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have not been completed for all vacations).
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Family site.
"Travel,
ultimately, is an investment in memory. The experience is enjoyable, but
it's the memories that we keep." —Jonathan B. Tourtellot
2011
 | December 2011: Eight-day Caribbean cruise on the Carnival
Miracle with stops at Grand Turk (Turks
and Caicos Islands), Dominican Republic (La Romana), Aruba,
and Curaçao.
| July 2011: Long weekend in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, while
Amy, Cameron, and friend Emily enjoyed hot temperatures and screamin'
rides at Silverwood
Theme Park. |
| July 2011: Jan and Sofia spend three weeks visiting
family in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. |
| June 2011: Two-week visit to Anadalucia, Spain, including one
week traveling though Granada,
Córdoba,
Sevilla, Tarifa,
Medina
Sidonia, Ronda,
Gibraltar,and Málaga, and one week staying in
Torremolinos, for real
summer weather; sightseeing of the region's history, art,
architecture, and culture; and family fun at places such as
Benalmádena's Tivoli World,
Fuengirola's Bioparc
(zoo), and Aqualand
and the Crocodile Park
in Torremolinos. |
| May 2011: Long weekend of fun at Disneyland and warmth
in the California sun! |
| March 2011: Family weekend at Cannon Beach, Oregon. |
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"All
journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware." —Martin
Buber
2010
| October 2010: Two-week trip to Netherlands and Spain for Jan
to visit family, including a road trip to Grenada, Córdoba, and La Linea
on the Costa del Sol, and Gibraltar.
| September 2010: Week-long RV trip to the Oregon Coast, with
stops at Bandon
and Newport,
Oregon. |
| August 2010: Family weekend trip to Moses Lake to enjoy sun and
splashing at the Surf
'n Slide water park. |
| June 2010: Family trip to San Diego, California, including
visits to SeaWorld, the San Diego
Zoo, and the San Diego Wildlife Park, as well as the beaches of Del Mar
and La Jolla and the lighthouse at Point Loma. |
| April 2010: Three-week trip to Vlissingen,
the Netherlands, for Jan and Sofia to stay with family. |
| January 2010: Week-long cruise for Amy, Jan, Sofia on Royal
Caribbean's Mariner
of the Seas along the Mexican Riviera, with stops in Cabo San
Lucas, Mazatlan, and Puerto Vallarta. |
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"Travel
is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness." —Mark Twain
2009
| October 2009: Jan takes a 10-day trip to Hong Kong and
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
| August 2009: Amy and Cameron ride the roller coasters at Six
Flags' Magic
Mountain north of Los Angeles over a long weekend. |
| August 2009: Jan and Sofia visit Vlissingen,
the Netherlands, for two and a half weeks. |
| July 2009: Long family weekend in the Chateau op
Wielen at the MarDon
Resort on Potholes Reservoir in Eastern Washington. |
| May 2008: Family trip to Vlissingen,
the Netherlands, to stay with family, attend the wedding of Jan's
niece Christel and her new husband, Sjuul, in Venlo, and visit the
Dutch theme park Efteling,
the city of Maastricht, and Aachen,
Germany. Amy stayed for 10 days; Jan and Sofia stayed an
additional 10 days, during which Sofia attended morning preschool in
Vlissingen. |
| March-April 2009: Week-long trip for Amy and Cameron to
England and Scotland, including London, Windsor Castle, Wicked
at the Apollo Theater, Stonehenge, Bath, Stratford-upon-Avon, York,
Hadrian's Wall/Housesteads Fort, Gretna Greene, and Edinburgh. The
trip was a group tour for high school students and interested parents
led by EF Tours. |
| January 2009: Week-long trip for Amy, Jan, Sofia to Honolulu,
Hawaii, with a stay at the ResortQuest
Waikiki Beach Hotel,
hours on the beach, a drive around the island, and visits to the Honolulu
Zoo, Waikiki
Aquarium, Bishop
Museum, Polynesian
Cultural Center, and Sea
Life Park. |
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2008
"The
world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page." —St.
Augustine
2007
| November 2007: Week-long cruise for Amy, Jan, Sofia on the Golden
Princess along the Mexican Riviera, with stops in Puerto Vallarta,
Mazatlan, and Cabo San Lucas.
| August 2007: Week-long family trip in the Chateau op
Wielen to Farragut
State Park and Silverwood
Theme Park in northern Idaho for fun and family time. |
| July 2007: Family trip (except Cameron, who was camping on
the Washington Coast with his dad) to northern California for fun and
visiting with friends. Sightseeing included Gilroy
Gardens theme park, Santa
Cruz Beach Boardwalk, and Big
Basin Redwoods Park. |
| March 2007: Jan traveled to Vlissingen,
The Netherlands, to spend a week with his family while his mother was
in the hospital. |
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2006
| September 2006: Long weekend for Amy in the Bay Area,
California, to visit her friend Elisabeth and attend a More
to Life weekend seminar.
| July 2006: Family camping week to Fort
Stevens State Park and Seaside
on the Oregon Coast, and Seaquest
State Park in Washington. |
| May 2006: Caribbean cruise on Carnival
Valor with 18 family members from Holland, including stops at Grand
Cayman, Cayman Islands, Isla
Roatán, Honduras, Belize
City, Belize, and Costa
Maya, Mexico. |
| February-March 2006: Family trip to Vlissingen,
the Netherlands, to see family and celebrate Jan de Rie Senior's 75th
birthday. |
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"There's
a particular kind of affinity that occurs when traveling, a subconscious
bonding to a foreign land that happens almost instinctually. (I've always
believed it's hard to drop bombs on a place you have personally visited.)"
—Matthew Link
2005
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2004
| November-December 2004:
Family trip to Vlissingen,
the Netherlands, to introduce Sofia to her Dutch relatives, celebrate Lianne
and Rob's 25th wedding anniversary, and celebrate Sinterklaas.
| June-July 2004: Family camping vacation down the Oregon
Coast, stopping at Fort
Stevens, Cape
Lookout, and Beverly
Beach state parks. |
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"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes
but in having new eyes." —Marcel Proust
2003
| November 2003: Solo trip for Jan to visit family in Playa
Albir, Spain, and Vlissingen,
The Netherlands.
| October 2003: Last romantic vacation for Jan and Amy, to Maui,
Hawaii |
| August 2003: Cultural week for Jan and Amy in Chicago, Illinois. |
| June 2003: Scenic weekend drive through the Columbia
River Gorge. |
| March 2003: Romantic week in Savannah,
Georgia, and Charleston,
South Carolina |
| March 2003: Solo trip for Jan to family in Vlissingen,
The Netherlands. |
| February 2003: Family ski week to Big
Mountain, Montana. |
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"You
must pray that the way be long, full of adventures and experiences." —Constantine
Peter Cavafy
2002
| December 2002:
Family holiday trip to Vlissingen,
The Netherlands, for New Year's. |
| December 2002:
Long family weekend to
Phoenix,
Arizona, and the Grand
Canyon. |
| November 2002: Adventure trip for Jan to Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| September 2002: Weekend in Silicon Valley, Calif., to celebrate the wedding of Elisabeth Byström and Evan ten Brink. |
| September 2002: Solo trip for Jan to family in Vlissingen,
The Netherlands. |
| August 2002:
Romantic week in Montréal and
Québec
City,
Canada. |
| August 2002: Family day-trip to Mount St. Helens. |
| August 2002: Solo trip for Jan to family in Vlissingen,
The Netherlands. |
| July 2002: Family weekend chateauing at La
Wis Wis campsite, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, and hiking Silver
Falls Trail from Ohanapecosh, Mt.
Rainier National Park. |
| July 2002: Long weekend for Jan to New York. |
| April 2002: Family trip to
San
Antonio and Corpus
Christi, Texas. |
| March 2002: Week in Paris and the
Loire
Valley. |
| January 2002: Family ski weekend to
Mt.
Bachelor, Oregon. |
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"We
strain to renew our capacity for wonder, to shock ourselves into
astonishment once again." —Shana
Alexander
2001
"What
you risk reveals what you value." —Jeanette Winterson
2000
| December 2000: Solo trip for Jan to Paris to visit Patrick Questembert. |
| November 2000: Romantic weekend in Santa
Fe, New Mexico. |
| November 2000: Solo car trip for Jan through the American Southwest. |
| August 2000: Family sightseeing trip through the Netherlands. |
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June 2000: Honeymoon cruise throughout the Mediterranean (Barcelona,
Monte
Carlo, Florence,
Capri, Pompeii,
Venice, Athens,
Ephesus,
Istanbul). |
| February 2000: Family trip to Disney
World, Clearwater Beach,
Florida. |
| February 2000: Solo trip for Jan to the Philippines.
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"It
is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves—in
finding themselves." —Andre
Gidé
1999
"The
day shall not be up so soon as I, to try the fair adventure of tomorrow."
—William Shakespeare
1998
| December 1998: Family visit to Vlissingen, Netherlands. |
| August 1998: Romantic Labor Day weekend in San Francisco, California. |
| June 1998: Adventure trip to Singapore. |
| May 1998: Family trip to Disneyland,
California. |
| February 1998: Romantic Princess
cruise to the Eastern Caribbean. |
| January 1998: Solo trip for Jan to Eastern Africa. |
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