Florence and Nice Day 24 & 25
There was a change of plans since last post. After I posted Rachl was feeling even worse to we went to the hospital there and got her checked out. They kept her overnight there and…
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Rome, Florence Day 21, 22 & 23
Since the last post Rachel and I have gone to Rome and Florence. Rome was beautiful. It’s hard to describe how history that goes back that far makes you feel. The sisteen chapel is beautiful,…
Travelling Day 19 & 20
The last two days have been pure travel. Santorini’s beach will be missed, here is a picture below. We left Santorini at 10pm on Sunday night and its now 2pm on Tuesday, we don’t arrive…
Santorini, Greece Day 16, 17 & 18
Rachel and I have been in Santorini, Greece for the past three days. Santorini is beautiful. The houses are built into the thousand foot cliffs that the island is made up and it is supposed…
Italy and Greece Day 12, 13, 14, 15
We arrived in Venice finally after an overnight train ride with not very good sleeping patterns and in long conversations with a ex-Fransiscan monk (by conversation I mean that Rachel listened to him talk for…
Germany and Austria Day 10 & 11
It´s becoming sort of a whirlwind at this point. We are flying way too fast through every city, and coutry trying to experience everything at once and getting to our flight that leaves for Greece….
Switzerland and Austria Day 8 & 9
Since my last post we`ve been to Switzerland and to Austria, and now we are in Munich, Germany. We´ve been moving a bit too fast to really get a great feel let alone blog of…
Amsterdam Day 7
One thing that sticks out about Amsterdam is the large quanties of bikes EVERYWHERE. It is quite ridiculous. They don’t have parking garages with three or four floors for cars, but they do for their…
Day 5 & 6 in Brussels
Today and last night we spent in Belgium (Brussels if you want to know the city, Darryl). It was probably the most beautiful city I have ever seen. The architecture was out of this world…
Day 4 in Ireland
Today we are in Ireland and it’s Aaron’s birthday. We met Rachel’s sister and husband (Aaron) in Ireland at the last leg of their trip. So to celebrate we went to a pub here in…
Day 1 & 2 in England/Ireland
Rachel and I just left London, England. It was a lot of fun. We spent most of the day walking and doing the typical stops. Big Ben, Westminister Abbey…you know stuff like that. A few…
Gone to Europe
Rachel and I have bought brand new hiking bags, booked some hostels, a few flights, bought Euro Passes, shaved my head, cut Rachel’s hair, got someone to live at our house, got a free gift…
It Gets Even Worse
A lot of times we speak without knowing. I think when it comes to Africa, foreign aid, poverty and other social topics we are all guilty. I’m reading a book right now called the Road…
When Sharing Gets Real
When we think of sharing we think of little kids having to share their toys. As we get older it becomes sharing the rake or lawnmower out of our shed to our neighbours. It usually…
Links for June 04, 2007
Barry and I had a booth at Artwalk this weekend. We didn’t sell much but we made lots of good connections, especially for the Sarnia Film Fest. Here is all the pictures that we were…
Links for May 31, 2007
Bill Dahl has published his entire book online. A Porpoise Diving Life. Rick Warren wrote days 1 thru 40. He’s written days 41-80. His hope is that his readers will write days 81-120. ———————– It’s…
Sarnia Artwalk 2007
This year, Barry and I, are setting up a booth at Sarnia Artwalk 2007. We are pretty pumped. We are going to be selling our pictures that we have been taken over the last few…
The Flat Kingdom Part 2
The Following is an excerpt from “Tales from the Secret Annex” written by Anne Frank. The quote inspired this post that I wrote a few days ago. “I wonder if any of the people sitting…
Links for May 23, 2007
This article was amazing by the publisher of Hustler Magazine about Jerry Fallwell. Matthew Good writes a eulogy to Jerry Falwell, who by the way, in case you didn’t know, has died. I have a…
The Flat Kingdom
I’m really struggling with what it means to be with the poor. I grew up never really thinking about it. There were poor people and that sucked but I cared about where I was. As…