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North America » United States » Washington » Kenmore July 6th 2011

Back in Seattle after over six months away - arrived to a beautiful sunset over the Sound and Olympic mountains and Mount Rainier was out to greet us. After all this travel, remembering what an amazing place this is and how lucky we are to live here.... read more
Arrival at Seatac

North America » United States » Washington » Kenmore July 6th 2011

Posted after we got back, this is the route of all the places we went, not too far away from our original plan. Here is our itinerary: Jan 4 Leave Seattle Jan 5 Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Orlando Jan 6 - Mar 15 Costa Rica Mar 17–Mar 26 Ecuador Mar 26–Apr 16 Peru Apr 18–Apr 21 England Apr 21-Jun 1 Spain, Portugal Jun 2–Jun 18 Italy, Austria, Germany, Holland, France Jun 18–July 5 England, Scotland July 6 Return to Seattle By the numbers: 16 countries visited (including Belgium where I stepped off the train for about 5 seconds) Over 30,000 miles traveled 16 flights with 6 different airlines 10 cars rented Over 100 taxi rides 15 train rides Over 100 different accommodations 6 cameras Over 70,000 photos ~600 miles walked 184 days, about 40 of ... read more

North America » United States » Washington » Kenmore January 4th 2011

- (Retroactive entry on 2/25/11) Hard to believe the day is here that we are leaving on our six-month sabbatical adventure. Are we ready? No. We could blame it on a computer virus, a leaky roof, hosting a party two days beore leaving, but mostly it is just the enormity of organizing all the details for a trip like this. Dianne and Chris pulled an all-nighter trying to get all the packing done. Our friend Gerardo, a visting professor from Costa Rica who will be living in our house, took us to the airport where we narrowly avoided missing the cutoff time for checking in. Our goals for this Sabbatical Trip Here is the list of goals we have for this trip, written several months ago, but they still seem to hold true: Learn language Experience ... read more




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