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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 7, 2015

July 4, Norway

Catherine went hiking, but because connections were so poor at our campground in Butte, we didn't get any pictures. I can just imagine how beautiful it must have been. There was an oops on the hostel. She was out and about and they called her wanting the key. She had meant to book for two nights, but only actually booked one. She got her stuff out of the room and then went down the street luckily getting the last room in the city.  While there she watched Sherlock while double and triple checking all of her other reservations, and did catch a few mistakes.

I asked her if she wore red, white and blue and made sure to speak in a loud American voice all day in honor of the fourth? She said yes, indeed. Alas, there was no Kentucky Fried Chicken, but she did manage to find a tiny Big Mac which came with good fries and nuggets in honor of America.

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