Archive for November, 2009

Nov 30 2009

drivers license florida

Published by Melanie under this & that

Manuel got his new Florida drivers license today. I didn’t get mine because I have to wait for my SSN. Manuel hat heute seinen neuen Florida Fuehrerschein bekommen. Ich leider noch nicht, da ich nach wie vor auf die SSN warten muss.

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Nov 30 2009

Busch Gardens

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Today we went to Busch Gardens. Busch Gardens is a theme park with animals and lots of rides in Tampa. We were there for about 7.5 hours. Watched lots of animals, got wet a few times (yeah the water rides) and had lots of fun. Heute waren wir in Busch Gardens. Busch Gardens ist ein [...]

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Nov 29 2009

see the area

Published by Melanie under this & that

Yesterday Norbert showed us around a little bit in the area where he lives. I like it here. We went to some stores to buy some stuff and afterwards we had a bbq at home with a very nice grill. The sausages tasted good as well as the Heineken beer. Today we will go to [...]

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Nov 28 2009

arrived in Florida

Published by Melanie under moving & sorting

We arrived in Florida yesterday evening. Norbert picked us up at the airport in Tampa. We had a couple of beers before we went to bed and now we will have breakfest. Wir sind gestern gut in Florida angekommen. Norbert hat uns am Flughafen in Tampa abgeholt. Wir hatten noch ein paar Biere und jetzt [...]

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Nov 27 2009

last day in Puerto Rico

Published by Melanie under Puerto Rico,travelling

Today is our last day in Puerto Rico. We will leave tonight and go to Tampa, Florida then. Right now we enjoy the sun outside of the Internetcafe and later on I have to pack all my things. Yesterday I had a real american thanksgiving for the first time of my life. Including the whole [...]

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Nov 26 2009

Happy Thanksgiving!

glitter-graphics.com Melanie & Manuel wish everybody a happy Thanksgiving day!!!

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Nov 25 2009

Palmas del Mar

Published by Melanie under Puerto Rico,travelling

Palmas del Mar is a huge apartment complex on the east coast of Puerto Rico. Eileens sister got an apartment there and we went there for the day on Sunday. Most of the time we spent at the beach club. Manuel and I went swimming and I tried a few puerto rican food specialties. The [...]

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Nov 22 2009

Arecibo & Plaza las Americas

In Arecibo we went to the cemetry to visit the grave of some relatives. Afterwards we went to a nice beach restaurant where we had a late lunch. On the way back we stopped in Barecloneta at the factory outlets and I bought some nice shirts. After we came back to Guaynabo Eileen and I [...]

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Nov 21 2009

Arecibo

Published by Melanie under Puerto Rico,travelling

We did not make it to the beach yesterday because it started to rain after we left Manuels friends house. Today we will go to Arecibo – a city west of San Juan. We will have lunch there in a very good restaurant. I do not know what else we will do there because they [...]

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Nov 20 2009

Puerto Rico

Published by Melanie under Puerto Rico,travelling

We are here in Puerto Rico for more than 2 days. We saw a few people of Manuels family and we went shopping a little bit. I got new flipflops and some anti-itch-cream for my mosquito bites. Yeah I got about 20 bites already but I killed the stupid mosquito yesterday. Hopefully there is not [...]

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