very english...This past Saturday the 12th was 'Trooping the Colour'. Trooping the Colour infoI woke up early on Saturday morning to be there on the Mall by St. James' Park when the Royal Family rode by.I got some good pics of the Queen Prince Philip their children Prince William.. no Prince Harry he probably woke up late which I will post shortly but here is the footage by BBC of this

Well school is out and the countdown is on To that end the countdown clock is updated and counting down to departureFollowing are some links you may find helpful as you prepare for the trip. Straight from the TSA There are are also many links on the site to some helpful hints. Lufthansa's Check Baggage Guidelines Our airline has their own policies that must be adhered to Lufthansa's Carry

Saturday June 12 2010I really hate waking up to an alarm on the weekend. There's nothing better than going to bed at night and knowing that there is nothing you really need to be awake for the next day. Today that was not the case. I woke up to my blaring alarm at 645....yup....on a Saturday. We had to meet at the Metro on campus by 845AM for our day trip to Toledo. Once we got to the s

So after a ten hour flight to the USA I stepped out onto the sunny pastures that is LA. I'm currently staying at the Orbit Hostel but because they don't have computers I have to go the sister hostel The Banana Bungalow to use the internet and the payphones.My first full day in LA I walked from Melrose Avenue where my hostel is up to Hollywood Boulevard. There I wandered down the Walk of Fame t

Rain again this afternoon.Went on the tour of Cafe Britt. Great coffee. Had a wonderful time. The staff there was cordial and very friendly. The tour is quite educational.Went to the INBioparque afterward and spent two hours prowling around the gardens with a guide. This park has examples of the biodiversity of Costa Rica it privately funded and is a reclaimed coffee finca. Got some interesting

I began my month of pediatric rotations in Hospital Del Nino on a general pediatric medical floor following a Nephrologist kidney doctor Doctora Bocangel. A very typical bubbly pediatric doctor who was an awesome educator and communicatorThis staterun hospital treats patients from all over the country and is one of the largest and oldest in the area. We were told because of the altitude

We do not go into the office on Saturdays but work here at the Hotel. It becomes a good time to catch up on reports and other administrivia to use Pastoral Director Dave Martin's phrase. Last night more doctors and nurses arrived from southern Florida. This group of medical personnel fly from Miami to PaP and spend one weekend a month doing clinics for children here. I had an opportunity t

4.30 am Start to watch Team Ingerland and Robert Green's limp wrists I could do better. Its 8 degrees outside when Philip set off for his run a bit too much like running back home the man tights come in very handy on his six mile jog.Party time in the suburbs in the afternoon As the neighbours come round for drinks Philips hope that it is like wisteria lane round here are cruelly dashed as a ple

We were blessed with awesome weather today so decided to go up into the park for awhile. We are having dinner later with Montana Kerri can't wait to see her.Going to the Sun Hwy. isn't open all the way yet. We drove up to Avalanche Pass and then back. They still have snow melting so once again the lakes and streams are full and beautiful. The pictures you see of the lodge are from Lake McDona

So let's be honest I pretty much spent my last day in Singapore asleep. I was so tired from all of the leadup to the conference the conference itself and then staying up to watch the World Cup that I was just spent. But that's not to say I didn't enjoy my last night here. We met a couple of our delegates in the hotel bar and chatted for an hour and a half while deciding what to do for dinner

June 11 eveningThere has been an SA cadet who came here in April for a 4 week tour. He had his passport stolen along with other valuables. This has become a nightmare for this young man. He went through a tortuous process to get a new passport that took several weeks. Then another long process to get another visa necessary for nonUSA citizens for foreign travel. He was pointed out to me

To the center of Switzerland for the true 'Alps' experienceWe took the day to go to Lucerne to find a traditional train to take up into the alps. Of course after all the beautiful blue sunny days our luck had turned We drove down into central Switzerland and I was again completely amazed at just how close everything is Had we driven for a few hours longer we would have been in Italy or F