Dear Anna, just want to let you know that i am so moved by your compassionate heart. I think everybody should go to Africa once in the lifetime to appreciate what we have. love you, #5

Wow. You are amazing.

Thank you so much for the beautiful post card! It looks like a fabulous place - Dubrovnik. I am very impressed with your trip. It sounds like so much fun for someone your age with all that energy.

Take care and hurry home.

Aunt Lorrie

Dear Anna,
Thanks for your post card. From your travel journals, I can tell that you are not only having great time traveling but also are learning a lot about the world, the people, and yourself. This is a great life time experience. I'm very happy for you. Look foward to hearing about your S. Africa stories. Take care!

Love,
Sanaiye

fo shizzle and all that weird intro stuff. (fo shizzle? whats wrong with us?) hi anna how are you? our mom just told us about this website so james and i decided to write to you about all your hip trips and all that groovy stuff thats going in in europe. well it has been a long time and right about now as i am saying salutations to you james ditched so here i am (jeff) sitting in front of the pc typing to you. lol anyway europe must be pretty cool with all the famous landmarks in all the countries. i liked the pictures all the paintings of michelangelo (ha i spelled his name right, skillz) in the chapel place. it must have been cool i wish i could see it but we dont travel much so nvm. anyway your other pictures were also pretty hip and hop (hip and hop? i should hit myself), especially that one with the yes and no sign hahahaha how revealing. i bet european food must be like really good, especially in italy and stuff with all the pasta and pizza. did you visit the leaning tower of pizza yet? hahaha lmao hahaha-leaning tower of PIZZA! my jokes are so funny hahahahahahaha- never mind (omfg whats wrong with me). wth i cant capitalize my stupid typing what the heck is wrong with this keyboard. and jeez its 10:56 at night and im pretty tired from school and my hair is wet and i have blue and purple sharpie on my plam that says i love sam. im part of a "fanclub" of a guy called samuel he shortened his name. lots of people are in it and no im not gay. unfortunately i have a girl friend called samantha(sam for short) so some of my friends took it the wrong way. omg how annoying some people can be **** and **** ** ******* sometimes. heeheeheehee i censored the words heeheehee you cant read them. heehee. oh well i should go to bed and did you know that-relative to size-the barnacle has the biggest penis of any animal? no i bet you didn't and now you are thinking eewwwww omg jeffrey is such a pervert and all that stuff well i am not i got that from house (medical drama that rivals greys anatomy or gregs anatomy or gregorys anatomy or cut or something; whatever it is, i think your dad likes it a lot) holy crap-cow i have typed a lot of meaningless junk today it will defininitely be interesting to post this. should this be counted as a blog or something? i mean thats a lot of people posting all their opinions and stuf about your trip. oh man i spelled stuff wrong hehe silly me. signing off and jeez i dont use aim why am i taliking like this? ttyl

hi, anna, fanny left for her malaysia and thailand trip last night. i don't know if she would have internet access. DaYiMa, DaYiDie, Danny, me, your mom, and Jay went to San Jose last weekend. Your dad arrived the night before. It is always fun to have family gathering. fanny did not come because she has to finish her project. i'll be gone for my indonesia trip when you come back (i leave on 5/14.) but i will see you before you go for your asia trip =) take care and enjoy your south africa, love you. #5

Hey girl,sorry about the call in the middle of the night. The math associated with that many time zones is way beyond me! I was so impressed that Grandma and Grandpa sent a message, this is historic, certainly exciting! Not sure who this Aunt Lorrie is but it might just be Ms. Mary Lorraine Reade. Actually she's really fond of her little brother, you just would know it! Going back to Japan soon so I won't see you when you get back in May but I'll write by e-mail (very modern don't you think). My cell phone just might work so try it out (but with your math background I won't understand any 3:00am calls!) Take care of yourself and be careful! Love Baba

Forgot to tell you...I love the hair cut!!! And I really hope you had a guiness for me!!!

Anna!! I just had a chance to read all your entries, I am so happy for you! My mouth gets watery every now and then reading about all the foods you are trying, good fo you! Who cares if you gain those pounds I am sure they are well worth it!
I am starting to plan my trip to Europe in Sept. to go to my cousin's wedding and I am picking some places to visit so I am getting some real nice ideas from you!

Life here has been a bit hard, going back to the dept. was horrible but I will tell you about that laaaaater...everything else is great, I am loving my job and I might start some reasearch with Gerardo Aldana...yaayyy!!

The weather is finally getting nice here in SB so I hope I can get out of these long sleeves and get a tan sometime soon.

I miss you tons and I can't wait to hear about our Mother Land! I would LOVE to go to Africa...so smell the soil from me...=)
Hugs!!!

Andrea

Hi Anna
by this time you will almost be in South Africa! Your trip so far sounds wonderful-you could almost qualify as one of those ever travelin' kiwis!
Its finally spring here although yesterday I did go skiing with a couple of friends-you can imagine-3 old bags on short skis with all those snowboarders-we were old enough to be their grandmothers!! It was lovely and warm and the snow was horrible but we had a great time and ate lots of KIT KATS!!
Robin and Zak will be here for the weekend so that will be fun. We will no doubt go for a bike ride in prep for the BIG one next Sunday when you will be gallivanting with lions and elephants and such!
Andy and I both send our love and glad you are having tons of fun1
Cheers and watch out for those big handsome Afrikaaners!!!
Gaye xoxo

Hi Anna! I just read all about you trip so far. Sounds so exciting! It makes me want to go to Europe so bad! Thanks for checking up on me and all my swimming activities:) It put a smile on my face. Well this quarter so far has been busy and its only the 3rd week. Its going to be a tough one! I've been very busy lately with swimming, planning stuff for our banquet, school and everything!
Here is my address:
6707 Trigo Rd
I hope you continue to have a blast! I cant wait to see you again and hear all about it in person!

Hello Anna the Globetrotter!

Just checking in to see where you have been and where you are now. I am glad you are having so much fun. I think traveling is so interesting with all of the history involved. I hope I get to go to Italy someday too.

BTW - I don't think I would trust anyone that calls themself Baba.

Take care of yourself.

L