Well, the quick trip to London didn’t quite work out for us. Margot’s ankle was still a little to tender for such an excursion and the wet cooler weather was also becoming a bit of an issue. So, we decided to leave the London venture for a different British Isles trip sometime in the not-to-distant future. Instead we spent an extra few days wandering about Paris and enjoying what could be our favourite international city so far.
From Paris we made good time heading through Belgium to another amazingly beautiful city, Amsterdam. We stayed at a great campground about 20 minutes from Dam Square and we felt right at home wandering about these beautiful and familiar canals again, but I’ll have to admit, we were missing the company of Bert and Camilla this time around. Luckily for us, we have our new Dutch family to count on for a warm and welcome feeling. The red carpet was rolled out again and we had such a wonderful day eating and visiting. We can hardly wait to see them in Canada so that we can reciprocate this hospitality.
The weather’s been getting much colder lately with icicles forming and the space heater working overtime so it’s got us moving things along a little bit faster than planned. We had almost forgot about the cold. So, here we are after 28,000km, back at Dumo-Reismobile, the dealership outside of Dulmen, Germany that has been so fantastic to deal with. Michael Thyssen has been true to his word in every possible way and his excellent staff has been extremely helpful to us as we wrap up our European adventure, just like they were at getting it started. We’re now in the process of packing up the bulk of our things for freight shipping back home and have discovered that this is not an easy or inexpensive venture. The guys here at the dealership are graciously helping us with arranging the carriers to transport it. All we have to do is “pack-it-up” which sounds so easy when you say it quickly… Why did we bring so much stuff?
From here we will start the next phase of our return trip home via Asia-Pacific. Our sights are now set on flying from Frankfurt, Germany to Dubai, United Arab Emirates where thankfully the temperature is averaging in the 30’s. This could be our Christmas “vacation” destination. From there, eastward toward Bangkok,Thailand or possibly Singapore, Malaysia. We don’t plan on spending too much time working our way back home but we do plan on sampling a little bit of Asian culture as we skip our way along and getting back to the Pacific Northwest within three to six weeks. And yes! we are getting excited. As for the Blog during this phase, I will do my best to sneak in a short post whenever I get the chance but depending on our time and wifi availability they will probably be much more limited… lucky for you.

Road Ramble: Merry Christmas!

Our Christmas will be very different and I suspect somewhat difficult this year as we’ll be celebrating it without family and friends nearby for the first time ever. We’re already starting to think about having a family turkey dinner in March just to give us the strength to make it through the season. I can’t tell you how much we are going to miss the kids and all the fun times we have with everyone over the holidays. I’m sure that no one is feeling too sorry for us… but keep in mind that you’ll all be front and centre in our minds, and we’re wishing everyone a very…
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!