I first heard of the Museum of Tolerance in the film The Freedom Writers and as it was such an amazing film I wanted to go to the museum. And boy was it amazing. Literally the most well thought out museum I've been to since being in Los Angeles I certainly did not realise how long I had been there until I got out.It started off with some multimedia interactive scenes and that went through rac

Well we're now in the Kluane National Park it's pronounced Clue Arnie in case you were wondering. And blooming marvelous it is too. But before we get to that...Since I last published a blog we spent a couple of days in the capital of the Yukon Whitehorse. A surprisingly nice little town given that it's in the middle of nowhere. The town is sort of on two levels. The downtown area is

OH PRAISE THE ONE WHO PAID MY DEBT and RAISED THIS LIFE UP FROM THE DEADToday was another HOT onehellip.105 or something like that We spent part of the day at Sunset Beach NC and part at Ocean Isle Beach NC. I convinced my parents it was a GREAT idea to visit every beach in the area so we could check out the entire Carolina Coast So far we have hit up Wrightsville Beach Myrtle Beach Su

THE WEST COAST continuedSaturday 29 May Denham to Monkey Mia and Coral BayWe were up at 6.30 after 2 hours sleep it's safe to saw I wasn't really feeling 100 and left at 7 for a quick drive to Monkey Mia we should have just stayed there last night. There were Kangaroos all over the place and one Emu crossing the road who was so slow he was asking to be run over of course we didn't. We

I've been here four weeks now which is kind of hard to believe Yet so much has happened in these weeks that it makes sense that a month has already passed. I continue to LOVE life with my Peruvian family. Spending time with them is a priority of mine so I'm downstairs in the diningliving rooms for part of most evenings and during the weekends. Nights during the week are filled with gigglin

Monday June 14 2010Not a very eventful day today. I woke up and went to class. The weather was crappy again which at home would put me in a terrible mood but not here. Jorge my professoe helped me review for my midterm. Then he brought in some maps of Spain and we talked about dialects and politics throughout the different regions and provinces. It was so interesting In the United Stat

Getting to this race was brutal Though once there I had the best time ever...literally I got a PR of 22048 My friend said so you ran in 221 then I said NO I ran it in 22048 He just laughed at me and now calls me Twelve Seconds. Where to begin where to begin....The plan was to land at Reagan National and rent a car and then find a hotel room. I know I know...but I don't like to boo

So today we hopped on a ferry to Ko phangnan which is the island famous for having all the Full Moon parties. The parties are held in Hat Rin where most of the backpackers go to stay and they have a beach of course but itrsquos really touristy. We had read up about a beach called Bottle Beach that is quite secluded and meant to be the most beautiful beach on the island. Since neither one of us

And after a night of next to no sleep.............why Well behind the appartments at Santa Barbara is a stream and it is full of frogs. Any from sun down to sun up they do more than croak they screem it sounded more like a maternity unit than the frog corus. Usual breakfast at 830 whilst watching local fishermen pull imn their nets. Other workers are putting out the sunbeds and a digger is mov

So Pau is pretty much an exact replica of Moscow only bigger with more things to do and in Francehellip. Well I guess only the weather is exactly like in Moscow bipolar. I am still battling the plague and I think it is because I wake up in the morning and it is sunny so I wear a cute skirt to class then on my way I can see my breath then after class it is very warm then it rains again I

DAY 584Happy birthday your Majesty I hope you have a good one.Well as usual the weekend came and went in the blink of an eye and it was soon back to work I got home on Monday night and within that day plans had been made for what we were going to do for the long weekend to come.Ah yes the long weekend well itrsquos the Queens Birthday on the 14th June I donrsquot know if its her officia

Finally some wind just when you DON'T want it getting bogged pearls and a surprise meeting with old friends.After a hot shower and a good night's sleep in a bed that wasn't moving Simon was out investigating the options for refuelling the boat. Neither option was particularly attractive. One was to refuel at the main jetty run by the Port Authority which is really intended for large commerc

Lovely warm morning today I woke up at 7.30am and ran to have a shower there are a lot less buses on Sundays just one every hour so I wanted to have a cup of coffee and say good night to my boyfriend before the 9 something bus.I got on the bus with my big canvas and the tanned and handsome bus driver raised his eyebrows and asked what I was up to. I told him I was going to paint the Arena and tr

Sunday June 13 2010Woke up around 930 to meet up with Kristin and her host family around 1130. I was nervous and excited. Their names are Lola and Jorge...both very nice. Right away Jorge asked if I spoke Spanish and I replied that I could only speak very little. I really wish I was fluent at times like these but spending the day listening to Spanish should steer me in the right directio

Sunday 13 June 2010We started planning our trip a year ago when we learned that my husband Russelrsquos niece would be getting married next Wednesday in Haifa Israel. As soon as we were able we booked five tickets to Tel Aviv and returning with stops in London and Bangkok using frequent flyer miles we saw it as a very good sign that we could book all the flights we required on the exac

Quito is not among the biggest cities in South America. However it is probably the longest. If you take a taxi from the northern to the southern edge of the city it can easily take you up to 4 hours. I was wondering how it could take so much time driving through a city that is approximately the size of Vienna.When standing on top of Pinchicha the house mountain of Quito I was presented to the a

Well Good Afternoon Nearest and Dearest i have a few more pages in my note book which i think should be typed down on a few electrically formed blank white sheets for all you to readI left you WEEKS ago having read about my walks from Bondi to Coogee and my trip to the AquariumI left Surfside Hostel on the 2nd of June to travel about 20minutes to the central of Sydney and checked into Wake Up

Well I lost the coin flip and ended up driving through the Rockies When I got down to about 7000 feet I went into a road side restaurant and had a drink The people there were laughing at me and when they said we had reached a valley Bill offered to drive.Yesterday was a rainy cold day in Colorado mid 50's. We stopped at a couple of sites in the mountains one in particular was stunning Tr

De mai bine de doua saptamani am aterizat in Kabul. Dimineata devreme1548 credeam eu1548 doar ca aici lumea se trezeste chiar de dimineata. Zile la rand mam trezit in jur de 4.30 dimineata1548 odata cu chemarea imanului la rugaciunea de dinainte de rasaritul soarelui. De cateva zile ma trezesc1548 imi spun si eu o rugaciune in gand si adorm la loc. Nu prea mult1548 pentru ca in ju