But now I've got my head back, I'm reminiscing about some of the great moments.
North America
- Mexican in the Mission, SF.
- Resting at Rivendell Retreat, Bowen Island, Vancouver.
- Hanging out with our friend Maria in a different continent.
- School of Rock, on Broadway
- Spending way too short a time at the wonderful Metropolitan Museum.
- Dinner at Diana's apartment in Chelsea, NYC (a co-worker from Aquarium of the Bay, SF circa 2003)
- The view from the Top of The Rock
- A bike tour through Central Park
- The hospitality at Foxhill Bruderhof Community
UK
- Some deep thought time at English L'Abri
- Staying with my friend Phil and his family in Teddington, London.
- The view from The Shard
- An open top bus tour of London.
- The UK train system.
- Visiting Shakespeare's home just out of Birmingham
- Staying at the Victorian seaside village of Swannage and visiting Corfe Castle.
- Getting blasted by seaspray from the first hovercraft I've ever seen, in Portsmouth.
Europe
- Awe struck by the Sacre Coeur and Notre Dame Cathedral's (a building that's about 900 years old)
- The view from the Eiffel Tower
- Taking in the beauty of the city's architecture from an open top bus.
- Amazing savoury crepes el fresco on a stone paved narrow alleyway.
- The Louvre.
- My first high speed train from Paris.
- Taize community and bumping in to friends from Wellington!
- Seeing some really old buildings in Cluny, Burgundy.
- Walking through Roman ruins in Lyon.
- Popping in to Brussels for a few hours to taste Belgium waffles, chocolate and beer! (and avoiding the Central Station terrorist by 3 hours!)
- The Berlin Wall.
- Visiting the Jewish memorial, harrowing but essential.
- Berlin's transport system, so easy to get around!
- Lying on the abandoned runway at the historically significant Templehof airport.
- Buying my first pair of barefoot shoes. So comfy!
- Flat whites with Kiwi friends
Japan
- Staying with our friends Nina and Andy
- The food. So good!
- Walking across the busiest intersection in the world!
- Not getting lost!
- Staying and working on a Green tea farm with a four generation family.
// 66 days
// 20 beds
// 14 towns
// 9 flights
// and I don't know how many buses and trains!
