Fond Memories

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Thanks for sending this Mom!  We arrived at Kate's two weeks after this article.  It really is that beautiful!

Hello, and Vancouver

I'm pretty sure that this New Year, 2011, will deliver a ferocious slap to 2010's face WIKI KA-POW! and new blood will splatter the wall, spelling out important answers to important questions.

Is China a robot? Do Wall St. executives know how to read and write? Are you going to eat that?

Yes, yes, all important. But the most significant: where, oh where in the world are Larissa & Andrew hiding? After eight months of consistent blog posts from around the world, why the sudden drop?

Sorry about that.

We last left you in the Philippines where scuba diving and family dinners were the amazing norm. We stayed there for about a month, and that's about eleven months too short (scuba diving, lechon, san miguel). See the posts below for more about the Philippines. As usual, if you have any questions feel free to leave a comment or send an email.

From there we went to China for a few hours where we raced throughout the Beijing Airport to shop and eat:

Larissa, on two hours of sleep. Her vegetables are sprinkled with shrimp, mine with bacon.

Shockingly, the airport blitz didn't satisfy our China fix, so we plan to return someday for a more complete version. Home and the holidays awaited.

But first, Vancouver! The air, the air, the air. After spending a few months in cities throughout Southeast Asia, we took a solid two minutes outside the Vancouver airport taking deep breathes. Seriously, it was nice.

We stayed a week to see our respective extended families of grandmas, aunts, uncles, and cousins. This recap post will not do our visit nor their hospitality justice. Larissa and I have visited Vancouver a bunch in the past, so this time around was just unwinding from the trip and spending time with family. A big thank you to all of them (In particular, Aunt Parveen, for giving us our first paid job of the trip. $10 never tasted so good!).

Walking around Granville Island. Vancouver, it's awesome.

Finally, we made our way home for the holidays. and now we're back in NY. We miss the road, and we're already planning our next adventure (bike trip from Vancouver to LA).

Stay tuned for closing remarks.