Hynda and Nolan's Rome and Other Adventures

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=50 BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000" background="0ab0ce82eearkz.png"> <div> <I> </I></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#BBBBBB" TEXT="#080000" background="0aa265f3.png"> <div> <B>Hynda and Nolan's  Rome and Other Adventures</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ROME SPRING 2011"><U>ROME - SPRING 2011</U></A><A HREF="id268.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kleinchik Rome Restaurant Reviews"><U>Kleinchik Rome Restaurant Reviews</U></A><A HREF="id223.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Panama 2009 "><U>Panama 2009 </U></A><A HREF="id207.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Las Vegas Reno"><U>Las Vegas - Reno</U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=430 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFF66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="909" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#66FF00 HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="897"><div> In case you are moving to or living in the DC area and need to buy/sell/renovate a house or condo please email Brenan at Berel Venture Group at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:bdanchik@berelventuregroup.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:bdanchik@berelventuregroup.com"><U><U>bdanchik@berelventuregroup.com</U></U></A></FONT> (Website: www.berelventuregroup.com)</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="908" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FF0000 HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="896"><div> If you need translation services please email Morgan at Veolin Translations <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:mdanchik@veolintrans.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:mdanchik@veolintrans.com"><U><U>mdanchik@veolintrans.com</U></U></A></FONT> (Website: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.veolintrans.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.veolintrans.com"><U><U>www.veolintrans.com</U></U></A></FONT>) Specializing in Intellectual Property translation.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="907" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="895"><div> If you are in need of some fantastic modern art pieces - a combination of metalwork and painting - email Dana at KX2ART <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:dana@kx2art.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:dana@kx2art.com"><U><U>dana@kx2art.com</U></U></A></FONT> (Website: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.kx2art.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kx2art.com"><U><U>www.kx2art.com</U></U></A></FONT>) </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="906" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#99CCFF HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="894"><div> In need of some jewelry for that favorite person in your life - email Ruth at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:ruth@ruthavra.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:ruth@ruthavra.com"><U><U>ruth@ruthavra.com</U></U></A></FONT> (Website: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.kx2art.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kx2art.com"><U><U>www.ruthavra.com</U></U></A></FONT> ) Ask for the Kleinchik discount!!!!</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Last Updated:  May 1, 2012</div> <bR> <div> You have reached the website of Hynda and Nolan (the Queen and King). This website was originally intended to be the journal of our trip to Rome in 2004 when the Queen was on sabbatical for six months. Most of the links in the second blue box below are for that 2004 trip plus a few others after.  We have decided to expand the website to include our subsequent travels. In 2006 the Queen retired from the National Institutes of Health on January 6<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> after 30+ years and we began a year of travel. While we were away one of our running friends lived at our house and took care of our plants and animals. The first blues box below contains links to the more recent items followed by our calendar of events for each year. All entries in <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><U>bold/italics</U></B></I></FONT> and with <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><U>underlines</U></B></I></FONT> are links to pictures and stories.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="883" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FF00FF HEIGHT= 148 WIDTH="871"><div> <B>Announcing new Kleinchik Invitational Contest!!!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>CONTEST RESULTS HAVE BEEN POSTED!!!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Clink link below for entries and winners!! </B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id286.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="KLEINCHIK INVITATIONAL 2011"><U><I><B>KLEINCHIK INVITATIONAL 2011</B></I></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="886" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#99FFFF HEIGHT= 662 ><NOBR><div> <B>Direct links to frequently requested topics:</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >September/October 2011 Rome:</FONT><I><B> (</B></I><A HREF="id301.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ROME FALL 2011"><U><I><B>ROME - FALL 2011</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >September 2011Tuscany: </FONT><I><B>( </B></I><A HREF="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/tuscany" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/tusca"><U><I><B>http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/tuscany </B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >April/May Rome: </FONT><I><B>( </B></I><A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ROME SPRING 2011"><U><I><B>ROME - SPRING 2011</B></I></U></A><I><B> )</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >October/November Rome/Sicily: </FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id251.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ROME FALL 2010"><U><I><B>ROME - FALL 2010</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >March/April Rome:  (</FONT><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="id225.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome Spring 2010 and the KLEINCHIK INVIT"><U><I><B>Rome Spring 2010 and the KLEINCHIK INVITATIONAL</B></I></U></A><I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >)</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >September/October Rome: </FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id220.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome Fall 2009"><U><I><B>Rome - Fall 2009</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> September 2009 Sardinia <I><B>(</B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/sardinia" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/sardi"><U><I><B>http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/sardinia</B></I></U></A><I><B> )</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" >March/April 2009 Rome:</FONT><I><B> (</B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id193.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome Spring 2009"><U><I><B>Rome - Spring 2009</B></I></U></A></FONT><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >November 2008 Israel (</FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id172.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Israel Fall 2008"><U><I><B>Israel Fall 2008</B></I></U></A><I><B> </B></I>)</div> <bR> <div> October/November 2008 Rome ( <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id171.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome Fall 2008"><U><I><B>Rome Fall 2008</B></I></U></A></FONT> )</div> <bR> <div> March/April 2008 Rome: (<B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id149.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome Spring 2008"><U><I><B>Rome Spring 2008</B></I></U></A></FONT> )</div> <bR> <div> October 2007 Italy:<I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id131.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome Oct 2007"><U><I><B>Rome Oct 2007</B></I></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> Bike Trip on the Adriatic Coast of Italy (Spring 2007): <I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://kleinchik.crazyguyonabike.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://kleinchik.crazyguyonabike.com"><U><I><B>http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/adriatic</B></I></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> October 2006 Italy:<I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome (2006) Again???"><U><I><B>Rome Oct 2006</B></I></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> Cross Country Biking (Spring, 2006) : <I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://kleinchik.crazyguyonabike.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://kleinchik.crazyguyonabike.com"><U><I><B>http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/Southerntier</B></I></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>Box below mostly links to living in Rome in 2004.</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="882" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#99FFFF HEIGHT= 114 WIDTH="870"><div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Kleinchik Invitational"><U><I><B>The Kleinchik Invitational</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Unpublished Kleinchik"><U><I><B>The Unpublished Kleinchik</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id99.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="KLEINCHIK INVITATIONAL 2006"><U><I><B>KLEINCHIK INVITATIONAL 2006</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Random Things"><U><I><B>Random Things</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Visitors"><U><I><B>Visitors</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id78.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Apartment"><U><I><B>Our Apartment</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="People in Our Adventure"><U><I><B>People in Our Adventure</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id82.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hynda at Work"><U><I><B>Hynda at Work</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id80.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bikes"><U><I><B>Bikes</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Signs/Billboards/Cars"><U><I><B>Signs/Billboards/Cars</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Obelisks"><U><I><B>Obelisks</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id68.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fountains"><U><I><B>Fountains</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Anzio/Ponza"><U><I><B>Anzio/Ponza</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Appia Antica"><U><I><B>Appia Antica</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hadrians Villa/Villa DEste"><U><I><B>Hadrian's Villa/Villa D'Este</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id83.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biking in Umbria"><U><I><B>Biking in Umbria</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Netuno/Cerveteri"><U><I><B>Netuno/Cerveteri</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Switzerland"><U><I><B>Switzerland</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How I Spent My Summer Vacation"><U><I><B>How I Spent My Summer Vacation</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id90.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wolfy"><U><I><B>Wolfy</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id92.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Genoa"><U><I><B>Genoa</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prague"><U><I><B>Prague</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id94.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Terezin"><U><I><B>Terezin</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id95.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Venice"><U><I><B>Venice</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sicily"><U><I><B>Sicily</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ides of March Visit (2005)"><U><I><B>Ides of March Visit (2005)</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id100.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ROME FEBRUARY 2006"><U><I><B>ROME FEBRUARY 2006</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Symbol" ><I><B>   ·   </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ISRAEL 2006"><U><I><B>ISRAEL 2006</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="906" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FF0033" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FF0033 HEIGHT= 45 WIDTH="894"><div> <B>Go To:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id268.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kleinchik Rome Restaurant Reviews"><U><I><B>Kleinchik Rome Restaurant Reviews</B></I></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Our schedule for <B>2012</B> is as follows:</div> <bR> <div> January 1 - January 28                 Hollywood, Fl </div> <div> February 29 - March 6                 Tokyo, Japan (the Queen)</div> <div> March 20 -29                                 Hollywood, FL</div> <div> April 25 -28                                    Hollywood, FL</div> <div> May 13 - 17                                    Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) Pittsburgh, PA</div> <div> May 18 - 20                                   Queen's Birthday, Philadelphia, PA</div> <div> May 22 - June 22                          Rome,  Italy </div> <div> August 6 - August 21                    Martha's Vineyard </div> <div> October 2 - November 1              Rome, Italy </div> <div> November 9 -11                            Kings's Birthday, Richmond Marathon, Richmond, VA</div> <div> December 20 - 22                        Hollywood, FL</div> <div> December  23 - 31                       Fisher Family Trip</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">March 27, 2012 Hollywood, FL</B></div> <bR> <div> The Queen's daughter Ruth gives birth to Calder Issac Duff is born. The King and Queen are in Florida for the birth. This is the Queen holding Calder right after he was born. He has more hair than the two of us combined.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="18be44b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">March, 2012 Tokyo, Japan</B></div> <bR> <div> The Queen was one of four women who were invited to Japan to speak about promoting women into higher positions in Japan. She visited many former post-docs and friends. At the home of her friend Chiiko she tried on one of the family kimonos. It took over 1 1/2 hours to put on. </div> <div> <IMG SRC="18bc44050.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="773" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">January, 2012 Cape Coral, Florida</B></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen spent a weekend in Cape Coral, Florida on the Gulf coast. We ran in a 5K race on Saturday and then did a 62K bike ride on Sunday. The Queen came in second in her age group in the 5K race. She lost her age group by 8 seconds.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="18ba44b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">January, 2012 Boca Raton, Florida</B></div> <bR> <div> This January the King had lunch with four women who he had not seen in over 50 years. From left to right, Ellen, Shelley, Eileen, and Brenda all attended Martin Van Buren High School in Queens and lived in the Bell Park veteran's coop in Queens Village with the King. I had not seen them since I left New York in 1960.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="18b844b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">January, 2012 Key West, FL</B></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen visited Vince and Kathy at their winter home in Key West. Vince and Kathy were neighbors when we lived in Kensington, MD and members of our running club.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="18b644b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Our schedule for <B>2011</B> is as follows:</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >January 1 - January 28                  Hollywood, Fl </FONT><I><B> (</B></I><A HREF="id273.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Florida January 2011"><U><I><B>Florida - January 2011</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >April 7 - May 7                                Rome,  Italy </FONT><I><B>( </B></I><A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ROME SPRING 2011"><U><I><B>ROME - SPRING 2011</B></I></U></A><I><B> )</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >May 10 - 12                                    Intel International Engineering and Science Fair Los Angeles, CA </FONT><I><B>( </B></I><A HREF="id294.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CALIFORNIA 2011"><U><I><B>CALIFORNIA 2011</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >May 13 - May 16                            Bay to Breakers, San Francisco, CA  </FONT><I><B>( </B></I><A HREF="id294.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CALIFORNIA 2011"><U><I><B>CALIFORNIA 2011</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <div> May 21                                            Dana's Wedding Washington, DC</div> <div> June 3 - 6                                        Aunt Slyvia's 90th Birthday, Port St. Lucie, FL</div> <div> July 31 - August 5                          Kingston and Newport, Rhode Island</div> <div> August 6 - August 21                    Martha's Vineyard </div> <div> August 21 - 23                               Barnett, VT</div> <div> August 23 - 25                               Burlington, VT</div> <div> August 25                                       Phoenicia, NY</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >September 14 - 21                        Southern Tuscany, Italy </FONT><I><B>( </B></I><A HREF="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/tuscany" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/tusca"><U><I><B>http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/tuscany </B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >September 22 - October 3           Rome, Italy </FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id301.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ROME FALL 2011"><U><I><B>ROME - FALL 2011</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >October 4 - October 6                   Lausanne, Switzerland </FONT><I><B>( </B></I><A HREF="id299.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LAUSANNE 2011"><U><I><B>LAUSANNE 2011</B></I></U></A><I><B> )</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >October 7 - 17                                Rome, Italy </FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id301.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ROME FALL 2011"><U><I><B>ROME - FALL 2011</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <div> October 21 - October 23               Austin, TX</div> <div> October 23 - October 25               Henderson, NV</div> <div> November 28 - December 4        Boston, MA </div> <div> December 20 - 22                         Hollywood, FL</div> <div> December  23 - 31                        Fisher Family Trip - Playa del Carmen, Mexico</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">December, 2011 Playa del Carmen, Mexico</B></div> <bR> <div> We stayed at the Hotel Aventura Mexicana in Playa del Carmen. It was one block off the main street and two blocks from the ocean. The hotel was small, quiet and beautifully landscaped and the cook was from Italy. The King and Queen got to practice our Italian. This is the family photo from the trip.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="18b444830.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="387" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">December, 2011 Hollywood, Florida</B></div> <bR> <div> For the first couple of days that we were in Florida this December the weather was pretty cold and the heater in theFlorida house is not sized to warm the house from 40 to anything that is comfortable. The Queen is dressed for the night.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="18b244b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">November, 2011 Washington, DC The King's Birthday Party at Buca di Beppo</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="175b44b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">October, 2011 Rome, Italy </B></FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id301.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ROME FALL 2011"><U><I><B>ROME - FALL 2011</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> This sort of sums up Italy. Translation: Closed for the Holiday. From when I left to when I return.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="175944b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">October, 2011 Lausanne, Switzerland </B></FONT><I><B>( </B></I><A HREF="id299.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LAUSANNE 2011"><U><I><B>LAUSANNE 2011</B></I></U></A><I><B> )</B></I></div> <bR> <div> We flew from Rome to Switzerland to visit an old postdoc of Hynda's. Mayumi left NIH and took a job in Lausanne where she met a Swiss man and got married and had a baby. This photo is from dinner at their apartment.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="175444b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">September, 2011 Southern Tuscany, Italy </B></FONT><I><B>( </B></I><A HREF="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/tuscany" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/tusca"><U><I><B>http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/tuscany </B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> This fall trip to Italy was supposed to be together with a weeklong bike trip in Israel in support of the Israeli Sports Center for Disabled Children. This bike trip was postponed to the spring so we decided to do a weeklong self-supported bike trip through Tuscany. The photo shows the King and Queen in the hilltop town of Pienza, one of the many hilltop towns we visited.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="175244b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">August, 2011 Burlington, VT</B></div> <bR> <div> We made two more stops before we headed back to DC to beat Hurricane Irene which was threatening the entire East Coast. The first stop was in Burlington, VT where we attended a play called The Year of the Duck starring our friend Mike. The theater held about 100 people but on Wednesday night there were only about 15 in the audience including the King and Queen and Renee, the star's wife. The last stop was Phoenicia, NY which is nearWoodstock and we visited the King's cousin Beverly.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="175044b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">August, 2011 Barnet, VT</B></div> <bR> <div> After the vineyard we went first to VT to visit the Queen's childhood friend from Massachusetts Ruth. She lives in DC but has a house in VT that she goes to with her dog Suki.</div> <div> The picture is of relaxing at the end of a 2 1/2 mile hike to Bridal Veils Falls.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="174e44b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">August, 2011 Martha's Vineyard, MA</B></div> <bR> <div> This year we rented a separate house for the `children' who all came. With the Queen's extended family we had 30 people located in 5 houses. Left to right in the back row: Brenan, Ruth and John. Left to right in the front row: Morgan, the King, the Queen, Dana and Matt.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="174c44b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">July, 2011 The Galvins, Kingston, RI; The Blooms, Newport, RI</B></div> <bR> <div> On this year's trip to New England we first stopped in Kingston, RI to visit Peter and Robyn. Peter and Robyn are friends of ours from Bethesda who have both retired and instead of heading south or west moved to RI. Kingston is a short distance away from Newport so we were also able to visit our friends from Rome Peter and Gretchen who live in Newport from August to October each year. The photo is of us on the small ferry that takes people to their boats in Newport harbor and also to Goat Island in the middle of the harbor where Peter and Gretchen have their apartment.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="174844b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">June, 2011 Aunt Slyvia's 90th Birthday Party Port St. Lucie, FL</B></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen went to Florida for the King's Aunt Slyvia's 90th birthday party. From right to left are cousins Stuart and Paula, Aunt Slyvia, Slyvia's neice Hillary from New York and Stuart's wife Marcie. </div> <div> <IMG SRC="16c944b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> While in Florida we also had dinner with Aunt Ruthie, cousin Rona and Uncle Al.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="16cb44b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">May, 2011 The wedding of Dana and Matt, Tidal Basin Washington, DC</B></div> <bR> <div> The happy couple at the Tidal basin right after the ceremony.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="155644b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">May, 2011 San Francisco, CA Bay to Breakers 100th Anniversary Run </B> </FONT><I><B>( </B></I><A HREF="id294.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CALIFORNIA 2011"><U><I><B>CALIFORNIA 2011</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> It must be cousins month as the King and Queen had dinner with cousin Howard in San Francisco.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="154f44b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">May, 2011 California Coast, Hearst Castle, SanSimeon, CA </B> </FONT><I><B>( </B></I><A HREF="id294.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CALIFORNIA 2011"><U><I><B>CALIFORNIA 2011</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> On the way up the coast we stopped and toured the Hearst Castle. Neither the King nor the Queen had been there for over 30 years.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="16c544b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">May, 2011 Los Angeles, CA Intel International Science and Engineering Fair </B> </FONT><I><B>( </B></I><A HREF="id294.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CALIFORNIA 2011"><U><I><B>CALIFORNIA 2011</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen have dinner with cousins Howard and Cheryl in Los Angeles.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="154d44b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">May, 2011 Duomo Milan, Italy </B><B> </B></FONT><I><B>( </B></I><A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ROME SPRING 2011"><U><I><B>ROME - SPRING 2011</B></I></U></A><I><B> )</B></I></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen took the weekend of the beatification of Pope John Paul (and one million extra visitors) to escape Rome and go to Parma and Milan. This is the King and Queen on the roof of the Duomo in Milan.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="154b44b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">April, 2011 The Queen on the Tiber River, Rome, Italy </B></FONT><I><B>( </B></I><A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ROME SPRING 2011"><U><I><B>ROME - SPRING 2011</B></I></U></A><I><B> )</B></I></div> <bR> <div> There is no better way to start the month in Rome than biking on the bikepath along the Tiber River and having a slice of pizza from Pizza Pazza.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="153a44b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">February, 2011 Toby and Nicky Visit the King and Queen, Washington, DC</B></div> <bR> <div> Hynda's nephew Toby and his son Nicky visited the King and Queen for a few days. They spent all their time at museums and toured the Capital building. Nicky bought a 3D movie which can play on a regular TV and this picture is of the Queen and Nicky getting ready to see the movie.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="14c744b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">February, 2011 Valentine's Day, Washington DC</B></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen visit a nail salon which included all the wine you could drink.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="14c944b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">January, 2011 Dodgertown, Vero Beach, Florida </B> </FONT><I><B> (</B></I><A HREF="id273.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Florida January 2011"><U><I><B>Florida - January 2011</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen took a bike trip up the East Coast of Florida and we stopped in Vero Beach. We biked the three miles inland to visit Dodgertown. The then Brooklyn Dodgers first moved there for spring training in 1948 and left for Arizona in 2008. It is a huge beautiful complex (one stadium and about 6-7 other ball fields, dorms, tennis courts, meeting rooms, etc).. The streets were all named after the King's childhood heroes (Robinson, Reese, Snider)...Vero Beach took a big economic and psychological hit when the Dodgers left. In the photo the King is holding his arm over the Los Angeles name... since it should say Brooklyn.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="14ba44b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Our schedule for <B>2010</B> is as follows:</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >January 1 - January 26                 Hollywood, Fl </FONT><I><B> (</B></I><A HREF="id274.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Florida January 2010"><U><I><B>Florida - January 2010</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <div> February 30 - March 1                  Hollywood, FL</div> <div> March 4 - 8                                    Albuquerque/Las Vegas/Phoenix</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >March 19 - April 21                       Rome,  Italy (</FONT><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="id225.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome Spring 2010 and the KLEINCHIK INVIT"><U><I><B>Rome Spring 2010 and the KLEINCHIK INVITATIONAL</B></I></U></A><I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >)</FONT></div> <div> May 7 - 8                                        Wedding Omaha, NE<I> </I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>(</B></I></FONT><I> </I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id235.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wedding Omaha"><U><I><B>Wedding Omaha</B></I></U></A><I><B> )</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >May 9 - 11                                      Santa Cruz, CA</FONT><I><B> ( </B></I><A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="California 2010"><U><I><B>California 2010</B></I></U></A><I><B> )</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >May 12 - 14                                   Intel International Engineering and Science Fair San Jose, CA </FONT><I><B> ( </B></I><A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="California 2010"><U><I><B>California 2010</B></I></U></A><I><B> )</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >May 15 - May 18                           Bay to Breakers, San Francisco, CA </FONT><I><B> ( </B></I><A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="California 2010"><U><I><B>California 2010</B></I></U></A><I><B> )</B></I></div> <div> May 25 - 27                                   Unveiling, Boston MA</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >May - October                               Lonnie Falls in Apartment <B> </B></FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id237.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Lonnie Chronicles"><U><I><B>The Lonnie Chronicles</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <div> July 4                                              Wedding</div> <div> July 16-18                                      Kate and Adam, Portsmouth, NH</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >August 7 - August 22                    Martha's Vineyard </FONT><I><B>(</B></I><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="id249.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marthas Vineyard 2010"><U><I><B>Martha's Vineyard 2010</B></I></U></A><I><B> )</B></I></div> <div> August 23 - 25                               Boston, MA</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >October 7 - 20                               Rome, Italy </FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id251.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ROME FALL 2010"><U><I><B>ROME - FALL 2010</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >October 20 - 24                             Sicily, Italy </FONT><I><B>( </B></I><A HREF="id254.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SICILY"><U><I><B>SICILY</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >October 25 - November 11          Rome, Italy  </FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id251.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ROME FALL 2010"><U><I><B>ROME - FALL 2010</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <div> December 20 - 24                        Hollywood, FL</div> <div> December  25 - 31                       Fisher Family Trip</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">December, 2010 Calebrete, Dominican Republic</B></div> <bR> <div> This year the Fisher Family trip was to the Dominican Republic. This is the family picture for this year.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="14b844b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">October, 2010 Sicily, Italy </B></FONT><I><B>( </B></I><A HREF="id254.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SICILY"><U><I><B>SICILY</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> During our month in Italy we decided to spend 5 days on Sicily. This photo is of the King and Queen in Agrigento, an ancient Greek colony, in front of the Temple of Hera. They estimate the temple is from 5th Century BC. Hera was the wife of Zeus and is the Greek goddess of love and marriage. (I just looked that up!!)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="12e444b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">October, 2010 Rome, Italy </B> </FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id251.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ROME FALL 2010"><U><I><B>ROME - FALL 2010</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> On one of our bike rides up the bike path on the Tevere we were stopped by a film crew who wanted to interview us. Our Italian was not quite good enough for them.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="12d944b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">August, 2010 Lincoln, MA</B></div> <bR> <div> The King's cousin Roger visited us for lunch at the Queen's father's house in Lincoln.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="123e3aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">August, 2010 Martha's Vineyard, MA  </B> </FONT><I><B>( </B></I><A HREF="id249.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marthas Vineyard 2010"><U><I><B>Martha's Vineyard 2010</B></I></U></A><I><B> )</B></I></div> <bR> <div> The Queen relaxes during a picnic dinner on the beach at Squibnocket.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="123b3aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">May - July, 2010, The King's Brother Falls in His Apartment, New York, NY </B></FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id237.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Lonnie Chronicles"><U><I><B>The Lonnie Chronicles</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> The King's brother Lonnie was discovered in his apartment in Manhattan after being on the floor for two or three days. He was rushed to Bellevue Hospital and as of late July is making a complete, although slow recovery. The link above is for the journal we kept of our frequent visits to New York. The Queen is pictured in Lonnie's apartment with Lonnie's upstairs neighbor, Bob, who found Lonnie. The dog is named Darcy and has just moved up from a dog rescue farm in Georgia and is getting used to the big city. Lonnie reads several books at once and the coffee table the Queen is sitting on has 39 books all with placemarks that Lonnie is presently reading.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="121244b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">July, 2010, Adam and Kate's Wedding, Portsmouth, NH</B></div> <bR> <div> The Queen's nephew got married in Portsmouth, NH. This was the last of 6 weddings that we had scheduled this spring and summer. The wedding took place outside on a dock on the Piscataqua River which separates Maine and New Hampshire. That would be a good trivial pursuit question for someone not from one of those states. On our way back to Boston we stopped on the Massachusetts coast.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="121044b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">June, 2010, Mama Mia at WolfTrap, Reston, VA</B></div> <bR> <div> On the occasion of Bobbie Litman's birthday we went with Bobbie and his sister Marsha and brother Ronnie to see Mama Mia. We had all seen it before and we sat on the lawn and had a wonderfully pleasant evening. The weather was perfect and the rain which was predicted did not start until the show ended. They let you in with anything at Wolf Trap so we had champagne and wine with out fried chicken dinner.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="120e44b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">May, 2010 Bay to Breakers, San Francisco, CA </B></FONT><I><B> ( </B></I><A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="California 2010"><U><I><B>California 2010</B></I></U></A><I><B> )</B></I></div> <bR> <div> For the third year in a row the King and Queen particpated in the Bay to Breakers 12K Race in San Francisco. The costumes were back but not as many naked people since the temperature never got out of the 50s and it was misty and windy. The same very tall naked guy was back - I wonder what he would do if he knew he was featured on a very famous website.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="11f944b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">May, 2010 Here Comes Da Judge, San Jose, CA </B></FONT><I><B> ( </B></I><A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="California 2010"><U><I><B>California 2010</B></I></U></A><I><B> )</B></I></div> <bR> <div> The Queen has been a judge for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair - a science competition for high school students - for many years. This year it was held in San Jose and they were very hard-up for judges so they asked the King to judge. What you cannot see is that the King was the only judge to wear running shoes - the place was enormous and there was a lot of walking and standing around interviewing kids.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="11f744b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">May, 2010 Relaxing in Santa Cruz, CA </B></FONT><I><B> ( </B></I><A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="California 2010"><U><I><B>California 2010</B></I></U></A><I><B> )</B></I></div> <bR> <div> On this trip to the west coast we had two extra days and we spent them on the Pacific Ocean in Santa Cruz, a town that is stuck in the 1960s. The weather was not very nice but we did take a two mile hike along the coast to the last remaining natural arch on the northern coast.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="11f544b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">May, 2010 Bollywood Wedding, Omaha, NE </B><I> </I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>(</B></I></FONT><I> </I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id235.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wedding Omaha"><U><I><B>Wedding Omaha</B></I></U></A><I><B> )</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> One of the Queen's post docs got married in Omaha to an American-Indian - like from India. The wedding was a combination of cultures complete with henna on the hands of the women (and the King) and Bollywood dancing at the reception. Pictured are the young kids who were up dancing all the time.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="11f344b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">March, April 2010 Rome, Italy  </B> (</FONT><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="id225.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome Spring 2010 and the KLEINCHIK INVIT"><U><I><B>Rome Spring 2010 and the KLEINCHIK INVITATIONAL</B></I></U></A><I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >)</FONT></div> <bR> <div> We had three of our four children visit us for one week in Rome. Dana came with her boy friend Matt who became her fiancé while they were in Rome. This picture is taken in the Amphitheater in Pompeii.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="111744b30.jpg" border=0 width="580" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">March, 2010 Scottsdale, AZ</B></div> <bR> <div> We visited one of the Queen's high school friends and her husband who are  `snowbirds'. They live in the Boston area in the summer but have purchased a home not in Florida but in Arizona. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="10833aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> We visited a second and third cousin of the King who he had not seen since his Bar Mitzvah over 50 years ago. Hannah is 93 years old and is living by herself and has more energy than many 50 year olds. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="10853aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">February, 2010 Washington, DC</B></div> <bR> <div> We managed to be in DC this year in December for the 20-inch snowstorm just before Christmas and returned from Florida for a series of snowstorms that led to a record setting winter. DC has to this point had 55 inches of snow - a 100-year-old record. The total for the last five winters all together is only about 40 inches!!! Photo is of the Queen in the courtyard of our condo in DC.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="10813aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">January, 2010 Hollywood, FL </B></FONT><I><B> (</B></I><A HREF="id274.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Florida January 2010"><U><I><B>Florida - January 2010</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> Another cold January in southern Florida - in fact - it was the coldest weather in 10 years!!!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="10653aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Our schedule for <B>2009</B> is as follows:</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >January 1 - January 23                 Hollywood, Fl  (</FONT><A HREF="id203.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Florida January 2009)"><U><I><B>Florida - January 2009)</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >February 5 - 8                                Las Cruces, NM (</FONT><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="id204.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Las Cruces February 2009"><U><I><B>Las Cruces - February 2009</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > )</FONT></div> <div> February 25 - 28                           Boston, MA</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >March 12 - April 14                       Rome,  Italy </FONT><I><B> (</B></I><A HREF="id193.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome Spring 2009"><U><I><B>Rome - Spring 2009</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >May 9-11                                        Yosemite National Park CA  </FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id208.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Yosemite National Park"><U><I><B>Yosemite National Park</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >May 12 - 14                                   Intel International Engineering and Science Fair Reno, NV </FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id207.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Las Vegas Reno"><U><I><B>Las Vegas - Reno</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >May 15 - 16                                   Lake Tahoe CA/NV  </FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id209.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lake Tahoe"><U><I><B>Lake Tahoe</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >May 17 - May 19                           Bay to Breakers, San Francisco, CA  </FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id210.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bay to Breakers"><U><I><B>Bay to Breakers</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >June 19-24                                    Bike Virginia </FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id205.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bike Virginia"><U><I><B>Bike Virginia</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <div> July 24 - 26                                    Children of Bell Park Reunion, Queens, NY</div> <div> August 7 - August 22                    Martha's Vineyard</div> <div> August 23 - 30                               Boston, MA</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >September 17 - 29                       Sardegna, Italy <I><B>(</B></I></FONT><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/sardinia" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/sardi"><U><I><B>http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/sardinia</B></I></U></A><I><B> )</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >September 30 - October 2          Sicily, Italy  </FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id211.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sicily 2009"><U><I><B>Sicily 2009</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >October 3 - 21                               Rome, Italy </FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id220.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome Fall 2009"><U><I><B>Rome - Fall 2009</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <div> October 23 - 25                             Alek and Mika B'nai Mitzvah, Hartford, CT</div> <div> November 6 - 8                             Martin Van Buren High School 50th Reunion, Queens, NY</div> <div> December 20 - 24                        Hollywood, FL</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >December  25 - 31                       Fisher Family Trip - Panama </FONT><I><B>( </B></I><A HREF="id223.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Panama 2009 "><U><I><B>Panama 2009 </B></I></U></A><I><B> )</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">December, 2009 Santa Clara, Panama </B> </FONT><I><B>( </B></I><A HREF="id223.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Panama 2009 "><U><I><B>Panama 2009 </B></I></U></A><I><B> )</B></I></div> <bR> <div> The Fisher family trip this year was to a Breezes resort in Panama. This is the family picture for this year. Ruth and John decided to opt out and go to Michigan to be with John's family this year. Dana brought Matt, her friend from New Mexico and Morgan came with Ita, his friend from Israel.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="105e3aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">December, 2009 Washington, DC</B></div> <bR> <div> An early snow in December right before we left for Florida left 20 inches of snow on the ground at our condo.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="10603aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">November, 2009 Martin Van Buren High School 50th Reunion, Queens, New York</B></div> <bR> <div> The King attended his 50th high school reuinion in New York. It was very interesting seeing people for the first time in 50 years. It was hard to recognize some people and there was a lot of staring at name badges that had our high school yearbook pictures on them.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="f7c3aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">November, 2009 Floriana's Restaurant Washington DC</B></div> <bR> <div> For the King's birthday we went to our favorite Italian restuarant in DC with Brenan, Beth, Jonas, Ellie, Ned and Anita.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="105c3aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">October, 2009 Rome, Italy </B> </FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id220.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome Fall 2009"><U><I><B>Rome - Fall 2009</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> This trip to Rome our son Brenan and his friend Amy joined us in Rome for three days before they went off to Israel to visit his brother Morgan who is living in Tel Aviv. Before they got to Rome, Brenan and Amy had gone to Munich for OctoberFest and then spent a week hiking Cinque Terra and visiting Lucca, Florence and Pisa. The picture below is the traditional Pinocchio picture. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="f793aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">October, 2009 Thymosin Meeting in Catania, Sicily </B> </FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id211.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sicily 2009"><U><I><B>Sicily 2009</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> The Queen attended a meeting on the island of Sicily where she was awarded the Abraham White Award for a Lifetime Acheivement in Science. Of the 25 previous winners of this award 8 were Nobel Prize winners. The other awardee was Cardinal Martino for a LIfetime Acheivement Award in Humanitarian efforts. He was the Pope's representative to the UN for 16 years.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="f773bac0.jpg" border=0 width="571" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">September, 2009 Bike Trip Sardinia, Italy </B> <I><B>(</B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/sardinia" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/sardi"><U><I><B>http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/sardinia</B></I></U></A><I><B> )</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen did a 10-day self-supported bike trip on the island of Sardinia. It was very hilly and at times rainy and windy but we enjoyed the scenery and the food.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="f753aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">August, 2009 Martha's Vineyard</B></div> <bR> <div> The highlight of this year's stay on the island was the catching of a 52 pound tuna by Hynda's sister Candy and her family. They are avid fisherpeople but this is the largest fish they have ever caught. It was all eaten in one night by the 35 Fisher family relatives on the Vineyard this year.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="f733aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">July, 2009 Children of Bell Park Reunion, Queens Village, NY</B></div> <bR> <div> From 5<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> Grade to the first year of college the King lived with his parents and brother in a Veteran's Coop in Queens Village, NY. The children of Bell Park organized a reunion. There were over 400 people that attended and the King turned out to be the oldest of the children attending. I got to see a lot of my brother's friends. The picture was taken in front of the apartment where we lived.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="f713aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">June, 2009 Bike Virginia Charlottsville, Culpeper and Orange, VA </B> </FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id205.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bike Virginia"><U><I><B>Bike Virginia</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen went on a five day bike trip with 2000 other cyclists called Bike Virginia. It turned out to be a Bike Trip Boot Camp.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="e6b3aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">May 2009 Bay to Breakers San Francisco, CA </B> </FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id210.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bay to Breakers"><U><I><B>Bay to Breakers</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> This year we went back to Bay to Breakers, a 7.5 mile run/walk in San Francisco. We convinced our friend Beth to go with us and promised her lots of nudity. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="e643aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">May, 2009 Lake Tahoe, CA </B> </FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id209.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lake Tahoe"><U><I><B>Lake Tahoe</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> After we left Reno we stayed at Lake Tahoe for two days. The photo below is of Emerald Bay and according to the guide books this is the most photgraphed spot in the United States.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="e663aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">May, 2009 Yosemite National Park, CA </B>  </FONT><I><B>(</B></I><A HREF="id208.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Yosemite National Park"><U><I><B>Yosemite National Park</B></I></U></A><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> On our way to Reno, NV where the Queen was a judge for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair we stopped in Yosemite National Park. There was still lots of snow and the waterfalls were incredible. That is the Upper Yosemite Fall behind the Queen.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="e623aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">May, 2009 Riman-Boorstein Wedding, Patterson, NJ</B></div> <bR> <div> On May 23rd we drove up to New Jersey for a wedding on the Queen's mother's side of the family. The daughter of the Queen's first cousin was getting married. The photo is of the Riman family at the wedding.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="e693aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">April, 2009 New York, NY</B></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen travel to New York with Brenan to visit the King's brother Lonnie and to attend a bowling and dinner party for the Queen's daughter Ruth who came into the city to visit an art gallery in Brooklyn with her sister where they will have a show in December. (See www.kx2art.com for details.) The photo was taken at Haveli, a wonderful Indian restaurant on 2nd Avenue (between 5th and 6th streets) in Manhattan.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="e183aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">April, 2009 Paestum, Italy  </B></FONT><I><B> (</B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id193.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome Spring 2009"><U><I><B>Rome - Spring 2009</B></I></U></A></FONT><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen pose in front of the Temple of Neptune, a Greek temple located in the city of Paestum south of the Amalfi coast in Italy.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="e193aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">March, 2009 Rome, Italy Hash House Harriers Ides of March Run  </B></FONT><I><B> (</B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id193.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome Spring 2009"><U><I><B>Rome - Spring 2009</B></I></U></A></FONT><I><B>)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> We are back in Rome for one month. The first weekend we participated in the three day Hash House Harriers Ides of March run. It started with a pub walk on Friday night and a 2-hour run through the countryside in Sacrafano, an hour north of Rome, and ended on Sunday with a run through downtown Rome on Sunday with 68 people dressed in togas. The photo is of us with our friends Peter and Gretchen from Rome.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="e1a3aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">February, 2009 Bethesda, Maryland</B></div> <bR> <div> In February the King's son turned 30 and we had a party for him at Floriana's - an Italian restaurant in Washington, DC that is owned by one of Brenan's high school friend's mother. Seventeen people attended and most were Brenan's friends from high school. The next night Brenan hosted his annual charity night at Parker's in Bethesda. Brenan tends bar and part of the proceeds are given to a charity that he chooses. This year it was the Lymphoma Society and last year it was the Children's Inn at NIH. The photo is of Brenan tending bar at Parker's.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="ab53aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">February, 2009 Las Cruces, New Mexico </B> (<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="id204.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Las Cruces February 2009"><U><I><B>Las Cruces - February 2009</B></I></U></A></FONT> )</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The King and Queen traveled to the Las Cruces Museum of Art to attend the opening of the KX2 exhibit. We also went to celebrate the 30th birthday of the Queen's daughter Ruth. The opening night party was attended by opver 700 people which was twice the normal crowd. If you want to see the Queen's daughter's work go to the website</FONT><B> </B><A HREF="http://www.kx2art.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kx2art.com"><U><B>www.kx2art.com</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="e1b3aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">January, 2009 Hollywood, Florida  </B> (<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id203.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Florida January 2009)"><U><I><B>Florida - January 2009)</B></I></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> This year it was very warm everyday in southern Florida.  Here the King gets ready to run on the broadwalk in Hollywood. The temperatures were in the 70s and 80s everyday. Contrast this picture with the one from last year. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a573aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Our schedule for <B>2008</B> is as follows:</div> <bR> <div> January 1 - January 29                 Hollywood, Fl</div> <div> March 12 - March 20                    Rome,  Italy, Link to: (<B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF3300" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id149.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome Spring 2008"><U><I><B>Rome Spring 2008</B></I></U></A></FONT> )</div> <div> March 20 - March 26                    Barcelona, Spain, Link to :(<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="id146.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Barcelona"><U><I><B>Barcelona</B></I></U></A></FONT><B> </B>)</div> <div> March 26 - April 15                       Rome, Italy Link to: (<B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF3300" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id149.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome Spring 2008"><U><I><B>Rome Spring 2008</B></I></U></A></FONT> )</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >May 1                                             Kleinchik Invitational  (</FONT><A HREF="id150.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kleinchik Invitational 2008"><U><I><B>Kleinchik Invitational 2008</B></I></U></A><I>)</I></div> <div> May 18 - May 21                           Bay to Breakers, San Francisco, CA</div> <div> July 4                                              Ruth's Wedding Whitehall, MI</div> <div> July 5 - 21                                      Bike Around Lake Michigan</div> <div> July 22 - July 28                            Bon Ton Roulet 7-day bike trip in Upstate New York</div> <div> July 29 - August 7                         Burlington VT, Woodstock, NY</div> <div> August 7 - August 23                   Martha's Vineyard, Boston</div> <div> October 15 - November 13         Rome, Italy: ( <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id171.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome Fall 2008"><U><I><B>Rome Fall 2008</B></I></U></A></FONT> )</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >November 14 - November 23     Israel  (</FONT><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="id172.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Israel Fall 2008"><U><I><B>Israel Fall 2008</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > )</FONT></div> <div> December 25 - January 1           Fisher Family Trip - Playa del Carmen, Mexico</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">December 2008 Playa del Carmen, Mexico</B></div> <bR> <div> The Fisher Family did their annual trip to Mexico. We were at a hotel about one hour south of Cancun. This year was the 'mustache' tour. All the men decided to grow mustaches for the trip. Those of us who had beards, like the King, had to shave down to a mustache.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="e1c3aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">November 2008 Israel </B> (<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="id172.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Israel Fall 2008"><U><I><B>Israel Fall 2008</B></I></U></A></FONT> )</div> <bR> <div> We flew from Rome to Israel to visit our son Morgan who lives there. We spent ten days visiting sites and friends. Morgan is standing in front of a trench he dug in Ceasaria when he was there for the summer of 1996 on an archeological dig.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="e1d3aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">October/November 2008 Another Month in Rome </B> ( <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id171.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome Fall 2008"><U><I><B>Rome Fall 2008</B></I></U></A></FONT> )</div> <bR> <div> This time we had some visitors - first Jonas, Pauline and Denise from Maryland and then our Israeli friends Svi and Tikva. The picture below is with Jonas, Pauline and Denise at the Villa D'Este in Tivoli about one hour north of Rome.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="e1e3aac0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">September 2008: Another Tragedy in the Fisher Family</B></div> <bR> <div> This has not been a good summer for the Queen. In June her older brother Doug died in a hiking accident in Utah. On September 7 her mother went into the hospital with what appeared to be a simple case of pneumonia. Two days later she died of Klebsiella, a virulent anti-biotic resistant strain of pneumonia. Doris was a very kind lady and the King never heard her utter one negative comment about anyone. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a4a47b50.jpg" border=0 width="583" height="437" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">August, 2008 Martha's Vineyard, MA</B></div> <bR> <div> The usual crowd from Hynda's family made it to Martha's Vineyard this year. One day we got seven people out for an 'almost' all day bike trip around the island including this stop at Gayhead or as it is known now Aquinah.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a474bb80.jpg" border=0 width="587" height="440" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">July, 2008 Burlington, VT</B></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen visited their friends Mike and Renee in Burlington. They have spent many hours and much money on their backyard and it shows. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a4347b50.jpg" border=0 width="583" height="437" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">July, 2008 Woodstock, NY</B></div> <bR> <div> After the bike trip in the Finger Lakes the King and Queen visited the King's cousin who has retired and moved to Woodstock, NY in the Catskill Mountains. In the town of Woodstock, every Sunday afternoon they have a drum circle. This drum circle has been going on since the original concert in 1968 and some of the participants look like they attended the concert - that is - they look like the King.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a414dba0.jpg" border=0 width="589" height="442" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">July, 2008 Finger Lakes, NY</B></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen, for the second year in a row, participated in the Bon Ton Roulet, a 7-day bike trip through the Finger Lakes region of New York. The Queen's brother Peter also came on the trip. It rained almost everyday of the trip. This is one of the days where we had some sunshine and we tried to dry out the tent and our clothes.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a454bb80.jpg" border=0 width="587" height="440" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">July, 2008 The King and Queen Bike Around Lake Michigan</B></div> <bR> <div> Our original intention was to spend 12 days biking around Lake Michigan. This was reduced to doing half the lake and then finally to just doing a round trip around Northern Michigan. We got as far as Mackinaw City.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a3f4dba0.jpg" border=0 width="589" height="442" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">July, 2008 Wedding of Ruth and John in Michigan</B></div> <bR> <div> Hynda's daughter Ruth gets married on Lake Michigan.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a3d54bf0.jpg" border=0 width="596" height="447" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">June, 2008 The Queen's Brother Dies in a Tragic Accident in Utah</B></div> <bR> <div> On June 7, 2008 while on a 100-mile kayaking trip on the Green River in Utah the Queen's brother, Doug, died in a tragic accident. He was into the first day of a 10-day trip down the river when he evidently fell from a 40-foot cliff while taking pictures of the sunset. After a two-day search by helicopter and airplane his campsite with his tent and kayak were found. Later his body was discovered in a deep gorge. The search for him did not start until he did not show up at the end of the 10-day period when the outfitter reported to the National Park that he did not show up. The last picture in his camera was of the sunset and that is how they determined the date of death. </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Link to more information on</FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I></FONT><A HREF="id164.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hyndas Brother Doug"><U><I><B>Hynda's Brother Doug</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="9b453910.jpg" border=0 width="595" height="401" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">June 2008 The Kleinchiks Visit Alan and Linda at their new weekend home in Reedville, Virginia</B></div> <bR> <div> We spent a wonderful weekend with Allan and Linda at their new home. We canoed across the Wicomico River to the Chesapeake Bay, ate lots of food and spent the evening playing Genga and eventually getting up to 32 levels - a record for visitors at the new home.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="9b654bf0.jpg" border=0 width="596" height="447" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">May 2008 San Francisco Bay to Breakers Run</B></div> <bR> <div> We ran the Bay to Breakers Race in San Francisco with about 100,000 other people. Almost everyone was either in costume or naked. We had told that people run naked but we found that hard to believe until we ran the race. We plan on returning again since this was one big party.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="8e040b00.jpg" border=0 width="576" height="432" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">May 2008 The Kings High School Girl Friend and her 95-Year-Old Mother Visit</B></div> <bR> <div> The King's old (and only) high school girlfriend was in town for the meeting of the American Psychiatric Association. She was there with her 95-year-old mother. They came to dinner. If you closed your eyes and listened to the mother you would have thought that she was 25 years old. She still lives in Queens, NY and drives, by herself, to her other home in the Berkshires (MA) each summer.  The King's old girlfriend was the first women therapist in North Carolina and has always been active (a troublemaker) when it comes to women's issues. She and the Queen got along well. The King had not seen her in over 15 years and had not seen the mother in almost 50 years. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="82941b10.jpg" border=0 width="577" height="433" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">April 2008 Passover</B></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen returned to the US in time for Passover. We celebrated with my friends from the summers the King was in a beach house in Dewey Beach, Delaware. The usual crowd of thirty or so people attended.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="82741b10.jpg" border=0 width="577" height="433" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">April 2008 Rome, Italy</B></div> <bR> <div> We return from Barcelona and have two more weeks in Rome before returning home. Here the King and Queen visit the newly reopened Hadrian's Market which we learned was not a market at all.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7e63cad0.jpg" border=0 width="572" height="429" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">March 2008 Barcelona, Spain</B></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen fly from Rome to Barcelona to spend 5 days with our friends Elias and Maria Campo-Cid in a very rural area of Catalan two hours southwest of Barcelona. This picture is in the town of Horta St. Joan on a sunny but cold day.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7e438aa0.jpg" border=0 width="568" height="426" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">March 2008 The King and Queen Return to Rome</B></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen are back in Rome for one month. This is a picture of our first breakfast on this trip.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7e238aa0.jpg" border=0 width="568" height="426" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">March 2008 Intel High School Science Talent Search</B></div> <bR> <div> The Queen is one of 12 final judges at the old Westinghouse (now Intel) High School science competition. She has been doing this for 16 years. This year they had a special cake to celebrate the 10th year that Intel has been doing it. It did not look real so one of the judges wives (Barbara Hauser) stuck her finger in the cake and then blamed it on me!!! You can just see her fingerprint in the side of the cake. Her husband has been a judge for 32 years.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7e038aa0.jpg" border=0 width="568" height="426" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">February 2008 South Beach Florida</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The Queen's daughters have combined their art talents to produce some really stunning wall installations. They had a solo show at the art center on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach where Ruth teaches. We went down for the opening and the Queen catered the affair - baking hundreds of brownies. Their work can be viewed on their website</FONT><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="http://www.kx2art.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kx2art.com"><U><I><B>www.kx2art.com</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > .</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7e84dba0.jpg" border=0 width="589" height="442" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">January 2008 The King and Queen Make a Quick Trip to San Francisco</B></div> <bR> <div> We had one set of free roundtrip tickets as a result of a 'bump' last year so we used them to travel to San Francisco for a long weekend.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7de31a50.jpg" border=0 width="561" height="421" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">January 2008 On the Beach in Hollywood</B></div> <bR> <div> It was not warm everyday in Florida. Here the Queen gets ready to run on the broadwalk in Hollywood. The temperatures got down into the high 30s.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7ce2ca10.jpg" border=0 width="556" height="417" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Our schedule for <B>2007</B> is as follows:</div> <bR> <div> January 7 - February 8:                Hollywood, Fl </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >March 29 - May 9:                         Italy (</FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" >Go to</FONT> <I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://kleinchik.crazyguyonabike.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://kleinchik.crazyguyonabike.com"><U><I><B>http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/adriatic</B></I></U></A></FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >for</FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" > the Adriatic journal)</FONT></div> <div> July 22 - July 28                            Bon Ton Roulet 7-day bike trip in Upstate New York</div> <div> July 29 - August 4                         Burlington VT, Woodstock, NY</div> <div> August 5 - August 25:                  Martha's Vineyard, Boston</div> <div> October 3 - October 31                Italy <B>( </B>Go to<B> </B> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id131.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome Oct 2007"><U><I><B>Rome Oct 2007</B></I></U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>)</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >December 17 - December 30   </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="id144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tortola"><U><I><B>Tortola</B></I></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >British West Indies</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">December, 2007 Family Trip to</B></FONT><B> </B><A HREF="id144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tortola"><U><I><B>Tortola</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> The Queen's family was supposed to take a Windjammer cruise from Tortola to St. Marten. The King and Queen were not going to go since the King gets seasick just thinking about being on a boat. We had planned to go to Tortola and wave goodbye as the rest of the family left. One month before we learned that Windjammer had gone out of business. We needed to find a place that would be able to take 30 people in the height of the season. We found Fort Recovery on the southeastern part of the island.  The entire time the question was how did the King make Windjammer go out of business. </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The picture is of the family with Dana's friend Eric and the fellow on the right Ruth's new fiancé. Link to pictures: </FONT><B> </B><A HREF="id144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tortola"><U><I><B>Tortola</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7cc0d8a0.jpg" border=0 width="525" height="394" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">December, 2007 Bike Accident</B></div> <bR> <div> This is being typed with one finger as the King fell off his bicycle... actually he was propelled over the handle bars when a car pulled out of a driveway and he stopped a little too suddenly.. front wheel locked and over he went... landed on his left<B> </B>elbow, wrist, knee...Injuries included some road rash/cuts on his lower legs.... swollen knuckles on his right hand..black and blue left hand.. fracture of radial head in elbow and one fractured rib…..thankfully no face/head damage..  The King cannot hang his left arm straight down, twisting rotating arm at wrist is very painful... deep breaths hurt. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7ca118d0.jpg" border=0 width="529" height="397" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">December, 2007: Hanukah at the Dupont Circle Condo</B></div> <bR> <div> This year we celebrated one night of Hanukah with our friend Nomizou from Japan. He came with two of his studuents and they enjoyed the latkes and lighting the menorah.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7c60c890.jpg" border=0 width="524" height="393" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">December, 2007: Volunteering at the DCJCC Film Festival</B></div> <bR> <div> For the last three years the King and Queen have volunteered at the District of Columbia Jewish Film Festival. This year the Queen collected tickets at the door and the King sold T-Shirts. We volunteered most of the week during the day and the King set the record with 9 T-Shirts sold at one film. We saw some incredible films this year.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7c819930.jpg" border=0 width="537" height="403" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">November, 2007 Holy Cow!! Our</B></FONT><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="id143.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="5th Wedding Anniversary"><U><I><B>5th Wedding Anniversary</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> !!</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Not only was it our 5th wedding anniversary but the King turned 65!!! We celebrated with a big party at our house and this was the invitation. Select link to: </FONT><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="id143.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="5th Wedding Anniversary"><U><I><B>5th Wedding Anniversary</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="79511610.jpg" border=0 width="529" height="353" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">November, 2007 - Visiting Brother Lonnie in New York</B></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen took the $20 bus up to New York to visit the King's brother Lonnie. The bus stops about two blocks from the Dupont Circle condo, is very clean, shows a movie, gives you water and we believe that the driver was licensed to drive a bus unlike some of the drivers who operate the Chinese bus to New York.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7b516910.jpg" border=0 width="534" height="401" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">October, 2007 - Rome  (Link to</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id131.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome Oct 2007"><U><I><B>Rome Oct 2007</B></I></U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>)</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> We spent the month of October in Rome. We rented the same apartment that we have been in previously. Weather was great for the month and we managed to eat outside until the last night. Although the canolli is not a Roman treat, we have found a Sicilian bakery that makes the best canolli in the world.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6c60d8a0.jpg" border=0 width="525" height="394" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Travels of Rugantino"><U><I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000ff00.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Travels of Rugantino</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> One of our favorite restaurants in Rome is La Taverna dei Fori Imperiali. It is located close to the Forum on the street Madonna de Monti. Our friends Peter and Gretchen live across the street from the restaurant and eat there often. They introduced us to the owners - Alessio and Gratzia and their two children Aldo and Claudia who work there and we have had many enjoyable meals there. </div> <bR> <div> They have given us the little clay figure pictured below. It is a character from the <I>commedia dell'arte</I> - the famous comic form of street theater that developed in Italy in the 15<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> century. We have started to take it with us on our travels and you can follow the link  to see the Travels of Rugantino. Link to Rugantino:<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Travels of Rugantino"><U><I><B>Travels of Rugantino</B></I></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="63d0c890.jpg" border=0 width="524" height="393" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">August, 2007: Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts</B></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen spent two weeks on Martha's Vineyard with the Queens family. Dinner at night sometimes got up to 30 people. This is the King and his son Morgan at lunch at The Bite in Mememsha.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6270c890.jpg" border=0 width="524" height="393" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">July, 2007: Bon Ton Roulet, Finger Lakes Region, NY</B></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen went on a weeklong 350-mile bike trip through the Finger Lakes Region of New York. The Queen's brother Peter met us and did the trip. It was his first multi-day ride.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="62404830.jpg" border=0 width="516" height="387" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">June, 2007: The Queen lectures at a Gordon Conference in New London, NH and the King goes along.</B></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen stay at the dorms at Colby-Sawyer College. To give you some idea of the condition of the dorms and rooms  the following note is posted on the bathroom door. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="622fb7c0.jpg" border=0 width="507" height="380" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">May, 2007: Nocci, Italy </B></div> <bR> <div> We have completed our bike trip through Puglia and are now back in Rome. This photo was taken in Nocci where we met Mery, Ale, and Rosy. They spent time teaching us Italian and learning about our families. We have updated our journal on crazyguyonabike and have published the results of a new Kleinchik Invitational in the journal. Go to the following link to see the journal on this trip: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://kleinchik.crazyguyonabike.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://kleinchik.crazyguyonabike.com"><U><I><B>http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/adriatic</B></I></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6201c950.jpg" border=0 width="540" height="405" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">March, 2007: The Westinghouse Intel High School Science Competition</B></div> <bR> <div> The Queen has been a judge for this 65 year old science contest for 15 years. The photo is her with some of the judges and their spouses at the Willard Hotel after the annual black tie banquet - and the answer is yes - the King does wear a tux to the event.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4d018920.jpg" border=0 width="536" height="402" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">January 2007: Southern Florida</B></div> <bR> <div> We took what is now our annual trip to Florida to stay with the Queen's daughter. This year her brother Peter joined us and we took him to his first Hash run (he is now hooked) and did some short bike trips. The photo below is from Shark Valley in the everglades where we saw about 100 alligators on a short 15 mile ride through the park.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4d221990.jpg" border=0 width="545" height="409" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> On our way to the east coast of Florida we stopped in San Marco Island on the west coast where the Queen's dad was presenting a poster at the annual meeting of transplant surgeons. Since getting a kidney transplant two years ago he has become an advocate for being able to pay for organs in this country - something that is against the law. This is him at his poster.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4d4279d0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="413" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> While in Florida the King and Queen visited the King's aunt to get a knitting lesson. Both the King and Queen are knitting scarves.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4d6299f0.jpg" border=0 width="553" height="415" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Our schedule for <B>2006</B> was as follows:</div> <bR> <div> January 7 - February 8:                Hollywood, Fl (Go to<I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://kleinchik.crazyguyonabike.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://kleinchik.crazyguyonabike.com"><U><I><B>http://kleinchik.crazyguyonabike.com</B></I></U></A></FONT> )</div> <div> February 13 - March 8:              <I><B>  </B></I><A HREF="id100.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ROME FEBRUARY 2006"><U><I><B>ROME FEBRUARY 2006</B></I></U></A></div> <div> March 15 - March 25:                  <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ISRAEL 2006"><U><I><B>ISRAEL 2006</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >March 30 - June 30:          Biking from San Diego to St. Augustine, FL(GO TO </FONT><I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://kleinchik.crazyguyonabike.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://kleinchik.crazyguyonabike.com"><U><I><B>http://kleinchik.crazyguyonabike.com</B></I></U></A></FONT><I><B> )</B></I></div> <div> August 5 - August 25:                  Martha's Vineyard, Boston, Newport, RI</div> <div> October 9 - November 4:            Italy ( Go To <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome (2006) Again???"><U><I><B>Rome Oct 2006</B></I></U></A></FONT><A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome (2006) Again???"><U><I><B>)</B></I></U></A></div> <div> December 21 - December 31:  Costa Rica</div> <bR> <div> You can always contact us via e-mail at  <A HREF="mailto:ndanchik@comcast.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:ndanchik@comcast.net"><U>ndanchik@comcast.net.</U></A> or at <U>hkleinman@dir.nidcr.nih.gov</U></div> <div> (Hynda will keep her email at NIH for one year)</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">December 2006: Tamarindo Costa Rica</B></div> <bR> <div> The Fisher Annual trip this year was to Costa Rica. We went to the northwestern corner of the country and spent three days in Ocotal and one week in Tamarindo.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="49205840.jpg" border=0 width="517" height="388" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="49000800.jpg" border=0 width="512" height="384" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">October 2006: Rome (Link to </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rome (2006) Again???"><U><B>Rome Oct 2006</B></U></A><B> )</B></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen return to Rome for a month. We are visited by our friends Maria and Elias from Barcelona, Spain and spend the day with them in Tivoli. Here is Elias and the King at Villa D'Este in front of our favorite fountain. Coming soon a link to Rome OCTOBER 2006.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="48efd7e0.jpg" border=0 width="509" height="382" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">September 2006: Newport, RI</B></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen visited our friends from Rome (Gretchen and Peter) who have a condo in Newport, RI where they stay for August, September and most of October.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="48a03820.jpg" border=0 width="515" height="386" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">August 2006: Martha's Vineyard</B></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen with her sister Cookie and her family (Walter and Ali) before the start of the 29th Chilmark 5K Road Race on Martha's Vineyard. Notice the shirts that the Queen and her sister are wearing from 1985. They have been doing this race for a long time.</div> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="48702820.jpg" border=0 width="514" height="386" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">March 2006: Israel and the Queen Uses an Old Toilet</B></div> <bR> <div> The Queen had a meeting in Herzylia, Israel and we went a couple of days early to visit friends in Jerusalem. The picture below shows the Queen in a lavatory (a two crapper with no obvious reading material) that was part of an Umayyad Palace built in 700-800 CE during the early years of Muslim rule in Jerusalem. This palace was between the south wall of the Temple Mount and the wall of the Old City. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="42afb7c0.jpg" border=0 width="507" height="380" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">February - March, 2006: Rome </B></div> <bR> <div> The King and Queen went to Rome for four weeks. We stayed at our friend's apartment. This is Hynda with out friends Carla and Enrico who own a tie and shirt store on Via XX Septembre near where we rented an apartment. Details of the visit can be seen at the Rome - 2006 link above.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="48c00800.jpg" border=0 width="512" height="384" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">January, 2006: The Kleinchiks Start Their Practice Bike Trip in Hollywood, FL</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3f0f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> If you want to check on our progress for that trip and see how we did in Florida you can go to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://kleinchik.crazyguyonabike.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://kleinchik.crazyguyonabike.com"><U><I><B>http://kleinchik.crazyguyonabike.com</B></I></U></A></FONT> and look at the journal (The Kleinchiks Do The Southern Tier) that I created. </div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">February, 2006: We Say Goodbye to Sydney</B></div> <bR> <div> The King was never allowed to have pets growing up so he never had a dog until the Queen moved in. I do not know about other dogs but there was something very special about Sydney. She ran with Hynda and I for many years - doing up to 6 miles - and was a constant visitor at the Saturday morning runs the Queen and I have done for many years. She came to work with me everyday for years and everyone in my office loved her - including the UPS delivery guy who would go out of his way to find Sydney so he could say hello to her. She spent most of the day under my desk until it was lunchtime. Then she made the rounds of the employees as they ate lunch so she could gather up the leftovers. If Sydney was a person you probably would have said that she never had a bad word (or bark) to say about anyone and everyone seemed to love her.</div> <bR> <div> Sydney fortunately did have a second life. When she was 13 we discovered a growth on her throat that turned out to be a very aggressive thyroid tumor. Sydney was given three months to live. While attending a lecture at the NCI, the Queen learned of a clinical trial for dogs with cancer. Sydney was accepted for the trial and within three months her tumor had shrunk by one-half. Sydney lived almost 2 ½ years more but old age caught up with her and we have had to say goodbye. The process, as near as we could tell, was painless. We did this on the same day we left for Rome so the flight over was not easy. On the night before we took her to the vet we went to our local supermarket and bought her an entire roast chicken - her favorite meal. The picture below is the Queen and Sydney on her last walk.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3f4f3760.jpg" border=0 width="499" height="374" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">December, 2005: Roatan, Honduras, The Fisher Family Trip</B></div> <bR> <div> Hynda's family went to Roatan, an island off the coast of Honduras this year for the holidays. There was 32 people on the trip. This is the picture of our family from that trip.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3f2f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">August, 2005: Martha's Vineyard</B></div> <bR> <div> We drove up to the Vineyard and stayed with the Queen's sister. This is the kitchen of the house they rent. That is the Queen's sister Cookie on the left with the Queen's daughter Dana.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3f8f3760.jpg" border=0 width="499" height="374" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">June, 2005: Lancaster Covered Bridge Metric Century</B></div> <bR> <div> In June, we drove up to Lancaster, PA and completed the Covered Bridge Metric Century bike ride. The picture below shows the Queen as she is about to enter one of the 12 covered bridges that we went through on the ride. For those of you who are 'metric' challenged - a metric century is 62 miles. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3faf87a0.jpg" border=0 width="504" height="378" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>