Please share our life in 2010 through some of our photos
Another big travel year in 2010, or "The Stanford cap goes 'round the world"
Cruise from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Santiago, Chile
With
Brigit Bardot
in
Buzios, Brazil
With Amy, overlooking the Rocinja favela, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
On a windy day in penguin county in
Punta Arenas, Chile
In Buenos Aires, Argentina
Paul briefly considered a hat change
when he joined the band in Chile.
Do you think it’s an improvement?
We were in Chile when the
8.0 earthquake hit!
Road Trip - Quebec, Canadian Maritime Provinces, New England & New York State
At charming
Peggy's Cove,
Nova Scotia
Overlooking the St. Lawrence River in
Quebec City, Canada
The U.S. Border agent in Maine was suspicious as to why we were crossing from Canada to the U.S. for 5 minutes to take this photo and then back to Canada.
On his never-ending genealogy quest,
Paul returned to the grave of his 3rd great grandfather, known as the Revolutionary War's "The Fighting Parson"
Karen with 3 U.S. Presidents at the American Political Items Collectors convention
in Buffalo, NY.
Can you name them?
Finally, our Honeymoon at Niagara Falls!
Cruise from Istanbul, Turkey, around the Black Sea, to Ephesus & Athens, Greece
At the Haiga Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey
With Diogenes
in Sinop, Turkey
At the Library
in Ephesus, Turkey
In Yalta,
Ukraine
Amy at formerly secret Soviet submarine base in Balaklava, Ukraine
Who wouldn't want her fortune told by two rabbits & a chicken in Istanbul?
But, wait! There's more!
We learned an important new skill at Church Camp.
Erik could not come with us to Niagara Falls, but he did get to Sioux Falls, en route to grad school at The University of South Dakota in Vermillion, SD
Meanwhile, Paul attended his 50-year class reunion at The University of South Dakota and his 50-year Rhodes Scholar class reunion in Washington, DC
Kitty Korner, the Van Buren cats
The vet tells us that Phantom, 7, is overweight. Ya think?
Sometimes we really can all get along together!
Pokey & Mrs. Norris, 5,
Sister Act, continued
Paul & Karen Van Buren
Los Altos, CA