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My Ears Are Burning
Boneheads, indeed! Sarah was right, though. It took me a good hour and forty-five minutes to drive the sixty or so kilometres from Lenno to Bellagio. As Sarah said, I probably should have left the car on the western shore … Continue reading
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Bellagio
Here we are in the Italian region of Lombardy, more than 1,000 kilometres from home. 768 of those were covered yesterday, as we traversed the Netherlands and Germany, making it into Switzerland before nightfall. When the children’s bedtime was looming, … Continue reading
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The Road Beckons Once More
Sarah wants to go travelling again. Me, I could live without it this time. For one thing, Koninginnedag will be here in a couple of days. We were in Istanbul last year and missed it, so Eloïse doesn’t really have … Continue reading
The Volcano And The In-Laws
Oma and Opa have successfully escaped back to the US, thwarting further attempts by Eyjafjalla to keep them here. In the end, their return flight was delayed six days. Dutch air space had reopened a couple of days after they … Continue reading
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The Joy Of Vomit
Great news: Sarah vomited today! She has morning sickness, and not before time. She’s more than seven weeks into her pregnancy now and morning sickness had already come to her by this stage of both her previous pregnancies. Its absence … Continue reading
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