We've realized that we're making a tour of obscure countries that start with the letter L. We started in Lesotho and we're now in Luxembourg. We should hit Laos in a few months... From the moment we came back to Luxembourg (from Brussels) we felt relaxed. It's been great taking a vacation from our holidays and spending time with friends from home. Jason works for KPMG and he is working in Luxembourg for 2 years; Janine has gotten work at a law fir...

Sorry about the backlog in terms of what we have been up to.  We've spent the last week taking a holiday from our vacation.  Poor us...we know you all feel bad for us being so tired from all our travelling. Believe me, it's hard work. Let's go back 2 weeks now to Salzburg:Our main reason for going to Salzburg was to obtain our visa for Russia. At some point while we were in Italy, it occurred to us that we needed visas for Russia, Mongo...

Sunday morning after Oktoberfest, Joel and I set off on the slow train (12 hours) to Luxembourg whereas the Moogs set off on the fast train (5 hours).  As we had visa issues to resolve, Joel and I were (eventually) going to Brussels but were going to stop in Luxembourg for the night.  Our long and painful train trip was good practice for our Trans-Siberian trip that begins on October 14th. We figure we stopped in about 30 different towns along the ...

We arrived in Munich just after noon and waiting for us were the Moogs (aka Jason and Janine). They are our wonderful friends from Ottawa although they are from Manitoba but they actually live in Luxembourg of all places. The Moogs welcomed us on the train platform which was a nice feeling since we have not yet been greeted in a single city on this trip. After struggling to find our hostel, we all set of the (in)famous Oktoberfest at the Theisengarten fair ground...

Benvenuti/Wilkommen from Europa!We´ve been here for over a week and already we´ve been running around a whole lot.  But first, we left Cape Town bright an early although I didn´t quite make it on the plane because I forgot my Leatherman in my carryone.  Fortunately I was able to check it with my bag.  Our flight was pleasant and uneventful; in fact, it was even enjoyable although I got a reputation for being a big eater as I alway...