Getting closer...

Erith says:

I am going to get a charm bracelet and in every country I am going to get a charm. In Thailand for a charm I am going to get an elephant because elephants are popular in Thailand. In Canada, I might get either a moose or a maple leaf charm. The Canadian flag is a maple leaf. In America, I might get a Mickey Mouse charm because we're going to Disneyland. In Italy, I might get a Leaning Tower of Pisa or maybe a gondola. France would be an Eiffel Tower and I'm not sure about England.

Every night I'm going to do the blog. In different countries I'll have to get used to different foods.

Marcus says:

Well, the itinerary is out of date, of course. One of the main reasons for traveling this year is to play in the Dave Pasutto Memorial Tournament, organised by his brother Al. I played in the inaugural event and then suddenly last July it was the tenth and I hadn't been back since. Ali was pretty sure that he told me that the golf tournament would be on the 13th but we weren't scheduled to arrive in Calgary until the 15th, so for the third or fourth time I reshuffled everything. Ali's pretty sure that he told me, but I maintain that he didn't - you can check his blog if you want the other side of the story...

I won't bother updating the dates on the blog as the changes don't really make that big a difference - we lose a day in Europe and a day in Toronto and get the extra days in Western Canada instead. It's a pity to miss out on the time in Toronto as Erith would have a chance to meet her extended family on her mom's side, but there were limited flights from Europe so we had to cut it down to little more than 24 hours. Erith would like to go to Niagra Falls and so would I as southern Ontario is very scenic, but we'll have to see whether we can swing it. We'll have a long flight from London, then a day off then another flight to Calgary, so I don't know if a couple hours in a car is the best idea. The other thing is that we'll be there on a Wednesday and we need to be conscious of the fact that just because it's a weekend day for us, it isn't for everyone. Maybe we'll decide on the day - I like this fuzzy scheduling business...