The Mauthe Adventure 2006-07
In and around World
We are about to embark on a whirlwind of a Journey starting with a summer in my homeland of northern Manitoba. From there we will take in two months of Europe, 4 months of Thailand and hopefully some time in South America! Here we go, Cheers!
Robin
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Innately Nomadic
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Preparing to go from home to home!
It's the official "first day of summer" and here Crystal and I are preparing to embark on a crazy adventure with 9 youth. I am greatly look... Continue reading » -
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Two Jack & an Irish Pub
Spent a night here in Banff @ Two Jack campground. Tunnel Mountain was full as it was a long weekend. Two Jack did the trick and we h... Continue reading » -
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A good break in Brandon
Canada day in Brandon! Well, at least an hour of it. We arrived late in Brandon at Dad & Terry's house. We set up camp in the ba... Continue reading » -
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Summer @ Simonhouse
Well, it was another great summer up in northern Manitoba. Our crew served at Simonhouse Bible Camp for 7 weeks as counsellors, counsellor-... Continue reading » -
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Grandma's Glenella
Supper with Grandma! Need I say more? Grandma pulled out all the stops with chicken, veggies, salad, potatoes and gravy. Classic Gra... Continue reading » -
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Abby Springboard
Well we arrived home August 22nd from Manitoba and now... 'boing' we are being springboarded to Europe tommorrow! It has been good to be at home... Continue reading » -
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"I'm leaving on a jet plane... la da dee da dee da dee da"
Left home from Mom & Dad Enns in the morning and spent time with Mom Mauthe & Jerett before leaving on the plane in the evening. So long... Continue reading » -
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Beautiful Bath!
Wow, we loved this beautiful city with a lot of character. We spent 3 nights staying at the YMCA hostel. Highlights for us at this site we... Continue reading » -
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Cheers mate! London part 1
Cheerio, welcome to London! We arrived Friday here Sept 8th. We have been able to experience some of the most classic historical monuem... Continue reading »
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Fish & Chips! London part 2
These last 3 days in London were great! The good weather continued to roll in and we started to feel settled enough to take our time in the city... Continue reading » -
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Right side of the road, shifter on the left, wheel on the right = No problem!
A quick stop in Dublin before we hit the road on an 8 day tour around Ireland. We stayed a short night at a little hostel at Temple bar (cobbles... Continue reading » -
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Good times in Trim
Our first visit to a 'real live' castle, built in the 12th century by the Normans. The most intact of it's kind remaining in Ireland. Explored ne... Continue reading » -
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Exploring the northern coast from Belfast
Stayed in Belfast one night at a local B&B. Enjoyed a hot breakfast and some good 'craic' (good chat) with the owner before jetting off in o... Continue reading » -
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A little whiskey and a free pint in Derry
Another beautiful day on the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland. Spent the morning walking the beach in awe of the cliffs and landscapes, watching... Continue reading » -
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From Derry into the wild west
Our first rainy morning in Ireland happened here in Derry (or Londonderry). We still spent a chunk of the morning walking on the old city walls... Continue reading » -
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Ireland - A good place to spend your birthday!
A sunny morning dawns on the day of Robin's 29th Birthday! We spent most of the day driving through 6 counties (at least a part of them) - Doneg... Continue reading » -
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Exploring County Clare then off to Dingle!
We left Ennis for the Burren. A beautiful rugged landscape with miles of short rock walls dividing up the land. From there we headed to th... Continue reading » -
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A day in the rain!
We woke up to some real Irish weather – rainy with a touch of wind. We spent the morning touring around the Dingle Peninsula viewing its spectacular c... Continue reading » -
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Golf dilemma, Irish Rovers, pint of Guinness and a few reels and jigs
We got off early in the morning to drop off our car in Dublin before noon. Little did we realize that all the fans of the Ryder Cup (world golf tourna... Continue reading » -
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Taking a breather in Dublin
Spent a couple days in Dublin, mostly to catch our breath before taking on a new country. Robin needs to make known that we stood outside of Eason’s b... Continue reading » -
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Ah Italy... yawn... time to sleep
Oh the joys of flying a budget airline – Ryanair! We boarded our plane bound for Pisa and an hour and a half later we left. Apparently we were last on... Continue reading » -
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Getting charmed by the Cinque Terre!
This place was a highlight for us. Wow... what a great place to stay and lose track of how much money you are spending :-)! We ate a lot o... Continue reading » -
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Flustered, muttering Italians are great fun!
Visited the medieval hill town of Volterra. What a windy bus ride to get there. On the way though, we enjoyed many classic views of the Tuscan hill si... Continue reading » -
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Bareback horse racing and a pretty piazza!
Spent 2 nights in the medieval city of Siena. It’s famous for its yearly horse race in its main square, “Piazza del Campo”. We were able to witness a... Continue reading » -
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Florence - art galore!
We spent 2 nights in the artsy city of Florence. We stayed in a nice campground which overlooked the city. Enjoyed meeting other fellow tr... Continue reading » -
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Ahh Venice ...glub...glub!
Venice was different than we expected. It was much more intriguing and mysterious than we thought it would be! So, in the end we thought w... Continue reading » -
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Maybe the mafia could give us an inside connection?
We arrived in Naples around 9pm, eager to catch our 1 hour ride on a regional train to nearby Sorrento. Little did we realize that the transportation... Continue reading » -
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Walking through history in Rome!
We arrived in Rome by train from Naples in the late afternoon. Took a bus to our hostel, which was in a residential neighbourhood. By metro, it was ab... Continue reading » -
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A bed in Bern!
What a change from dusty, warm Rome, to crisp, clean air and greenery in Bern. A new friend Joel, whom we met in Vernazza, Italy, had graciously of... Continue reading »
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Glimpses of God's glory in Gimmelwald!
Wow!! We loved Gimmelwald: a tiny alpine village, situated 1400 m above sea level, facing the Jungfrau, Eiger, and the Monch, 3 towering snowy... Continue reading » -
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Salzburg sounds of music!
We discovered Salzburg to be a beautiful city. Mozart was born and raised in the area. We took a tour with the fun & educational "Soun... Continue reading » -
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Old Vienna - A flavour of eastern Europe
We arrived in Vienna tired and without much of a plan... thankfully we had arranged a place to stay for a couple of nights. This quickly prompte... Continue reading » -
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