Hello everyone! I hope you enjoy this little website that I made to commemorate our trip. If you have any suggestions, please e-mail me. This site is for all of us, so if you want to include anything, just ask. Until we meet again......... Geoff. 
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Australia Kylee Anastasi Sonia Arhipoff Stacy Bennett Lucy Bolitho Erica Bruce Mike C Karen Carmen Renee Carmen Robyn Clifford Teneal Coble Holly Cruickshank Hugh Dunsdon Carly Fitzpatrick Stacey Fitzpatrick Danielle Gibbons Holly Hamilton |
Australia Chris Hateley (Driver) Lisa Heeringa Mark Hood Necta Kostomiris Kate Langdon Stefan Mauger Giota Nikos Andy Percy Tiew Plaenqkay Nicky Rein Danielle Squillace Michelle Squillace Simon Terok Darren Vizer Kate Walker |
Canada Jenny Choi Chris Donkers Geoff Tranmer China  Jing Fan New Zealand  Adele Holmes (Tour Manager) Paula Lester Brad Macdonald Dinesh The DJ |
South Africa Jason Richards Helen Thompson United Kingdom  Tom Adams Natalie Grant Laura Kavaney United States  Gaby Davilla Sarah Fancher Tony Mayer Rich Trosper Sam Yoon |
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Day 1 (Aug. 27): Leave Canada -Left Toronto Canada at 6:30 pm. Day 2 (Aug. 28): Arrive London -Plane landed about 6 am London time. -Checked into Royal National Hotel. -First meeting with the Contiki group at ~77 pm for orientation. -Meet up with my Canadian friend Toby for aa pint at ~9 pm. Day 3 (Aug. 29): London to Paris -It was weigh in and on the bus at 7 am. -Day song was "What I Got" by Sublime. -First night was Paris night tour and then to the bar. Day 4-5 (Aug. 30-31): Paris Sightseeing -Aug. 30th was Versailles in the morning annd afternoon free time in Paris. -I believe we were initiated to the Wake-Upp song on this day, the sometimes loved "Chihuahua". -That night was optional dinner at Les Nocees Des Jeanette and the cabaret show "Nouvelle Eve", Andy wins dance contest. -Aug. 31st was free day in Paris, I saw thee Eiffel tower and the Mona-Lisa at the Louvre. Day 6 (Sept. 1): Paris to Beaujolais -That night it was in The Cave for a "Beachh Party". -Chris gets REALLY! drunk (and Adele), as BB-Day next day. Day 7 (Sept. 2): Chateaux de Cruix -Picnic at the "Top of the World", can you remember the dog? -The Cave at night for "Dress your Head Up"". Day 8 (Sept. 3): Lyon to Barcelona, via Pont du Gard -Came up with our dares around this time, wwhich some people still didn't do! -First night most of us were chilling on thhe beach, watching the planes coming in for a landing. Day 9 (Sept. 4): Barcelona Sightseeing -Free afternoon and evening in Bracelona, ccrystal and leather demonstration. "That's twenty Euro, that's two-zero Eurrro." Day 10 (Sept. 5): Barcelona to Antibes, via Aigues Mortes -Rain! Day 11 (Sept. 6): Boit in the French Riviera -Free day, was it Cannes or Nice (actaully I went into Nice). -Monte Carlo at night. -Oh ya..... Almost forgot, topless beaches and Tony gets sunburnt. Day 12 (Sept. 7): Antibes to Venice, via Verona -That night was Fusinabar and an introductiion to Italian toilets. |
Day 13 (Sept. 8): Venice Sightseeing -Scafi into Venice, St. Marks square, Gondoola rides. -Glass and Lace Demonstrations. Day 14 (Sept. 9): Venice to Florence, via Pisa -Glad we stopped off at Pisa, but would I eever go back? -That night, was it the Red Garder for somee drinks? Day 15 (Sept. 10): Florence Sightseeing -Free day in Florence, real nice cabins. Day 16 (Sept. 11): Florence to Rome -Walking tour in the afternoon, and the smeell of the subway. -That night was the cross-dressed party at the bar. Day 17 (Sept. 12): Rome Sightseeing -Free day in Rome, guided imperial tour. -Some people leave us the next morning, wass it Tony, Hugh, Stefan, Kate, Natalie and Teneal? Day 18 (Sept. 13): Rome to Corfu, via Pompeii -Guided tour of Pompeii, Can you ever forgeet "Connnnntiki!" -Ferry from Brindisi, and goodbye to Chris :( Day 19-21 (Sept. 14-16): Corfu! -New bus was 2 hours late. -Two wonderful free days in Corfu. -Rented cars, chilled on the beach, Greek ddinner and Dancing. -Georges boat and skinny-dippy island. -Water sports, Donut rides, Paragliding andd Fly fishing. -Last evening was the Toga party.... Best pparty on the tour. -Our own drink, "The Chihuahua" at Frini Beeach Hotel bar, which was.... Alcohol and something else? Day 22 (Sept. 17): Corfu to Athens -New bus and two ferries to Athens -Giota leaves us and Renee spews over the sside of the ferry. Day 23 (Sept. 18): Athens -Guided tour of the Temple of Zeus and the Acropolis. -That afternoon was goodbye's, which suckedd! Day 24 (Sept. 19): Arrive Canada -Got the bus to Athens airport at 5:30 am.< -Arrived in Canada around 4:30 pm, after trransferring in Heathrow. -Home sweet home, and one bruised liver. -If I missed place any events or got somethhing wrong..... e-mail me! |
Since a bunch of people wanted to post some of their own photos, I thought it would be best to use dotPhoto.com on the web. All you have to do is either set up your own account and e-mail me the details so I can add a link like I have done for Dinesh and myself. Or you can upload your pictures into a separate Contiki account that I have already set up. The account is lg261 and the password is contiki. Click Here to go to the account, just create a new album that has your name and upload away! It is pretty easy.
TRAPPED in time they stare back at me, whispering
Speaking not in words or with voices, but with images
Images of times not since forgotten and of memories not yet immortilized
They speak to me of times that feel like distant dreams
Dreams that were so real and oh so genuine
As I flip through a stack of these ghosts
They haunt me in a way that mystifies me
Was I really there? Did I really do all those things
Did I really feel them or just touch a glimpse
I still hear them when I close my eyes at night
I still feel them when I let my mind drift away
Those memories they gave me, those memories they gifted to me
are now spread out on my bedroom floor
If I were to say sentimental, would that mean something
If I were to say treasure, would they have value to anyone else
If I were to say thank-you, would they hear me
They are but paper and colour, shadows in gloss
Reminding me of times and places that I will never
visit again, but always go back to
Back to a place in my mind when they were real, when
they were voices, to when they sang
To when they, if I can use such a word, when they were my friends
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