Fly Away

I have made it safely to G’s house after a sixteen hour commute from Chicago O’Hare to Schiphol Amsterdam. Today is my twenty-third birthday, and I spent seven hours of it at Heathrow Airport. Luckily I managed to conjure up internet and power to keep my laptop and brain going…

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New Year New Plans

It’s a new year, and I have a lot of new plans! I have a full time job now with the Social Security Administration. So that means no very long extended trips. However, I do have a wonderful trip coming up in two weeks. I am going to visit G in…

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Half n’ Half

The weather today was on and off, the rain couldn’t decide whether to stay or go. E had to work today, so I was on my own again. I managed to see some pretty cool places though. I stopped by the Montreal Olympic stadium, which had nice architecture. The next…

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Museum

I was on my own today, since E had very important business to take care of. I drove downtown on my own and went to the McCord Museum, which had several very interesting photography exhibits. One was even on Irish immigrants in Quebec. For dinner, the family ordered chicken from…

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Poutine

I got up fairly late, around 10:30 am. E drove us through Montréal, and we stopped for lunch at “La Belle Province” for hotdogs and Poutine, which is fries covered in cheese and gravy. It was quite good. Too bad we do not have it in the states (?). We…

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Montréal

This morning I said goodbye to LH early, and drove AY to Hartford to catch her plane. I borrowed LH’s GPS system, and thank goodness I did. It came in handy for the next leg of my trip. I have a friend named E up in Montréal, which is about…

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Cape Cod

AY, LH, and I got up very early this morning in order to have as much time possible in Cape Cod. We went to Province Town, otherwise known as “P-Town”. We parked the car and walked around town, especially through the east and west ends. AY and I went beachcombing…

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Quincy

This morning marked the end of our stay in Watertown. LH (my friend from UMass Amherst) came and led us via car to the Marriott in Quincy where we would be staying for the next two days. It is a very nice hotel, and the beds were absolutely amazing. First…

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Anime Boston

The weekend flew by very fast. There were tons of people at the con, especially teenagers. Loads of people dressed up in their favorite costumes, and some were quite good. The best I saw was Chewbacca, though it’s not exactly from an anime. Among the things we did were go…

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Cheesecake

Throughout the day the girls continued working on the costumes for the convention. In the early evening, we all went out to the Cheesecake Factory for the annual kick-off dinner. I had a Chicken Parmesan dish, which turned out to be so huge I had to take it home. We…

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