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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!

May 17, 2012

Rude New Yorkers

New Yorkers have--or at least had, a reputation for rudeness. I know there have been campaigns to be more friendly, and they must have been desperately needed. My parents are both very sweet, very kindly, and in normal life, relate to the world in a 'Leave it to Beaver' kind of fashion. They did, however, live in New York City for a number of years and it left a mark. When I was a teen in the early 80's we went on a huge family road trip back to NYC. It was hilarious--not to mention a bit frightening to see my parents morph into New Yorkers. The closer we got, the ruder they became. No holding doors open for anyone, no letting people into traffic, no saying please or thankyou--just barge your way through and if someone gets in your way then run over them. They double parked people in. And once, when Dad got a ticket, he said, "I'm not paying this!" Then we went back to Utah where they morphed back into the parents I knew.
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