Okay, so I'm not in the Faroes yet (paid for tickets and tuition!), but I thought I'd make this more of a trip-blog.
My friend and I went up for a few days to Ottowa where she goes to school. We stayed at her apartment that she's renting for the year. We hadn't really planned on doing anything and it was nice not having to stick to a plan. We did plenty of walking, eating, and hanging out.
We've also been on a quest to find geocaches. (www.geocaching.com) You need a GPS device to really do it right and I'm sure it would have been much easier with one, but we worked with memory and Google Earth. We finally found our first one under a utility box by the canal. Yay! It was about time. We had couldn't find the previous five but we got a nice long walk around the city and went some places my friend had never been.
On Friday I was supposed to meet up with my dad in Syracus to spend the weekend with family in Rochester. On our way towards the border we kept seeing signs for the 1000 islands. We didn't know what they were but eventually we saw a sign for the 1000 islands skydeck. Not a minute later, a giant tower emerges from the horizon. On the spur of the moment we stopped and payed the too high tourist price to ride the elevator up the tower. The view was great. When I'm a millionaire, I'll buy myself one of those islands.
Eventually I got to Rochester and it was nice to see my dad's side of the family. We had to convince them to hold off the feasting in our honor. The next day we went shopping at the local ethnic grocers and everything was ordered in Polish. The best part was I could actually understand some of it. Putting my major to good use. Later the rest of the family was came over and we had a nice big meal. Casper was with us. He was pretty nervous around their dog Murphy, but he did pretty well.
Today we made the six hour drive home. Casper was happy to be back. He doesn't like the unfamilier. The house is all torn up. We're going to have all new floors and appliences put in the kitchen. I'll be in Maine for the week working so it should be a very different place when I get back!
I've loaded some pictures onto my new Flicker account.
