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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!

Apr 23, 2010

Bled Castle

Bled Castle. More than 1,000 years old. Is this the perfect setting for a romance or what? I don't even read romances as a rule, but when I visit someday, I'm counting on the evil count to kidnap me and lock me in that tower so I can't reveal his nefarious plot. Dave, of course, will have to scale the cliff and break me out with the help of a disreputable, but heart of gold servant. Together we will all come crashing through the grand ballroom (by way of the secret passage)--chaos ensues--good triumphs. Dave is knighted, the evil count is locked in the dungeon to await his trial and we all live happily ever after.

Apr 20, 2010

A pictorial tour of Slovenia

With luck this link will be up for a while. It's a blog by a person who went to Slovenia and took lots of pictures.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/travelblogs/253/44938/The+Julian+Alps+in+Pictures?destId=360706

Apr 18, 2010

Trouble in Paradise

Yikes!!! Slovenia may LOOK like paradise, but according to "Cultures of the World, Slovenia" the inhabitants have a major fear of foreigners and suicide is a major problem! Back in the 1960's Slovenia led the world in suicide. Nowhere's perfect I guess.

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