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... suggestion, as to not scare-off the other person. But as we became more comfortable in our relationship we discussed our mutual desire to take the RTW trip together-- both realizing it would be quite a challenge, not only to afford and take the risk of such a trip, but to do it with each other.<br><br>I suppose you could say the real "bug" was planted when we traveled to Panama in November 2008. The normal reaction I got when telling people where we were ...

... for us to get away from it all and clear our heads. I am sure we will be distracted by all the great adventures we have planned we won't have time to dwell on it. We're going white water rafting, zip lining, water fall repelling and drinking our days away on the beach - and that's only Costa Rica. I have no idea what Nathan has planned for us in Guatemala. We divided and conquered the planning again. Well, we haven't ...

... pay our US$55 to go up the tower, then wait 20 minutes to catch a lift to the 103rd floor. Mind you, it was worth it. The views are fantastic in every direction. Loads of other tourists up there, especially being a Saturday and the weather was uncharacteristically warm and sunny. We had heard that Chicago would be cold and windy, but we were pretty warm all day until 4pm.<br>Anyway on the viewing deck of the Sears Tower they have installed some glass sticky-outy bits that you can (queue up ...

... Thank you' to her, she would reply with a non-committal &#8220;Mmm-hmm.&#8221;<br>Oh well, maybe she was having an off day...<br><br><br><br>Arrived in Chicago at the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel at nearly 6, after navigating some pretty serious traffic(makes Auckland rush hour look like a slow day in Kaitaia) &#8211; well done Fred! Kids happy to have a swim in the heated pool, and the Chicago specialty of Deep Dish Pizza for dinner &#8211; yum!<br>

... around the store trying to find what she wanted to paint next if we could afford it. A couple of the other customers came over to lindsey (who was still in her apron) and asked the prices of the painting. They kept asking her till she finally just walked away from them. It was hilarious. Well, that was pretty much all that happened. Well, night, we have to get up early. (Meaning three am). NIGHTY-NIGHT!!!

... though, has not remembered to clean her house since the last time someone visted her. Oh well, She was still nice to see. Well, other then that not much happened. I am sure though that Lindsey gave you a really descriptive blog on the incident with the Starbucks. That also sucked, but was fun. hehehe. Anyway, we are gonna go see Nana. Tell more later.

Rio de Janeiro's Geography Most of Rio lies on a geological structure called Brazilian Crystal Basement.The structure had many tectonic alterations, which resulted in the several elevations, hills, mountains and valleys which characterize the ...

... travel debacle began. To get to the airport we go directions to walk to the blue line and we did. When we got there the line was having work done so we had to catch a shuttle to Western station. The shuttle drove us back to the hotel basically before turning the corner. At western we all piled off and they shepherded us across the street and up the stairs to the station were we waited and waited. We got the train finally, but by the time we got ...

... from Miami to Chicago and after paying us 400 dollars we had our ticket home. The Miami to Chicago flight ended up being about one-fifth full, so they were either incompetent or just didn't care to help us. The point is, NEVER FLY IBERIA. We were told that before, but didn't listen cause it was the cheapest with the best flights. Anyways...two good restaurant suggestions in Madrid that are nice and inexpensive were La Gloria de ...

... in the near future. And if you don't get something or understand something, like 'lagniappe', it probably means that it is meant for other people who are also reading this blog. If you really want to know what I'm saying, I'm only an email away. And if your email address got on here by mistake, just ask me to remove you. I look forward to hearing from all of you, and sharing my stories too. See you in July!