Canada Born-Alaska Grown-On The Road

**Picture Overload!** In 2011 the United Nations declared July 30th as International Day of Friendship. They declared that there are many issues in the world and that a starting place to address them is, "promoting and defending a shared spirit of human solidarity that takes many forms - the simplest of which is friendship." The declaration talks about camaraderie, trust, passion, and lasting stability. Friends should remind you to get gas before you nearly run out. BUT they also help you stay calm as you roll in on empty! A little spray paint among friends Get yourself a career and friends who  understand the assignment! When we first arrived in Italy I was really reluctant to call any of our new acquaintances "friends." Not in an insulting cliquish kind of way, but can people we just met really offer the lasting stability of friendship? It also felt like a weird unintentional insult to the people who have hid in the bathroom from security with me, who have been my...

  Buna ziua!   Здравейте!   Cia!   Hello!  Learning to pack light and efficient. Yellow is my favourite! Days after returning from his first of many trips to Djibouti, we took advantage of cheaper European airfares and spent the Canadian/US Independence Day celebrations in Bucharest Romania! We have been told stories of €25 flights but we suspect they are a relic of pre Covid days as we have yet to see them. Regardless, flying from Naples to anywhere in Europe is a steal when you're use to Alaska prices to anywhere! My cute new yellow Euro size carry on and I were ready! Romania joined the EU in 2007. They have not yet transitioned to the Euro and society seems split on if they should or not.   Days before we left a woman in Asia got stuck in one of these at an airport and they had to amputate her leg. We stayed clear! For me the highlight was to visit a former communist state. It has to be the history nerd in me. For Brian it was the chance to visit a plac...