For the second part of Kim’s mother’s visit we flew to Switzerland for a few days. We spent the first part in Geneva, then we took a train east to…

Kim’s mother came for a visit in March, and during her first weekend in town we drove east to visit Leeds Castle. Continuously inhabited since the 1100s, the castle came…

We’ve actually had two visits from Tom. The first time was late last summer, and more recently we had dinner in London in January. Kim took some photos during his…

Located in the East Midlands section of England, Nottingham is home to a thriving Robin Hood tourist industry. We spent two nights at a lovely B & B in Ruddington,…

Katie Elizabeth Rocke was born on February 17, 2002 in Arizona. Both mother and child are doing just fine (and have been for six weeks now).

As all of you have noticed, the updates on the site have ground to a halt. We’re still travelling and hosting visitors, it’s just that we haven’t had time to…

Belgium has become one of our favorite countries. I almost feel bad now, not knowing much about the place and thinking of it as merely a French appendage. It’s so…

In February we paid a visit to Bruges, a lovely town in western Belgium. There we met up with our American friends living in Amsterdam, Scott and Kathleen. While the…

At the end of January we spent a week back in good old Seattle. It was our first visit back to the states since we left. I spent most of…

Ok, so here are some more of our pictures from the island. We’ve received at least one e-mail that hinted that three sets of photos from paradise was overkill. Here’s…