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Passport Fun

OK, today was bittersweet because I got my new passport, but I had all of my passport/visa related issues (see Angry Blog)

So anyway, since I have my nice shiny new blank passport, I thought I would thumb through the old passport and reminsce about some of the good memories attached and its contents:

Origins: The passport was issued back in 1997 in Philadelphia just before I went with my college orchestra to France as part of an amazing weeklong trip.  That was the first usage, and that trip rocked.  I hung out with Sid and Cordelia most of the time, but it also included such fun memories as:

        a) Staying in a run-down ex-orphanage with crazy orchestra kids
        b) Getting really sick after walking through freezing rain on the day of arrival, which included (but was not limited too) loose bowels on the day that we had dinner with a local "host family" and I got to use my rusty high school french with the host mom

        c) Waking up every morning to rhythm of TonyToniTone (the person, not the group) and his bouncing bedsprings.  What was he up to that make them creak so much?  Pushups…(I know, we thought it was something else too at first)

        d) Falling asleep in the Musee D'Orsay (see most ridiculous experiences list)
        e) Sid saying "Stupide Americains" repeatedly with a bad french accent
        f) TonyToniTone and others chasing a women they thought was hot around the Louvre for three hours
        g) La Belle Epoque (ask Cordelia, because she does the face the best but honestly it is an experience that none of us really want to talk about)

Anyway, it was great way to christen the passport.  Since then this thing has been with me to a lot of places.  Some of the contents include:

Visas for:
        Australia
        Hong Kong
        China
        Indonesia

Stamps from:
        Canada
        Australia
        Japan
        Hong Kong
        Thailand
        New Zealand
        Argentina
        Singapore
        UK
        Macau
        Indonesia
       
Some noteworthy places I have been to during this period but for which I lack stamps:
        Belgium
        Netherlands
        Uruguay
        Vietnam

Ah, so many memories attached to them.  If you ever want a full rundown on any of these venues I can give you the details and some anecdotes about the most memorable experiences in each.  Just post a comment…yes, I take requests!

posted by Dan, Lover of Dim Sum @ 11:14 AM