I visited with the Jave family for most of my stay in Toronto. Carl’s nephew, Joshua, was so happy to see his uncle. We also managed to meet up with a bunch of friends – Alex, Steve, Alistair, Brishen, Joanne, Beth and Richie. Carl talk me walking around half the city including the University of Toronto (UofT), the Art gallery of Ontario (AGO) and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). The dinosaur fossils section was particularly well presented. We had some fabulous meals including Lobster and Chinese Food. I managed to find a special present for Ann that she will have to wait for until I get back. We left for the Cayman Islands on a Friday. We flew over Varadero, Cuba during the flight. We walked out from the airport to Georgetown where Carl enjoyed his ... read more

Dear Friends and Family, Ann and I had a fabulous time visiting Iceland. We drove down to Seattle on Feb 8 and managed to find our parking company which was about 5 kms from the airport. We had an empty flight so managed to sprawl out. We lost 8 hours due to the time difference and arrived at 7am the next day to a white wonderland at Keflavik Airport. We caught a bus into Reykjavik, which dropped us right at our hotel. The sun was just starting to rise around 9:30am when we headed out for the day. We walked up a small hill to see the Pearlan. It consists for six decommissioned water tanks that have been upgraded into the Saga Museum, a look out and restaurant. We could see all of Reykjavik and out ... read more

Richard and Ann in Europe 2010 Part 2 In Amsterdam, we tried pankoken for breakfast before walking the canals to see the Bloominmarket (flower market), Rijksmuseum, strolled the Damm (shopping street), and through the Red Light District. The next day we took the canal boat tour, stopped by Anne Frank’s house, snacked on bitterballen, joined a free walking tour (great stories of the city), and were invited by the guide (Shannon) for a dinner of Stampot (sausage and cabbage potato). We headed out for a fun pub crawl that evening with new friends: Joe, Tim, Becky, Hannah and David. We nicknamed Joe ‘ Daddy Mac’ and helped him get photos with all the girls. The next morning we caught the train to Brussels even though it wasn’t the one we had paid for. A gent named ... read more

Dear Fiends and Family I must have taken over 500 photos of Angkor Wat so hopefully you get to see some of the best attached. I managed 3 days at the temples including multiple sunrises and sunsets. The best part of the trip so far. SOme of the time, there was not a single person around. I could explore most of the site with only jungle noises to disturb the peace (and Dad, of course). Some of the photos included show the main temple at Angkor Wat (most well known), the Banyon (with dozens of huge faces looking down at you) and Ta Phrom (which has been left in an overgrown state, similar to how the original western explorers found it). I highly recommend getting to some of the more remote tamples that are also overgrown ... read more