After much planning, lift off day finally arrived! Katherine took us to the airport and before we knew it, after changing some money into American dollars, and going through the various checks before boarding, we were in the air. Thankfully the Travel Calm ginger tablets worked - we were both able to get a bit of sleep - and then it was on to our second 11 May for this year. [View Full Entry]

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Well here I am in an internet cafe in San Francisco and working on an Apple Mac for the first time in my life - with a little help from some new found friends here in the Cup-A-Joe Coffee House - and hoping that my photos are uploading while I type this. We've been very busy since we landed - we basically started exploring the city as soon as we found the hotel and dropped the bags there. So we've already walked our feet off, so much so that I've left Kev in the room soaking his!! Well I was in [View Full Entry]

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It's definitely countdown to lift-off time now!! Yesterday's lunch with some family members was an opportunity to say some of our farewells. From now on in we'll be busy finalising all the last minute jobs which, at this point in time, loom large. Katherine and Thomas will be moving in to house-sit while we are away which will be a great for us knowing that the house is lived in. And this time next week we'll be in San Francisco which is a direct flight, then from Vancouver to New York, New York to London, London to Paris, Rome to Hong [View Full Entry]

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