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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!

Jul 12, 2015

July 12, Wales

Lots of messages this morning, but none to do with sightseeing. Catherine has decided that enough is enough and that she's tired and ready to come home. The end date for this trip has always been loose, for just that reason. Travel is wonderful, but no one can go on forever. And she's been going full blast for a long time. She's been changing tickets and plans to come home on July 29. She'll be going to Ireland, Scotland, Disneyland Paris and then home. I think it's a wise choice. She's got to have some time to recover before school starts.

Meanwhile, the only other thing I know about today is that she had a scotch egg. She said it was "decidedly okay." I say, "no wonder she wants to come home."


Other events of the day. She went to church and found her friend, India, who was with her on the study abroad. Then went to the national museum and the food festival.
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