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Monday, July 24th, 2006

Yes…We are still alive and kicking. Here is the latest update on our past and current locations!

Dec 24, 2005 – Jan. 2, 2006 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Jan. 2 travelling from HCMC to Mui Ne, Vietnam (headed north to end up in Hanoi in a few days)

Jan 2 – Jan 7 Mui Ne, Vietnam. just up the coast from HCMC.

Jan 7 – Jan 11 Hoi An, Vietnam. great little town full of art and tailors

Jan 11 – Jan 16 Ha Noi, Vietnam. just got here and really like it

Jan 16 – Jan 22 Bangkok. few more days in BKK before going to NZ

falling behind again :()

Jan 23 – 28 Christchuch, New Zeland (south island)

Jan 28-29 Kaikoura, New Zealand (headed north now)

Jan 29-30 Picton, New Zealand

Jan 30- Feb 2 Abel Tasman National Park, (nortwest, still south island)

Feb 2-3 Barrytown, NZ (headed down the west coast)

Feb 3-4 Fran Josef National Park

Feb 4-7 Queenstown, NZ

Feb 8-9 Milford Sound (back on the coast)

Feb 9-11 Te Anu, NZ

Feb 11-13 Invercargill, NZ

FEb 13-15 Dunedin, NZ

Feb 15-17 Christchurch

Feb 18 Flew to Auckland took a ferry to Waiheke Island

Feb 18-22 Waiheke

Feb 22-25 Bay of Islands

Feb 25-28 Rotorua

Feb 28- March 2 Taupo

Mar 2 – Mar 4 Napier

Mar 4- Mar 8 Wellington

Mar 8 – Mar 11 Sydney

Mar 11 – Mar 17 Forster-Tuncurry

Mar 17-18 Brisbane

Mar 18-27 Gold Coast

Mar 27-Mar 31 Perth

Mar 31 – April 4 Mandurah

April 4- April 20

SW Australia: Margaret River, Augusta, Denmark, Freemantle, back to Perth

April 20 – May 20

Italy:   Rome, Montepulciano, Sienna, Firenze, Lucca, San Gimingano, Pistoia, Bologna, Venezia, Parma, Cique Terra, Milano

May 20 – June 15

Spain: Madrid, La Manga, Valencia, Barcleona, Logrono, Bilbao, Gernika, San Sebastian, Madrid, Toledo, Cordoba, Sevilla

Portugal: Lisboa

June 15 – June 20

France: Paris

June 20 – June 23

The Netherlands: Amsterdam

June 23 – June 31

Germany: Cologne, Dortmund, Trier, Germund, Dresden

June 31-  July 17

Czech Republic: Prague

Hungary: Budapest

Croatia: Zagreb, Dubrovnik

July 17 – August 7

UK: London

Monthly update…

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

So this is what we’ve come to. from writing several times a week to struggling to get one post out per month. oh well 🙂

In London right now with Terra’s Mom, Sister and Niece. They just got into town today and we have a fun packed 8 days ahead of us!! 

 Have been in a bunch of places since my last post

Amsterdam – Really cool city despite the obvious attractions. great architecture, Ann Frank House and the canals are very Venice-esque but cleaner.

Germany – The World Cup was awesome!  I know, I know SOCCER??? I finally Got It. To see 100 German soccer fans at a truck stop (don’t ask) cheering their team to vitory proved to me that this is, indeed, the biggest sporting event in the world.  The war history is also amazing.

Luxembourg –  spend a whopping 4-5 hours there. Luxembourg City to be precise. Watched one soccer game in Germany earlier in the date and the second game in Luxembourg. 2 games, 2 countries!  LC is a very pretty city 🙂

Amsterdam – O.K. so we went twice, what about it???

Czech Republic –  Prague is a fantastic city. Great architecture, food etc.

Slovakia –  only touched the ground for about 6 seconds but…those 6 seconds were fun.

Hungary – Budapest. one of the top 5 cities we’ve been to.

Croatia – Dubrovnik deserves a visit. a Unesco site not to be missed.  Zagreb was also very cool. The resiliency of the people is amazing. Hard to believe the region was thoroughly war torn not long ago.

Now having a great time in London seeing the sights. Has been especially challenging considering the heat wave. No complaints though!

Hope everyone is having a great summer!

 

Viva La Rioja!

Monday, June 5th, 2006
Have been in Northern Spain for the last few days with my harem (Terra, Kathy, and Leslie). Let me first say that, as a man of average height, appearance and intelect, I get a lot of looks entering a room ... [Continue reading this entry]

Cool new feature

Monday, May 29th, 2006
just discovered this on our Blog. Bootsnall (the publisher of this website) now has a ¨maps¨feature on the right hand tool bar. If you want to see where we are, you can choose from several interactive maps. Now we´ll have ... [Continue reading this entry]

Friendly Faces

Friday, May 12th, 2006
Were lucky enough to meet up with our good friend Andy Quintenz here in Italy. Both in Rome and in Florence we had a great time seeing the sites and just hanging out. Was really great to see him and ... [Continue reading this entry]

New Pictures

Friday, April 14th, 2006

finally got the pics of Vietnam and all of New Zealand up. Even a few of Sydney. Check them out in the PICTURES category down to your right! 

hope everyone is doing well. we are in our final few days in Australia! ... [Continue reading this entry]

Madness Withdrawl

Saturday, April 1st, 2006
Can't think of any other way to express my utter despair at the lack of coverage of my beloved NCAA basketball tourney than to share it with you (and anyone else who will listen to be babble about it). An ESPN ... [Continue reading this entry]

Time Flies

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006
Wow, does it ever. If the time between posts is a measurement of the amount of fun we're having then...it's been a long time since our last post.  Too many excuses to list so I won't even bother.  We're in Australia ... [Continue reading this entry]

Sunday, December 18th, 2005

A NEW ADDITION TO THE THOMAS FAMILY!!!

Friday, October 21st, 2005
One of the things about this trip that I have struggled with is knowing that I wouldn't be around for the birth of my brother's first child. He and his lovely wife Lisa were due around Thanksgiving. ... [Continue reading this entry]