Author Archives: awalden

A few notes from traveling

Travel Tips There are some things that I’ve noticed on our trip and learned. Here are some traveling tips that have been useful. Always carry tip money. It will be worth the pictures if they ask. Pack throwaways like shirts, underwear, and socks.…

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Petra and the Dead Sea

We flew to Amman, Jordan and then rode a bus to our small hotel village outside Petra. While our guide in Egypt couldn’t take away from our experience, our new guide was definitely improved it. Despite being bordered by Isreal, Iraq, Syria, and…

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Cruising down the Nile

The next day our group planned to fly done to Luxor. The next few days were going to consist of visiting many different sites while cruising up through the Nile. But as we got to Cairo airport things got a bit interesting. First,…

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The Remaining Seventh Wonder

The Cairo sun Crept through our window which nudged me to wake up… Okay Bridget’s hurried push in the right direction may have been the real reason why I got on my feet to take a shower. Despite last night’s great idea to…

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First impressions

When we arrived at the JFK airport in New York, five women were dressed in their burqa, the traditional black dress covering the entire body and face of a woman, with only the eyes showing. Jason called it the ninja wear. And as…

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Starting off in “The City that Never Sleeps”

The Big Apple. Wall street. The Empire State Building. New York has much to see and luckily our travels to the great pyramids didn’t begin until Tuesday, so our group – Rob, Shayna, Chris, Ron, Jason, Lisa –  decided to head out a…

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Book Review: The Ultimate Sales Machine

When someone says they are a salesman, what do you think? Do you envision a church goer who can do no wrong? No. I’d say the majority of people have a negative perception.  We always base the worst case example to symbolize the…

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Book Review: Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs

Bridget, Lisa, Weavers, Gaedtkes, and I are getting ready for our trip to Egypt in the next few weeks. I can’t wait, but I also wanted to get a better sense of Egyptian history. When we went to Peru earlier in the year,…

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Northwest House Crawl part II

Come one, Come all. Welcome to the 2nd (bi)Annual Northwest House Crawl This past Friday we got back on track and had our second house crawl. We had our first crawl in 2008 in late December. We even had an ugly sweater theme…

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Running Wild Locally

I’ve been keeping in shape at the gym and run our “loop” around the block. I had my mind on a few races that were coming up. With no real goal in mind, I decided that I should sign up for these. I’ve…

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