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Day 3

Welcome all! Thus far in our travels, Janak managed to mosey us from Zion National Park, to Bryce Canyon, and this morning we find ourselves in Provo. Zion and Bryce – I only wish I could describe them...

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Day 4

Greetings from Wyoming! It has only been 4 (closer to 5) days and it has already proven extremely difficult to keep track of the time. It seems not having a work schedule, a set routine, or any form of...

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Day 6 – Rushmore/Chicago

A fond hello to you all! My name is Patrick Silva and I shall be your tram driver through history! So on your left, (two days ago), Janak and I left the comforts of Tabatha and Brad’s lovely place in...

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Day 9

Salutations from our nation’s capital! Before I elaborate on the shenanigans of today, I will discuss how it is we came to be here since we last updated: For our next morning in Chicago, Pat and I...

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Day 12, Final Hour

Close your eyes and imagine, if you will…wait…OK don’t close your eyes, but still try to imagine the following: Its chilly, your bum is worn out from hours of sitting and driving. You pull up in a...

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Day 14/15 (time change)

Good Morning from London! It is strange how simultaneously a lot of stuff  and almost nothing has happened in the past 48hrs. Pat and I saw NYC on foot taking pictures via cellphones, navigated 4...

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Day ?? – Nottingham!

Yes, folks, you read right, We’re in the busom and birthplace of the Robin Hood legend. Much has happened since our first night in England, both exciting and saddening. First, a sad realization that...

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Day 20 – Scotland

Haggis Neeps and Tatties, That’s not really a greeting but its some Scottish food for you. First things first, we are in Scottland and I have decided to keep a food journal of what I have eaten on this...

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Day 25 –“Pete sent us”

Hello world! Now that I’m all showered and comfy, I am permitted to let you peer into the storybook that is this crazy trip of ours: SO, the UK is nice, yeah? With all its backwards driving, toilets...

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Day 29 – Sconehenge

If you have ever read or watched the Lord of the Rings series, there is a specific chapter in there that has been on my mind of late – the Breaking of the Fellowship. This is my longest post, so

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Day 32 – The birthplace of Horchata

Greetings from Spain, and happy Halloween! Now that our number has, alas, been reduced to two, it is apparently time for me to start contributing to the blog and photo efforts. So, continuing from...

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The Way Home, pt. 1

Hey world, How are you? Ah, great! That’s really good to hear. Me? Oh, I’ve just been kickin around the US. I’d tell ya all the details about sleepin’ in bus stations and Janak’s Auntie Ann hosting me...

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Days 34 and 37 – Post x2

Bonjour! (Day 37) It has been so long since the last post that I have actually written two posts since the last one. I just never had enough internet time or energy to post the first entry, so this one

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Day 40

Greetings from France! We got here a few days ago, and have been enjoying the food and the sights. From Barcelona we booked a train to Marseilles. What we failed to notice when we got our tickets was...

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My Brain, at a glance – Colorado

Hey Folks and Folk-ettes, So I’m chillin here in Colorado, waiting for the ice to melt, or thaw, or whatever ice does, really, to not be ice anymore. Evgeni, a good friend of mine since highschool, has...

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Day 46 – from a place where bakeries are on every block

I didn’t get around to updating you all for a week now, but I had a really good excuse this time, I promise. We’ve been living it up in Paris, home of historic megalomaniacs, where there is too much

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Hyper-Hospitality, Flagstaff

Hey friendykins! A thought occurs: How often is it that two people find themselves eager to join in a relationship with each other? From my observations, the whole “courting” process seems to be so...

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Normandy and Belgium and the Netherlands, oh my

For our last day in France, we decided to visit the Normandy beaches along with Janak’s friend, Scott. We took a train to Bayeaux and planned to take a bus from there out to the beaches. What we didn’t...

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Denmark and Czech Republic

Hello all! It has been a wonderful week full of strange sleeping schedules and meeting with old and new friends. If this post makes less sense than the previous ones, it is because I went to sleep...

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Days 58 to 64 – Germany

After Denmark we went to enjoy the hospitality of various folks in Germany. First we stayed with Kaspar and Andrea, friends of a friend of Janak’s. They kindly offered us room in their house in Munich,...

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