• Our trip to usa

    This is just the basics.I will update and insert photo's soon . First of all , you need a lot of energy to do it this way.Arrive to LA early morning of Tuesday and collect minivan.Set GPS for Kawada hotel in LA. Eat, rest and wash. Drive around LA and end up in Hollywood.Nice place. Day 2: Take…

  • western us

    We arrived at Mall of America last night. G loved the roller coasters and rides, we didn't do any shopping because we are planning a 2 nite stay on the way home. If you have TONS of money and don't know where to spend it, this is the place. The Rain Forest Cafe was different, we had never…

  • Madrid, Toledo and Valencia, EspaƱa

    It should have been a really bad sign when the check-in guy at Toronto Pearson said "I don't see any reservation for your connecting flight in New York ". It wasn't any more reassuring when the check-in person at LaGuardia told us that they didn't have any record of us (or our…

  • Cross Country Road Trip Summer 2008

    Just trying to finish last minute details before we leave and testing out the yahoo journal. Ok, so we decided to skip Brooklyn and we went straight to DC... The ride done was fine, we didn't leave MA till about 4:30 - got over the GW Bridge about 7:30 and into DC sometime around midnight.…

  • NYC part two

    Got into New York on a beautiful Wed. afternoon. Checked into the Marriott Marquis without a hitch. We asked if they had any upgrades and the Marriott upgraded our room to a partial Times Square view. Honestly I didn't see what was so partial about the view. It was amazing. After unwinding for a…

  • Marnie and Steve's Tour du Mont Blanc and France - Summer 2008

    Today we hiked for about 7.5 miles (we think). Steve's Garmin crapped out, so we are guessing the distance. Nevertheless, it was a beautiful day. Warm and sunny, it was actually a little too hot for climbing like we did. We gained 3400 feet in today's hike and all but one of our group…