Passing through Switzerlad
On our 2000km drive down the East coast of the US we passed by two “Switzerland” villages. Was a bit like going home in a flash of time.
Read MoreHotels in United States
We stay always in big hotel chains (Super8, Motel6) or in small motels. The quality is aceptable, they are clean and cost between 45 and 80USD, depending on the location and day of the week. Sometimes it includes continental breakfast (cofee, cereals, bread and jam). The rooms have one king-size bed or two queen-size. The […]
Read MoreWashington, Margaret, Brad, Christina and Marc
They are the family that hosts us in Washington area. They live in Alexandria, Virginia in a 3-floor house. The parents are around 50 years-old and the sons are 16 and 13. Margaret and Brad are both graduated on health and they worked for one year in the Thai-Cambodia border dealing with the refugees. Is […]
Read MoreNew activities
Since Friday, when we arrived to the area of Washington DC that a couple of historic snow storms is changing the life of people, including ours. We are staying with a nice couchsurfing family in Alexandria, state of Virginia, just couple metro stations away from downtown Washington. Since Friday that school is closed and since […]
Read MoreCouchsurfing reenconter
In New York City we met Liuba, our Couchsurfer host in Yaroslavl, Russia. In June 2009 she was at her family place to renew her passport and hosted us. We did not forget her and now we made to meet Liuba again at her new city. Just like this. She could not host us this […]
Read MoreSnowstorm paralyses Washington DC and eastern US
Basically… we are there! News:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8501246.stm And our photos (today taken during a walk and a cross country ski ride on the roads): Eva skiing on the street of our hosts A car is hidden in the snow!
Read MoreThe Washington Post, February 5th 2010, Movie Reviews
The Last StationContains a scene of sexuality and nudity. From Paris with LoveContains nearly constant violence, pervasive obscenity, drug use and brief sexuality. Fish TankContains profanity, smoking, teen drinking and some sexuality. Alvin and the Chipmunks: the squeakquelContains mild crude humor and slapstick violence. Broken EmbracesContains sexual content, language and drug material. CreationContains intense thematic […]
Read MoreA story
“You should choose the braised beef ribs. You can share it. Mashed or baked potato? And have the house vegetables with it. Very good choice. You’ll have a coffee? You got it.Where are you from? I’m from Germany. My family is from Stettin, but that’s now Poland. After the war they went to Eastern Germany, […]
Read MoreBrookly, Lisa and Wistlepig
Brookly is elected as our district while staying in New York City. Lisa is our host together with Wistlepig, a young dog. The aparment on the ground-foor of Carol Gardens neighbourhood is nice and full of things. Lisa, even though she works as a nanny and in a kindergarten, she likes handcrafts and does crochet, […]
Read MoreThe Law
“We’re not allowed to do it” – “That’s the law” – “You cannot be here”Phrases I’m getting so tired of, because we hear them all the time in the US. Isn’t this a “free” country?…. We took a train in the evening for a trip that would last about 24 hours. Sleeping cars are very […]
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