A sonnet to Florence: Your pink & green marbled churches we admired, Your dense crowds of tourists made us tired. The bright sunshine beat down upon the square, Hey, what’s that guy drawing over there? The air filled with scents of pizza and perfume, (and a few things that stank) The lack of ‘water closets’ made us wary about how many espressos we drank. (Oh my!) House wine & mineral water cascaded over our lips, Each one different - nice to sit & sip! Ah, but we shall miss the shopping on street after street, Staring in wonder at statue [View Full Entry]

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4/25/07 Sorry last blog was so short… we had a very long day ahead of us and the internet wasn’t available until morning to upload. Let’s take a moment to re-cap what’s happened so far. Thoughts on Germany: Beautiful trees… relaxing… good laughs… riddles… great lifetime friends… surprisingly good food; cheeses, bread, schnitzel, SAUSAGES!... green, green, pristine… good wine & beer… cigar smoking w/ Mark… hanging out with the kids (Ryanne, Mariah, Brooke, Zach)… Shanna’s dessert: HEAVENLY… [View Full Entry]

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Switzerland... yodel-lay-hee-who Europe » Switzerland By Abizness Digital April 26th 2007 Angie Joyce Ok, just got connected really quick this morning @ hotel. On way out to ITALY!!! We had a fabulous time a the B's place. (thankS!!!) WIll be short... Switzerland was sooooo scenic. Thin air at top of Zermatt. Very expensive resort town. FOund out about afternoon closures of stores betwee [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone! Glad you stopped by to check in on our adventures thus far! We've been staying with the Bonaudi family since Thursday night. Despite a delayed wait on the tarmack in London and a scare with a passenger who fell on the floor of the airplane @ 2am, our flight over went smooth. Our trip from Frankfurt to their house was a bit challenging (to say the least)... should have taken us a little over an hour to drive to the little village of Bann; just outside of Kaiserslautern, or "K-town" as the locals call it. Unfortunately, we got [View Full Entry]

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What a way to spend a birthday ~ on a local wine tour! Figured the Woodinville Passport event would get us into the right mode for traveling... taste a little wine, have some cheese & bread... and somewhere in the midst of one of our stops the conversation lead to a geography question: "Aren't we staying fairly close to France, or Belgium, or Luxembourg?" (Can you hear the wheels of thought squeaking?) Next thing you know, back @ Nicole & Andy's place while readying for the B-day celebration, out came the laptop to check out Michelin.com website. How easy it [View Full Entry]

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Spring 2007 Angie JoyceWithout a doubt, am EXCITED to say that in 20 days, my travel-buddy, Nicole, her husband, Andy, & I will happily be boarding a jet plane to Frankfurt for a near-3 week adventure. Every year Nicole & I try to pick a new place to explore... would it be another trip to Mexico? Another cruise? Or something completely new??? Enter Shanna & Mark... home for a visit to the States from Germany in July of last year. "Come & visit us" says Shanna. "Ok" says Andy... what??? Andy says "yes" to goin [View Full Entry]

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