In two big sleeps I leave for my trip to California, and I am SO EXCITED. Especially since it got rainy and cold here. Yay! I'm looking forward to Venice Beach and seeing Joshua Trees, and going to Coachella, but I never, ever expected that my next trip would be back to the States. It's got a lot going for it but somehow it still seems too close to home.
If I could go anywhere, I'd either go to Southeast Asia, or to Africa. Or back to Mexico. Thailand has been really attractive to me for a while, now, and I've got four friends travelling there at this very moment! I've always wanted to go to Africa because I grew up on (a very few) stories about my Mum's time living in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) and it's always seem a really magical, surreal, sunbaked place to me. And I loved Mexico.
Where would you go if you could go travelling anywhere in the world?
England, Ireland and Italy. :love5: Those are my top three. And I'd love to go to the Caribbean too! I'm a sucker for beautiful, tropical places. And even though it's part of America, I want to go to Alaska and see the Aurora Borealis. Though, I've heard New Zealand has northern lights too... Is that true? That's another place I'd like to visit :)
And I'd love to go to Hawaii again....
Oh, and yay for California, Yvonne! :D The Joshua Trees are beautiful in their own, desert-y way... I hope you have a great time! We're having some gorgeous weather here... It'll be a nice break from the cold and rain ;)
Yay good weather! *g* I'm not bringing a rain jacket...
There are Northern Lights here in Canada, too! Sometimes I can even see them in the city. I keep forgetting that not everyone has seen them... they're really, super neat. :) Even when you've grown up with them.
And England, Italy, and Ireland? I've been to the first two and they're fantastic countries, and I'm sure that Ireland is too, if it's anything like Scotland! (even vaguely)
I would go to New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Ireland and Iceland.
I've been to Ireland, well Dublin ;) Tried the guiness to be sure!
Where would I go.... Hmmm 'Down Under', back to the US, Canada, South America
Umm. . . anywhere?
Top of the list is Australia and New Zealand.
Then Europe: the UK, followed by Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Scandinavia, and Greece.
Other locations are those where my daughter has been and keeps showing off pictures: Iceland, Korea, Thailand, Laos
QuoteThough, I've heard New Zealand has northern lights too...
Actually those would be the southern lights, hon.
And we could see the Northern Lights from my college campus up in Washington after a really strong solar storm! Pretty much every year I saw them from there. The sky would turn turquoise or green... once I saw spikes of white and red... But the best part was that the cows could be heard all over town all night because the weird lights in the sky would freak them out! (Yeah, it was a rather rural college campus...)
I think I'd like to go to Europe, but really, though I live in Japan, I haven't traveled anywhere in Asia yet... Korea is only a 3 hour boatride away... My friend wants to go to Thailand with me someday, too. And thery are TALKING about maybe letting me go to New Zealand with the second-year students this year. But they've never let me go before since I have to teach the first and third years during that time, so we'll see...
I always wanted to go biking through Europe when I got out of college. But I'd settle for CANADA! See, I've never even been outside the country so I'd jump at any chance to travel. Before Freshman year I'd never been off the eastern Seaboard or further south than Virginia, so I always dream of traveling.
Scotland and then Ireland!!
Then Germany, Australia, and England.
I would move to Ireland if I could. Maybe I still could...
I obsess about traveling. I keep a list of "Places I Want to Go" and add to it often, and cross off from it just as often when I get to those places. I travel alot for work and for fun, so my lists expands and contracts on a regular basis.
If I was rich, I would just travel from place to place. I guess I should have been a gypsy.
Actually, maybe its because I have been out of the country for the last two and a half years, but most of the places I dream about going right now are in America. There is still so many places that I have never been. I've never been to Chicago, or LA, San Diego, Texas, Boston... And OMG I want to go driving across America so bad! Seriously, one of the first things I want to do when I get back to the states is buy a car and drive from Seattle to Atlanta to see my older brother. To me that would be my dream vacation. I'd stop at 50,000 roadside markers and museums and state parks and historical sights along the way...
I've only ever visited Florida (my home), Massachussettes (briefly and not Boston), Washington DC, Georgia, NYC, and New Jersey. Thus, there are a LOT of places I want to go!
America:
Boston
Seattle
San Francisco
New Mexico
Lots of places o.o
Countries:
England
Japan
Egypt
Scotland
Germany
and lots more.
I would go back to Austria. Sometimes I get so homesick for there that I dream about the place, even though it's been 10 years since I was there! I want to sit on the side of the Danube and watch the river boats, or go touring through the Stift (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melk_Abbey) (which I went to school in for 9 months!) or get up in the morning early enough to get freshly baked semmelen... Mmmm.
If it weren't quite so volitile, I'd like to go to Lebanon to visit my cousins. And I want to take my husband to Italy and Greece, because I think anyone who is interested in history should get to go to the awesome places there.
Mostly I like going places with oceans. I'm an ocean baby, grew up on the coast and find the sound of the waves more soothing to my soul than anything else. ;) Living in the middle of the country for 10 years was awful hard on me!
Quote from: "Eimi"QuoteThough, I've heard New Zealand has northern lights too...
Actually those would be the southern lights, hon.
Oh, right. :oops:
Hmm...I'd also like to visit Gettysburg, Williamsburg and Yosemite, again. And New York again and go shopping! :love5: I haven't been to Yellowstone, Chicago, Boston or Seattle...I'd love to go to those places someday :)
I have a whole huge list, but this is just the rather small number that my sleep-deprived brain can recall right now...
Australia
New Zealand
Africa
Alaska
the Galapagos Islands
I woke up this morning to big fat snowflakes outside my window. And then I laughed, because I'm going to California, suckers! Then my coworkers nearly murdered me. That'll teach me to keep my mouth shut.
I love oceans too, Bree - maybe it's because it's 'exotic' because I live in a prairie. But there's nothing I like to do better than to swim in the ocean, or warm lakes, or streams or somesuch. It makes me so, so happy.
I have a list too, and keep thinking that one day I'll buy a map of the world and start sticking pins or stickers onto the places that I've been to. And then I can stare at the map and dream of the places that I'd like to go... maybe that's why I like maps so much, too.
Yay California!
PS. Patrick? You make it sound like cycling across Canada wouldn't be that interesting! That's one of the trips I'd LOVE to do - I've travelled a lot internationally but I've never seen Montreal. It's sad, because it's supposed to be one of the most beautiful cities in North America.
My uncle bought the book 1000 Places to See Before You Die (http://www.amazon.com/000-Places-See-Before-You/dp/0761104844) and has been checking them off. When my parents went to Tennessee to visit them a few weeks ago, they all had to visit Graceland so that he could cross off another.
Quote from: "Vix"My uncle bought the book 1000 Places to See Before You Die (http://www.amazon.com/000-Places-See-Before-You/dp/0761104844) and has been checking them off. When my parents went to Tennessee to visit them a few weeks ago, they all had to visit Graceland so that he could cross off another.
My buddy and his wife are coming to visit me in a couple of weeks, and Graceland is high on their list (I've not been there yet).
I think my brother and father are going to Graceland on their way down for my graduation.
Though I live not that far away, I've never actually driven UP to Memphis. Just had layovers there on the way in and out of town. ;)
New Hampshire, where my kids are.
Then Australia to see the toilet flow the wrong way.
Italy for the history.
Ireland for the view.
Otherwise, I am a stay at home kinda guy
Quote from: "Yvonne"Where would you go if you could go travelling anywhere in the world?
I have only one place left on my original 'places to see' list - Lord Howe Island. I don't know why, but I've always wanted to go there.
(The original list included Norway in winter and Yellowknife. I crossed Yellowknife off after spending a couple of days in Hay River. I'd seen the Great Slave Lake, paddled in it, even. My work there was done.)
If I was starting a new list (which I am *not*) I would put the American South West on it.
Mostly I want to stay at home these days.
Quote from: "Dana"Though, I've heard New Zealand has northern lights too... Is that true?
Yeah, as people said, Southern Lights. I saw them once while we were living down south in Christchurch - but that's still a *long* way north for them to show. Unforgettable.
Quote from: "Mikel"Then Australia to see the toilet flow the wrong way.
Thing is, the toilets are different and in them you wouldn't see direction of flow. You need a bath or sink for that.
Oooo. I love traveling. My biggest issue right now is that I have to pick somewhere to settle down long enough to get a decent job!
But if I had unlimited wealth and the time to indulge it, I'd be off! (and probably killing myself on ruins...)
Let's see...
Japan
Thailand
China (specifically Beijing and the Forbidden City)
Cambodia (specifically Angkor Wat)
Australia
New Zealand
Egypt
Sudan
South Africa
the Kalahari Desert
the Savannah
India
Tibet
the lost city of Petra
Most of Europe, particularly in the area of the alps
Germany (the Rhineland, Black Forest, and castles)
The British Isles
Greenland
Norway
Alaska
Maine
Washington State
New York City (again, I loved it so much!)
Anywhere with Mayan, Aztec, Incan, Olmec, or Toltec ruins
Easter island
I'm sure I missed a few...
Quote from: "Dana"Hmm...I'd also like to visit Gettysburg,
I had so much fun at Gettysburg. Did you see my pictures?
The top of my list would have to be the States. Some of my closest and best friends are people I have never met and would dearly love to.
Next on the list, go back to the UK one more time, just to see my nan. She wouldn't know me, doesn't remember me, but I'd love to see her one last time.
Russia. It has been on my wish list since I was a child. I don't know why? It's just the one place in the world I have always wanted to travel to.
Germany to see the history of the country.
Italy to see Pompeii.
Southern Ireland - amazing countryside.
Greece to see the ruins.
And New Zealand to see the snow and the volcanos .... mmmm .. Tommy Lee Jones (oops always associate volcanoes with him...LOL)
And I'm totally jealous of my mum, who is visiting England, Europe and the US late next month - until September. And she won't pack me in her suitcase!!
I tend to fall in with those who wish to see many places so the list is long...
Italy and Greece - because friends and family have had such enviable reviews and there are so many things I would like to see there
Ireland - because of family history and fond feedback from family members
Australia - Just because I've always wanted to go and because I would really like to observe some of the different animals that are native - besides I like Australian wine...
India - because my father grew up and went to school there and I've seen slides of so very many things
Norway - because of family history, both mine and my husband's
South America - because a dear friend from college lived there for a time and sparked my interest in many places
Mexico (again) - to see the ruins and because I love the climate (and scuba)
Kenya - have some friends that have been going to start a clinic/hospital there and would love to be involved, would love to see Africa, would really like to see the different wildlife...
Countless places here in the US....there's just so much I have not yet seen...
Almost everyone has Ireland on their list... I did study abroad there, and I have to say it is absolutely amazing! Such a beautiful country, with so many nice people! If you ever go, you abosolutely have to visit the Cliffs of Moher. Yes, it is a very popular tourist spot, but it is truely amazing and definately more beautiful than words can describe!
My husband wants terribly to go to Ireland, too! :D Not that I would be AGAINST it, because it is one of the places in Europe that I wanted to see but never got around to... but I am so homesick for Austria!!
Ahhh, Austria. How I love you!
Quote from: "Bree"Ahhh, Austria. How I love you!
Sorry but that small sentence there, brings Al Jolson springing to mind...don't know why, but it does....
LOL
Well if you ever do make it back to the UK, just remember that I'd be 35 min down the road from Scouser Land ;)
Quote from: "emma"LOL
Well if you ever do make it back to the UK, just remember that I'd be 35 min down the road from Scouser Land ;)
I wish I could just sneak away in mums suitcase, well - me in one and Cailee in the carry-on... LOL
(want a laugh? Mum's doing a tour of the UK while she's there, with a friend who's never been to he UK before. One of the cities on the tour? Liverpool!!! *falls off chair laughing* Mum was born there and lived there for 30 years, she could give the tour! LOL)
Quote from: "Kaysea"Quote from: "Bree"Ahhh, Austria. How I love you!
Sorry but that small sentence there, brings Al Jolson springing to mind...don't know why, but it does....
Swanee - how I love ya, how I love ya
My dear old swanee.
I'd give the world to be among the folks in D-I-X-I-E-ven though my mammy's waiting for me,
praying for me down by the swanne.
The folks up north will see me no more when I get to that swanee shore
Quote from: "Anwen"Almost everyone has Ireland on their list...
We loved Ireland when we were there during our long trip away. What we loved about it was that it was *much* more like New Zealand than the UK was! They built new houses and let the old ones just rot in the fields. The roads were nice and wide. The county was green and grassy.
In general I think liking a country because it's similar to home is one of the worst possible responses to travel, so I can only say that we must have been quite homesick by then!
I would have to pick Norway, Ireland and New Zealand. Norway, because that's where my family is from and supposedly a distant cousin still has the family "manor". Ireland, because its gorgeous and New Zealand just 'cause.
:D
Kate and Kaefen
QuoteNorway, because that's where my family is from
I'd like to go to Norway for the same reason :D Although I don't think we ever had a manor... My great-great-grandfather was a fisherman lost at sea (that's how my g-grandmother came to America to live with an uncle). But my g-grandfather (also from Norway) had a brother who struck it rich in the Alaskan Goldrush and built a nice manor back in the old country. It was taken over by the German's during WWII and his son became a Quisling :geek: We don't talk about him much...
So yeah, my family comes from the Bergen and Opdahl regions.
Quote from: "Eimi"QuoteNorway, because that's where my family is from
I'd like to go to Norway for the same reason :D Although I don't think we ever had a manor... My great-great-grandfather was a fisherman lost at sea (that's how my g-grandmother came to America to live with an uncle). But my g-grandfather (also from Norway) had a brother who struck it rich in the Alaskan Goldrush and built a nice manor back in the old country. It was taken over by the German's during WWII and his son became a Quisling :geek: We don't talk about him much...
So yeah, my family comes from the Bergen and Opdahl regions.
Huh-huh, that almost neighbourhood! (And that explains the sake-drinking contest... No body can drink like scandinavians. Keeps the blood flowing during the dark, long winter. )
My hubby studied a year in Norway, Trondheim.