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Made it

We finally made it to Bruce Beach, Canada. It was a pretty interesting journey.

I was kind of expecting to eat in those Mom & Pop diners in small towns like you see in the movies, but since we followed the major interstate highways where the chargers are everything is commercialized, Starbucks, MacDonalds, etc. We tried to avoid those places (although they are good for clean restrooms). We did eat at one small Chinese restaurant that claimed to have the best egg rolls in Wyoming. We went to a Mexican place in Montana, which wasn't a great idea. My burrito was pretty bad, but Yanmei liked her veggie fajitas. One of the reasons we like to stay at AirBnbs is so we can use the kitchen to cook for ourselves, unlike staying in a hotel.

Now we have to plan our trip back to California. We won't take the same route back. My initial thought is keep going East to New York, then down through Atlanta, New Orleans, then across through Dallas, Albuquerque and Las Vegas.

-David

 

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Thank You

As a traveler I think the most important phrase is “Thank you.” That was what I learned to say before each country we traveled to. Even if you can't speak the local language and talk in English or gestures, it is nice to be able to thank someone in their native language. Second most important for me is “I'm sorry” or “excuse me”. That is very useful when on crowded buses or trains and you have to push by someone to get off. Third is probably “where is the bathroom?” or simply “toilet?” which gets the message across.

Anyway, here is how to say “Thank you”, in every country we visited, at least how it sounded to me. Please don't get too offended if I mangled your native language, I was trying 🙂 :

Taiwan (mandarin), China: Shi-shi

Korea: Gamsameeda

Egypt (Arabic): Shockram

Zurich – Switzerland, Vienna – Austria (German): Danke

Geneva – Switzerland (French), France: Merci

Spain: Gracias

Italy, Vatican City: Gratzie

Hungary: Kusonome

Czech Republic: Dekuji

Poland: Dziekuji (very similar to Czech)

Norway: Takk (pronounced like talk)

Denmark: Tack (like tact)

Iceland: this is the one I didn't learn. Supposedly it is similar to Danish (tack) but they add several syllables to differentiate from Denmark. Just saying “tack” is frowned upon, so I went with “Thank you” which everyone understood.

Canada, U.S.A.: Thanks.

 

-David

 

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Wedding Photos 2

Although technically our trip isn't over because we haven't closed the loop and returned to the Bay Area, I consider our travels over. Now we're relaxing at my cottage on Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada. Familiar bed, familiar kitchen, laundry, etc. We had a great time on the trip, but by the end we were looking forward to finishing.

Anyway now that we're here I finally have access to a computer to get the photos off the computer disc we've been carrying since Beijing. So as I promised here are some more wedding photos.

 

-David