1. Italy, June 2003, Day 1 (ish)
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Last year at this time we were driving to our apartment/villa in Praiano. It seems so long ago -- of course, I'm not the one who got married. I'm sure Vince and Kate feel like it was just yesterday ...

2. Montreal: Arrival
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[NOTE: written by hand and transcibed later, after we got home.] Sitting, waiting for the plane to arrive is never very exciting. I've already made my way through 402 pages of a magazine & we still ...

3. London: room and packing in sights
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The room is reminescent of our first night in Zurich. The suitcase needs to be standing up if we're both going to be walking and/or moving about. The heat in here is cranking, too. We've got no control ...

4. Switzerland, Zurich Day 1
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We booked the trip through go-today.com. It was all inclusive: round-trip airfare, car rental and Minotel hotel vouchers. We'd set up our trip ahead of time to be a little loop in the eastern portion ...

5. Beautiful Beginning
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OK, so Jess was going to write about this, but I've beaten her to it. She's in the shower, washing off the stink that is a day of travelling. The day started off well enough. We both went to work, our ...