A newlywed couple and the ultimate test: Our journey around Europe and Asia, and a temporary settling in Australia.

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We've escaped the rat race! Well, at least for a couple of years. Our wedding on April 21, 2007 marks the beginning of our new life together, and what better way to kick it off then quitting our jobs and leaving it all! The trip will include camper-vanning around Europe, a trip to Russia to hop the Trans-Siberian/Mongolian trains to China, backpacking around SE Asia, and working and playing in the land down under. Make sure to check back often...enjoy!

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  Map pin for Vancouver   Vancouver, Canada on May 2, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  First stop: London   London, United Kingdom on May 6, 2007 21 pictures 1 comment
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  Learning to drive all over again   Stansted, United Kingdom on May 9, 2007 25 pictures 0 comments
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  Prepping for the road   Landshut, Germany on May 16, 2007 8 pictures 1 comment
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  Get in ma belly   Landshut, Germany on May 18, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Ready to roll!   Landshut, Germany on May 19, 2007 14 pictures 1 comment
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  Map pin for Freiburg   Freiburg, Germany on May 23, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Map pin for Besancon   Besancon, France on May 24, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Map pin for Millau   Millau, France on May 25, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Map pin for Perpignan   Perpignan, France on May 26, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  From Germany to Spain, and all in between   Roses, Spain on May 27, 2007 27 pictures 1 comment
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  Keeping our chins up   Roses, Spain on May 31, 2007 28 pictures 1 comment
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  A Surreal Experience   Figueres, Spain on Jun 3, 2007 19 pictures 0 comments
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  The Long (and Wet) Road Home   Santa Pau, Spain on Jun 5, 2007 22 pictures 0 comments
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  GR92 from Platja d¨Aro to Sant Feliu   Pineda de Mar, Spain on Jun 8, 2007 21 pictures 0 comments
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  Barcelona   Barcelona, Spain on Jun 13, 2007 40 pictures 1 comment
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  U-turn to France   Sant Salvador, Spain on Jun 17, 2007 21 pictures 1 comment
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  Hiking in the Pyranees   Tarbes, Spain on Jun 21, 2007 32 pictures 0 comments
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  A Happy Birthday in Paris   Paris, France on Jul 1, 2007 45 pictures 1 comment
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  Exploring Normandy   Mont st-michel, France on Jul 11, 2007 44 pictures 1 comment
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  Map pin for Tours   Tours, France on Jul 12, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Map pin for Paris   Paris, France on Jul 14, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Map pin for Saverne   Saverne, France on Jul 17, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Chateaus, Bastille Day and Disneyland   Landshut, Germany on Jul 18, 2007 20 pictures 1 comment
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  Recuperated and ready for more   Landshut, Germany on Jul 24, 2007 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Some Hiking in the Austrian Alps   St. Wolfgang, Austria on Aug 2, 2007 41 pictures 0 comments
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  From the Austrian Alps through Italy   Bastia, France on Aug 10, 2007 45 pictures 0 comments
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  Corsica! Or not?   Landshut, Germany on Aug 17, 2007 27 pictures 0 comments
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  Erzgebirge, Dresden and Swiss Saxony   Landshut, Germany on Aug 30, 2007 49 pictures 0 comments
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  Heating up in Athens   Athens, Greece on Sep 6, 2007 32 pictures 1 comment
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  Scootin' Around Naxos   Naxos, Greece on Sep 11, 2007 26 pictures 0 comments
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  Postcard perfect Santorini   Fira, Greece on Sep 16, 2007 36 pictures 0 comments
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  End of our European travels   Landshut, Germany on Sep 18, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  From Oktoberfest to Berlin   Berlin, Germany on Sep 26, 2007 18 pictures 0 comments
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  Welcome to Russia!   St. Petersburg, Russia on Sep 30, 2007 59 pictures 1 comment
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  Spankings in Petrozavodsk   Petrozavodsk, Russia on Oct 3, 2007 40 pictures 1 comment
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  The Insanity That is Moscow   Moscow, Russia on Oct 10, 2007 58 pictures 0 comments
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  Our Three Night Platzkartny Experience   Moscow, Russia on Oct 13, 2007 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Krasnoyarsk and the Pillars   Krasnoyarsk, Russia on Oct 14, 2007 21 pictures 0 comments
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  Irkutsk, Listvyanka and Lake Baikal   Irkutsk, Russia on Oct 16, 2007 21 pictures 0 comments
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  Livin' the Island Life in Kuzhir   Irkutsk, Russia on Oct 18, 2007 42 pictures 0 comments
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  Arrival in Ulan Bator   Ulan Bator, Mongolia on Oct 22, 2007 4 pictures 0 comments
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  An Unforgettable Day, For All the Wrong Reasons!   Ulan Bator, Mongolia on Oct 23, 2007 18 pictures 1 comment
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  White Lake, gers, yaks, etc   Ulan Bator, Mongolia on Oct 27, 2007 39 pictures 0 comments
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  Terelj and the horse debacle   Ulan Bator, Mongolia on Oct 31, 2007 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Beijing and the Great Wall   Beijing, China on Nov 6, 2007 46 pictures 0 comments
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  Bishu Shanzhuang and Puning Si Temple   Chengde, China on Nov 7, 2007 28 pictures 1 comment
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  A Little Peace and Quiet in Pingyao   Pingyao, China on Nov 15, 2007 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Xi'an and the Terracotta Army   Xi'an, China on Nov 19, 2007 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Chengdu and the pandas   Chengdu, China on Nov 23, 2007 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve and Songpan   Songpan, China on Nov 26, 2007 38 pictures 0 comments
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  Crouching Carlo, Hidden Yvonne...and a Huge Buddha   Leshan, China on Nov 30, 2007 21 pictures 0 comments
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  Picture Perfect Lijiang   Lijiang, China on Dec 2, 2007 26 pictures 0 comments
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  GORGE-ous!   Tiger Leaping Gorge, China on Dec 5, 2007 30 pictures 0 comments
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  Dali, and the end of China   Sapa, Vietnam on Dec 11, 2007 17 pictures 0 comments
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  Rice Paddies and Hill Tribes   Sapa, Vietnam on Dec 14, 2007 31 pictures 0 comments
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  Fear and Loathing in Hanoi   Hanoi, Vietnam on Dec 17, 2007 20 pictures 0 comments
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  Jekyl and Hyde trip to Halong Bay   Halong Bay, Vietnam on Dec 20, 2007 30 pictures 0 comments
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  It has to get worse to get better   Hoi An, Vietnam on Dec 23, 2007 16 pictures 0 comments
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  A Jungle Break   Jungle Beach, Vietnam on Dec 28, 2007 23 pictures 0 comments
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  Happy New Year from Saigon!   Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Jan 1, 2008 15 pictures 0 comments
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  Exploring the Mekong Delta   Rach Gia, Vietnam on Jan 6, 2008 43 pictures 0 comments
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  Phu Quoc and the End of Our Travels   Phu Quoc, Vietnam on Jan 11, 2008 20 pictures 2 comments
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  We came, we saw, we left   Brisbane, Australia on Jan 17, 2008 15 pictures 2 comments
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  Settling in, Melbourne style   Melbourne, Australia on Jan 24, 2008 21 pictures 1 comment
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  Melbourne Update   Melbourne, Australia on Feb 13, 2008 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Jobs and an apartment: Mission Accomplished   Melbourne, Australia on Mar 1, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
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  The Long Layover   Melbourne, Australia on Mar 25, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Trans-Siberian trip from St. Pete to Beijing   Melbourne, Australia on Jun 24, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Around China and Vietnam (Video)   Melbourne, Australia on Jun 30, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments