Around the world 2009

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Since the voyage continues, I thought I'd update the blog. John and Julie are already making plans for next winter - Mexico, Guatemala, ...

Coming home is comforting. No flights or hotel reservations to confirm, no new currency to understand, no new expressions to learn, no orien...

My time in Paris was spent with old friends. Francoise and Gustave welcomed me into their comfortable "pavillon". After dinner, ...

It's been great staying in Lille with Damien, June and the kids, but today I take the train to Paris, and tomorrow, the plane to Chicago...

Dinner with the FitzGeralds and our friend in Paris, Stephanie Bauer; also one of Annie's best friends.  Le Peintre is a fun bistro in t...

The best return home moment was getting into National Airport in DC and seeing Annie, Carlos and our little 15 month old grandson, Carlitos ...

What a great way to end an Around the World trip. Paris felt like coming home, and now I'm in Lille, in the north of France, where I...

Last Friday, we went to the Pompideau Centre musee of Modern Art here in Paris: The best thing we saw was a film of Alexander Calder perform...

Entering the Western world via Paris made the transition easy; the cold weather was a shock though! Our friends, George and Marcia ...