Well it was time to leave the car with no top in Finland and take a 6 hour train to St. Petersburg Russia. Daddy had always wanted to go to Russia and I was looking forward to it as well as daddy bought tickets to a ballet, Swan Lake and I also had seen pictures of a building that looked like a cake. On the train, daddy "accidently" sat in first class and we were in a cabin with 3 guys, two from England and a Canadian. They were touring with Brittany Spears and set up the show for her. They [View Full Entry]

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After our awesome night on the boat, we had arrived in another country.....Finland. We drove to the campsite called Rastila and stayed there for 2 nights in a little cabin. Once again, there were tons of kids for me to play with. 1 night I played with a boy from Sweden and the next night a boy from Holland while daddy drank wine and relaxed with the parents. The first day we took a short train ride to the city. We went on a boat ride and walked all over seeing some neat looking buildings. My favorite place was the Ice [View Full Entry]

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One night cruise from Stockholm to Helsinki. I did not believe daddy that the car would come with us, but he was right. We did so much in less than 18 hours on the boat. We saw a trapeze act, went for dinner, went swimming, dancing, gambling, saw the sun set around 11pm and saw a brazilian show. Daddy almost woke up to late as he forgot about the 1 hour time difference in Finland, but we made it to the car on time. [View Full Entry]

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We stayed at a campsite for 3 nights just outside of stockholm, but this time we had a little cabin instead of using our tent. I really liked our little "house". This campsite (angby) was incredible....it had a privat beach, waterslide, playground, and most importantly, many small kids for me to play with. It was sometimes hard for me to leave and go with daddy on the short 20 min metro ride to the city. However, the city of stockholm was awesome with so much to see and do. We first went to the old town (Gamla Stan). I loved going [View Full Entry]

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This the only day we did not have a reservation. Well after driving through Norway we crossed back into Sweden and we ended up at a hostel in Orebro. It was a nice hostel and we played a board game in the room. The next day we visited a castle. It was really cool looking with water in front. I am not sure why there was a hand in the water. We then took off for the short drive to Stockholm. [View Full Entry]

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Wow, what an awesome drive from Oslo to Flam. The first half was incredibly beautiful, the second half even better. We went through so many tunnels and daddy and I would yell all the way from start to finish of each tunnel. Some of them were many miles long, and I became out of breath and laughing at the same time. After passing lakes and mountains we arrived at the first view of an incredible fjord, Sognefjorden, the worlds longest fjord. Wow, what a view. We pulled over and took lots of pictures. We then drove down the crazy, curvy road [View Full Entry]

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So we drove the 4 hours from Gothenburg to Oslo. Daddy had a good friend in Oslo named Berit. He met her many years ago in Utila, Honduras, and many years after that she visited him in Washington DC and they also travelled in South Africa together. They had not seen each other in over 7 years. Berit and her boyfriend, Stein were very nice and have 2 kids, Helena who is1 and Nikolas who is 5. I had a lot of fun playing with Nikolas even though we did not speak the same language. We played with light sabers, trains, [View Full Entry]

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Finally, the big summer trip has arrived, just as I mastered saying the 10 countries we are travelling to. This trip was definitely going to be different than the previous trips to India/Nepal, Vietnam/Cambodia, South America....this time we went to Northern Europe on a road trip including camping and couchsurfing (www.couchsurfing.org). Daddy's main reason for choosing this trip was that it was time to get rid of his 1996 torn up Honda Civic and buy a new car....and why not by a volvo "car with no top" through their "overseas delivery program". What a deal.......Here is what it included: [View Full Entry]

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Back to travelling within the USA, and this time we went to Denver. Daddy has a bunch of really good friends there. We stayed at Matt and Chantell's house, 2 friends he met while being a waiter at a restaurant in Santa Barbara. They have been very good friends ever since, and have travelled together in Brazil and Thailand. They have 2 beautiful children, Veda and Riley, who are about my age. We had soooo much fun playing in their house. We went dowtown the second day, and ate at a restaurant which just so happened to have a bunch of [View Full Entry]

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Daddy took me on a 3 night cruise! This was definitely a different way to travel. The only other time I slept on a boat was in Halong Bay, Vietnam for 1 night, but this boat was much different. It was a HUGE boat with many restaurants, pools, Jacuzzis, and even a waterpark and miniature golf course. We went with Christy and her son, Jonathon. Dad and Christy have been friends since they met in the Air Force Officer's Training Camp over 10 years ago. Like daddy, Christy is not in the military anymore. It was great to have a friend [View Full Entry]

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