Watcho the Camacho
This past weekend included a trip to the North Shore with some friends. One might think it would have been smarter for me to stay home and pack in preparation for my trip (I leave on Friday), but where’s the fun in that!?!
So this is our second trip up to Grand Marais and I have [...]
Posted on September 25th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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We had a gathering last night at Psycho Suzy’s as an “hasta luego” party for my upcoming departure. John and Andrea proved themselves worthy of the prize - a bottle of wine from Mendoza, the Argentinean wine country! They answered the most questions right on a Uruguay quiz that the Kohler’s put together! It was [...]
Posted on September 22nd, 2007 by katiejocannon
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Just sharing a quick picture of the largest American flag I have ever seen….and it’s literally outside my house right now. That’s right…one Saturday morning I wake up and the largest flag ever is right outside. They must have heard I’m leaving for Uruguay…not to worry, I’m still a proud American. Oh beautiful, for spacious [...]
Posted on September 22nd, 2007 by katiejocannon
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This has nothing to do with Uruguay but it does have to do with travel. This article is hilarious….thank goodness I’m not traveling to Uruguay with a flamingo!
Story Highlights
# Jack Hanna and entourage had to go through turnstile to leave airport
# Animal expert Hanna and flamingo in crate got wedged in 10-foot-high turnstile
# Hanna finally [...]
Posted on September 21st, 2007 by katiejocannon
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For those of you who know me well, you are aware of my fascination with celebrities, Hollywood, and everything that goes along with it. Given that, you’ll understand my disappointment that I am missing some Hollywood celebrities who are filming in Montevideo this week!
Some streets of the old zone of Montevideo changed their appearance for [...]
Posted on September 18th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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Just a quick update that just in time for my trip, Google Maps has added Uruguay. Now I can get city, street, directions, etc. information on Uruguay - nice!
Thank you to Ed Kohler from The Deets for updating me on this! I know I’m reporting this a bit late to my blog, but I’ve [...]
Posted on September 17th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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So apparently traveling to South America is not for the weak. The topic - IMMUNIZATIONS. If you’ve never traveled to an area that requires immunizations, here are my words of advice:
1. Make an appointment at a Travel Clinic at least a month in advance. In the Twin Cities area, there are several. I have been [...]
Posted on September 10th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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After Vancouver, we visited some friends in the Seattle area. We had limited time in downtown Seattle and they had done the touristy things already, so we decided to take a Seaplane Sightseeing tour. AMAZING! Highly recommended. The one we did was on Kenmore Air from Lake Union (where the houseboat from Sleepless in Seattle [...]
Posted on September 9th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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I wanted to give a “shout out” to some travel guides that I’ve used recently that I think are really helpful. These are called Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides. My mom first introduced me to these when we were in Europe earlier this year. We used a couple of these - Top 10 Amsterdam, Top [...]
Posted on September 8th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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I had gotten a request to include some additional information on my preparation for Uruguay….which is coming up very very quickly! So, here’s what’s been going on since then. I attended a two day training in New York this week, which includes some of the following topics: program overview, security update, logistics info (housing, transportation, [...]
Posted on September 7th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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