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The idea here is to TRAVEL THE WORLD regardless of time or budget. It dawned on me one day that even if I had unlimited time and money (which I definitley do not), I still couldn't see everything in the world that I'd like to see--I'm simply not going to live long enough to do it.

But I had a bit of brain wave and soon after the travel envelope was born. This is an actual physical envelope. I typed the name of every country in the world, plus every state in the US on little slips of paper which I then put into the envelope. In the beginning we (myself, my husband, Dave and daugher Catherine) would draw out a slip at random at the beginning of the month and that's where we would go---at least in our minds. We grab some books about the country from the library and put them in our bathroom to look at. We also check out some videos about the country if any. We check it out on googleearth, listen to the music, try the food, maybe even attempt to learn a dance or celebrate a festival.

After the first two years we discovered that even virtual traveling can be tiring, so we travel now whenever I happen to be in the mood.

It's great fun. I especially love it when people I meet have been to the place I'm "visiting" in real life, or get excited and have some virtual adventures of their own. I hope that anyone who comes across this blog will feel welcome to come with us on the trip!



You have a standing reservation to see it all!

Mar 16, 2010

Church Bells

Went to the temple today and the lady I went through for was from Austria!  Love little miracles like that.  Afterward, I climbed a real mountain. No particular destination, but several trail heads are near our house and I like to hop on and just hike for half an hour up or whatever and then back down.  One of the things I like best about living in Ogden is the beautiful mountains--there is a spot when I walk to work that looks just like a postcard from Austria. Anyway, somewhere in the city is a church with a bell carrillion.  It began to play as I was hiking.  This is something that happens in Europe ALL the time, but I don't hear it here very often.  I think bell music is magical and hiking in the mountains whether in Utah or Austria or anywhere else is magical too.
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