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16 October 2010 6:41
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…
15 October 2010 10:33
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…
14 October 2010 17:14
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…
13 October 2010 8:12
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…
12 October 2010 10:02
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…
11 October 2010 7:45
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…
10 October 2010 8:50
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…
9 October 2010 9:12
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…
8 October 2010 8:01
October 7, 2010 This morning we got up at around 8am planning to be out by 10, which was check-out time. We hadn’t prepared anything in the evening and quickly found out we had been a bit optimistic on the timing. It was difficult to get everyone into gear read more…
7 October 2010 18:05
October 6, 2010 During dinner yesterday we asked the kids what they wanted to do tomorrow (today). We gave them the choice of staying at the house and playing in the swimming pool or go up to San Francsico and visit the Exploratorium. The vote was split and Viktor was read more…
