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Akaka Falls

See the World for Free

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!

Jun 7, 2015

June 7, Paris

Definitely sounds like a better day today.  Wallet WAS in the Louvre post office lost and found. All euros intact.  PHEW!!


Church was next. And then visits to very famous churches while wearing good walking shoes,  Notre Dame and Sainte Chapelle.


St. Chapelle, was built in the 1200, to house Louis IX collection of relics of Christ.  It's especially famous for all of the 13th century stained glass.


But somewhere early in the day she found what she considers to be the perfect place. The Shakespeare company bookstore which has both new and old books, a piano and a cat.  It doesn't get better than that.


They had lunch in the Latin quarter, which is a place for student life and bistros.


Then saw the Great Mosque. This was built after WWI in gratitude to the 100,000 Muslims who died fighting Germany. 



After this, there was a lecture on Mormonism in France, then dinner, then at last---The Eiffel Tower. 



The tower is sporting a tennis ball in honor of the French Open.



And Catherine is sporting a beret. I'm also happy to see that she DID buy that shirt at the Louvre yesterday. 

Her day closed (I hope!) with this text to me. "12:30 a.m. and I've already walked almost 2000 steps and a mile today."  No idea what she's doing. Running laps up and down the tower perhaps?



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