The Great Ocean Road
We had lost a lot of time waiting for me to get better, and so we decided to take a bus 170 km. from Mt. Gambier in South Australia to Port Fairy in the state of Victoria, so that we would have time to bike the famous Great Ocean Road. I sure was glad that we did – it was absolutely fabulous and way beyond my expectations!

The entire stretch of road was absolutely spectacular! I hadn’t expected anything so impressive or majestic. The Great Ocean Road, which was sculp.. Read More »

The Great Open Spaces of South Australia
We had five weeks total to spend in Australia, and I was unfortunately sick for half of that time. After making it through the Adelaide Hills and beautiful Victor Harbor with its clear turquoise water and Little Penguins, we found ourselves on the Fleurieu Peninsula, where two of my most vivid memories are the nightmarishly fierce headwinds and the swarms of flies, which are downright hellish. We worked hard against the wind, feeling as if we were standi.. Read More »

Animal, animals, everywhere!
After leaving the snowy peaks of Tibet and the holy city of Lhasa, we headed home for a three-month break. Our reason: two weddings! We celebrated Jen and Seth’s wedding in September and Ellen and Dan’s wedding in October in great style. We celebrated mom and dad’s 40th anniversary, and even made an unexpected side-trip to France to visit family and friends (I hadn’t been there in 3 years!). We met our adorable niece, Mathilde, and dozens of other babies, be.. Read More »