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There are places I have visited that I don't think I mentioned when talking about them - Moscow, and Monterrey Mexico. I think I have touched some ground in all the continental US states, and did visit Hawaii but not Alaska or Canada. Forgive me if I double up and repeat France, Spain, a tiny bit of Sweden, Milan, Venice, Florence, Dubrovnik, Munich, Frankfort, Berlin West (the wall was there when I was there). I would love to hear about others' travels. I finally gave in and got an alternative e-mail since hotmail does seem to sometimes kick back messages addressed to me there - manfordb@gmail.com. Try that if you will. Lots of rain yesterday and though the sun was shining this am on the children's first day of the third term of the school year, it still managed to rain and dumb me with no umbrella got pretty well soaked. I drove to Tauranga today, about 105 kilometers from here and did well so and yesterday drove back from Auckland, about the same distance but with fewer curves in the highway, on Sunday after delivering our visitors to a motel near the airport (we left Saturday afternoon and the lady of the group drove, because I thought I could not handle driving in heavier traffic and also because I do not see as well at night as I used to, so I, too, spent the night in the same motel as the family group did - they are stopping in Tahiti for three days before returning to the States - hope they had a great time!! Sincerely, Manford.