@hotmail.com