03-21-2014, 10:10 PM
I guess I will pipe in. My name is Tim (duh), and I am married to Rosie, my wife of almost 6 years. I have been travelling to Jamaica off and on since 2001, first trip was to the Starfish Trelawny. On my 3rd trip to Negril I brought my girlfriend, and proposed to her while knee deep in the Caribbean sea right on New Years as fireworks were going off. Thankfully she said yes! We returned for our honeymoon the following winter and did one more trip to Negril after that, where wife had her purse snatched while walking along Norman Manley. She literally has a scar to remind her of that experience which kept us away for a few years until we returned this past winter, but this time we rented a car and spent 2 weeks in Portland.
In between we have travelled to other south destinations, both coasts of Mexico, Belize, Cuba, and we each did a solo trip, her with a school group to Costa Rica, me on a 7 day fishing trip to Puerto Rico. Although we will return to Jamaica, it is on the back burner again.
As of yesterday, we made it official and booked our flights to Europe this July, going for 3 weeks. We will be travelling by rail and will tour Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. Rosie has family friends in Denmark so we will start there then head to Amsterdam before going to Fussen, Germany where Rosie will be running a marathon, I will be doing the half. Then going into Austria where I want to go to Kitzbuhel, the site of the famous Hanenkahm downhill ski race every winter. On our trip to Port Antonio we met a couple from near there and they invited us to come and see them. From there into Germany and to the Czech Reb, where Rosie has relatives.
I have never been to Europe so am really looking forward to the trip. Going there with carry-on only, don't want to be lugging baggage around.
I am a journeyman sheet metal worker, mostly do commercial ventilation work. Right now I am working up at the cigar lake uranium mine, one of the most concentrated sites of uranium in the world. Rosie is a grade 5 elementary teacher, she teaches in the French immersion program, which she speaks fluently. The only negative to her job is we are limited to short trips in the winter, and always during "peak" times. If things go to plan she will quit teaching full time once her pension is at a decent level then "retire" to doing substitute teaching. We both have 12-13 more years of full time work.
Will try to post one of my favorite Jamaican pics, haven't posted one on the new site yet.
In between we have travelled to other south destinations, both coasts of Mexico, Belize, Cuba, and we each did a solo trip, her with a school group to Costa Rica, me on a 7 day fishing trip to Puerto Rico. Although we will return to Jamaica, it is on the back burner again.
As of yesterday, we made it official and booked our flights to Europe this July, going for 3 weeks. We will be travelling by rail and will tour Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. Rosie has family friends in Denmark so we will start there then head to Amsterdam before going to Fussen, Germany where Rosie will be running a marathon, I will be doing the half. Then going into Austria where I want to go to Kitzbuhel, the site of the famous Hanenkahm downhill ski race every winter. On our trip to Port Antonio we met a couple from near there and they invited us to come and see them. From there into Germany and to the Czech Reb, where Rosie has relatives.
I have never been to Europe so am really looking forward to the trip. Going there with carry-on only, don't want to be lugging baggage around.
I am a journeyman sheet metal worker, mostly do commercial ventilation work. Right now I am working up at the cigar lake uranium mine, one of the most concentrated sites of uranium in the world. Rosie is a grade 5 elementary teacher, she teaches in the French immersion program, which she speaks fluently. The only negative to her job is we are limited to short trips in the winter, and always during "peak" times. If things go to plan she will quit teaching full time once her pension is at a decent level then "retire" to doing substitute teaching. We both have 12-13 more years of full time work.
Will try to post one of my favorite Jamaican pics, haven't posted one on the new site yet.