Flying over the Pacific... means you are on your way here. You are hard to keep up with. I was at Breckenridge on Monday...the skiing was good so you should have a fine week at Beaver Creek/Vail. See you next Friday at 7 pm at the Aloft near DIA.
Great meeting in a third country! Thanks PA for taking the time to meet me whilst in Dubai, we did well to summarise our lives over the past year in the space of only a couple of hours!
TIME...... Every house is one world, used to say my grandmother. Your story, your history, your family, your kids and your trips make a whole world. Like me, like everybody else. Life is good.
Time does not stand still Lots of changes can happen in 4 years especially in countries and cities making an effort to progress. As you found some of the changes are good and some are not. Happy travels.
Beautiful Beijing Great you had a taste of Beijing...whirlwind maybe but worth the taste. Interesting to see pics of those sights in Autumn...my visits have always been in Winter with smaller crowds. Keep safe.
First steps on Great Wall.. that is impressive as the journey itself, only so intense, cities oriented (when the country is much more than just cities:), cultural. Still exceptional intro of the world for kids. Impact on them lives, wonder over the secret and how not to.
I have difficulty imagining at some parts how you managed with so much luggage, like taking public transport from terminals. it must be a moving possessions trip as well:)
Thanks for sharing, was interesting to read.
Well.... Spending so many hours going across Russia, I doubt we could call it a city oriented trip. At the same time, once you reach China...the East of the country is so overbuilt...or over-populated, that there is not much left to sheer countryside.
When it comes to bags...let's put it simply...we are super organized...We reach a point where the kids know the drill, can "nearly" pack on their own...and I guess, have gain so much in organization skills over the last 18 months...that hopefully it won't get lost in their life...
The secret about life is the ability to create time...I guess we can say the same thing about managing getting around with bags...
Life is about choices... To those who think you can see the all world before you die...they are wrong...but you can dive the world before you die! Life is all about choices...and I don't mind that it means from time to time to rush from one wonder to the next. Because at the end of the day...we life only once, so better be good!
This blog is just short of 10 years old. We have now move to South Africa.
Why South Africa? Simple, great wine, great food, great golf and even more amazing diving! I will for once continue to blog from time to time about home. After all, this is just my fourth continent after having grow up in Europe, lived in Asia for twenty years, and even spent a full year living the life of Buenos Aires.
Come to visit....there is so much to do here! ... full info
Home and Away
Bob Carlsen
Happy birthday...
old man! You celebrated the best possible way.