Kenito

Hey all Sorry but Hawaii has been too nice to spend time inside on the internet. It has been a really great week of family time, beach time, Kayaking, Whale watching, Boogie Boarding and of course eating. I have made it to the beach with Elia (my niece) almost every morning right around sunrise. This morning my parents made it as well. We are staying 1 block from a beautiful beach that is 2 miles long and curves gently to make a nice cove. It is on the Windward (eastern) side of the island so the waves are small but there is a constant breeze, (constant except for yesterday when we had windsurfing lessons scheduled). As I mentioned we saw Whales And went Boogie Boarding OK that’s not me but it felt like I was on ... read more

I arrived in Paris after a good nights sleep on the "TrenHotel" from Madrid. I left my backpack in a locker and headed out to see Paris. I walked along the Seine wandered through Notre Dame (I was waiting to go up in the towers, however they hadn't opened for the day by 10:20 and should have been open at 10 so I left) I saw the town hall with a nice "PARIS2012" sign for the Olympics. They had signs all over town creating excitment about the games possibly coming to town "J'aime les Joux" which I was told means "I Love the Games" not "I Love the Jews" I next found the Louvre. I am not much of a museum lover but this place is incredible. It is huge and has great art from allover ... read more

OK sorry to have been away from the blog for so long, it has been a week full of travel. I left Florence for Pisa then a Night train to Nice, France. It was a terrible choice the train was packed they had 6 people per room ont he train in chairs (3 facing 3) trying to sleep, it was super hot and people had their legs all tied together, I stayed in the hallway until 5:30am then found a cabin that had 3 empty seats I could sleep across. Nice was nice heeehehee I spent the day in the sun by the beach and then went to the trainstation to figure out how to get to and from Chamonix, where I planned to Snowboard. It was impossible to get there and back in a reasonable ... read more

Well actually I spent much of in Rocca di Papa (castle on the hill of the pope) with my friend Nadja. I stayed with her aunt and uncle who were great hosts. They have two cute daughters and one more coming in 2 weeks. We went to Rome on Sunday and saw many of the sights including the Sistine Chapel, which I had missed last vist. It was amazing, although I didnt take pictures of the ceiling (prohibited) but it seemed like everyone else was. We wandered around and ate and wandered and ate some more, life is pretty tough. It is amazing how many ancient buildings are still standing in Rome. I went to Florence on Monday, there is a blog coming and I also added photos to my Zermatt blog if you are interested. ... read more

Sounds crazy but when you meet Katy's mom your only option is to eat like crazy. I ate 2 huge lunches at their house and didn't have to eat again, but of course we did. We drank a great meal at the HofBrauHouse. We spent one day visiting Ludwig's catles, very nice and super snowy. We visited Dachau (a concentration camp) on the 60 aniversary of Auschwitz, very sobering. Overall Munich proved to be a vry fun place to visit and it lived up to my expectations that all of Germany should eb covered in snow...... read more