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Round-the-World Holiday, June 23 - July 28, 2003
After eighteen months of living in Australia without a visit home, I couldn't put off seeing the fam any longer. Thus Rodd and I set out to the travel agent with the aim of procuring return tickets from Sydney to Chicago for sometime around the 4th of July. We were shocked to learn that a single return fare was going to cost us about $2000AU. As we pondered our options, Rodd asked the agent how much a "round-the-world" ticket would cost. These allow you to make a certain number of stops as long as you keep going the same direction around the globe. It turns out that we could get them for $3000AU each. "Why not?" we said. "We haven't had a proper vacation in years and we'll be spending almost that much anyway." So we bought the tickets and started making plans.
After a layover in Los Angeles, we landed in Chicago and headed to Indiana for the family portion of the trip. I'd only seen my little brother Joey once before, so I was excited to get to know him. Isn't he a cutie? He wasn't shy at all; he knew our names and let us carry him around and everything. |
He loves having his picture taken. |
Still at the Museum... It's Kristy the submarine commander! |
And Snookums the navigator! |
After Chicago we flew to Boston, where we spent a couple days exploring the city and walking the Freedom Trail. In Boston Common we took a ride on the famous swan boats. Here's Snookums enjoying the ride. |
And here's me on the boats too. I kinda like this picture. |
Here's another one where you can see another swan boat behind me. |
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