Posts Tagged ‘plane’
13
Sep
Posted by Samantha in greece. Tagged: 84 pounds, abroad, carry-on, chocolate, cocktails, des moines, greece, movie, pack, plane, pray, sleep, suitcase, swiss, zurich. 2 Comments
Text: Riding over to the Des Moines airport on Friday I felt fairly accomplished. Somehow I had managed to pack everything the night before and fit it all into one suitcase and one carry-on. The only problem was, when I got to the airport a startling realization hit – “everything” weighed 84 pounds. What I [...]
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30
May
Posted by Samantha in China. Tagged: China, crazy, dumplings, food, foreign, grease, language, luggage, new york, people's square, plane, shanghai, subway. 2 Comments
If I’d been to New York before I might tell you that Shanghai is just like that. The problem is that I’ve never been to New York and henceforth cannot make such comparison. Maybe you’ve been to New York though and can now imagine the place I am currently visiting. I’m thinking this analogy is [...]
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12
May
Posted by Samantha in China. Tagged: airport, bargain, beautiful, Beijing, blog, boyfriend, China, fair, firewalls, food, Forbidden City, hotel, lawyer, picture, plane, sleep, starfish, swine flu, tourist. Leave a Comment
So, I’ve made it to China, more specifically – Beijing. The key word so far is definitely “beautiful”. I didn’t think so at first though. After coming to the end of the 13 1/2 hour flight we were stuck on the plane for awhile so masked airport security could come through and individually check each [...]
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8
May
Posted by Samantha in China. Tagged: cheese, China, cookies, food, lists, plane, sick, worried. Leave a Comment
Apparently I’m all about making lists right now so bear with me. I can’t really help it, there’s probably at least four to do lists lying within five feet of me right now, all of which still need to be completed. 1. Cookies – I might need a cookie immediately after I get off that [...]
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