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Chris and Justin at the end of the stairs up the Eiffel Tower

June 23rd 2006
Unfortunately for the French, our World Cup luck took a bit of a slide. After a lazy Sunday at Christina and Nicola´s, including a trip to the market for the girls, a great outdoor brunch, some ice cream cones, and an awesome seabass dinner cooked by Christina, we went out to watch the second half of the match against South Korea, but could only manage a tie for them. Part of it may have been t ... read more

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more

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Drinking Life to the Lees

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When we first hooked up in '94, we talked about traveling around the world before we hit 30, the deadline distant and hazy. Now that we can see it all too clearly, we figured we better get in gear. So we set out from Chicago with seven months to traverse the globe and hopefully make it back in one piece. This blog will chronicle our journey. Basic Plans: Dec. '05 - California, Jan. '06 - NZ / Austrailia (East Coast), Feb. - SE Asia (From Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City) / Hong Kong, March - Beijing / Russia (including Trans-Siberian Express) / Scandanavia, April - Eastern Europe / Mid... full info

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