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Germany

Several Weeks Later...

Dear reader, I'm almost embarrassed to write at this point. The authorities have let this place go to the dogs, it's a disgrace. "How else is the world supposed to find out about my latest exploits?" I ask them. And they just shrug and

Spain

Swimming With the Fishes

This is not a veiled threat from the mob, we really did swim with a whole school of fish yesterday in our little bay. One of the many boats that come during the day to anchor had a baguette left over and they started throwing crumbs into the water right

World

A Fresh Start

It's been so long that we've posted something here, I feel like we need to re-introduce ourselves. Hi, we're the Paws: Catering, Transportation, SmallPaw and BabyPaw. We used to be really good about posting stuff here about our travels but somehow around March

United States

The Epic Birthday Park Tour

Dear reader, Because of scheduling problems around Catering's computer, this blog post will be a SmallPaw/BabyPaw joint venture. Please bear with my little brother while he tries to contain his excitement... HI GUYS!!! I'm so happy SmallPaw and I finally get to do a post

United States

Step Into Powder

Hi guys! So Mami and Papi took us to the mountains of Colorado to go skiing with uncle Sam and aunt Micha. Well, I say skiing but I wasn't allowed to go yet and Mami and Papi used this thing called a snowboard instead so I guess technically

United States

Los Angeles for Beginners

Oh LA, you're such a tease. Beautiful, sunny days and cool, starry evenings to lure you in. But then you sit in traffic for an hour to get some lunch and the allure is gone (thank god). But yes, it was lovely. We saw four different museums (La

United States

8 Years and Counting

We've turned into such sloths that we even missed our travel anniversary! Oh my... But Maui will make you forget many things. I mean there are itty bitty dragons around: And beaches galore: And this is Hawaii so of course there are more volcanos. So yeah, 8 years

United States

Slowly, and Happily, Turning Into Sloths

You guys! These islands are amazing... Everything is just so beautiful and the people are real friendly. And the beaches, wow, don't even get me started on the beaches. I know Mami and Papi haven't posted much here and they feel really bad about that but

United States

Aloha Indeed

We hoped Hawaii would be beautiful. Not just for the obvious reasons but because we'd been talking about it so much and hyping it up for the kids that we would have been in serious trouble if the islands didn't deliver. Thankfully we needn't

Australia

Far Away From Everything. Literally.

Dear reader, There are no two ways about it: the south-west of Australia is gorgeous. It's also in the middle of absolutely nowhere. Which is maybe why it's so gorgeous. Because to get there takes wayyyyy too long. And not just because the authorities decided

Australia

Sydney to Perth, the Long Way

This blog is in need of some serious TLC. One post for 4 weeks in Sydney?! Puh-leeze... If you've been waiting for a catch-up post though, this sadly isn't it. Because we just arrived in Perth after a loooong time on a train and

Australia

Fa La La La, How Late It Is...

It's been 2 weeks since we've arrived in Sydney, this post is long overdue, I agree. But to make up for it, here are a lot of pictures. Very little writing though since BabyPaw is teething (the never-ending story), it's ridiculously hot and

Fiji

If Paradise Is Half as Nice...

Like Timbuktu, Fiji to me always sounded like one of those made-up places where the name alone was supposed to conjure up an image. In this case palm trees, pristine beaches and perfect sea. Turns out both Timbuktu and Fiji are real and, at least in case of the

Taiwan

Eating Our Way Through Taiwan

I'm not going to lie - it's all about the food here. We did go to a couple of museums in Taipei but then quickly looked for our next meal again. And if the lines at some of the more famous places like Din Tai Fung are

Japan

Sayonara Nihon

Hi guys! It's been raining here in Taipei so everyone's in a bit of a tetchy mood. But nothing a fun blog post with some pretty pictures can't change! I see we haven't really wrapped up our last week in Japan so

Japan

Going Slow

Since leaving Kyoto a week ago we've stopped in several places - Himeji, Kurashiki, Takuma, Matsuyama and now Fukuoka - but for some reason it never felt rushed. Probably because we spent 3 days in a house near Takuma in the middle of nowhere not doing much. Bliss. The weather

Japan

Happy Halloween

Dear reader, I've heard there are people out there who don't care about Halloween but if you're one of those people then we probably wouldn't like each other. Because that means you don't like dressing up or ghosts or worst

Japan

Relaxing on the Rails

Between Tokyo and Kyoto we spent a week ambling through the mountains to see some smaller towns and wind down a bit after the craziness that's Tokyo. Our first stop was in Matsumoto and it probably wouldn't have been such a remarkable one (although there'

Japan

Skip to Tokyo

Dear reader, I'm cutting in here for the sake of brevity and getting stuff done. Apparently the authorities can't be trusted with the timely upkeep of this blog so it's once again left to me... sigh And since it's up to me

Japan

Shrines in Sendai

We spent a few days in Sendai, a large city most people outside of Japan have probably never heard of (I definitely hadn't). But it's a great base for visiting temples in the area and a happening place in its own right although we never made

Japan

Traveling's Tiring (In a Good Way)

At night I usually can't be bothered to write up a blog post. I feel bad because I want to share all the wonderful things we get to see and do each day but after a full day of touristing (and here in Japan all your senses are

Japan

Far From the Hustle and Bustle

Hokkaido isn't just physically far away from Tokyo (although thanks to the new Shinkansen line it only takes 4 hours to get there) but with its wild nature and lack of people it almost feels like a different country. Excellent place to go relax in some beautiful onsen.

Japan

Let's Take It From the Top

As BabyPaw so rightly mentioned in his post last night, we've fallen quite a bit behind here on the blog and so much is happening every day that we really need to get our act together and put things up before it becomes too much and we fold

China

Birthdays are AWESOME!

Hi guys! So I had a birthday in Hong Kong and ahem, no one has written about it. I’m sure that was just an oversight. It does get mighty busy with the traveling and all the organizing that Mami and Papi have to do. But anyway, I really want

China

My Kind of Town

Hi everyone! So I hear Mami has been moaning about the heat a bit and I can see why she wouldn't like it (SmallPaw and I get to spend a lot of time being ferried around in the buggy) but there's so much good stuff here