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Being a well traveled sort of thing, Flick spent half a year during 1990 at Arbutus Junior High in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. There she met Kirsten and Shawna and they became great friends. Since leaving Canada she's kept in touch, and we were delighted to accept when Kirsten and then fianc� Bill invited us to their wedding.

And what a wedding it was! Loving, moving, beautiful, fun and executed with a precision and attention to detail that would make any project manager proud (apart, that is, from the late arrival of the bride...). We are so grateful to Kirsten and Bill and in particular Kirsten's parents Lyn and John for being such wonderful and inclusive hosts, meaning that even Dave, who didn't know anyone, was made to feel thoroughly part of the family (and the event).

Unfortunately the wedding fell right in the middle of Flick's busiest period at work, so we were constrained to just under three weeks (1-20 September 2004, with the wedding falling on the first Saturday). Fortunately, we scraped together enough air points for round the world tickets, which enabled us to combine the wedding with a bit of sightseeing and catching up with family and friends around the globe, including Flick's father Ken who bases himself in St John's Newfoundland for half the year, and her sister Rose and brother in law (new) Ken who recently relocated to Kent in South Eastern England.

Not wanting to waste a moment of this opportunity to explore and revisit more of the world, we set ourselves a breakneck pace and tried to cram in as much as possible. Luckily we staved off illness and had generally benevolent weather, and this web site provides a few pictorial highlights.

Some (probably those who sojourn for months at a time under the Tuscan sun to enjoy "slow food") will frown on our "fast travel", claiming we could never understand a city, country or culture from spending so little time there. They're absolutely right! As far as tasters go, however, this trip hit the spot and we can't wait to get back on the road again.

Those with frail constitutions may not wish to contemplate the following statistics...

	Countries visited: four (Canada, USA, England, Japan)
	Cities and towns: nine (Victoria BC, Chicago IL, Montreal QB, St John's NF, New York NY, London, Little Romney & Rye England, Tokyo Japan)
	Airports traversed: eleven (Sydney, Brisbane, LA Intenerational, Dallas Fort Worth, Vancouver, Chicago O'Hare, Montreal Dorval, St John's, New York JFK, London Heathrow, Tokyo Narita)
	Commuter rail systems utilised: five
	Duration of trip: twenty days
	Nights spent on aircraft: four
	Tall structures scaled: John Hancock Building (Chicago), Empire State Building (New York), London Eye.
	Museums, galleries and historic places (OK, we're not very good at museums but we were a bit short of time): Museum of BC (Victoria), Tate Modern (London), National Museum (Tokyo), Notre Dame Basilica and Montreal Cathedral (Montreal), Mallard Cottage (Quidi Vidi, St John's - reputedly the oldest house in North America), Signal Hill (St John's - site of the receiver of Marconi's first Trans-Atlantic radio transmission), World Trade Centre site (New York).
	Performances attended: Much Ado About Nothing (The new Globe, London), Flight of the Conchords (Soho Theatre, London)

Click on the links to the left to view photos from each leg of the trip.