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There was a lot of things making this trip a hardship. The day before Anthony was in an accident. Nina had to finish up her laywer stuff but damnit we said we would go and we did.I got up bright and early saturday morning. Picked up Nina and then picked up Anthony. The brother had generiously allowed me to use his car, A Honda Accord so save on gas, I have a Silverado. We were on schedule all morning. We had drinks and were on our way by 9:30. Nina and Anthony had never met before so this rid...

I finally got inspired to do a local blog. I love Northern California, it's a great place to be between travels. So while I'm not traveling, I'll write about fun times in the Bay Area and beyond.

No pictures.. just my stressful story of tonight =/ I went to San Lorenzo to pick up Mel so that we can go visit our nephew in the hospital.  I had the directions all printed out but little did I know those directions would make me drive in circles.  We went from San Lorenzo to circling around Berkeley, then swinging around Emeryville (which is where we exited to get back onto 880 which we thought was going to bring us to the right exit).   We were then on 80 for just a ...

After a completely meaningless stop in San Diego, I'm back home... and thinking about my next trip!  AFRICA here I come!!!

We woke up and went to a little pastry shop in Oakland for breakfast. Its called La Farine. But umm since it was like noon when we got there there wasn't much breakfast food. I got a coffee and a piece of carrot cake. The day was to be spent shopping for supplies for a party that night so we hopped into the car and went to downtown Oakland to BevMo for alcohol then back to her area to stop by Garibaldi's for the food she had ordered and then to Safeway to get some more misc things. We took ev...

I got up early to run the gas out of my car.  It could only have 1/4th of a tank to get on the ship.  I must have circled the airport 20 times.  I got tired around lunch time and Car was coming over so I headed back to the Hotel.  She suggested that she give us a driving tour to pass the time and to find the docks.  We headed into Oakland and some of the nearby towns.  We stopped at a international market place for lunch and all had Jamacian jerk chicken. I was ...

I just wanted to up load some fun photos!

Today I joined my friend Joel and a big group of his friends for a MAN HIKE in celebration of his friend Tony's birthday.  We traversed the hillsides outside of Oakland, California, in the area of Mount Diablo. Afterwards we met up with the lady counterparts of the men for a barbeque. A great group of people!

 Ja haettiinhan me Pål (26 v. ruotsalainen) Oaklandin lentoasemalta. Se on hirmu mukava. Pelattiin muutamaa peliä koko porukka ja hauskaa oli. Joe, Mollyn kaveri tuli myös. Ne lähtee huomenna Joen äidin häihin.   Jeanne sanoi, et on niin ikävää, kun mun pitää lähtee jo maanantaina. Melkein tuli kyyneleet silmiin. Molly taas siihen, et ei kannata ajatella sitä nyt, vaan pitää pitää kivaa tää loppuaika. Maggykin on vaan  halaillut ja antanut pusuja poskelle. ...

Heute sehr früh morgens haben wir den 47sten nördlichen Breitengrad überschritten - Graz liegt auf derselben Breite. Während des Frühstücks hat es sogar ein wenig geschneit. Vancouver Island, sowie ein paar Wale (Killerwale laut Kapitän), waren bereits am Horizont zu erkennen - auch dort liegt noch ein wenig Schnee. Bevor es nach Vancouver geht, machen wir noch einen kleinen Umweg über Seattle.Nach dem Mittagessen hat es erneut kurz zu schneien begonnen, was bei den beiden australisch...

Okay, I actually worked in Oakland during my stay here, and that is the ONLY time that I hung out in Oakland. I didn't care for it that much, but my opinion doesn't really count on Oakland, I never really gave it a chance. Hello, Alameda and San Francisco were at the my finger tips, I didn't really have time for Oakland. If you've been in that area, you know what I mean.

I'm gonna miss Berkeley

These are some photos from a trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Also several aerial photographs as well as some shots of Phoenix and Denver.

6:15 pmThoughts: As long as I know right from wrong, I’ll be OK, I’ll sing my song. I am so excited to start a new life! I feel as if I am going to my other home, full of long time friends and happy memories. Just waiting in the bar at the airport, I have already made 4 friends: Lynn, Marilyn and John, and Stephani. They all live on the island and I have exchanged contact information with them. Marilyn even offered to hook me up with her daughter who will need a sublet at the same t...

Since my travels have been limited lately, I thought I would start a blog showing you all my hometown and all the wonderfull things that can be found here!