Our second full day in Toronto and Rachel Darina and I headed to West Queen West in the west suprisingly of Toronto which is young quirky and funky. It was full of little shops selling expensive designer clothes antique shops tattoo parlours and little cute restaurants. It was quiet because it was a weekday and everyone was at work or school.The weather was and still is great here around

It was just about family when Craig Cisero made his way to Italy on a six month pilgrimage. Little did he know what would really transpire… From harvesting grapes to teaching English, Craigorio Does Italia tells Craig’s tale of tracing his roots and finding much more along the way. (The story isn’t over yet.)

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HelloPics of ice skating to cool off in this dreadful humid and hot city swimming and general bits. xxx

Hi everyone Today has been one of those days here when I could do without people talking about me in Korean without telling me what they are saying or the constant stares from passerbys. In Korea you quickly learn that the word for 'foreigner' is WAYGUK and it can often be heard no matter where you are. From kids form adults anyone Sometimes it gets to me and other times it doesn't but I seri

Anyone who knows me fairly well will probably know that I have a deep love for Latin America. I'm often asked what it is that draws me to this part of the world. While I could say things like cheesey soap operas delicious food rich colors and music en espaol and these are all things that I do in fact love the most correct answer would be the importance of family. As part of my internship

4 May 2010Wersquore all jazzed up about our recent trip to visit Sandy and Justine in central Maewo. The four of us also joined with six volunteers from other islands a grand total of ten volunteers. It was a good thing there were so many of us as we were helping Sandy and Justine put on a four day Kamp GLOW BILD for the youth in their area. These camps address issues like leadership comm

Hi AllToday we woke up in Philadelphia PA and from our room on the ninth floor we can see the awesome sky line of downtown Philadelphia Independence Hall and the Phillis stadium wow what a view. We went to old town and saw the Liberty Bell and took dozens of pictures. From there it only took an hour and a half to get to New Jersey where we have a hotel for the next two nights. We had to walk

We left Paris for Avignon on Sunday. TRAVEL TIP Don't buy your TGV tickets with American Express cards. When we got to Gare Lyon we went to an automated kiosk to print out our etickets because we booked a couple months ago tickets are much pricier if you buy in Paris but soon found that the kiosks cannot process tickets purchased by American Express. We had to stand in a slowmoving lin

We left Heyburn on Hwy 30 driving through beautiful farmland through towns with names like Burley Murtaugh the little town with the big heart Twin Forks Buhl trout capitol of the world to Hagerman. At Hagerman we stopped at the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument visitor center which as it turns out is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. So we got on I84 and drove to Boise.In Boise

Hello Just wanted to share some photos from weekendsholidays in May. We had the 5th off from school as it was Children's Day that gave us the opportunity to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Seoul with friends. The weekend of the 15th was the Lotus Lantern Festival which begins the celebrations for Buddha's birthday Jess attended some of those events. This past weekend we were fortunate to have

Hi EverybodyToday we went to Hershey PA and toured the chocolate factory and got a free sample of chocolate which ended up being a mini Hershey bar. We took lots of pictures and as you can see we bought a lot of candy. Did you know that there streets are the color of chocolate and the street light are Hershey Kisses the dirt even looks like chocolate what a place.From Hershey we drove to Phila

Tja da hatten wir schon fast das Northern Territory NT erreicht nicht mal mehr 50 km trennten uns in Kununurra von der Grenze. Ihr wrdet heute einen Eintrag ber das wilde NT lesen wre da nicht dieser Anruf aus Broome gekommen. Nun gut also wieder mal ein Bericht aus Western Australia. Wir blieben noch bis Freitag in Kununurra genossen das schne Wetter und den Pool. Am Freitag fuhren wi

first stop cervanties the pinnacles at sunrise... free into the national park who could complain passed through the tiniest town in the work called none other than... greenough a bit of home from home never does anyone harm. a bit of free camping lighting fires and using the infamous camp oven i am now addicted to spuds dolphins at monkey mia and the very underrated ocean world. using the

we're in a quaint and charming little indian union territory of puducherry more affectionately known as pondicherrypondi hellooo alcohol with a salient and conspicuous french colonial heritage that looms large. ergo lanesstreets are Rues and fish is poisson and they do a mighty fine coq au vin haha yes we're not that cheap charlies afterall we do indulge in spurts. its a seaside town so

HiWe started our day by getting really neat pictures out of our 9th floor window. We checked out and went to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. We ate at the largest McDonalds we had ever seen in our lives on one side it had four kitchens and on the other side of the room the same and a McDonaldrsquos dessert station. We spent a couple of hours at the museum had fun took pictures

After a surprisingly quick 11hour flight to Hong Kong spent watching Avatar and sleeping we arrived in Hong Kong airport. First impressions driving to through the city in our taxi were that it looked really clean and also very green. Lots more trees and shrubbery in these really well kept gardens everywhere. The huge skyscraper apartment buildings are set against a backdrop of mountains so its p

Ok65292this is the second time I am writing this entry12290 Not sure what happened to the first one but it is gone12290For this entry I will fill you in on the trip from Nepal into China 65288Tibet65289 and the side trip to Mt Everest basecamp12290 I am currently in a town halfway between Mt Everest and Lhasa12290 Sorry I do not have my map handy and do not remember the name

Hey allI apologise if my spelling is worse that usual in this one the computer I'm writing it on doesn't have spell check and it never seems to work properly in hotmail....Dad sorry you didn't get this before going to Guernsey hope you've had a lovely time I am jealous and expect photos. THE SOUTH WESTMonday 17 May Perth to Albany today I'm exactly half way through my tripThe trains he

Wednesday 26 MayWell here we are in Athens after a routine flight with BA. Our 767 was completely full. We flew across the northern part of France right across Germany could pick out the Rhine River and then across a broad stretch of the Alps crossing Austria and then the Balkan States. Greece looked very dry from the air but pictureque with its many islands. Athens looked a sea of whit

So after a quick pit stop in Auckland we were back on the road heading for the Picton ferry. The day couldnrsquot have gone any better. We left Auckland at 10am and arrived at the ferry terminal in Wellington at 6pm 640 odd kilometers in 8 hours and no traffic jams sweet as.Next stop was to the northwest tip of the South Island to visit Abel Tasman New Zealandrsquos smallest National Park.