At the beginning of this year, Jimmy declared that we were going to cut back on our travel. As you can see from this list, he didn’t get his way as travel once again dominates our list of our highs:
- Travel: Austria - Sound of Music sites in Salzburg and seeing Vienna with Betsy; Belgium - Ghent for a romantic weekend, Trappist breweries with Jim, Veronica’s day trip to Ypres; England - acting lessons at National Theatre, meeting up with Sally and John on New Year’s Eve in London, New Year’s Hash in Kent with Camilla and Tristram, back to London with my oldest friend Holly; France - Grimaud with Terri and Chris, Brittany for Curt and Veronique’s wedding with Dan and Nancy, Epernay for cycling and Champagne tasting; Germany - exploring Munich, skiing/hiking in Garmisch, Veronica’s week-long class trip to Arhweiler; Gibraltar - seeing monkeys while hiking with Sally and John; Greece - relaxing and visiting ruins with Vivynne and Tony in Skiathos, Nafplio and Athens; India - Chandigarh for Davinder and Roohi’s wedding extravaganza, Agra to visit the Taj Mahal, Old Delhi to see the market; Morocco - riding camels and visiting Tangier with Sally and; John; Spain - exploring Costa del Sol with Sally and John, rock climbing; The Netherlands - amusement park Efteling, Dutch Nash Hash in Lage Vuursche, planning weekend for Eurohash in Baarlo; US - girls 2.5 weeks in California with my parents, unscheduled trips allowed us some bonus time with our Raleigh friends, my family and Darlene
- Jimmy returning safe and sound from two short visits to Sandland
- Visitors: Marc joined us for Dutch Nash Hash, showed Holly around during her first trip to Europe, Vivynne & Tony partied with us at the AWC’s 80th Anniversary, Jason & Lauren plus two midgets spent a night, and Darlene & Mike also spent a night
- Thriller performance at the school’s international festival
- Jimmy: World Cup frenzy, watching games from the pool, successfully getting hashers to swim across a canal
- Melissa: cycling trip with Jimmy, Going Dutch going full-color
- Veronica: Grey Lions placing 2nd at Jr. National Frisbee Tournament, first triathlon, Outstanding Achievement award, being a Zwarte Piet at company Sinterklaas party, Center for Young Musicians
- Ashlynn: captain of youngest team at Jr National Ultimate Frisbee Championships, straight teeth, fencing lessons, starting a dogsitting business, Ultimate Frisbee school award
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