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This is the big one. I aim to be away for a year to learn more than a little about myself. After a small tour through Asia I'm finding family in Netherlands and hopefully friends and more throughout the rest of Europe. As I've been going I discovered six months is perhaps enough. One thing i learn rather early on in the piece is that while everything I find and see and do is new and foreign and magical, everything I need and want is at home.

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  No concept of time   Bangkok, Thailand on Feb 1, 2010 6 pictures 2 comments
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  Heck with the sweat   Bangkok, Thailand on Feb 2, 2010 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Entering k-town, views from windows   Krabi, Thailand on Feb 3, 2010 4 pictures 2 comments
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  Afloat on a boat, sans moat, no need for coat   Krabi, Thailand on Feb 4, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Cooks and Germans and Ice Cream, oh my!   Krabi, Thailand on Feb 5, 2010 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Gone are the Krabs; Georgetown keeps it cool   Penang, Malaysia on Feb 6, 2010 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Sundays with George   Georgetown, Malaysia on Feb 7, 2010 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Leaving George for Cameron   Cameron Highlands, Malaysia on Feb 8, 2010 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Cameron Treats and Tours   Cameron Highlands, Malaysia on Feb 9, 2010 15 pictures 0 comments
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  Cameron to KL   Cameron Highlands - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Feb 10, 2010 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Mind your Own Kuala Bears & Queues   Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Feb 11, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Not in Melakansas anymore   Melaka, Malaysia on Feb 12, 2010 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Singapore   Melaka - Singapore, Singapore on Feb 13, 2010 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Sling and Break   Singapore, Singapore on Feb 14, 2010 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Singing in a Ghost Town   Singapore, Singapore on Feb 15, 2010 14 pictures 0 comments
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  I'm not lost, I'm a tourist   Singapore, Singapore on Feb 16, 2010 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Thinking Today Was Tomorrow   Singapore - Amsterdam, Netherlands on Feb 17, 2010 11 pictures 0 comments
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  Paperwork Shmaperwork   Utrecht, Netherlands on Feb 19, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  There Be Music In Thar Walls   Utrecht, Netherlands on Feb 20, 2010 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Sundays are made for it   Utrecht, Netherlands on Feb 21, 2010 10 pictures 0 comments
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  On ya bike, what's a little rain?   Loosdrecht, Netherlands on Feb 22, 2010 10 pictures 0 comments
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  I don't know what's in it but it tastes amazing...   Amsterdam, Netherlands on Feb 23, 2010 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Crafty History and Soggy Feet   Utrecht, Netherlands on Feb 24, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Follow Up Le Craft   Utrecht, Netherlands on Feb 25, 2010 2 pictures 0 comments
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  You mean they have windmills here?   Haarlem, Netherlands on Feb 26, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Zines and Home   Amsterdam, Netherlands on Feb 27, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Family Findings   Arnhem, Netherlands on Feb 28, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  All Kinds Of Romance   Utrecht, Netherlands on Mar 1, 2010 5 pictures 1 comment
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  Swing Away   Amsterdam, Netherlands on Mar 2, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Kiss me, I'm a tourist   Amsterdam, Netherlands on Mar 3, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Other People's Homes   The Hague, Netherlands on Mar 4, 2010 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Food and Music Boxes and Fashion and Tunnels   Utrecht, Netherlands on Mar 5, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Windmills! Windmills!   Amersfoort, Netherlands on Mar 6, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  “Robert. Your girlfriend stresses me out..."   Utrecht, Netherlands on Mar 7, 2010 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Waiting   Utrecht, Netherlands on Mar 9, 2010 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Views From Windows & Life Without Maps   Copenhagen, Denmark on Mar 10, 2010 13 pictures 0 comments
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  The First Day   Brösarp, Sweden on Mar 12, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Eurovision   Brösarp, Sweden on Mar 13, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Sounds like snow   Brösarp, Sweden on Mar 14, 2010 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Hell of a lot of Horse   Brösarp, Sweden on Mar 15, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Make yourself useful, why don't you....   Brösarp, Sweden on Mar 17, 2010 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Piglet it is!   Brösarp, Sweden on Mar 18, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Glass and Bears and Chocolate Cake   Brösarp, Sweden on Mar 19, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Apples and Sounds   Brösarp, Sweden on Mar 20, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Window Shopping   Brösarp, Sweden on Mar 21, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  In need of iron and Swedish Meatballs   Brösarp, Sweden on Mar 22, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  A River Somewhere   Brösarp, Sweden on Mar 23, 2010 9 pictures 1 comment
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  Organs, Swimming and JFK   Brösarp, Sweden on Mar 24, 2010 3 pictures 0 comments
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  You mean this doesn't happen every week?   Brösarp, Sweden on Mar 25, 2010 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Flat Tourists and Nudists   Brösarp, Sweden on Mar 26, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Sawdust, Mud and Pizza Salad!   Brösarp, Sweden on Mar 27, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  The List and The New One   Brösarp, Sweden on Mar 29, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Stress Coastal Cold   Brösarp, Simrishamn, Sweden on Mar 30, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  The Ever-Approaching Wave   Brösarp, Sweden on Mar 31, 2010 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Open   Brösarp, Sweden on Apr 2, 2010 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Kiwi Fruit Tongues and Screaming Spells   Brösarp, Sweden on Apr 3, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  The First Last Day and the Road   Brösarp, Sweden on Apr 4, 2010 14 pictures 0 comments
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  New Starts With No Sense Of Direction   Stockholm, Sweden on Apr 5, 2010 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Making the Most of Time   Stockholm, Sweden on Apr 6, 2010 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Ghost Ships and Remembering Ways   Stockholm - Orebro, Sweden on Apr 7, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Another First For The Flower Beds   Orebro, Sweden on Apr 9, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Language of Sharks and Crafternoons   Orebro, Sweden on Apr 10, 2010 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Another Last With Millencolin & More   Arboga, Sweden on Apr 11, 2010 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Another First in the Firewood Factory   Arboga, Sweden on Apr 12, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  New Horses and Voices in a Church   Arboga, Sweden on Apr 13, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  About A Bo   Arboga, Sweden on Apr 14, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Walking   Arboga, Sweden on Apr 15, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Pushing Back The Forest   Arboga, Sweden on Apr 16, 2010 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Real Forests   Arboga, Sweden on Apr 17, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Nothing Like A Surprise Birthday Swan   Stockholm, Sweden on Apr 18, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Dinner, Dogs and   Arboga, Sweden on Apr 19, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Voice like a Carpenter   Arboga, Sweden on Apr 20, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Cushion the Blow   Arboga, Sweden on Apr 21, 2010 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Newbies Not Eating   Arboga, Sweden on Apr 22, 2010 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Party Party Moose Party   Arboga, Sweden on Apr 23, 2010 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Inspirational Directions and Spaces   Arboga, Sweden on Apr 24, 2010 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Made For Sundays   Arboga, Sweden on Apr 25, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Painting Picnics and Chicks   Arboga, Sweden on Apr 26, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Horse Carrots and Chocolate Cake   Arboga, Sweden on Apr 28, 2010 9 pictures 1 comment
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  For The Love Of Sauna   Arboga, Sweden on Apr 29, 2010 3 pictures 0 comments
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  The Church, The Fire And The Moose   Arboga, Sweden on Apr 30, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Another Last Says The Tree Spirit   Arboga, Sweden on May 2, 2010 3 pictures 0 comments
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  To The Deepest Darkest With Little Contact   Kosta, Sweden on May 3, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Like A Duck To Water   Kosta, Sweden on May 4, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  The Paperbark, The Math And The Poem   Kosta, Sweden on May 5, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Retracing   Brösarp, Sweden on May 6, 2010 3 pictures 0 comments
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  With Table In Tow   Brösarp, Sweden on May 7, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Day One For Glass   Brösarp, Sweden on May 8, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Second Glass   Brösarp, Sweden on May 9, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Last Of The Swedes   Rostock, Germany on May 10, 2010 9 pictures 0 comments
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  First of the Germans   Rostock, Germany on May 11, 2010 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Beach Weather   Rostock, Germany on May 13, 2010 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Sleepless Nights With The Multicultural   Berlin, Germany on May 14, 2010 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Another Two For Tourism And More   Berlin, Germany on May 16, 2010 19 pictures 0 comments
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  When In Doubt Find A Pub   Berlin, Germany on May 17, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Out Of Berlin   Berlin, Germany on May 19, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Sleeping On   Dresden, Germany on May 20, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Old is New is Tourism   Dresden, Germany on May 21, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  It Is What It Is Says The Traveller   Leipzig, Germany on May 22, 2010 5 pictures 2 comments
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  New friends and gothic waves of black   Leipzig, Germany on May 23, 2010 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Last of Leipzig into a Chemnitz morning   Leipzig, Germany on May 24, 2010 6 pictures 0 comments
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  European Sunshine   Chemnitz, Germany on May 24, 2010 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Forest For The Trees   Dresden, Germany on May 25, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  New Town, New Tales, New Tourists   Prague, Czech Republic on May 26, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Dancing Bricks and Bones   Prague, Czech Republic on May 27, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  More Time On Transport   Prague, Czech Republic on May 28, 2010 6 pictures 0 comments
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  A Last, A Band, An Energy Drink And A Return   Prague, Czech Republic on May 29, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Quiet Starts And Familiar Faces   Utrecht, Netherlands on Jun 1, 2010 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Last time for more, and the dog make four   Utrecht, Netherlands on Jun 3, 2010 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Meetings in Middelburg   Middelburg, Netherlands on Jun 4, 2010 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Sing It Like You Mean It   Middelburg, Netherlands on Jun 5, 2010 8 pictures 0 comments
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  How To Push Back The Sea   Middelburg, Netherlands on Jun 6, 2010 8 pictures 0 comments
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  A Place To Hide Your Cranes   Rotterdam, Netherlands on Jun 7, 2010 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Another Last, Another First, Another Train   Antwerp, Belgium on Jun 9, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Thrown Hands, Old Homes and Black Clothes   Antwerp, Belgium on Jun 10, 2010 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Because You're Drunk?   Brussels, Belgium on Jun 11, 2010 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Erwin did it like this.   Antwerp, Belgium on Jun 12, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Back To Breda   Breda, Netherlands on Jun 13, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Into Another German Fragrance   Cologne, Germany on Jun 14, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Every Bar A Plasma For Every Pair Of Eyes   Cologne, Germany on Jun 15, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Fragrance to Romance   Paris, France on Jun 16, 2010 11 pictures 0 comments
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  Too Little Time, Too Much Romance   Paris, France on Jun 17, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  In A Bus, On A Boat   London, United Kingdom on Jun 18, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Markets, Squares, Gardens and Circus   London, United Kingdom on Jun 19, 2010 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Finding A Clock, Tracing A Lead   Leeds, United Kingdom on Jun 20, 2010 11 pictures 0 comments
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  In A Shambles Over Three Kinds Of Beer   York, United Kingdom on Jun 21, 2010 9 pictures 0 comments
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  To The Abbey   Leeds - London, United Kingdom on Jun 23, 2010 6 pictures 0 comments
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  "Please tell me you're not on your way to Germany"   Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany on Jun 24, 2010 12 pictures 0 comments
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  The Right Fribourg   Fribourg, Switzerland on Jun 25, 2010 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Finding Family Again   Gränichen, Switzerland on Jun 26, 2010 8 pictures 0 comments
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  First With A Mountain Flyer   Gränichen, Switzerland on Jun 27, 2010 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Steamers, Baths and Watermelons   Gränichen, Switzerland on Jun 28, 2010 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Bern Like A Bear   Bern, Switzerland on Jun 29, 2010 9 pictures 0 comments
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  A Bit About Angie   Gränichen, Switzerland on Jun 30, 2010 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Bridges in Basel   Basel, Switzerland on Jul 1, 2010 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Webbed and Wonderful   Gränichen, Switzerland on Jul 3, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Last Of The Swiss   Gränichen, Switzerland on Jul 4, 2010 1 picture 0 comments
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  From Swiss-German to the Bavarian French Quarter   Munich, Germany on Jul 5, 2010 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Finding Alex   Freising, Germany on Jul 6, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Known For The Greenery   Freising, Germany on Jul 7, 2010 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Who Drives From Munich To Amsterdam?   Arnhem, Netherlands on Jul 12, 2010 2 pictures 0 comments