tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74301762012-02-13T12:08:26.489+08:00Moving across the globe... Now adventuring in and around Indonesia, residing on the magnificent island of Borneo.jeronimohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09889669278093443891noreply@blogger.comBlogger5641100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430176.post-15748790133361069702010-04-07T16:41:00.002+08:002010-04-07T16:48:30.833+08:00

Our fearless leader, Pak Arbain, has become addicted to Facebook and on Tuesday's ride he lead a scenic route with lots of photo opps. Here's one of the goofier ones!

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Hi all, long time no see!We just had nice visits to Singapore and Jakarta during our Spring Break (our second in SE Asia).Some highlights included:Singapore--Gabriella’s 2nd through 5th flights completed (all went mostly smoothly!)-Gabriella had a ‘All looks great!’ check up from her neo-natal doctor and is now 5.99 KGs/13 lbs. and 58 cm long. She gained 500g/1lb and 2.5 cms in just 2 weeks!)-

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Iza preparing to fly back to the states... is that a tentative smile or what? A visitor at a neighbor's 2nd floor balcony. Not sure if it was poisonous or not but it was exciting trying to sweep it off w/o our shoes on! This past summer we made it back to the states and hopped around Illinois, Wisconsin and even made it to Seattle for 3 weeks. It was a family, friend and fun-filled summer

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From the Sierra Club newsletter:Recycle Yourself Americans don't love to think about this, but we'll all end up contributing to the billion-dollar funeral industry--and to say it's not the greenest of enterprises is a deadly understatement. According to Mark Harris's Grave Matters (Scribner, 2007), Americans entomb more than 1.6 million tons of concrete and nearly 830,000 gallons of toxic

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the gang getting settled...I had signed up with a Baby Group/Play group back in Warsaw after becoming a stay-at-homer, but never made it to any events due to locations, weather or just dealing with the plain old stress of being a new dad. Here, however, things are a little more manageable and it's a much smaller expat community (though not everyone is an expat in the group)..., and Iza's much

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Just got this shot from Leila's dad today... it's too cute not to post. Leila is Avae's older sis'.We went out a few days before xmas and sang carols on the ridge with little candle lanterns on sticks and musical antlers on our heads. T'was fun!

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Howdy all, been busy as usual, and we just returned from a fantastic trip to Malaysian Borneo, in the state of Sabah. But first, here's a few pics from the last few months.Climbing Club!Brent and I started a kids climbing club. There's a 'sports dome' here in town which showcases several events, but outside off the parking lot is a nice, huge climbing wall:It's about 20+ meters high and we get to

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Iza and the PRIS orangutan, which she shakes hands with every time she passes it since we've moved here------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A few weeks ago, Jill, Iza and I went up north to visit Samboja Lestari, the orangutan protection and rehab center, which our school helped create back in the 1990s. We were scouting

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The other evening I remembered to get out on the balcony and enjoy the cooler night air after another hot-oven-interior day in the tropics. Sitting back in one of our bamboo chairs and just trying to think of nothing as the stars came out, I saw a little green thing wiggle on one of the railing posts. I looked more closely and it wiggled it's torso out towards me, as if checking me out, too.It

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Our good friend, Erden Eruc, returned to sea last month near the Philippines and Papua to re-cross his previously rowed path, to continue on with his human powered cross-Pacific row, just one leg of his Around-n-Over project. He was hoping to finally reach Australia or some other major landmass w/o crashing into the thousands of coral reefs.On February 4, 2009, Erden landed successfully in

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Garuda is the largest, 'safest' airline we have on offer in this massive archipelago. As our director put it about Indonesia's many airlines, "They're all death flights, Garuda's are just a little less deathly." But hey, if they up their standards a wee bit more, we could fly all the way to London or Paris in the coming years!:Garuda to fly to Europe in June: VP

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Happy Birthday to our little precious girl, who is literally growing too fast... over 2 inches in the last 2 months!Her bday was Friday, January 30. I still remember the day she was born, Tuesday, January 30, 2007, quite vividly. I was at work/ASW and Jill had been in the hospital since Sunday, testing to see how she'd react to inducement drugs, as our baby wasn't growing at all in the final

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Iza turned 22 months on November 30th. We had some friends over for crepes and we all sang her happy bday, and she was almost blushing!This is what we've been able to compile of her words by now, in no particular order. The list began shortly after her 21st month bday, so words with an asterisk (*) are from the last few weeks... of which there've been several! Also, we've been teaching her sign

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-apore!Got news Friday evening that my work permit paperwork went through, so Wednesday I'm off for a solo jaunt to Singapore for 3 days to finalize the permit/visa/KITAS process. I think I'm staying at the same hotel we were at en route to here. That trip was so rushed and exhausting that we only got to see a grocery store and the botanical gardens (see cute pics of Iza and crazy flowers below/

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From one of the greatest radio stations on the planet, 90.3 FM KEXP, on the web at www.kexp.orgGive it a listen!Wednesday, November 05, 2008 (LISTEN TO THIS SHOW) Time Artist Song Album Label 6:04 Smashing Pumpkins Today Siamese Dream Virgin 6:07 Sugar Changes Copper Blue Rykodisc 6:12 Sufjan Stevens Chicago Illinois Asthmatic Kitty 6:16 U2 Beautiful Day All That You Can't Leave Behind

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Could the Seattle Stranger say it in any better words? (click on title for link)Even Iza stayed up well beyond her nap time to witness the election results unfold and watch the Senators give their speeches.

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We've just received confirmation that our ballots from us and other teachers here were mailed out successfully, and in time, by a visiting Republican dad who flew back to Texas on Sunday night.a) We hope our ballots were really mailed and postmarked accuratelyb) We hope our ballots won't need to be countedc) If Palin-McCain miraculously win, we will not return to live in the states for at least

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Thanks to the US's attack within Syrian borders on a supposed high-ranking al-Qaida target, the American school in Damascus has been 'asked' by the Syrian government to shut down ASAP.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081103/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_syria_usWe have several friends from our Warsaw school who just started up there this year, and the teacher whom Jill replaced here at our new Indonesian school

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Hi all,We just got back from Bali, and we all got a case of the dreaded "Bali Belly" :(Oddly, I got it first, then Jill, then Iza... thankfully hers kicked in on the last half day and was mostly sick at home, and she's recovering much more quickly than we are.I'll add more on that trip soon, but wanted to add some pics of what the riding has been like around here, both urban and on the outskirts

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Greetings, Earthlings,Just over two months down here now, and still no formal language classes being offered up here on 'the ridge', yet. So I've been piecing together my own studies from several language books, many passed on to me from my dad when he had worked in Jakarta several years ago with Lucent, and from a 'Learning Indonesian' podcast. And learning a bit here and there from our pembantu

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Selamat siang orang orang!It's been over a month, almost two, since we've been here... thought I'd get some shots of our new home up here for you all. Enjoy!Iza 'n mum,perfecting the frog stroke an atmospheric and archtiectural tribute to Polska!dziekuje bardzo polski paniom i panom! our new flat. ain't it gorgeous! ;-)(we've already yanked the curtains and hope to do something with these old 'n

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Howdy everyone,So, we've survived 3 (or 4?) weeks here now in Indonesia. If you've tried to check for updates, you'll see there's been very few since my original post below, just short additions to it until the next interruption... usually from Iza.We are still slowly getting settled and adjusting to our new home. Like last country, I'm already picking up more of the language than Jill, and

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(Sept. 7 and 10, update-new pics added below!)Greetings everyone around this large globe!I will not apologize for the lack of posting over the last several months. Our lives have been so chaotic making the transition from Warsaw, Poland to Balikpapan, Indonesia, with a two month's stay in the good old USA to see family and friends.I'll try my best to get the world updated on our happenings from

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On Saturday several women, including Jill, took part in the Linz, Austria sprint distance triathlon. It was everyone's first tri except for one woman. They trained all Spring, borrowed and bought wet suits and rented big clunker bicycles (of which the tri-staff laughed at during check in!!!). It was an open water swim in a mostly men's field of 500 people... and this video should give you an idea

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PHEW!!!Today, just after 4 PM local time, the AGS moving crew sealed up the last of our 33 boxes that are being shipped to Chicago.This has been an epic endeavor in itself. As soon as we signed the contract with our new post on Borneo our minds started focusing ever more and more on the things to sort, sell, recycle, donate, shred, burn, abandon, and most importantly, to ship.My years of stuffing

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Our good friend, Erden Eruc, has been trying to row a small yellow boat from San Francisco to Australia for the last 6+ months. He has been foiled by the equatorial counter currents for the past several months and was kept being pushed westward instead of to the south. Erden and his dedicated not-on-board crew have been juggling his multiple landfall destinations, weather patterns, storm tracking

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This was a poor little lamb, separated from its family. This was our first day in Northern Ireland, hiking to the high, basalt sea cliffs on Fair Head... on a gorgeous day. The driving was tracherous, just by the fact that I was on the wrong side of the car, on the wrong side of the road and the stick shift layout was backwards, too. It was forecasted to rain every day, and we had sun every

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We just spent our last holiday/spring break in Europe in Northern Ireland and Donegal County of the Republic of Ireland.This is Iza loving hiking on the high, windy rim of the Giant's Causeway, looking out at the Atlantic for the first time (with a bit of hysteria!).

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10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don't): 1. John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has "evolved," yet he's continued to oppose key civil rights laws.1 2. According to Bloomberg News, McCain is more hawkish than Bush on Iraq, Russia and China. Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan says

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The World Wildlife Fund came up with this novel idea and tested it last year in Sydney, with phenomenal success.This should be fun with Iza (and good practice for future power outages at our next post).Unplug your tellies, too!

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Hmm, so where on our blessed Earth is the water safe to drink?http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/24/anti_epileptics_sex_hormones_mood_stabilizers

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Iza with her Polska buds: Paweł and JaśWell... it was a long, long week.Jill went away for 5 whole days and nights to a conference in Istanbul, a city she's been dying to see the whole time we've been in Polska. This was also the first time she'd really been away from Iza (whom is still breastfed, btw!). To say it was a challenge would be an understatement.But, she is home now, and we

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Not as common as hearing 'Paper or plastic?', but a somewhat common bumper sticker seen in urban parts of the states reads 'Free Tibet', showing Tibet's glorious flag colors blazing across the sticker. Seattle has a decent sized Tibetan community, partaking in numerous public and cultural events, expanding arm chair and eager world travelers with a more intimate look into this once very private

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A very common question in the states.And a 90's era TV commercial put a humorous spin with negative footage for either choice at breakneck speed, showcasing the daunting decision one must make after already making several to hundreds of choices in the aisles of the American well-stocked grocery store.The argument continues in the states, and abroad. San Francisco has cut out plastic bags at large

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It's hard being a new walker... on grass... when it's cold... when you got a huge, binding, non-articulated jacket on!

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working on her new walking skillsIza's first play time in a real playground... sliding down and...Astride her steadfast horse, searching the plains for her next adventureZlote TerasaWe finally made it to newish, swanky urban mall in the heart of downtown. Parts of it were absolutely hideous, but there were several creative niches and a wide range of unique materials and lighting throughout. Here

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We flew out of Warszawa on New Year's Eve to head to Thailand for 2 weeks. We spent one day in Bangkok, then headed south to Hua Hin on the coast. Actually, we headed further south and stayed at Dolphin Bay Resort, which is much more remote and on a more clean, though not pristine, beach with only a handful of developed resorts along it. After that mostly relaxing week we returned to Bangkok for

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(from January 27, 2008) A big thanks to George and Aga for one of Iza's favorite 1st birthday gifts!Now that she's walking she takes it for walks around the house.

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9 month walker

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So, we're obviously doing a bit of research about our next post for the upcoming year. We've never traveled in the region before so there'll be lots of things to discover and learn about in depth. But, in the meantime, here's Indonesia in a nutshell:-It is the world's largest archipelago (group of islands), which number 17,508, over 6,000 of which are inhabited.-Population is over 212 million,

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Happy (belated) Holidays everyone!

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From this:To this:How's your flag knowledge?From the 'bloody' lands to the 'bloody' skies, we have signed on to a new stint and we won't have to even buy a new national flag to celebrate, we'll just flip our Polish flag and, voila!, we're in Indonesia!We just returned from Thailand after a 2 week trip that was half leisure, half job searching at the ISS international teachers' job fair. The first

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Ain't she a beauty?Iza on a nice, warm Sunday in October, downtown Warsawpic by Matt KollaschGreetings from Polska. My god, things have been so insanely crazy since we returned from the states. I wasn't sure if I'd ever get back tot his blog again... but mama and iza are asleep and I'm sipping a bit of my favorite port, as night came too quickly and snow is forecasted tonight or over the weekend.

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Iza's gotten strong enough to hold her own bottle at 4 months... but only for a few seconds as it's hard for her to concentrateAnd everyone got to visit school for the PTO Spring Fair... which was held inside due to crappy weather :( But everyone loved Iza and her huge cheeks!And Daddy got to co-run his last Outdoor Adventure Club trip on Sunday... a slow river kayaking trip on the Bzura river,

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Hola!Iza's first (international!) flight... Warsaw to Amsterdam, Amsterdam to Madrid, then reverse! She only cried on the first landing then rode the others smoothly except for a small tummy ached on the last flight. She's a natural traveler!We got to visit with Karen, Jill's former principal, now working in Madrid. She said so many times, "She's such a good baby!"We know:)Basillica de Alumeda 18

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Angie and Cosi on Nowy SwiatEvery last Friday of every month of the year, bicyclists across the globe get out for a 'fun' protest bike ride during rush hour in most cities on our planet. This is Angie, Cosi and I doing just that in WarszawaThe riders depart at 6 PM from Castle Square (Plac Zamkowy), with police escorts and about 2 to 3 dozen support riders (flag bearers, traffic controllers,

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After a delayed start...and jumbled and bumbled flights, Patty finally made it to Warsaw!After meeting and holding Iza, she suddenly had this overpowering urge to have another baby... a girl again, no less ;-)Jill's still on maternity leave and Patty came during her spring break. The burly girls got to spend lots of quality time together and Patty didn't mind at all helping with Iza!The ladies

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"Finland, Finland, Finland... the country where I want to be,..." Monty PythonAs leader of the ASW Outdoor Adventure Club, I got to go to Finland for our Winter Trip for 5 days!(written on the snow, can you tell how?)Along with 3 other teachers, we took 15 spirited kids and ran them into the dirt, uh, rather snow every day until late. These kids were exposed to a variety of outdoor activities and

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Hi, any of you Seattlites want to come check out Poland over the summer? We're experienced swappers who want to do it one more time. Trade your nice Seattle area home or apartment for our nice row house in Poland's capital.More info can be found at:http://warsawswap.blogspot.com/Dzienkuje bardzo!J, J and I

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January 30, 2007 15:05 2.55 kgs 49 cms

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At ASW we have a healthy group of bicyclists who like to get off the beaten path and venture in, around and out of Warsaw on 2 wheels instead of 4. Rolf has been at the command of most of these adventures this year, taking on the role after the recently belated Don Abbott whom retired from ASW a little over a year ago. We miss ya Don!Every Fall, for the last 5 years or so, the riders have ridden

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Czesc/Greetings to one and all! Long time no see/read!Forgive the long hiatus, as it's been a wonderful, crazy summer!We had a wonderful wedding in Mazama, Washington on the Summer Solstice, June 21. It was all outdoors, the weather was perfect and nearly all of our friends and family were able to make it out to this far away, hard to reach place in the middle of the week, more or less in the

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Yep, on the longest, sunniest day of the year, up near the beautiful North Cascade mountains, with many of our closest friends and family, Jill and I tied the knot!

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Yep, we extended our wedding joy in to two major events... this one being the Fremont Summer Solstice Parade, where over 150 painted cyclists took part. Big thanks to Jeff and Rhett for the tandem, and Tim Sanders for another fantastic paint job! We even got our photo in the Sunday edition of the Seattle Post Intelligencer!!!

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Happiness is getting somewhere under your own energy expenditure.Erden Eruc has returned safe and sound from his U.S. bound cross-Atlantic solo row and is slowly easing into hectic city life, getting thinner arms and a bigger belly. :)Welcome home, Erden!www.around-n-over.orgNext up, 2 Seattlite lovebird Mangos, Scott and Susana, put their jobs on hold for the entire summer and hopped on their

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Oh, Lordy.My oh my, it's been a crazy (insert any time amount here)!Jill and I are mostly moved.We are wrapping up our classes.We are buying giftsWe got our ringsI finally got some wedding clothes ;-)We fly in one weekWe marry in less than 2We have several parties to attendWe also have an important event happening in Warsaw this weekend:The Equality ParadeWarsaw, Poland's major political parties,

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Turkish Adventurer Rows Across AtlanticBy AA, MadridPublished: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 zaman.comErden Eruc, a 45-year-old Turkish adventurer, started his around the world adventure by successfully rowing a 7.9- meter long boat across the Atlantic.Setting off from Lisbon in Portugal on 19 October 2005, Eruc successfully crossed the Atlantic rowing to the Caribbean Barbados Island arriving on April

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Last weekend, while perusing the DVDs at our local Beverly Hills Video store near the Best Mall Ever in Sadyba, I found a few nice scores to add to our puny collection: Raging Bull, Das Boot, Memento and the best deal was Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine (Zabawy z Bronią) for less than $3.Little did I know that the timing of our purchase came just a few hours after one of Seattle's worst

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Hi!Long time no read, eh?First off, check out this nice link, in English, called PolPics:http://polpics.com/It's a massive collection of intriguing photography from all around Poland, and since I've been so lame about putting up my own semi-decent shots, you might as well check out the pros' work.We have our first American visitors in a long while coming soon, and they're both named Kris!?!This

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Yesterday we were trickedAll of us.The temps rose to a record 39 F and the sun was shining and all were happy, smiling and yapping about.But with the sun came an occasional stiff wind, which brought not only the cold back today, but even more snow.5 days until the first day of Spring, the Vernal Equinox, and still no real sign of it actually happening. Perhaps when the Poles get all dressed up in

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Greetings one and all, for those online enough, regardless how far away, or those fortunate to be in the same city as us, I've let you in on a little secret about a nice little event that occurred in recent months, in fact 2 months and 14 days ago, high on a sun-soaked cliff, above the Mediterranean Sea.I proposed...and Jill said "YES!"Proposal: December 21st, the Winter SolsticeWedding: June

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Wow, the deep freeze finally ended.Temps rose above 0 C for the first time since before Xmas, I think, and it's made Warsaw a big, slippery, slushy mess. Riding was easier in pure snow than this stuff. Yuck.On the positive side, an old student, Renata, returned for a reliable 2 classes per week at school, and I picked up another young, recently engaged couple who ventured to Venezuela this fall

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I think I had the coldest bicycle commute in my life this morning. It was negative 30 degrees Celsius, which turns out to be minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit. As my bike's wheels crunched along the frozen, packed snow along the various roads to school, my moustache and the hair that was sticking out of my hat and scarf began to turn white and freeze solid, and then my right ear froze and felt like a

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Greetings, Earthlings!I feel I've returned from a galaxy far, far away. I'm ashamed at how long it's been since my last post...but I've had my reasons. I'm not allowed to disclose them all, but here's a bit of what we've been up to...1) Got my tooth fixed, and then while climbing in (see #2 below), the clinic called to tell me that my dentists is sick and will have to cancel his appointment with

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Last Wednesday night, I was visited by a resurfacing arch enemy, the toothache. Mind you, I don't have your average set of teeth. Nearly every dentist says I can thank my birth parents and their kin for my set of choppers. As my mom recently wrote, "Your teeth have always been rotten." Thanks for the support, mom!This ache wasn't your run of the mill tooth pain. This was an old mercury crown from

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And just like that...we're off to Spain!When I haven't travelled in a long time, especially by plane, I tend to forget how easy it is to enter 16 digits online and suddenly have the right and near future ability to travel anywhere in the world. No wonder credit card fraud is such a lucrative business!So Jill and I had been wondering what to do for xmas, as prices for a trip back to the states had

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No, not the bible, rather the thing that sits kattywhumpus on a table, leans at a funny angle when it doesn't have enough support from its friends, collects all sorts of crumbs, body hair, and coffee stains, gets rubbed raw at the edges, occasionaly torn and written in and fortunately, oh, so rarely, gets burned.I have been a horrible book reader in my life.By the age of 16, I think I had read (

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How many turkeys will Bush pardon?God only knows.Just over a year and a few months here in Polska, and we're slowly ignoring and forgetting about more and more American holidays. Our Labor day doesn't affect us here. And the Poles really don't care about Columbus, either. Halloween is gaining interest, but this year it fell at the wrong time-when Jill's school was on their autumn holiday week-and

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Wiwa la Polska!Oddly, in this modern world, where everyone has mp3 players, died hair and purposely misspelled middle names, there seems to be an abundance of bloggers, not just in the world, but here in Warsaw. Without having met a single one of those involved (Martin excluded, he just got his site up and running 2 months ago at PolandExplorer), I've been invited to join a new Warsaw-based expat

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Two weeks ago we were fortunate to have our second Seattle guest, Jill's good friend, Tamara.She was already flying through Amsterdam enroute to Africa for a photography course and some photo work in Uganda, Rwanda and Ethiopia, and used some flyer miles to hop over to Warszawa! It was a quick weekend visit, but here's some of the sights we got to see... Well, first off, our trusty rusty Ford

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"Work makes free"-entrance to Auschwitz I camp and the exit for very, very, very few

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:( We joined a large group for an English guided tour. The group was so large that we only heard half of the stories, facts and tragedies. We'll go again, and if you ever get out here, it would be worth the price for a private, small group guide, and allow at least 4-6 hours, this place and its horrid history can't be rushed, but shouldn't be missed, either.

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Six to ten to a "bed." No heat, no blankets, no toilets. Over 300 of these occupied the camp, which was able to house up to 200,000 prisoners at a time. Only the brick barracks remain standing

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The blown remains of one of the industrial, custom-built gas chambers at Birkenau. The train brough the Jews straight into the heart of the camp, and those not fit to work were led immediately to these chambers, up to 2,000 people at a time, first stripped, then gassed, then incinerated. None of the structure has been altered since the Russians liberated the camp

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The Auschwitz Memorial, a stretched out mass of stones and sculptures, representing all the nationalities of people annihilated. There is a plaque in every language of those who died here. However, despite there not being any British or other English speaking people massacred, an English plaque was added, so the message would be clear to the thousands upon thousands of British, American and other

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Birkenau (Auschwitz II), left nearly intact due to the quick invasion of the Russians. Only the gas chambers and the wooden sleeping chambers were destroyed

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2 bodies at a time, loaded into the incinerator by 2 German workers, just after the hundreds were gassed in the room behind them, twenty four hours a day, even after the massive gas chambers were erected at Birkenau a few kilometers away, and the doctor who orchestrated the torturing and experiments lived with his family less than 100 meters away, in a nice wooden house with a yard, and no solid

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I don't think there were any recorded escapes from any of the concentration/murder camps. Another strange thing was that locals in the nearby towns were also forced to work here or executed for incredibly petty crimes (stealing one potato from a shop, etc.), including children

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"Murder alley" More people were shot or killed here by more 'typical' means than any other camp or ghetto, by shootings, hangings, beheadings. Notice the bricked-in windows on the right. One of the rooms on the other side is where the Nazis conducted formal juries regarding every execution or form of torture, processing paperwork and victims' i.d. numbers for every kill.

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Thousands and thousands of suitcases and baskets, filled with dreams of new lives in new places...

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Since the fall of communism sixteen years ago, back in 1989, Poland has never had a right wing government at the same time as having a right wing president.Until now.So I, of course, am not allowed to vote, but my students and cohorts are...and you can guess who they voted for.As is typical of elections everywhere...the urban areas with higher income and education levels tend to vote for the more

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Through an array of interesting events, I've been invited to give my Denali slide show at a travellers/mountain slide/film festival in the small mountain town of Raciborz (Rah-CHEE-boze (like nose))The festival is called Wiatraki(Click for link to page, and see if you can find me under 'Program'!Dawid Wacławczyk is one of the founders of the festival, and this is its 2nd year running. The

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Our new flatmate! He's a bad-ass soccer player when playing with my socks-nothing can get by him, and the crazy, wild maneuvers he can do are truly astonishing. I hope to get some video footage soon before he gets old and lazy like the rest of us! Jerzy (Yezzy) is named after Poland's top football (soccer) goalie-but he doesn't have ears quite the same as our Dudek!

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Hi y'all,So pokey me still hasn't put up any pics from our summer adventures...anyone know of a fast way to load a few dozen on to this site?!So what's happening in Warszawaland?Well, Jill and I just taught/helped out the 9th graders at ASW with an adventure trip to the Jura Krakowska-Czestochowa, a craggy, limestone area in the south-middle of Poland. The (usually well-pampered) kids got to

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:-)

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Ciao, Bon jour, Buon journo, Hallo, Dobry Dien, Dzien dobry, Czesc!Ah, just a small sampling of the various greetings we had to use over the summerSo, how's everyone?Jill and I are good. And here's a few things, in random order of course, that are happening on our end.We're back full time in Warsaw. Jill's begun teaching her 2nd year at the American School in Warsaw, fulfilling the 2nd year of

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Ciao! We àre in Canazei, Italy! just got cleaned up after spending 28.50 euro for a night of crowded european camping! (most expensive camping to date!) Done some nice climbs and via ferratas in the Cortina area. Our friend Tessa came up to join us, too. Now that we're squeaky clean, we're heading up to the mountains (higher ones) for some more alpine rock climbing in the Sella pass area. Should

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Via Ferrata trailhead poster/billboard/route map. A via ferrata (iron way) is a human-made mass of cables, wires, ladders, steps, rungs, posts, pipes, zip lines, etc. attached to rocks and mountains to help people get through them more easily and quickly. First built during WWI to aid in battle...now used (and re-built) for pure adrenaline and fitness freaks (us!). Notice the large gap in the

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A typical French approach to a randomly placed phenomenal via ferrata (i.e. active adult playground!) up and right out of the pic...through gorgeous grazing country and covered in tons of cool wildflowers that don't exist in the US

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Jill enjoying the big, wild exposure along the pretty new ferrata. You can use a real climbing rope, too, and just flip the rope through the big ring/coil thingies. Crazy, but it's a lot safer than it looks!

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Me pooping my pants on an incredibly exposed and windy suspension bridge on the crazy 2nd half of the French via ferrata

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Mont Blanc (4810m) from afar (SSW) during a hike along a tiny portion of the Tour de Mont Blanc in the Beaufort region (tasty cheese!). After summiting via le trois Mont Blanc (3 peaks over 4000m) we descended the long, exposed but easy Gouter route (left skyline from highest point). Beautiful views, but super ugly, loose rock descent once off the glacier. Ick!

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Our last few days in France were spent in the Ecrins National Park, south of Chamonix. We almost bagged the highest 4000meter peak in the area, Barres des Ecrins, but it was cold, we were psychologically crushed still from the news about Mark et al. and it was a very exposed, low 5th climb to the true summit. The weather was super clear but incredibly windy. Instead we opted for the easiest

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We're back in Poland, finalizing the car registration and we're heading off to Italy and the Dolomites again tomorrow!While we were in France, a horrible accident occured back home in the Cascades near Seattle/Bellingham. It was a Mountaineers led event that was on a generally basic level climb, based in an incredibly beautiful setting of Cascade pass, dominated by Sahale, Boston and especially

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And I'm exhausted!Driving on Polish 'highways' is a lot like playing Russian roulette, pun intended!It took us 8 hours to get from the border crossing to Warsaw...where the same distance would've taken around 3-4 hours on the Deutschland's autobahns. Rough, curvy, hol(e)y, lacking in paint, lacking in signage and is overloaded with crazy drivers who don't play by any rules except that the driver

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Kudos to those who went for this year's Fremont Solstice Parade bike ride (John T, Dan S. (and g-friend, and???). For some cool pics of the crazy antics (look for Dan in the purple wig!) check out:http://www.eduardkoller.com/poze/FremontParade2005/index.htmlWish we had joined you this time around!

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