Re: USA trip - New York, San Francisco. Please help and suggestions

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Thanks Amelia

I'll think of something for sure.

SCD helped me not only to even consider to go but made me more resourceful. It's

a diet that builds character.

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> > Yana,

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> > How exciting for you! You know I have lived in the US, the Netherlands,

England, and Scotland, travelled to Oman, India, and Europe, but NEVER have I

visited New York. I wish to go one day and look up my grandmother' s name in

the Ellis Island records!

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> > My one note is check the power requirements for your immersion blender. The

US uses 110-120 volts at 60 Herz. Most of the rest of the world (with a few

exceptions) use 220-240 Volts at 50 or 60 Herz. So look at the plug or on the

handle for something that reads 110-240 V 50/60 Hz. If it doesn't say that, it

most likely won't work (unless you know your home country is the exact same

power as in the US) and little travel voltage converters will not work (they are

only meant to work for about 8 minutes and they don't convert the Herz). The

good news is that your camera charger and laptop charger most likely will work

just fine with a plug adapter --usually available at the airport.

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> > Congrats on your two year anniversary! Have fun!

> >

> > Amelia

> > Husband UC 9 years, SCD 20 months

> > LDN 3mg

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> > From: yana.jeleva <mishkata@ .>

> > To: BTVC-SCD@yahoogroup s.com

> > Sent: Mon, February 22, 2010 4:06:24 PM

> > Subject: USA trip - New York, San Francisco. Please help and

suggestions

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> > Hello list-mates,

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> > I'm so exited, I'm going on a long trip to the USA - SCD country

> > As I said to one of my friends - I'm going to see the famous Whole foods!

> > So of course first thing for me is to ask your advices, suggestions and

guidance about almost everything.

> > Long story short, we'll stay in Pleasant Hill, CA, near San Francisco so

anything about that area will be helpful to know.

> > We'll be living in a hotel with small kitchen - stove top and microwave (not

healthy I know but at least is something. I'll bring my immersion blender with

me. I don't eat yogurt so that won't be a problem.

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> > But I have a lot of questions about:

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> > 1. Flight - JODI Please, you are our most recent traveler. Any problems

with food, with TSA?

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> > 2. Legal thing to by form the store. What stores to by from.

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> > 3. Any particular restaurants if we want to go out.

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> > 4. And last but not least, not at all, we'll stay in New York for 24 hours

and of course we want to make the best of it. I know it sounds naive, but it is

one of the two USA cities I always wanted to visit and now it's happening. (BTW

the other one is New Orleans, I'm so envious Marilyn)

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> > So any advices for New York? Don't be shy, please

> > Restaurant to go to dinner?

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> > Well, I'm over my head because it will be my first trip since I was

diagnosed and since I started SCD. Actually at the 6 of March it will be 2 years

for me. I'm celebrating it in San Francisco!

> > But I have only 6 days to prepare for the long flight , very long a night in

New York and another flight.

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> > So once again any advice will be helpful. Go ahead!

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> > TIA

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> > Yana

> > Soon to be 2 years on SCD

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> > PS. I have to say that I don't eat a lot of things - mostly meat and veggies

and recently I started testing eggs. I hope it won't be too hard to prepare

these in the hotel.

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