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Today was an amazing day! Minus the having to wake up very early. Got up around 5:30, and then Donna made us yummy breakfast (Ducky helped). Then we hopped in the car to head to Columbus and the Wildlife Diversity Conference. Heard a lot of really good speakers (and a few really bad speakers), and learned a lot. Also, you can see Ducky below wit...

Made it to Donna's house! Hooray!!!!!!!!

Left home around about 11am this morning after getting my oil changed and things like that. Hit some obnoxious traffic on the Schuylkill (wow, firefox spell check knew how to spell that) Expressway. After that it was smooth sailing. Even though my GPS got quite confused and tried to tell me I was...

Hello! My name is Erik. I am currently preparing for a trip to Ecuador for 10 days in late April with my girlfriend. We have already done a lot of planning but still have a bunch to do. The hardest part so far is packing. We are each going to take 1, ONE, 30-40L backpack each for the whole trip. That's it. So far, it has proved to be a challenge...

So, the sun is shining, it's 55 degrees outside. Just an all around beautiful Sunday in March. Spring Fever is upon the entire citizenry of Ohio. And Winter isn't over yet for sure. Everyone is out and about. Dan and I go to the local gun range where we are "members elect" to check out the facilities and fire off a few rounds. He lets me use his...

(written by Justin)
Flint, Detroit, Toledo, and Cleveland. All of those things you've heard about them, especially Detroit, are true. Somehow along the way we weren't inspired to stop and shoot any pictures, perhaps because we didn't see anything worthy of sharing. To make up for it - I'll give you a quick mental picture:

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We were able to catch the second half of the Super Bowl when we got to the Marriott here in Cleveland. We would have been able to watch the whole game but we had an emergency to handle. Jackie realized that there was a CiCi's Pizzeria here on the lake, and after watching their commercials for 5 years (with no locations in New York) she proclaime...

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In de nacht van 9 op 10 november heb ik de nachtelijke Greyhound van NYC naar Cleveland (Ohio) genomen. De bus vertrok rond 10 uur 's avonds om rond 7 uur 's morgens aan te komen in Cleveland. Mijn plan was om naar...

In many ways, day two was a microcosm of the USA and its culture, a fact that enabled us to learn a few lessons early doors. Lesson 1 - This place takes the meaning of 'fat' to a whole new level. Within 2 hours of being on the road, outside of Wal Mart I saw the biggest person I'd ever seen in my entire life. My vocabulary has yet to evolve to a...

Dear Friends and supporters,
I post now the report back from my El Salvador Delegation as you can find it under www.irtfcleveland.org
I wrote this report for IRTF.
Thanks for your interest and your support!
The German version will follow soon.
Peace Lukas

Report of Cleveland Election Observe...

Liebe Freunde und Familie, liebe Förd**** in d** Heimat, nun ist es Zeit für meinen **sten Halbjahresb**icht. Nach gut 4 Monaten, die ich jetzt schon von Zuhause entf**nt lebe, möchte ich euch etwas ausführlich** mitnehmen in "meine neue Welt". Ich möchte den B**icht nutzen euch zu informi**en, zu reflekti**en und zu danken. Als **stes möchte ic...