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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 8, 2015

July 8, London

Interesting situation. The tube system we soon be down until the 10th due to a strike, so Catherine is figuring out the buses. Luckily, she's good at that kind of stuff.  Wimbledon is going on, and she went to the courts. Didn't have tickets to see a match, that would have cost a fortune, but did get to serve a ball which won her a free key-ring.


This is the train station at the south fields of Wimbledon, covered in grass. 


Next onto 221B Baker street. I assume this was the correct subway station.



She had fish and chips, on Baker Street. 



and went to platform 9 3/4,  


Then the Disney store which looks to have plenty of Tsums. (Don't ask)


 and the post office.  After that she was crammed in the tube with everyone else trying to get home before the strike begins. She's been smart about this--she went to all the little odd spots while the tube was working and saved some of the major easy to get to by bus, sites for later. 

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