regularly check where my Dad's cruise ship is (no, he does not own it, he plays in the board band!)

...but Dad has nearly made it to Easter Island.
I’ve never actually seen Rapa Nui, but the story of how the heads were made is very interesting. The Easter Island people must have known when they cut down the last tree to use it to transport the head. Complete deforestation with ensuing starvation for religious reasons. Sounds somewhat familiar…

I don’t know which of the two islands this is, but I wish I was there. If this picture was taken at 8 o’clock in the morning, and it’s 14:45 in Europe now, does it mean it was taken tmorrow? I am confused. It should be east of the dateline. What happens when you cross it?

Yesterday, when I came home there was a postcard from Dad waiting for me on the living room table: A picture postacard from Viet Nam, with an Australian stamp on it. Happy happy joy joy.

...he’s off through the Pacific, island hopping.

I hope he gets to climb Sydney Harbour Bridge or something special today. But wait! My birthday is already over in Australia!!!

This is sooooo far away. And since it’s my birthday, I realy miss him today.

In Braunschweig, where my sister got married today.

North of Darwin, Australia.

So I’m kind of lost with the maps now…

Philippines.
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
- Anais Nin

Is this the reason why I’m having childish thoughts looking at the map? Wooooops.