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We have been in Germany now for 19 months since moving from Seoul, Korea. We spent a weekend in an apartment overlooking lake Lucern in Switzerland. We had an amazing week driving a rented yacht through the Netherlands. We've been up to the Netherlands a few other times since the people are so wonderful. I just did a 48 hour road trip through France, Belgium, Luxemboug, and the Netherlands by myself. It was fun and interesting. We went to a concert in Netherlands where they had 3 stages and a campsite, Arrowrock festival. What a great time that was. Germany is an adventure everyday. We love living here. We are nearby the Neckar river which has awesome bike paths alongside it and lots of paths in the woods. We went to Munich for the Starkbierfest (strong beer festival). We are into the beer. Went to Bamberg to try their smokey beers. That's a great little town. Czech was another beer adventure we went on. Stayed at the Chodovar Hotel which offers beer baths, very soothing. We are head to Czech this weekend, Plzen, to go to the Pilsen beer festival. There are so many festivals here in our area that it's hard to keep up with them, from Kraut festivals to wine/beer festivals. There is always something going on here. We have a trip planned to Rota, Spain in November. This is where I met my husband Jeff so we are very excited to go back, it was been 15 years. Update, we missed that flight to Spain. We did make it to Barcelona also this past year. We felt like we were back home since we speak the language pretty well. We are still struggling with our German and it is frustrating. We also made it back to the U.S. this summer for a month to see family and work a little. Washington D.C., Portland, Oregon; and Missoula Montana. Oh, we went to Ireland too. Love Ireland. Boy, typing this all out really makes me realize all we have done. Yikes! I know alot of you out there pack it in just like we do. We just can't help ourselves can we? Happy travels!!!

You might see some photos of us from the 80's. I dusted off some old pics and am now sharing them. When we couldn't afford to travel for awhile I couldn't even look at the pictures. I wasn't sure we would ever travel again. So, yeah! We have blown off the dust and are realizing our dreams to the fullest!

We survived the Tsunami in Langkawi Malaysia. We were very lucky to have been on that island instead of others that were just minutes away.

We lived in Korea for 3 years and had many adventures there. Here is a picture from the Yunwha Mountain Wowoojongsa Temple. I just love this picture. It was a serene day right before Buddha's birthday.

We visited many Asian countries since moving to Korea in 2003 (between the 2 of us, some on solo trips) to Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand 4 times, Laos, Philippines, Tokyo, and Okinawa. Please see my other Asian pages.

Found a man who wanted to stay in our place in Seoul and we stayed in his NY apartment for free. Ny is fantastic, fabulous, and wonderful! Just loved it! This is a pic of a free concert they project in the park. It was a hot day. Take a picnic and some wine and chill. We also got to see the Letterman show. I applied on-line, they called my parents house in the states with information. Then I had to call them back and answer a secret question... and I got it right! So, we had tickets! It was a riot!

We just spent a week driving a rented boat through the canals of Holland. It was challenging but so wonderful. We had the freedom to go and do what we wanted. We didn't have to worry about other transport, hotels, food choices, money, check-out times, breakfast times, etc... nothing! You make your own route, stop when you want, and it's your house for a week. We thought it was the best vacation ever.

I suppose my uge for travel stems from growing up with alot of freedom and with pretty adventurous parents. I was always an explorer and my parents would take me on trips around the U.S., including Alaska, Mexico, and Canada. I lived in Spain and London for a total of 7 years in the 80's. My husand was an exchange student to Sweden when he was 16 and was forever hooked on languages and travel after that. I met my husband in Spain. Then we lived in the U.S. for 11 years until we got this job and moved to Seoul. We recently moved from Seoul, after living there 3 years, and are in Stuttgart, Germany now.