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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Time was about to run out. For weeks, I just lived and traveled to the next city, whenever I felt like. But now my flight back home was getting closer and closer. Ten more days? Even less? And I was still in Oregon. So i took this looooooong bus ride ...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
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It had to be a good sign, after the whole drama in Olympia and a lot of rain the sky cleared up and I could feel the sun rays, when I got off the train in Portland. Walking to the street car station I found this furniture store called "Hive" ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
That's probably the shortest post ever. I went to Olympia, Washington after Seattle. I already booked my greyhound and was about to get up early, when Mel, the nice roommate of my Seattle host, told me she's gong to drive down anyway and could give me a ride. That's way ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
My first American city on the west coast, after my short trip to Canada was Seattle. This time I was not officially couchsurfing, but staying with a good friend of Jason, who is not yet on the best community for travelers. Actually I did not see my host too often, ...
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
It's been a long and busy time since I left Montréal. Everything started with me getting on the plane, sick and cold, drinking tea and Pretuval C to help me get well again. After driving the whole round downtown Vancouver, that the Airporter bus offers, finally getting of the bus ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
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Ja, es isch nöd eifach gsi. Zersch hani ken host gfunde, denn doch, denn ischs Natel abgschmiert, bez. es het eifach ke empfang zwüsched Boston und Montréal, denn chani min eigendiche Host nöd erreiche, defür en andere, aber die hend scho vier anderei CouchSurfer dihei, denn suechi en andere Host ...
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
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Well, my time in Boston was short. What I've seen was nice. But the people I've met were even nicer. All the great people at the couch surfing meeting o Thursday night! And my fabulous host Natasha. Almost a soul mate and definitely the most amazing girl you would ever ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
[flickr]photo:2511682816[/flickr]What to expect from a city like New York? I had no clue, imagined something big, a lot of business, glamour a lot of cabs and something overwhelming.
What I found was quite different, but still somehow the same. Get the whole story, read on.
I came here on the DC2NY ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
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Yet another big city? Yes and no. The really big ones are yet to come and Washington DC is not like most of the other cities I've been to. First of all, everything is walkable, Or at least easy to reach by Metro. DC is the first place that has ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
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The last few days, I spent in Asheville a small city in the mountains of North Carolina. I only found a a host for Tuesday and Wednesday and I had a ticket for the Greyhound bus, that leaves Charleston on Monday. So after some more couch requests, I eventually found ...
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