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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Do good future parents really toy with the idea of naming their baby girl after a character in Dracula?

"One! One baby Girl!"


Well, now you know half of the Bontorno family news for the week -- we're expecting a baby girl! (we no longer refer to the baby as Johnny -- just in case you were worried)

The other half of the good news is that Peter is now officially cleared and secure according to the US government, and his job at Knoll's Atomic Power Lab begins in Saratoga Springs, NY on the 21st of September.

Upstate NY and Upstate NY maternity ward here we come!!!

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Ireland

Carrick-a-read Rope Bridge - yes we crossed it.

The Giant's causway - a natually coblestoned beach


Lock-a-somthing Castle. The story was a rich lady had all her friends over for dinner at her castle, built over a cave on the ocean. Perhaps her friends were overweight, or perhaps there were other factors to consider, but regardless, the floor fell out of the dinning room at the party, and they never had another party there again.


Queens square had waterfountains that randomly varied in pressure. We renamed them, "The Gauntlet" and rode our bikes through them.


Again we went off to church. There were two churches to choose from in the area. We traveled long and hard on our bikes and when we were about to give up, and old man on the street corner, who'd probably been waiting for us all night came forward and said "Aye! Ye's lookin' fer the Mormon Church?" He directed us the rest of the way and we arrived on time, and the church was closed. Looked like it was under construction or something. Guess we picked the wrong one. Then we sailed from Ireland that very day and in two weeks arrived in the merry country of New York. Twas a lovely voyage, as they say.

Iceland - Land of Ice and Fire!

After Gibraltar we sailed on to Iceland. 66 degrees north, where the ice meets the water. We entered the arctic circle, and experienced nightless days. We docked in the city of Reykjavik where we could see snow on the mountains in the distance and we heard rumors of puffins in the region. We also happened to be there during the independence day festival. The city filled with blond men and women of a most stark elegance in a land of darkness and power!

There were Vikings the size of houses!

And slugs the size of Pigs!


And we saw mountains that looked so close, but after miles of biking prooved to be far, far away.



Behold, Icleand!





Sunday, August 9, 2009

Algeciras, Spain







While in Gibraltar we wanted to go to church. The closest LDS Church was in Algeciras Spain. So we shined our shoes and set out for the Frontera. We walked to the end of Gibraltar and followed the only road off the peninsula. We discovered that Gibraltar was seperated from Spain by a big airport. The airport ran from coast to coast, so the the highway cut right through the middle of it, with desceding roadblocks at either end to allow aircraft to land. Well we walked across the airport, found the bus station and rode along the coast to Algeciras. We found our way to the door of an inconspicous building on a street lined with inconspicous buildings. The door opened to a small branch of Spanish saints, about to begin their Sacrament meeting. Ashley bore her testimony at the Testimony meeting, in Spanish. Pete followed her brave example, timidly. We were well received and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.








Gibraltar







After the Azores we went to Gibraltar to see the monkeys. Hercules declared the Rock of Gibraltar the end of the world. Once you sailed outside the Mediteranean all you would run into were volcanic islands, (like the Azores), that reminded them of Hades. So the Rock of Gibraltar, owned by Great Brittain - even though it is a peninsula off of mainland Spain - and the corresponding rock in Morroco became known as the pillars of Hercules, marking the exit of the Mediterranean sea.







Thursday, August 6, 2009

Feliz Cumpleanos! That's how they say it in Spain.

Here's looking ahead to one more year!
Happy 25th birthday, Love!

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Azores final



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Azores Continued




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Azores continued




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Azores Continued




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The Azores

Pete and Ash would finally like to invite you to travel with them. On May 18 we put out to sea on the TS Empire State in search of fame, adventure, and a group of Volcanic islands called the Azores. We were consigned to various labors during the two week ocean crossing. And of course Ashley decided it best not to mention Johnny, our little stowaway, to anyone. So Ashley's burdens excedingly hard to bear, and whether she suffered from sea-sickness or morning-sickness, we may never know. But she prayed to the Lord, and He gave her strength to endure to the end.



And what joy filled her heart when at last she was brought to a land of promise. Or at least to land, which was all she really wanted.


And it was a land of plenty.


The people of this town had only one road by which to come and go. And it was about 3 feet wide and cut into the edge of the mountain. Needless to say, there were no vehicles in the town. And the road was a good 2 miles long.
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