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    Thursday, January 24, 2008

    Check out the backpack!


    So last year when I started traveling Europe I began to collect patches from each of the countries or regions I visited. When I stopped in Sweden, Maria helped me sew/iron the patches garnered thus far. Since then I've been to a couple more countries but just never taken the time to sit down and sew.

    Well I finally had some time at the Hahn family during Christmas so I caught everything up. (except afterwards I purchased the Hungarian one, so that's the only one not sewn on)

    Patches (top to bottom, left to right)
    Great Britain
    Catalunya
    Hungary
    Amsterdam
    Sweden
    Denmark
    Norway
    Germany
    Interlaken (Switzerland)
    Andorra
    Iceland
    Basque (France)
    Ireland

    And on the side of the bag I've got my Canadian Flag and my Mechanical Engineering UofA patch.

    Missing
    France
    Spain (because Catalunya and Spain are NOT the same)
    Mexico (although at the time I went to Mexico I did not own this bag yet, i think that's ok)
    USA (although I've gone there every year since I was born..doesn't feel like a 'destination')

    'Could' be on there
    Belgium (as a technicality in that we took a train from Amsterdam to Belgium then Belgium to Paris)
    Italy (also a technicality as I took a train from Switzerland to Milan to catch a flight)

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    2 Comments:

    At 6:11 PM , Blogger Gary said...

    Where'd you get the Eagle Creek one?

     
    At 9:26 AM , Blogger Logan said...

    duhh it was dropped into my hands from an Eagle flying through a creek!

    Where else would I have got it.

     

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