American Queen

... in case. We are planning on taking it to the airport this afternoon to weigh and make sure we are just on our weight. American Airlines gives us two check in bags per person, due to Gold Member status with them. However, British Airways charges you $60 ...

Wonderful and colorful island where we had two young students as quides.  Visited a beautiful small hotel on the sea with waves breaking against the ...

... we didnt see any lions during the whole three days. We all sat on the roof in the sun, and got talking to an American, who talked a lot about politics, so most of us just smiled and nodded to whatever he said. THere were germans on the boat too, who ...

... weeks - you've got that to come Andrew and Julie! Obviously the First Test was on that night, and so me and Susie (an American girl) went down to the Portage Hotel's pub to watch it - I kept fairly quiet about who I was supporting, particularly as the ...

... better than many people I know, also younger Brendan, an Irish construction worker over here changing his life, and Sammy, an American Peace Corp volunteer working at a local children's hospital. Younger Brendan and I decided to try our tracking skills by ...

We five on the Palau team were joined over the weekend in Honolulu by four additional team members for American Samoa.  Mary and I were really fortunate to have the other Mary assigned to our car (review planners do the car assignments).  ...

... photos will tell the story. We sat with the Chief Engineer and he was a scream. He comes from Scotland and has worked on the Queen Mary before coming on Princess. Nothing planned this afternoon as we had to rest off the lunch. The Trivia was at 4.30pm and ...

... links the mainland nations of the Americas in a connected highway system. According to Guinness World Records, the Pan-American Highway is the world's longest "motorable road". However, because of the Darién Gap, it is not possible to ...

... of... shall we say... relaxation. A highlight was a pink and orange sunset over blue hazed peaks after a long hike down to the valley floor and back. So, Happy Birthday to the British Queen, from an American in Australia. Thanks for the day off. ...

... , Bertil introduced me to more of his friends, all of whom I really liked - with the exception of one. And ironically enough, she is American. I don't know what it is about her but she is so annoying. She has been here for 1 year and she acts like she ...

... front, only to be abused by an English lady in a thick cockney accent "Excuse me love, what'd you fink you're doin?" The American was hastily pushed back into the sea of people, though later we did hear "People in New York are never this rude!" coming ...

... , foreign cheeses, fresh fruit (mom raved about the pineapple), gormet muffins, lots of meat and other goodies. This beat American hotel buffets by a country mile. Mom can't get over how much I have been into food on this trip. ...

... this now stands as a beautiful leafy green museum of well-preserved Western treaty port architecture that includes the former American Consulate, the Yantai Union Church (1875), the former British Consulate, the former Danish Consulate, the former ...

... shelter into the Three Sisters pub on the corner, where we met a group of travelers from another nearby hostel. 2 Canadian girls, 2 American guys and one Brit decked out in bright orange overalls. Together, we took on the town. Dancing, overflowing beers, ...

... in daytime telly and were carrying out research for our campervan trip. whilst we were in Perth there was one main news story, an american diver had been killed by a great white shark just off the coast. This had been the third fatal attack in as many ...

... of it, I assuredly agreed.  When we got home to MCC Wordsworth and Fanuel warned me of the dangers of being an American and going at night partying with the notoriously inebriated Malawians.  “It is not safe there. You may be ...

... feet are tired, and you are probably falling asleep after reading this all.  I've taken tons of pictures so far and can't wait to share.  I heard there is a place that shows American football not far from here....so even from London, Go Big ...

... message (which you can watch here: Queen’s 2010 Christmas Message).  You may notice the Queen’s posh light accent that, at time, almost sounds American.  In my experience, I have rarely run into people who possess an accent so dainty ...

... at them and get some photos. I arrived back in Picton, said my goodbyes to Al before heading back to Picton lodge. An American couple who I֮ met 3 days previously had been kayaking and picked some mussels which they shared. The were the famous New ...

... today. I got a call today asking if we could come pick up our RV today instead of tomorrow to make things easier. American Dream Vacations RV Rentals (we should have been scared by that name!) apparently had the unit ready and they would give it to us a ...

... , and even got to observe one of the sessions.  As it turns out, Russian politicians aren't all that different from American ones, since they all basically just sat there playing on iPads, computers, doodling on their notepads, reading the ...