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  • Camping in Italy

    Camping in Italy

    Most people see Italy via train but we decided to rent a Westfalia camper van and drive around at our hearts desire. We rented the van from a company called Van Italy, which is a small operation with locations in Rome and Cesena, where we got ours. Besides renting the van at $2,000 for 17-days,…

  • Meet Josie, our new niece who lives in London, Ontario
  • One more sleep until Canada

    It’s bed time in Bangkok, and we fly home in the morning. Things won’t be that immediate though; the flights and airport waiting will likely be a 30-35 hour ordeal. And then that’s it. Trip over; real life here we come. We’re looking forward to seeing everyone, but there’s definitely a twinge of bittersweet about…

  • Some changes to the blog…

    Hi all, Hope everyone is doing well, both back in Canada and wherever else you’re reading this from. According to our web stats, you are a very diverse bunch: Some of you may have noticed some changes around here. This will be an ongoing project as we try to improve the blog and promote it…

  • Greetings from Iraq!

    Greetings from Iraq!

    Hey guys! We didn’t want to scare you all before now, but we figured we should post this today. We’re now in Baghdad. We flew in around midnight from Rome after jumping through an unbelievable number of hoops to get simple tourist visas. Things aren’t too bad here, although there were two bombings near our…

  • Happy Birthday Mom!

    Happy Birthday Mom!

    Just want to wish my lovely mom a very happy birthday. She’s still has the energy of a 25-year old and she’s so pretty. Here’s to you mom!

  • Happy Birthday Dad!

    Happy Birthday Dad!

    I just want to wish my Dad a very happy 62nd birthday! He’s still going strong like a 40-year old. Love you Dad!

  • Italy, Greece, Dominican Republic?

    Well it appears that once you announce dramatic plans for world travel the opportunities start to come out of the woodwork. We may be amending our hasty travel plans to include Mycenae and Meteora, Greece, some Greek islands and Italy, as well as (the completely unsuspected) Dominican Republic. Will keep you updated, but this might…

  • Hello world!

    Hello world!

    This blog is up, but a definite work in progress. If you’re checking it out now, that’s cool, but you may want check back in in a couple of weeks. The finished version is going to be a bit more elegant than this one. I hope to make it a nice, clean interface, where the…