Tag: travel
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UAE Trip – Day 6
Day 6 was a day of panels and lectures. We started out with a panel presentation on the UAE as the new Arab media hub. Panelists included Abeer Al-Najjar, an Assistant Professor of Communication at AUS, Mohammad Ayesh, a professor of media and communications at the University of Sharjah, and Mishaal Gergawi, an op-ed columnist for…
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UAE Trip – Day 5
This was our first day of lectures. CIEE has a center at the American University of Sharjah (AUS) and they drew upon the expertise of the professors there to give us additional information about the UAE. Like many institutions in the UAE, the AUS is new, having been founded in 1997. It was built over…
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UAE Trip – Day 4
Our first full day was a day of site visits. The first stop was Masdar City in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. Masdar City is being billed as the first city being purposely built to be environmentally friendly to the tune of zero-carbon emissions and zero-waste. The roofs of the buildings are covered with solar…
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UAE Trip – Day 3
My first full day in the UAE was a Friday. I didn’t realize it at the time, but the weekend in the UAE is Friday and Saturday, not Saturday and Sunday. The CIEE seminar didn’t begin until 2:00 pm. Having sat around on planes for the last day and a half, I wanted to get…
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UAE Trip – Day 2
My first flight took me to Newark. There I boarded a flight for Zurich, Switzerland. In examining my itinerary I realized I had a four hour layover. Ever up for adventure, I figured I could slip out of the airport real quick to see Zurich, especially since the downtown is only 15 minutes away by…
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UAE Trip – Day 1
A little background may be in order for blog readers… As part of building the case for the accreditation for the University of Tampa, those developing the most recent application materials included an international component (it was before I arrived, so I wasn’t involved). From what I’ve been told, the basic idea is that we will…
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Jacksonville trip day 2
We got up somewhat early on our second full day in Jacksonville and headed to the pool, but it was short-lived as Toren was still tired and needed a nap. He and Debi napped all morning while I read the news. We then went for lunch where Toren showed off his new spell-casting abilities: Toren…
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Jacksonville weekend getaway
With Debi taking classes most of the summer and me trying to get some research done, we decided to not take any big vacations and instead do a couple of weekend getaways. We had previously used Priceline.com to book nice hotels in Miami for cheap, so we figured we’d try the same website with different…
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Morgans et al in Florida
I finally found the time to post summaries of the Morgan Family’s trip to Florida in late May. Here are the relevant links: Morgans et al in Florida – Day 1 Morgans et al in Florida – Day 2 – Animal Kingdom Morgans et al in Florida – Day 3 – Magic Kingdom Morgans et…
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Morgans et al in Florida – Day 8 – beach, pool and photos
This was the last day of the vacation. The rest of the family had early evening flights out of Orlando. That meant we had time in the morning to go the pool and beach for a short time then pack up, take some family photos, and hit the road. The pool and beach were fun,…