Kevin Kravitz had a thing about blogging, or should we say not blogging. But, after keeping a journal while backpacking around Europe, Kevin changed his mind. An American Stranger is the reconstruction of his journal entries into blog form and a welcome addition to the blogging world.

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Since I'm blogging backwards and in retrospect after looking at the emails I sent home to family and friends I saw that they capture the immediate essence of what this trip and others were like for me. Here are the letters because letters is a more romantic word than emails May 8 2008hey im in san jose right now with frederique at the hostel everything is fine my flight was fine we are

G'Day my lovely blog readerWe have had some fun times since Sydney...I shall fill you all in After we wrote the last blog we went on a night out it was our 'leaving do' according to our mates who are working in Sydney even though we had only been there for a week. We went out in King's Cross which is Sydney's Red Light District quite funny wandering along the street next to some on the worst l

Hi All just a quick message to say we've added loads more photos to our blog on previous entries.Peace out.

Hi everyone So I've just started another semester of classes but before those began this week last weekend a bunch of girls and I jumped into 2 cars and went on a road trip to an Aussie friend's family home where she was having a huge bash for her 21st birthday We drove 600km south and inland to this town called Moree where the primary industry is cattle farming. Taking the scenic route we

its heading on midnight so I am starting to fall asleep but must blog some more May as well finish off Santa Cruz as got some good snaps down on the Boardwalk one of the classic ones left in the US by all accounts all the fun of the fun fair along with more fried food than you can poke a stick at deep fried cheesecake anyone I kid you not. I got here about 1ish and was lucky t

I was taking pictures of some of my pins and buttons the other day to show one of my readers and I thought I would show them off on my blog. This is a collection from the last 6 years of pins from Disneyland as I buy one for every trip that we take. There is only one year that I didn't get around to buying one and that was our one Christmas visit that we made in 2007. There are some others on

Hi it is Laura again. I hope all is good with you all. Now where did Sam leave offhellipWe felt ready to leave the South Island and that all our expectations and hopes had been met. Christchurch definitely highlighted this its best use the airport and our exit. Unfortunately our day of departure was long and when our shuttle bus driver for the airport turned up 30 mins early at 6 am we were not

The second time ever flying and I miss my damn flight. Oh and Happy Memorial Day to the people back home. This is really testing my stress capacity to the maximum. First the bus didn't stop so I walked to the metro couldn't get a ticket so illegally hopped on. Good thing I didn't get caught I don't need a fine. Then I was one euro short for the damn OrlyBus but a really nice guy gave me a euro

I was told by someone that I should take over the blog because John W. wasn't doing a good job and updating it like he should but thats all for tonight.

Ode To FrogbertHi Catherine BrentPush View Full Entry now. It was hard having to leave poor Frogbert behind in London after he had got used to having us around for 12 days. On the flight over to Athens I wrote the followingIn May of 2006Our daughter crossed the seaHer friends all call her CathBut to us she Catherine or CC.In London she stayed first with her brotherGood jobs were hard

Well I'm back at Il Granello the first farm I worked on on this trip. I think it's quite appropriate that I'm ending the trip in the same place I started it consequently also my favorite farm. I find myself so well here my energy is strong and stable it's peaceful beautiful. This is the place where I fell in love with organic agriculture. It's a really special place for me a good place to

Sitzt gerade im Zug von San Diego nach Los Angeles. Die Sonne geht gerade unter und taucht die an mir vorbeiziehende Pazifik Kste in einen goldenen Schein. Vereinzelt sind noch Leute am Strand zu sehen die alle Hnde voll zu tun haben ihre Kinder von den verschiedenen Sandburgen zusammen zu treiben um sie endlich nachhause zu bringen. Die Surfer versuchen noch einige letzte Wellen zu erwischen

Kalamera or good Good Morning EveryoneHere we are in Thesasaloniki the capital of Macedonia on the shores of the Aegean Sea in the far NE of Greece. This is the start of the fifth day of our 7 day tour but already it feels like we have been travelling for about 10 days Because we have a late start this morning it is the first time that we have had a chance to communicate in any way. Sin

I had to come back to Taiwan for a little bit to let my body recover. Africa is not an easy place to travel for a solo traveler. It took a toll on my body so I decided to come back home and rest a bit before I head out again on my world journey. I want to dedicate this blog to all the travelers who havenrsquot been to Taiwan. I met many travelers on my journey and none of them have ever been to

FridayLast day of class with these teachers. We get new ones Monday. Our morning teacher had graduation today so we had a girl teacher. She was young. We went over the hw did a word search puzzle. I hate word searches so not educational. Took half an hour. But she did tell us that the double L is pronounced like a G not Y I donrsquot thinks its necessarily a CR thing but just a thing some sp

Philip goes for a six mile run first thing Then lives the dream by visiting the tip was Jason..hardcore. After lunch we visit Wannero market looking for a new bag as the last one broke Current Score on Trip Sunglasses 6 Mp3 player 3 Bags 2 luckily its still only one Teddy Bear but i don't trust him to keep this up.Philip spends a large majority of the day stressing about what or if the Daily st

I am so full of love for the things I have seen and people I have met. I know my heart is breaking but I feel next to nothing. Maybe it is a gift from God that I rarely cry maybe itrsquos supposed to give me courage to keep going. Today our group had lunch with a community of Congolese refugees some of whom shared their stories with us. When these men and women talked you either saw nothing o

We had a lecturer who discussed the rapid urbanization and pollution and China today. Having the actual figures put in front of me made me want to run home and breathe in some fresh US air. And eat food from good US soil. And drink water from good US water sources. Zephyrhills Please