Next Christmas that is!!!!
I cannot tell you how excited I am to be able to add this entry to my blog!
I will be spending next Christmas (2007) in Rome....ITALY!!!!! At Christmas...I can feel the excitment oozing out of me and it's 12 months away!
My mind is already reeling with all kinds of things I want to do and see while I am there. I hope I can do everything I want to in the 9 days I will be there! I'm sure after my research I will be paring things down to a managable agenda.
Where to start...can I get tickets for Christmas Eve midnight mass at the Vatican??? Will I be able to schedule the Scavi tour??? So many things to figure out!
Plus this will be another Rick Steves "Adventure". It's the Europe Through the Back Door 7 day tour of Rome, the itinerary looks great but I will be arriving in the Eteranl City a few days before the tour begins to soak in some of the holiday "vibe" around Rome!
But there is lots of planning to be done...so it looks like I will have my hands full this year with planning trips to Turkey and Rome....ahhhh.....I am a Happy Girl...make that a Happy Travel Girl!
Ciao!
Friday, December 29, 2006
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Merry Christmas!
It's that time of year again when thoughts go to the holiday season.
Having spent my youth in northern New Jersey it's still a bit tough to feel in the holiday spirit here in South Carolina. Especially when the temperatures are unusually warm for this time of year.
Don't get me wrong. I do not miss dealing with the freezing temperatures and snow that inevitably turns to brown/black slush and creates black ice which makes driving hazardous. So I have no reason to complain about the 70 degree (F) temps we have had the last couple days. In fact it was so warm today when I went to Starbucks for my usual Saturday morning post work-out coffee I ordered an iced coffee drink and sat inside because it was air conditioned! Ok, so maybe since it had rained earlier in the morning I didn't want to sit in a wet seat outside the store, but you get the picture. I can't help but wonder if we will be getting hit with some cold weather in the next few days, just to "mess with us"!
As 2006 comes to a close I cannot help but start to get excited about my 2007 travels and I'm happy to say those travels start with a trip to Tucson to visit some of my favorite people...Ken, Lisa, Sara and Allison. I can't think of a better way to start the year off and celebrate my birthday.
Here's to a very Merry Christmas!
Having spent my youth in northern New Jersey it's still a bit tough to feel in the holiday spirit here in South Carolina. Especially when the temperatures are unusually warm for this time of year.
Don't get me wrong. I do not miss dealing with the freezing temperatures and snow that inevitably turns to brown/black slush and creates black ice which makes driving hazardous. So I have no reason to complain about the 70 degree (F) temps we have had the last couple days. In fact it was so warm today when I went to Starbucks for my usual Saturday morning post work-out coffee I ordered an iced coffee drink and sat inside because it was air conditioned! Ok, so maybe since it had rained earlier in the morning I didn't want to sit in a wet seat outside the store, but you get the picture. I can't help but wonder if we will be getting hit with some cold weather in the next few days, just to "mess with us"!
As 2006 comes to a close I cannot help but start to get excited about my 2007 travels and I'm happy to say those travels start with a trip to Tucson to visit some of my favorite people...Ken, Lisa, Sara and Allison. I can't think of a better way to start the year off and celebrate my birthday.
Here's to a very Merry Christmas!
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Has it really been a year???
Wow! When I looked at the calendar recently I realized it's been just over a year since I started this blog!
Where does the time go? What a year it's been...a promotion at work in the spring and a month's vacation in Central Europe...what more could a girl ask for?
And now looking forward to 2007 I'll be doing some more traveling.
January will see me heading out to Tucson for a long weekend over the MLK holiday. I'll get to visit with Ken, Lisa, Sara and Allison...it's been more than a year since I've seen them so it will be great to see the girls and catch up with the Blanchard family.
Early September will see me heading up to Durham, NC for a visit to friends who have a son who will be having his Bar Mitzvah.
Late September/early October will see me heading off to Turkey for another Rick Steves ETBD group tour and a few extra days added on at the end, so it will most likely be a 3 week vacation. And yes, I will be going with CL again...I'm really looking forward to this trip!!!!!
I maybe making another trip to Tucson in the fall for a special celebration.
And...since in 2007 the "powers that be at work" will be giving us Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day as paid holidays (the "eves" fall on Mondays and the holidays on Tuesdays), I may take advantage of the 4 paid holidays and add in 3 vacation days and take the week of Christmas and New Years off and head off to Rome for a week. But this is not yet "set in stone". But, how cool would it be to spend Christmas in Rome!!!!
Yes, I am addicted to travel...but there are worse addictions to have! :)
Happy Travelin'! :)
Where does the time go? What a year it's been...a promotion at work in the spring and a month's vacation in Central Europe...what more could a girl ask for?
And now looking forward to 2007 I'll be doing some more traveling.
January will see me heading out to Tucson for a long weekend over the MLK holiday. I'll get to visit with Ken, Lisa, Sara and Allison...it's been more than a year since I've seen them so it will be great to see the girls and catch up with the Blanchard family.
Early September will see me heading up to Durham, NC for a visit to friends who have a son who will be having his Bar Mitzvah.
Late September/early October will see me heading off to Turkey for another Rick Steves ETBD group tour and a few extra days added on at the end, so it will most likely be a 3 week vacation. And yes, I will be going with CL again...I'm really looking forward to this trip!!!!!
I maybe making another trip to Tucson in the fall for a special celebration.
And...since in 2007 the "powers that be at work" will be giving us Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day as paid holidays (the "eves" fall on Mondays and the holidays on Tuesdays), I may take advantage of the 4 paid holidays and add in 3 vacation days and take the week of Christmas and New Years off and head off to Rome for a week. But this is not yet "set in stone". But, how cool would it be to spend Christmas in Rome!!!!
Yes, I am addicted to travel...but there are worse addictions to have! :)
Happy Travelin'! :)
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