this game is called "Mühle" in German. The objective is to have three cones of your colour in row, which than allows you to take one of your opponent's cones.
street performers i love watching street performers. in london they're in covent garden and some of them are just amazing. i don't know how they do it!
in london, dogs are allowed everywhere too! even the bus! i don't mind harmless ones but when we were on the bus, a pitt was on with the owner. pitts are illegal in england but people often mix them so they can't say they're pure-bred. we wrote in and complained so the next time someone with a small lap dog tried to come on, they seem to now need a permit to bring them on the bus which is a blessing since that pitt was by my legs by our groceries!!! usually it's the lower classes (they're called CHAVS= council housing (which is like public housing), aggressive, violent) who own those kind of dogs. i sound snobby saying that, but it's true which is just unfortunate. sigh.
Barolo We didn't realize it was well known until later. Cheryl has a cookbook that specifies Barolo for a recipe! We just got it because it was from the town we were in.
speaking of scaffolding! I had the same experience with scaffolding the two times I've been to Notre Dame. It was removed right after I left last time. Sigh.
authentic quality i'm like you two! i like to go where there are lots of locals. i hate touristy places because it's crappy, i think. it was funny that on our honeymoon in kauai, i don't think we had breakfast in the hotel. we went out searching for restaurants where locals hang out. i likes those places much better! :)
nice cars very nice! we always have nice cars in our neighborhood since it's posh. funny that we live there, too! hahaha that's nice though. i didn't know that it's the 2nd smallest country! i got a history lesson! hehe
Europe . . . Again? You Guys! Europe Again? Please try and stay there until November 17-25 so we can meet in Spain. Your Auntie Yoo and I will be in Madrid, Toledo, and Valencia vacationing, er, I mean, attending an important international conference. I'd like to sample the Spanish Luxembourgers, if any.
La Casa Rosada I imagine that you guys have already left, but had you taken any pictures of the presidential palace while there in BA ? and if you did, why didn't you post any ?
Srta. Luis LOL - actually I speak pidgin spanish - It's amazing how much has come back to me, I can understand quite a bit. It's only been like 18 years!!! We're doing way better here than our three days in Madrid last year, but maybe it's because more people here speak English than in Madrid.
Survivor? That pic of J "at the blue pool" reminds me of the location of one of the team campsites from the T.V. series Survivor, the second season. That season was supposedly filmed in the Australian Outback though.
I am jealous Wow, BA sure looks like a great place. I am truly envious of you guys. Dancing the tango ? J Sra. Luis would be disappointed that you don't remember any Spanish
Tomb of a General Just for your information, the freedom of Argentina, Chile and Peru was secured by General Jose de San Martin, and the tomb in your picture is his tomb. Simon Bolivar secured freedom of Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador, and hi is buried somewhere in Venezuela where he was born. Both of them were leading their armies at the same time against the spaniards, and they met each other just once in Guayaquil (Ecuador) in 1821.
So great! Your pictures are so fantastic! I love that one of the queenstown shore...the water looks so glassy - and the whole shot looks like a painting! Looking at your pics. of NZ really makes me want to go back and travel some more there!
Chunks Well in Italy, I would kind of expect that. In NZ, I was just surprised they'd run it. And with no danger waiver! (or booties) We're just glad we were among the 4 people who DIDN'T blow chunks. I'm sure it was awesome if the weather was good for it, but the seals are so much more reliable.
Bent Unfortunately I didn't censor it - I just couldn't remember what he actually said since it was pretty awkward coming from him. The Aussies and NZers have so much slang that it's hard to remember this stuff.
Hot Dog So, it's called a Hot Dog, but basically it's a corn dog dipped in really thin batter, that ends up crinkling up like an eggroll. I'm sure it tastes OK, but it was such a perversion of an American invention, we stayed away!
In 2008, 2009 and 2010, we travelled mostly in the Caribbean, US, Canada and Hawaii. We were just too busy to post travelblogs, and Facebook has been easier to post pictures to, although not as good as this site. Hopefully we'll get back to posting our world travels to this site!
We've returned from our Fall 2007 trip to Europe, visiting Switzerland, Côte d'Azur, and Italy.
We've returned from our 2007 trip to Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. As usual, we haven't completed all the posts, but will work on finishing them up.
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westin rocks i love u guys jira stapleton