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| 22nd July 2007 Jan | Aloha Hawaii - From: Aloha! Dee & Richard - Thanks for a super journey - you have not even touched the tip of the iceberg of beautiful Hawaii - go back and be sure to go to at least Kauai, Maui and Hawaii (The Big Island) as well as more time in Oahu - believe me from one who knows - you won't regret it....Hang Loose.... |
| 19th July 2007 Kate | Thank you for the journey - From: Cruise News Thank you Richard & Dee for a most enjoyable journey with you guys. I have seen so many beautiful places that were only in my dreams. I may never get to travel the world but I have with your tales & photos. Kate |
| 11th July 2007 Jessica | A place like home. - From: Home Sweet Canada wow. you guys wont want to come home. the west coast of canada looks amazing and I completely agree with the similarities you have pointed out. also they do have good coffee and while in canada i got addicted to tim hortons coffee and cinnamon buns. hope the cruise to alaska is fabulous. and i know you probably dont want to get home, but i look forward to more pictures and fabulous stories. |
| 10th July 2007 Cheryl | Another to the list - From: Home Sweet Canada Hi again, Looks like the place to go to enjoy the beauty of another country without feeling too homesick. Just to be able to see all the wildlife up close and personal would be fascinating. I have just spent the weekend watching baseball with a Canadian lady. She spoke of going home to visit her father soon. I now understand why she spoke so fondly of the country she grew up in. It looks beautiful. |
| 3rd July 2007 John | The Great Physicist - From: The Best of Times; The Worst of Times Loved your photos & commentary of London; only I couldn't work out who the short guy with frizzy white hair was standing next to the great physicist? john |
| 28th June 2007 Lyn | No need for me to go now! - From: Middle England I have really enjoyed Northern England and it was really cheap. I didn't even have to eat the really bad food. I too am exhausted but not for the same reasons as you. Reports, exam writing etc etc etc. Look forward to enjoying the rest of your trip. |
| 22nd June 2007 Louise | - From: The Happy Return So beautiful. You brought a tear to my eye. Enjoy. |
| 22nd June 2007 Allison | Harry Potter and the short sheep - From: The Happy Return Harry Potter seems like one very happy man. Glad to hear that you have tracked down your birthplace and are reliving your childhood memories. Maybe its my eyes but those sheep seem minature. Hope you are over the cold Dee ... mines just started. |
| 22nd June 2007 carol mum | the Joy - From: The Happy Return Oh Richard realy enjoyed reading this and to see the absolute joy on your face here in the pictures. It is nice to see where you were born and grew up before comming here to Australia. I can just hear Dee too reciting poetry to you too you both must have felt you were in seventh heaven here in England. Seeing and feeling all this part of England has to offer. For both of you is a pleasure to be able to share this with with you both Carol and Harry ( Mum and Dad) |
| 7th June 2007 Cheryl | Paris doesn't do it for me - From: French Romantic Fantasy As I have commented in a previous blog, I've never really been interested in Paris. I've never really seen the romantic side to the city that everyone goes on about. The artworks however would be something that may lure me there. I think it would be absolutely thrilling to see the works of the masters. Also the Catacombs would be fascinating. No wonder you didn't really experience the romance of the kiss on the Eiffel Tower when Richard was thinking about poo pipes. Trust a male to think about engineering at a time like that. |
| 6th June 2007 Lyn and Miles | Hello - From: Race Across France France and Venice sound amazing from our vantage point. I love your descriptions which make everything sound so exciting and wonderful. Miles and I will have to go to all these places. We may even take Martin with us! Look forward to hearing more. Love to you both. |
| 6th June 2007 Allison and Biggles | Hounds - From: Normandy Invasion Biggles is glad he is at home ... there seems to be too much competition for too little chicken! He'd definately get a complex about his weight with all those slim things nearby. |
| 6th June 2007 Cheryl | - From: Normandy Invasion Hi guys Those buildings look amazing. It looks like you've gotten the finger from the orangutan. Maybe he was enjoying the peep show! I can understand why Richard was thrilled with seeing the Okapi. Did this make up for missing the Kri Kri? |
| 3rd June 2007 Cheryl | Good friends & great food - From: Gourmet France It's wonderful to see you both looking so relaxed. I could sense the exhaustion in the last couple of entries. It's amazing how relaxing time spent with good friends and great food can be. What a lucky lady Nellie is to be able to enjoy this lifestyle on a regular basis. I'm extremely jealous. |
| 3rd June 2007 Louise | - From: Gourmet France Insanely Jealous!!! Bring some home would you. |
| 1st June 2007 Rick | Awesome pictures - From: A Swiss Seahaven Thanks so much for the blog entries, I will need the weekend to read up on the others. I hope somewhere there's mention of the nice mother and son team from the states you ran into! So who's Evans? Just part of your imagination? I did like that movie too! Great entry, I may half to join to see if I can even come close to such a woonderful thing you have here. enjoy the rest of the trip! chat soon |
| 1st June 2007 jane dewing | great to read your blog - From: Race Across France Hi Dee and Richard. Love reading your blogs. Can't wait to see you in Canada. we are stuck right back into the grind. Loved our Greek vacation and already planning the next. See you in July. |
| 31st May 2007 Cheryl | Another to the list - From: Race Across France Hi guys, I must say France was never really on my list of places to see until now. I guess it was because I had never really heard or seen much of what the countryside had to offer. I tend to think of Paris only when I think of France. I'm really going to have to save my pennies now so I can see all this through my own eyes. Still it is much cheaper and more relaxing watching you do all the hard work! Keep it up I'm enjoying my holiday. |
| 31st May 2007 dianne | i cant wait - From: Down Time just saw the pics... i cant wait to be there... miss you at school dee really enjoying the blog love di xx |
| 30th May 2007 Hilary | - From: A Swiss Seahaven Well you have outdone yourselves with this one. Such great fun to read and very clever. I hope you are going to let your Geography depts share these with the kids! Have more wonderful adventures please! |
| 29th May 2007 Nelly | You're Joking,Right???? - From: Venice - Who Needs It? I hope your tongue was well and truly in your cheek when you made all those comments about Venice, Dee! It's shabby because it's OLD...I loved every bit of it. To be fair, I haven't been there for 20 yearsb,ut it couldn't have been THAT bad...I think you'll have to go there again when you're not so tired. Loved having you both in Belves...we'll have to do it again sometime. Enjoy the rest of your travels! Love Nel |
| 28th May 2007 Cheryl | Pattern emerging - From: Venice - Who Needs It? You seem to be creating a pattern. Each time you visit somewhere stunningly beautiful you seem to follow it up with a trip to somewhere that could do with a little bit of elbow grease. I'm sure Venice would have looked and felt a little different if you had visited it on it's own without the comparison to Switzerland. It would be hard for any country to measure up against Switzerland. Till next time Cheryl & Luke |
| 28th May 2007 Cheryl | Stunning - From: A Swiss Seahaven What an incredibly beautiful part of the world and what an incredible piece of writing. I wish you were Luke's Teacher! You really managed to capture the beauty in both the pictures and writing. I have now added Switzerland, Germany and Santorini to the list of places I must see. Did Richard enjoy paragliding? Cheryl & Luke |
| 27th May 2007 Lyn & Martin | Venice may be old but it still looks beautiful - From: Venice - Who Needs It? I have really enjoyed travelling vicariously through these blogs. I realise Venice is run down but from down town Glenbrook it still has a certain charm!!! I particularly loved Greece and am looking forward to the rest of our trip. Love from both of us |
| 16th May 2007 Taylors Ink | Bull Jumpers - From: Down Time Saw them. Took pictures. Read the guide. Bought the book. |
| 16th May 2007 Louise | - From: Down Time Now THAT's a holiday! Enjoy. |
| 16th May 2007 Carol mum | disallusion of Knossos - From: Down Time Hi Dee and Richard now you done it. The Knossos was one place I have always wanted to go to after reading the Bull of Minos all those years ago as now will have to go back and reread and see if it was now written as to what Authur Evans thought it should have been like. I was so amazed at the time they had plumbing there and now after reading your account there I don't know anymore. I had poked your Dad in the ribs to tell him what I was seeing in writting that I found incredible now maybe that wasn"t so. But after saying that it gave me my thirst to find out more about this wonderous civalisation that had so many years before even more so than when in the early 50s that I did art theory at school. So enjoying your account of what you are both seeing there. See your educating me as you go along lol. Dad reckons you have alot of work to do to educate me there. But please say you have seen some of the acrobates that jumped over the bulls in potery there or I will be totaly disallusioned if you didn't. |
| 15th May 2007 Jessica | my favouritist places - From: Down Time great english, but you are in one week in my most favouritist places ever! glad you enjoyed the quad bike and the r and r of santorini. i also giggled at richards finding. swtizerland will be wonderful, be sure to take a cog railway to the top of a peak, its a great experience :) enjoy, travel safe, jess. |
| 15th May 2007 Cheryl | Holiday bliss - From: Down Time Santorini appears to be my type of holiday destination. Good food, beautiful surroundings, rest and relaxation. What more could you want? Richard it's good to see you haven't had to give up your chocolate addiction on this trip. It looked deliciously messy. I'm so envious of the foods you have been sampling along the way. Bring on Switzerland! |
| 14th May 2007 Lyn | envy - From: "Actually this is the best part of Greece" I am here at school (period 2) I am supposed to be setting a lesson but found your email instead. It is so hard to log out and get back to the real world. It sounds like your having a great time. I really wish I were there !!! |
| 13th May 2007 Cheryl | Relaxing - From: A Day in Crete It sounds like your getting really comfortable with this trip. It appears to be a very relaxed lifestyle over there. I'd steer clear of the white lines too from the sounds of things. Catch you next time, Cheryl |
| 12th May 2007 Jessica | Nothin quite like dinner on the islands - From: A Day in Crete HI Guys, those pics of the water were amazing. Your description of the culture of 'eating out' brings back great memories. Sounds like your having a fabulous time. Is Santorini on the menu at all? If yes you must hire a quad or mophead and drive around the island (its pretty small). If no, keep enjoying the relaxed pace and great food the greeks offer. travel safe, and keep well :) |
| 12th May 2007 Lou | - From: A Day in Crete Love it how you take care to appreciate the little things you experience in one day. Makes for an awesome commentary. : ) |
| 12th May 2007 JohnO | on my way - From: A Day in Crete Crete looks stunning: the roads (the white ones), the walking track, the ambience. I'm on my way! really enjoying your blog, and you take great photos! |
| 11th May 2007 Cheryl | Be still my beating heart - From: A funny thing happened on the way to the Agora... Hi Guys, How unfortunate you weren't able to sight the elusive Kri Kri but I find Dee's sighting/encounter of a Greek Adonis far more appealing. I can't get over the colour of the water in the photo's, it looks so inviting. It's a sad day when people consider those animals to be 'roaming freely', but the racoons look very cute. Till next time, Cheryl and Luke. |
| 11th May 2007 Allison | Gyros/Yeeros - From: A funny thing happened on the way to the Agora... Glad to see that you've headed to Crete and have tried the gyros. Were you in the cages separated from the racoons or where the raccoons in the cages? |
| 10th May 2007 JohnO | touche - From: A Guide to Driving in Greece You're right, guilty as charged. Enjoy & keep safe. |
| 10th May 2007 Taylors Ink | Thanks for the offer! - From: "Actually this is the best part of Greece" Unfortunately, we won't get to see Montreal this time. But, there's always next year? |
| 9th May 2007 Peter Payan | Gorgeous Pictures - From: "Actually this is the best part of Greece" It looks like you are having a great time exploring the world! Will you be coming to Montreal on your travels? If so, let me know your arrival date. Perhaps I could give you a 'Walking Tour' of downtown and the Port. |
| 6th May 2007 Mum | I remember Myceaneans study well - From: "Actually this is the best part of Greece" Hi Dee yes I remember arnt you ever so lucky to be seeing it all can you see my eyes here they are greener as I read the wonderful things that you and Richard are seeing there. I am glad Richard only thought about going down that stair case there. Ilias has been a real find too and to be so helpful there to you both. I also have to say that had to chuckle over your driving adventures there in previous post. Good to finally see a picture of you there even if you had to watch that Richard didn't shut the door and run lol.The walls of the tomb are so tall arn't they. The veiws are spectacular in the photos can only but imagine what they are like in person. Dad and I are enjoying following your trip |
| 6th May 2007 Cheryl | Me again - From: "Actually this is the best part of Greece" Sorry forgot to say I was glad to see the picture of the female Aussie. I'm ever so grateful Richard didn't shut the door and run. |
| 6th May 2007 Cheryl | Beautiful - From: "Actually this is the best part of Greece" I am so glad that you have met Ilias because now you have managed to capture the beauty of Greece. This entry is far different to your first impressions of Greece in 'Letter from Corinth'. The meal you had in Nafplio sounded wonderful. You know how I love Greek food. I suppose it's a little too far to go for lunch! Luke said he could spend hours exploring the Palamidi Fortress. Sounds like its something out of the games he's constantly playing. Anyway still enjoying the History, Geography, Cultural, Language, Driving and probably many other lessons. Keep it up, Cheryl. |
| 5th May 2007 Taylors Ink | You should talk! - From: A Guide to Driving in Greece John, Thanks for the advice and statistical information. Don't worry, I will not become too Greek in my driving. Each morning, before setting out I have cautioned myself and together we have been constantly alert (this is essential). Anyway, when I remember how you used to throw the mini around, I think that you would enjoy driving here too. |
| 5th May 2007 JohnO | staying alive in Greece - From: A Guide to Driving in Greece Great photos of driving in Greece! But before you become too Greek in your driving habits why don't you check out the quality of the local hospitals? keep in mind the commonest cause of death or illness in Australian tourists overseas is motor vehicle accident. anyway, enjoy yourselves & keep safe! We've been enjoying your trip vicariously |
| 5th May 2007 Jan | Great Work - From: A Guide to Driving in Greece Excellent commentary Dee......I'll pass on Greek driving tho |
| 5th May 2007 Cheryl | Aarghhhhh!!!!!! - From: A Guide to Driving in Greece What a nightmare! I think I would have had several heart attacks or at least not been able to move. Now I understand why certain people in Australia drive the way they do. I said to Luke I don't think I want to drive in Greece and his reply was he didn't think he wanted to go to Greece as it sounded like it would even be frightening to be a pedestrian! Dee I think your wrong when you say that Richards anal tendencies regarding rules have completely vanished. I think he is still following the rules regardless of whether or not those rules are safe. By the way did you forget to put a picture of the Aussie driving in Greece? We'd like to keep tabs on the beard development. Can't wait for the next adventure, Cheryl. |
| 2nd May 2007 Nelly | I know what you mean! - From: Moochin' in Moosburg I could empathise with all your thoughts,feelings and photos in Africa and Germany. Makes me w |
| 2nd May 2007 Louise | :) - From: Letter From Corinth It's hard to see your smile under that beard Dad?? Love the new look though! Very different. |
| 2nd May 2007 Allison | Museums - From: Letter From Corinth Hey Dee/Richard Dont worry about missing the national museum in Athens ... but when you are in Crete make sure you catch the Iraklion Museum ... while smaller ... in my memory it was better than the main thing in Athens. PS Athens has changed heaps since the new railway ... previously there were heaps more cars ... and pollution. |
| 2nd May 2007 Cheryl | Paradise to History - From: Letter From Corinth What a shame your visit here coincided with their Public Holiday. I can understand your dismay Dee, going from such a beautiful part of the world to one that appears to so old and tired. Maybe if they raised the prices on their public transport system they could afford to improve the look of the rest of the country. It looks so desolate compared to Germany. Still the history of the place would be worth seeing. I still can't get use to the Aussie with a beard. I'd love to see the female Aussie in some shots. I also love how Richard can turn a bird sighting into a language lesson. Yes, language is wonderful! Looking forward to the next lesson. Cheryl |
