Me, Gary and Iron Yandi

Gary took me to Port Kembla steelworks where we climbed on board of the Iron-Yandi and even had a pick on the bridge.

Me and Lara, Koala...

Please meet LARA

and she actually kissed me...!

Australia's wonderful animals

So I got to know "Skippy" of course! And met an Emu

And an Echidna... aie aie aie

Wollongong

Cocktail time with Cath in the jacuzzi... hmmm yummy!

Gary with his best friend! Gary&Cath, my Australian hosts!

Australia, here I am!

Yessss! After a long trip and many miles I arrived in the land Down Under and got a very warm welcome from Gary & Cath. They took me Sydney to see the famous Sydney harbour bridge and magnificent Opera House

This is a view of the Wollongong where Gary&Cath live!

Maestro SIBELIUS

Visiting the Sibelius Monument in Helsinki, Finland...


MOI, with the Maestro Jean Sibelius "himself"

I swear I could actually hear "Souda Souda Sinisorsa" ringing in my ears...

and of course Meriwether and Maggi as well!

Et voilà MOI in Russia!

Me and Mrs. STM at the market in St. Petersburg, Russia, Meriwether playing with a squirrel at Seurasaari Open Museum and us with Maggi planning the last week of our dream trip !

Denmark!

Visiting the Tivoli gardens and

reading a book with the "Burgemeister"

Me, Uncle Steve and Mrs STM and the Baltic tour

Me, Uncle Steve, travelbuddies Meriwether and Maggie flew from Vancouver BC to London ...


First stop: ofcourse... snacking and drinking and getting acqainted with Meriwether and Maggi!

Before hopping on that huge bird to fly to London...

And from London to Copenhagen... to start our magical journey through the BALTIC... nothing more nothing less, WOW!

Wintergreens and ice cream

On our way back to Duluth we stopped at the Wintergreen shop in Ely to try on some pretty "chic" Wintergreens, a must-have for any well dressed Minnesotian lol

Girls just like to have fun and enjoy the good things in life, so Holte took me to Nokomis to have a strawberry ginger shortcake with vanilla bean, whipped cream and strawberry ice cream, yummy!

Congdon Mansion Minnesota

Wow, check this out... it is the Congdon Mansion in Glensheen. Just 39 rooms and "only" 15 bathrooms. It was donated to the University of Minnesota by the family and turned into a museum in 1979

Some wheels... a beautiful Pierce Arrow was waiting for me outside the carriage house and I really would have liked to take it for a spin

Tereva in Minnesota

It may have seemed a little quiet around me... but I have been continuing my "world" discovery tour and spent some wonderful time in Minnesota, with Holte! Hawk Ridge, looking across the lake, all the way to Wisconsin. People come from all over to watch the raptors ride the thermal currents....brrrrr scary huh

Keeping fit while kayaking around !

Ooops I forgot, I think it is a special sausage.... from a distance looks kind of like Tahitian vanilla beans

China Air Show with Spotbeagle

Suzie & Chris took me to see the China Air Show with some fabulous vintage air planes like a Mustang, Bearcat, Japanese Zero and a B25 Mitchell, WOW very impressive!

Back in Hawaii

Feels good to stick my toes again in some nice warm Hawaiian sand!

Red Rocks

Oh beautiful Colorado Red rocks and Cheyenne mountain

And here is where we step-off the many Hinano's... the Red Rocks amphi theater

1 mile above

The "Mile High" Stadium, home of the Bronco's!

Uncle Joe took me to see the marker on the Capitol steps which is exactly 1 mile or 5280 ft or 1.609 km above sea level!

Me and Uncle Joe

And off I was to a new adventure in Denver, Colorado, where I stayed with Tonton Joe and Tatie Bev and lots of work with numbers making my head spin and me dizzy all around hihi...

Butch Cassidy

Some more Durango sights...

Caven Moana showing me the Durango Silverton whistling steam train

and Eperera taking me to the film scene of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid

Durango

My Durango host family: Eperera and Caven Moana and me at the look-out above Durango city Colorado

Papa Fa'amu Chris proudly showing all his tatoos (well almost all...) done by Roonui

and baby Arii James taking me for a ride