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It has to be a great experience, but we will be happier when life returns to the norm and we are back, joined by our children and grandchildren. So, this page starts with photos of our grandchildren, whom we will miss very very much.
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这当是一场全新的体验。不过，我们肯定是回来时更开心--当生活回归正常，而孩子和孙儿们回到我们的身边。所以，这一网页将从我们孙儿们的最近四张照片开始。他们才是我们的最想和最爱。
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Caleb is always more naughty
and mischievous than his elder brother. He has just cut big holes in
his T-shirt with scissors, and is pretty proud of it. |
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恺乐总比他哥哥调皮。他刚刚用剪刀把自己的衬衫剪出一个大洞而且还洋洋得意。 |
Kevin is usually the more
compromising and understanding. He is playing on the iPod Touch that
is on loan to his grandpa. |
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恺恩比较懂事并乐意让人。他同意把他的 iPod Touch 借给他爷爷去欧洲旅行时用，但忍不住又要回来玩一会。 |
Kevin usually takes the
lead in playing or improvising, then Caleb follows suit and/or fights
for it--just like in my childhood. |
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俩个小兄弟中间，想出什么新花样的总是恺恩，而跟着要，争着要的总是恺乐---宛如我的童年重现。 |
So here is Caleb with
his iron ladle hat. |
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恺乐如愿以偿拿到他的钢铁漏瓢帽。 |
| Please note: all the links below should be live, and pictures in place, but texts and captions are badly missing as of today (7-5-2009). I will need another two weeks or three to finish that. 说明：下面的网页和照片都上去了，但有关说明和注释还得等两三个星期。我们刚回来，时差还没完全克服。 |
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Day
2(6-17-2009), arriving in London, visiting Parliament buildings
and the Big Ben |
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旅欧第二天(2009年6月17日)：抵达伦敦，夜访国会大厦和大本钟 |
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第三天(2009年6月18日)：上午看伦敦城，下午看温莎城堡，晚上泛游泰姆士河 | |
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第四天(2009年6月19日):坐四十五位座大巴离开伦敦，搭渡轮过英吉利海峡到达法国对岸，换大巴北上荷兰首都阿姆斯特丹 | |
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第五天(2009年6月20日):坐车游览阿姆斯特丹市区，换船逛运河 | |
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第六天(2009年6月21日):到达德国，泛舟莱茵河，然后去 Rothenburg (罗滕堡) | |
Day 7 (6-22-2009): Passing Austria from Munich, then a stop at Cortina |
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第七天(2009年6月22日):离开德国慕尼黑，经奥地利到达意大利 Cortina (科尔蒂纳丹佩佐，1956年冬季奥林匹克运动会城市)  在奥地利时一百项值得一做的事（英文网页） |
Day
8 (6-23-2009): Visiting Venetian glassblowers, then Tuscan
(Venice-Florence area), and a Gondola
boat-ride |
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第八天(2009年6月23日):在意大利住两夜，游览意大利文艺复兴的发源地 Tuscan (托斯卡纳) 并去水城威尼斯搭乘 Gondola (貢多拉) 双头尖小船 |
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第九天(2009年6月24日):去 Florence (佛罗伦萨) 及比萨斜塔 | |
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第十天(2009年6月25日):游览 Lugano,夜宿瑞士 | |
Day
11 (6-26-2009): a Swiss town Lucerne
and a cruise on Lake
Lucerne; group picture before heading for Paris |
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第十一天(2009年6月26日):游览瑞士 Lucerne (卢塞恩) 城和 卢塞恩湖，去巴黎前拍集体照 |
Day
12 (6-27-2009): Visiting Paris,
including the Eiffel
Tower, Notre
Dame, and the Palace
of Versailles |
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第十二天(2009年6月27日):观光巴黎，看 Eiffel (埃菲尔) 铁塔, 参观巴黎圣母院和凡尔赛宫 |
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We
will be going on a real vacation this summer. This time to Europe.
To London to see the Big Ben that I used to hear striking the Greenwich
hour on the BBC. To the Netherlands to try to imagine how impressive
the tulips fields would be if we come at the right season. To Germany
and sail over the Rhine and the Danube perhaps. To Austria to search
for echoes of the 
