She says: Holy heat wave, Batman. Despite there being relatively low humidity here, today while we explored Rome, it may have been the hottest day of my life. I'm sure we were a lovely, sweaty, sunburned picture of tourist perfection. I came to Rome for a week two years ago with my mom, dad and Mike. I am amazed how well I remember the city, can orient us with the help of a map, and regale Matt with boring anecdotes (Mike and I watched a log there!; we christene...

He says: We rolled into Zurich after a ten hour flight from Beijing thoroughly fatigued. Three straight days of long haul flights was starting to catch up to me. We were given a special treat of a night at the Uetileberg - a hotel located on a mountain overlooking Zurich - from an old family friend of Shauna's, Kathy Fleig. It was a great night and we ate at the hotel restaurant overlooking the city and the mountains. It was romance central - complete with rose p...

He says: It's been an intense few days of travel. A mere 48 hours ago we were in Australia, then yesterday we spent the day in Singapore, and now (after a crazy seven hour turbulent flight) we made it to Beijing. My only real job in planning this trip, other than booking our hotels, was to organize a ride to see The Great Wall. It was on my Nicholson/Freeman list (aka bucket list) and I did plenty of research on the web to find the right driver to take us there...

He says: After an eight hour flight from Sydney, we made it to Singapore this afternoon ready to explore. Before debarking our plane, we were warned that drug offenses are punishable by death in Singapore. Good thing I left my spoon and belt at home. The Singapore airport is known to be one of the best in the world. It's got a butterfly sanctuary, endless designer shops, and a swimming pool. It's sort of like the West Edmonton mall without the Orange Julius. My...

She says: After almost three weeks aboard the nursing home at sea, it's been nice to see some familiar (and non-octogenarian) faces. We had a great couple of days with Gus and Karla, who got engaged since we saw them last. They are an incredible couple who could not be more in love and we know that we will have many more adventures with them in the future. We are bummed to be missing their wedding, as the timing doesn't work out for us. We did get to see their c...