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me, tiny capitol and chuck Chuck and I are spending a week and a half on the east coast, visiting family and friends. We flew out rfom Long Beach on Jet Blue and landed at Dulles. The plan (okay, the plan I suggested) was to take the Metro from Dulles to downtown Washington. [...] When we went on our volcanically extended trip to Europe last month, both Chuck and I signed up for international data roaming with at&t so we could use our iPhones (and boy, did we use them!). We also signed up for the service that reduced the per minute phone charges to 99 cents. We [...] I had to remind myself that we were on our way home more than once over the course of today’s trip home. American Airlines managed to schedule our flights from Paris to Dallas then from Dallas to LA so close together that it was a mad scramble trying to to get through customs then [...] All day long we have been watching plane after plane take off from Charles de Gaulle Airport. Normally I either wouldn’t notice, or if the sound was too close I’d find it annoying. Not today. Today it’s like the music of the gods because it means we will finally be heading home. One week [...] I guess we are now officially part of history: travelers completely discombobulated by a volcano in Iceland with a name that nobody can pronounce. We decided, after a phone call to American Airlines (the airline we have our return tickets with) on Saturday that it was best to get out of England and back [...] We left Paris this past Tuesday and flew to Bristol to spend a few days with our friends Meagan and Jock. We’ve had a great couple of days, seeing southwest England and Wales. The weather has been great – sunny skies, no rain, you know, basically unusual weather for England! We have also seen [...] Yesterday was the big day – the Paris Marathon. I’m relieved it’s over because now it feels like our trip can really begin. If only we could walk, it would be perfect (just kidding, sort of). We all finished and our virgin marathoner, Judy, posted the best time of all of us (not surprising [...] The Paris Marathon is only 17 days away (thank you, Paris Marathon website for the countdown clock that constantly reminds us). Just us and 38,998 other folks running through the streets of Paris. What’s awesome about the course (hello, LA Marathon organizers, take note!) – the course passes several Metro stops along the way [...] Santa Catalina was awaitin’ for us. Our adventures with Chuck’s niece Katie continued yesterday with a trip across the channel to Catalina Island. The zippy catamaran took only an hour to get there. (After our whale quest, we did keep an eye out for any of the pesky critters but saw only one dolphin [...] For Chuck’s birthday this year, I gave him a hot air balloon ride in Sedona, AZ. We drove up on Friday, and woke up bright and early Saturday for the ride. It was pretty cold, but clear as a bell. The whole experience was amazing, and we took a lot of pictures. After the [...] |
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