I'm Dave and my wife is Kimberly. We have two children Courney who's 18 and studying in a local college and Amanda (this can be spelled Boo Bear Kitty if you know her well) who is 10.

Our list of friends is driving the itenerary so lets see where we can actually "stay for free"

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam:
Minh's Family live here and we can probably bum with them for a few days until they put us to work.

Tokyo, Japan
Toshi is a good friend of mine from Aikido. He is a super-engineer working with Mitsubishi and yet another reason the dollar is failing..

Moscow, Russia
Alexandr Orlov is my favorite Aikido teacher. Yes, I found this Ironic that my favorite teacher of a Japanese art would be Russian, but hey, He's like Barishnikov with a sword..

London, England
Steve is a great friend of ours, and although anyone from Cuba can become a US citizen, it appears that a "Global Custodian with HSBC Bank" must wait 5 years.. Shame really. Steve loves Jamie Oliver (not really, but he'll probably read this..) and Twizzlers.

Edinburg, Scotland (or about an hour away)
Ben and Ani Holdsworth
Ahh, "Pastor" Ben is my favorite "filosophizer" and a great teacher. He is getting his PhD in (I'll probably get this wrong at some point) "Biblical Studies with an emphasis in Hebrew and Greek" and needless to say he sees the bible like Einstein sees the atom. Ani is the kewlest person ever, she "tutors" Ben in Greek, and makes the -BEST- veggie lassagna on the planet.

Dublin, Ireland
Frank Brooks
Frank is bar none the wickedest coder I know, and a great friend.
I think Bill Gates probably consults him on Windows threading concepts. ("Okay maybe not, but if I don't butter him up, he'll probably make me buy him a Guiness"). Frank has new little one "Ewan" who probably speaks slurred Gaelic already and is into Yoga.

Reutte, Austria
Andreas Wittich
Andreas is from East Germany, but lives in Austria because his house is on the side of a ski mountain. I met him on a Bus Tour where he drives silly Americans around europe in a "lets not actually breath the air of the country we're visiting" sort of way. But I must admit he is the best bus driver I've ever met and at 6'8" I don't think ANYONE would argue that point.. EVER...