Dracula Tour 2001 Photos
Jon and Eileen Westcot
The Start of our Journey

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Before I left work, I placed a "Bucky" skeleton in my chair at work to keep everyone there company while Eileen and I were on our journey. Bucky takes over for me while I'm away -- I wonder if anyone noticed the difference?
We started our trip from Peoria, IL, on American Airlines. We went from Peoria to Detroit, and then on to New York City. The first leg of our journey was on American.
We had two "tag-alongs" with us on our trip. The first one was this small stuffed "travel bear," who is part of a local 4th Grade project -- each student sends out a bear to travel to all parts of the world. The woman who made the travel bags knew we were going to Romania and asked us if we'd take the bear with us and then pass him along to another traveller at some point.
The "Travel Bear."
The second "tag-along" with us was this little guy, a "Tinker Hell" made by a friend of mine from the Halloween-L list that I'm on. She makes and sells these props, along with a bunch of other neat things, and asked me if we'd be willing to take "Tinker" along on the trip, too. Here, Tinker is standing along side a bowl of pickles at the famous Carnegie Deli in New York City. "Tinker Hell" enjoying dill pickles at Carnegie's Deli.
Just before we left New York City for Romania, we went to the Empire State Building to see what we could see of the city and of the ruins of the World Trade Center. The Travel Bear with the remains of the World Trade Center behind him. Another shot of the Travel Bear.
Tinker Hell over the New York Skyline.
 New York. More New York. Even more New York. Another New York skyline view.
Looking down from the 86th floor.
 Still more New York skyline. New York park. Another shot of the park. The last New York skyline photo.
Before we made our way to JFK Airport, we stopped for lunch at Mars 2112, one of New York City's many theme restaurants. This one starts with a motion simulation ride to "transport" everyone from Earth to Mars. This (rather blurry) shot shows a "Martian" sitting in a Mars Buggy. A martian at the Mars 2112 restaurant.
Various "aliens" were wandering around while we ate. We asked one of them to pose with our tag-alongs, which she was most happy to do. Eileen and an alien hold the Travel Bear.
The alien with the Travel Bear.
The alien holding Tinker Hell.
These shots are of several people from our tour group. The tour group begins to assemble. Milling about JFK airport.
Contrary to popular opinion, we flew to Romania on Lufthansa, not by bat. Our travel bear is shown here, sitting below the Lufthansa ticket sign. The Travel Bear at the Lufthansa ticket counter.

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This page last updated on Wednesday, 17 April, 2002, by Jon F. Westcot II.