In October 2002 I made a trip to England and Germany, to visit some friends. I’ve added my trip diary and photo album to the site.

Valuable lesson learned on the trip: the ATMs in Europe won’t give you money from an account that is on the “Savings” slot of your debit card. They’ll just give you an annoying cryptic error message. If you don’t want to be begging for spare change, bear this in mind.

Also added more pictures of the statue I bought in Vietnam. It has now cleared customs, and is waiting in a warehouse in Toronto for me to come get it. I’m trying now to work out a way to get this 400kg behemoth into my house and into its prepared place, without dropping it or getting anybody killed.