 | Palo Alto
2005-11-21, Palo Alto, United States. By: diogenes | | Flew out to Palo Alto for the weekend for a job interview. California is so sunny and beautiful. Reminds me of an idealized verson of Australia. Gum trees everywhere. Warm and sunny. |
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| Made it to Copenhagen
2006-09-04, Palo Alto, United States. By: mdlstone | | Well, I left DC airport yesterday evening about 6 pm and flew through the night to a landing at 7:25 AM Scandinavian time. There was a man on the plane who's daughter had a baby boy right before we t... |
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| In Boston, Ready to Take Off
2006-09-04, Palo Alto, United States. By: mdlstone | | Well I know all of you have been breathlessly awaiting my new travel journal and here it is! So far, Emily and I spent all day yesterday flying to Boston--a record 16 hour travel day, more if you cou... |
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| Trying to use the internet in my hotel room on the TV
2006-01-26, Palo Alto, United States. By: mdlstone | | Since I am having such a hard time catching up with where we are ow, I think I am going to fast forward through cusstoms in Israel and move us to Athens, where we arrived on Monday night, late. We ar... |
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| The demonstration and politics in general....
2006-01-26, Palo Alto, United States. By: mdlstone | | So off we went to the fish restaurant and saw large groups of teenagers heading up the hill by us with police in yellow jackets directing traffic. Over dinner we asked the people by us what the demon... |
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| Time to Catch Up!
2006-01-26, Palo Alto, United States. By: mdlstone | | I have a lot to write if I go backwards and write about what happened since Sunday, but I think I will try, regardless so I don't forget this trip....
Sunday was supposed to be a day of rest but ac... |
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| First Morning in Athens
2006-01-26, Palo Alto, United States. By: mdlstone | | Just a quick update before our first day in Greece!
I am waiting with our guide and our taxi driver in the gorgeous hotel of the King George II in the city center of Athens. It is the one of two... |
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| Sunday (my day of rest)
2006-01-26, Palo Alto, United States. By: mdlstone | | Today's Sunday and I am hanging out at the hotel, resting. Jon is going back to the Israel Museum and to the old city but I think I might make it to the gym for a workout and a walk around the hotel ... |
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| Saturday, continued--Masada and a massage :)
2006-01-26, Palo Alto, United States. By: mdlstone | | Masada was the most amazing ruins we have seen so far--a lot of original buildings and benches are still there and the Israeli's have done a lot to rebuild according to records, also. Again, they hav... |
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| Friday, Saturday, Sunday
2006-01-26, Palo Alto, United States. By: mdlstone | | Well, I have a lot to catch up on so those of you with patience, bear with me. Bizarrely enough, the internet is extremely expensive here so everytime I make an entry and check my email it costs a bu... |
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| End of Day 3 in Jerusalem
2006-01-26, Palo Alto, United States. By: mdlstone | | A lot has been happening the last couple of days and I didn't check in yesterday because it was such a long and busy day. We started at 10 in the morning with Menachim, our guide. We spent the whole... |
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| Leaving Tel Aviv for Jerusalem
2006-01-26, Palo Alto, United States. By: mdlstone | | Yesterday we spent touring Tel Aviv and the neighboring city named Jaffa. Our tour guide for the whole time in Israel (we leave next Monday, I think) is named Menachim. Menachim fought in the 1967 w... |
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| Arriving in Tel Aviv
2006-01-26, Palo Alto, United States. By: mdlstone | | I think I will make entries here rather than individual emails to everyone that I love. We arrived in Tel Aviv last night after a mostly uneventful flight. The flight from Newark to Tel aviv had gia... |
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| Tomorrow is the Day!
2006-01-26, Palo Alto, United States. By: mdlstone | | I'm sending this so everyone that I put on my list should get an update that contains my cell number. We leave tomorrow, Saturday at 1:00 PM, fly to Newark, New Jersey and arrive in Tel Aviv the foll... |
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| We got our cell phone!
2006-01-26, Palo Alto, United States. By: mdlstone | | Hello to all. Tonight we received our international cell phone rental. The number to reach us while we are away is (toll free for you, expensive! for us): 1-866-731-1009. Jon and I are very excite... |
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