Travelogue, Post-Card Home, & Curio

The goal of this blog is to serve as a scrapbook of sights, thoughts and experiences that arise on the Barlow's travels. This is the 3rd in the series of "Spike & Maria's Excellent Travels" - the 1st being a record of their move from Canberra to Brisbane in 1991, and the 2nd being a record of their life in Japan between 1994 and 1996.

Our Itinerary

  • Till 8 March: Preparing (Australia)
  • 8 March - 2 April: Japan (Tokyo)
  • 3 April - 25 April: Greece (Santorini, Athens)
  • 25 April - 1 May: France (Paris)
  • 1 May - 3 June: USA (West Coast)
  • June 5 Onwards: Recovery!

18/5 - Going to School

Friday was yet again a relatively quiet day of activities around town and home.

The biggest event was almost certainly the fact that Grant attended a full day of school with Nate. He enjoyed himself immensely (he didn't really have to do any work), and even rode home on one of the classic yellow school buses.

I had an extremely frustrating 1-hour+ run-around with Alamo call-centres (in India) at the end of which I still didn't know where I stood or what to do about the windscreen.

We also dropped into Phil's work for a look around and some lunch. It really provided perspective to hear that the yearly budget of Uni of Oregon's sports section/department was roughly the same as that of all of UNSW@ADFA. There's big money in sport in the US.

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