itinerary
The Final Itinerary
by leelefever (General | itinerary | planning | reflection | thissite)It was never really possible for us to have an itinerary until now since we made it up as we went along. Now that we're home though, we have the completed list, now with fancy hyperlinks. The info below was copied from the Itinerary page. Enjoy.
All told, we were away from home for just over one year and in that time visited 29 countries and 4 continents. The list below represents our basic intinerary. The links go to page that are organized by location.
December 4-8th: Workshop in Banff, Canada
December 11th: Leave Home for Long Term
December 11th-15th: New York City
December 16th-22nd: Carolinas with friends
December 23rd-30th: Christmas with Lee's family in North Carolina
December 30th: New Years with Sachi's family in Hawaii
January 6th: Leave Hawaii for New Zealand.
January 8th: New Zealand
February 9th: Brisbane, Australia
February 25th: Singapore
March 4th: Sri Lanka
March 15th: Malaysia
March 27th: Darjeeling, India
April 8th: Phuket, Thailand
April 15th: Ko Lanta, Thailand
May 30th: Back to Bangkok, Thailand
June 2nd: Phuket (and Ko Phi Phi), Thailand
June 13th: Chiang Mai, Thailand
June 23rd: Luang Prabang, Vang Vieng, Laos
July 3rd: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
July 13th: Siem Reap, Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
July 31st: Hanoi, Vietnam to Macau
August 3rd: Macau to Hong Kong
August 8th: Guang Zhou, China
August 15th: Chongqing, Yangtze River, Shanghai
September 9th:
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September 29th: Lofoten Islands, Northen Norway
October 4th: Oslo, Norway
October 7th: Copenhagen, Denmark
October 9th: Amsterdam, Holland
October 13th: Enschede, Holland
October 15th: Berlin, Germany
October 18th: Prague, Czech Republic
October 22nd: Milan, Italy
October 23-31: Venice, Florence, Rome, Siena, Lucca, Cinque Terre, Italy
November 6th: Lisbon Portugal
November 9th: Cadaques, Spain
November 12th: Barcelona, Spain
November 23rd: New York City, USA
November 24th: Kernersville, NC, USA
December 1st: Atlanta, GA, USA
December 6th: Route 66, USA
December 8th: Los Angeles, CA, USA
December 11th: Home in Seattle, Wa, USA (YAY!)
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Into a New World
by leelefever (General | finland | food | helsinki | itinerary | preparation)It's clear that in the short trip from Russia to Finland, we have entered a different world. Being hungry right off the train, we quickly found a cafe close to the station and walked in. We are used to struggling through menus in other languages and this one was in Finnish. However, what happened next did not happen for the last few months - a smiling gentleman approached us and said, in a slight Scandanavian accent "would you like me to translate for you?" Whahhh? It was true - we are now in a different and more familiar world.
The issue right now, however, is exactly which part of this world we'll see. Right now we have a place to stay tonight in Helsinki and that is the full extent of our future plans. Before us lies the whole of Europe and where we'll go next depends on which hour you ask us. Currently, we're considering at trip to Finnish Lapland - inside the Artic Circle. From there, maybe Sweden and/or Estonia and Latvia.
