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Manhattan, Day 1

October 18, 2010 There was still a bit of jet lag left this morning, but we managed to get on our feet before 9. I spotted a nice typical café close to the hotel on my way to the barber shop yesterday. We went there to have breakfast. Ottomanelli Bros. read more…

American Family Life

October 16-17, 2010 After a good night’s sleep and a big New York breakfast (everything is big in America, even the hot chocolates) it was time for me to get a haircut. While we were busy preparing the trip Hélène kept telling me to get my hair cut. I told read more…

Naïve Tourists in the Big Apple

October 15, 2010 Another traveling day. Hélène got up at 05:45 and I managed to drag my old body over to the bathroom about 20 minutes later. To maximize sleep, first and foremost to avoid grumpier kids, really, we had decided to have breakfast at the airport after checking in. read more…

Cruising Down to Phoenix

October 14, 2010 We got up at 8am and started the day slowly. The internet connection at the hotel has been a big disappointment. Very slow and very unreliable. It went down last night and I used a looong time to upload yesterday’s blog entry in the morning. We knew read more…

Grand Canyon

October 13, 2010 This morning there was no question of getting started at 11am. I had planned this day for a long time and we were all pretty excited that it had finally arrived. In my research for the trip I had seen all the raving reviews on tripadvisor for read more…

Approche de Grand Canyon

12 octobre 2010 Après une journée magnifique dans Bryce Canyon, une trempette dans le jacuzzi extérieur de l´hotel et un bon dîner, la nuit fut paisible. Départ de l’hôtel en douceur ce matin, à 11h nous étions sur la route, avec le Grand Canyon comme objectif final. L’etat de l’Utah read more…

Bryce Canyon

October 11, 2010 WOW! How does one start describing Bryce Canyon? Ebenezer Bryce, who gave the canyon its name and homesteaded here as late as 1874, said: “It’s a hell of a place to lose a cow!” Last night Hélène had gone to bed while I finished yesterday’s blog entry read more…

Transportation Day

October 10, 2010 The alarm clock went off at 06:30 this morning and everyone was a bit slow in getting into gear. By 8am we were all packed and took the shuttle to the airport. We told the shuttle driver we were flying with SkyWest and he dumped us off read more…

Pinnacles National Monument

9 octobre 2010 Ce matin on a quitté la région de King City (qui porte le nom de son fondateur, rien à voir avec un roi). C’est une zone agricole qui offre des champs de broccoli, de choux de Bruxelles et d’asperges à perte de vue. Le paysage a été vite read more…

Monterey Bay Aquarium and Carmel Valley

After another slow start in the morning we managed to move over to the Monterey Bay Aquarium around 11am. The Monterey Bay Aquarium is located in the former premises of Hovden Cannery, a sardine canning company founded by the Norwegian Knut Hovden in 1916. Knut arrived in Monterey in 1905 read more…

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