Nobody believes me when I say that the 80 days thing is a coincidence. But it is.
We leave the day after Isabel's last exam and return the day before the first full day of school. 80 days.
Actually from take off to touch down at Winnipeg International is 79 days and 20 hours, but door to door from our house... precisely 80 days.

And a bit about the backstory. In 1993 after three years in veterinary practice Lorraine and I quit our jobs and backpacked around the world for eight months, doing everything from living in a cave in Greece (a very nice cave mind you) to camel trekking across the Rajastani desert to celebrating Christmas in Hong Kong to island hopping in Thailand to volcano climbing in Indonesia to living with a family in Samoa to... well, the list does go on and on. Everyone said, "Wow, that was the trip of a lifetime!" To which we responded, "Nooo! It can't be the only time we do that! It just can't be." We swore we would do something similar again when we had kids. It's 22 years later. Isabel is 13. Alexander is 10.
It's time.

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Dim The Lights

It's time for a slideshow. Make some popcorn, pour yourself a drink and dim the lights. If you're the type who likes to fall asleep during slideshows, then move to the end of the couch and curl up with an afghan (I mean the crocheted blanket, but if you prefer the hound or the person, be my guest).
These are our favorite pictures, many of which have appeared in the blog, but some of which have not. The music is Philip Glass. Don't let that frighten you, he was in an unusually melodic mood.

 Around The World:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FaDLEAU3mQ
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