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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!

Aug 9, 2012

Westminster Abbey

I figured out that the Abbey is right near Westminster Palace. Makes sense. This picture is of the famous Lady Chapel where Henry VII is buried. I don't know how it's decided who gets to be buried at Westminster, but there is an impressive list of people who made the cut including, but not limited to--Charles Darwin, Edward the Confessor, David Livingston, Isaac Newton, Robert Browning, Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Dickens, George Frederick Handel and Alfred Tennyson.

Not buried here, but one who certainly deserves to be, is my Mom. This picture was painted by a neigbhor when she was 18. None of us has a house that is worthy of the painting, but Westminster Abbey might do for Mom.

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