Globetrotting Around the World

Nadine, Sophie, and I are now in Argentina to enjoy 5 weeks of pure joy of studying the Argentine version of Spanish.

We will keep a weekly blog about our adventures and misadventures at http://tulsatrot3.travellerspoint.com. We have already posted two now.

For those of you who received updates about our around the world trip and would like to receive updates when we post a new entry during our Argentina trip, you will have to subscribe to that blog on that page. Because you, or someone playing a horrible joke on you, subscribed to the around the world blog, doesn't mean that you will receive new entry emails for our Argentina email. So if you want to subscribe, go to http://tulsatrot3.travellerspoint.com and sign up over on the right hand side.

Enjoy.

John, Nadine, and Sophie

Nadine, Sophie, and I are now in Argentina to enjoy 5 weeks of pure joy of studying the Argentine version of Spanish.

We will keep a weekly blog about our adventures and misadventures at http://tulsatrot3.travellerspoint.com. We have already posted one.

Enjoy.

John

Greetings to all y'all that followed our trip around the globe.

For a little over a week, I am going to help chaperone a group of 45 students and adults on a trip around France. I am going to blog as we go and hopefully find a little insight into travel with a group of people the size of some small countries, or at least the number of literate people in the state of New Mexico.

Feel free to follow this link tulsatrot2.travellerspoint.com to join us on our short trip across the pond.

John

P.S. New Mexicans probably smell alot worse than the French.

Moments before going to the hospital

With time to spare, Nadine and I tried on the hospital clothing wear, gowns and underwear

So the trip that started in the Cook Islands, left us pregnant in Thailand, and concluded in that great state of Texas finally came to completion August 3rd at 9:55 p.m. in Omaha, Nebraska. The reason it has finally concluded after 20 hours of labor at 9:55, our Thai souvenir Sophie Christine entered the world. She made her appearance on the world stage with a head full of hair on her 8 pound body and a set of lungs that would give Pavoriti a run for his money. Our only original hope, outside of being intelligent, athletic, and good looking, was that she be healthy, and that she was.

The new family of 3

As we both sit here in the hospital happy and fatigued, we are faced with our next big adventure, raising this child to be a responsible world citizen. Pretty big stuff. After her first trip when we take her home, we need decide where to take Sophie on her first travelling trip? We could take her to New Mexico, but we love this child, so we won't put her through that. I think initially even more challenging than trying to cross a Saigon road full of scooters is going to be and try to figure out how to correctly change a diaper and not drop the contents on the floor.

Proud parents

So this officially concludes our RTW trip 2006-2007, but this doesn't mean an end to our travels, just a change in the way we travel. We will keep you aware of any future comic travel experiences that we take on as a trio.

With that, my next dream trip would have us travelling around the Americas starting in Alaska all the way down the western coast of the Americas to Chile and back up the eastern coast through the Caribbean to Nova Scotia. Now if I could only find a few sponsors. Or maybe I should try to figure out that swaddling thing first.

Final question - Where should we travel first with Sophie in tow and why?

Peace
John, Nadine, and Sophie Christine

A ship under sail and a big-bellied woman,
Are the handsomest two things that can be seen common.
-Benjamin Franklin

Daily, Nadine and I think back to our travels, and for good reason, her belly is growing on a daily basis from our time on Koh Tao, Thailand. Soon our Thai souvenir will arrive, but until then, I figured I would show you the progression of Nadine's belly across continents and countries to what it is now, large and kicking.

State of the Belly Report #1 - Saigon, Vietnam

State of the Belly Report #2 - Kunming, China

State of the Belly Report #3 - Hogsback, South Africa

State of the Belly Report #4 - Rome, Italy

Brand new State of the Belly Report #5 - Omaha, Nebraska, USA

As you can see, our reminder of Thailand is growing daily. Oh Thailand.

Within the week, we will decide whether we will be living in the frigid winter of Omaha or the frigid winter of Denver, either way, it will be frigid, and don't forget cold.

You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.
-Dave Barry

John, Nadine, and Sophie Christine