Our Search in Chronological Order
In 2003, we chose to extend our research from New Mexico to Europe, with a trip to Greece.
In 2004, we visited the Netherlands, Germany and France.
In 2005, our research took us to the American cities of Phoenix and Tucson Arizona; Denver, Colorado; Salt Lake City, Utah; Portland, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington. We observed the contrasts between suburban and urban living, the tendency of the built environment to spread laterally across the landscape rather than vertically, and for transportation systems to be more accommodating to the automobile than to pedestrian, bicycle or transit travel.
Beginning in 2006, we were able to travel for longer periods of time, beginning with a Spring trip around the world, which included an extended visit to India, a stop in Thailand and Cambodia, and a lenghtly visit to China.
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From Fall of 2006 to early March 2007, we traveled to the US Midwest, Southeast, Florida and Gulf Coast.
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In the summer of 2007 we returned to Europe, to experience urban living, continue our research and add to our knowledge of the European Union as well.
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In early 2008 we decided to try the un-heard-of - visiting Los Angeles using only our feet, the buses and rail transit (and no car) to get around.
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In June 2008, we returned to Europe, to again experience urban living.
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In December 2008, we headed south to Mexico, both to enjoy the warmer weather and to learn how 'People Friendly' Mexico City and the other larger Mexican cities are.
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Spring of 2009 took us back to India, a place we had planned to revisit since our earlier trip in 2006.
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Summer of 2009 took us again to Europe to experience more of their form of urban living that we had begun to enjoy in 2008.
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As 2010 emerged, our travels initially took us south - to Central and South America and its vibrant cities and tropical jungles and rainforests.
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Summer of 2010 took us to Turkey, a place long our list, and then back to Europe.
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Winter of 2010/11 took us to the southern hemisphere and summer.
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Summer of 2011 saw us returning to Germany to experience the urban life that we had come to enjoy in 2010.
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Winter of 2011/12 took us first to Spain for the holidays and then on.
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