Travel

[bertine]

I was just thinking about the fact that I get two weeks of vacation come November. I really want to blow a week of it over New Years. I have a couple choices. Paris is cheap, Hong Kong and Spain are my current obsessions, and Greece/Turkey has been my obsession for years.

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[soyouthink.livejournal.com]

wait. are you going alone? because that could make me want to change my vote!

[bertine.livejournal.com]

not sure yet, however, i have been to paris by myself before so i would be ok. :P

[soyouthink.livejournal.com]

you're so hardcore.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

i did spend a month travelling through europe a few years ago. two weeks of that was by myself.

[soyouthink.livejournal.com]

that's really awesome, dude.

one time, i went to jefferson city, missouri by myself. i thought i was going to die.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

when i started travelling alot i didn't know many people that had enough money to travel as much as i wanted to. so i just went by myself.

[soyouthink.livejournal.com]

that's pretty much why i've never taken a vacation with anyone but my parents. it also helps that i know people where i want to go, so i have free tour guides!

[bertine.livejournal.com]

i do the stay with people you know thing alot. it is fun because you see stuff you wouldn't see normally. i rarely take a trip in the us unless i am going to meet someone.

[soyouthink.livejournal.com]

i've never been out of the u.s. my first goal? CANADA.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

dammit, too bad you are going out of town this weekend. i am thinking about driving to canada over the long weekend.

[soyouthink.livejournal.com]

where would you drive? because that's my goal really - to just take a long weekend and drive somewhere like that. i just have no clue where.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

yeah, i would just drive. there is this awesome state park on the north shore that i would stay by then drive to the border the next day for the fun of it. i love the north shore so much!

[soyouthink.livejournal.com]

i've never even been to the north shore!

[bertine.livejournal.com]

really?!!!

Dammit, i would love for you to come with, it is one of my favorite places to go. I rode a good chunk of it one year and so I know the whole area rather well.

[soyouthink.livejournal.com]

it's on my list of places to go, but i'm pretty much behind on that list! i would love to go in the fall, i think, because i've heard it's just amazing.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

do you have a weekend open this fall? before mid-oct would be the best.

[soyouthink.livejournal.com]

not really. that's what blows. i'm out of town this weekend and the last weekend in september. and then i'm already taking a long weekend in october, which is when we're not supposed to take any time off at all for work.

it's probably too late in november, huh?

[bertine.livejournal.com]

yeah, november is really bad on the road. :(


oh well.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

also, i really want to go to south america but for some reason i feel like i shouldn't go there by myself, which is funny to me.

[soyouthink.livejournal.com]

south america is more appealing to me than europe is, but i'm not sure why. truthfully, going to europe isn't something i even care to do.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

well, i did study european history a lot so i think that is why i like going there.

i know a bunch of people that have been to south america and it sounds wonderful too but i want to go to asia a little bit more. then africa. SIGH, so many places to go!!

[soyouthink.livejournal.com]

africa would be really awesome, i think. i'm sure if i did studying like that, things would become more interesting, too. i get all of my geographical and traveling interest off of things like watching Survivor.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

i have wanted to go to north africa for a long time. i thought about joining the peace corps while in high school which is why i studied french for so long. however, it hasn't happened yet.

sand_in_my_soap was telling me all about south africa and now i really want to go there too.

[soyouthink.livejournal.com]

i feel completely uninformed, because i don't even know where i'd go in africa!

[bertine.livejournal.com]

africa is huge, there are so many places to go and see!!

[pinkscotch.livejournal.com]

i need more information. are you going alone? am i coming with you?

[bertine.livejournal.com]

serinia wants to go to paris with me and her friend also wants to go.

i haven't really talked to tim about this so i am not sure if he would want to meet up or would be moved by then.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

and you are very welcome to come!

[pinkscotch.livejournal.com]

haha, i just threw that in. i would love to go with you! we'll have to see.... depends on where you want to go. and if i have money. and a bunch of other things.

um, also? i thought tim was moving here in november?!

[bertine.livejournal.com]

i think that is the plan but i don't like banking on things until they happen.

I WOULD LOVE TO GO TO ISREAL but not right now.

[murun.livejournal.com]

(continued from above)
...y! Hang with me in London!

[woodoo24.livejournal.com]

HEY..I KNOW YOU!

[murun.livejournal.com]

I hope so! Ah, I'll never forget that night we spent in the back alleys of Peking...

[woodoo24.livejournal.com]

hehe...well I just sent you a postcard cuz I hadn't seen you hanging out in those back alleys lately. I meant to get you a Paris subway map too, but didn't know how many walls you had left. :p

[murun.livejournal.com]

:D YAY! I shall hassle the postman now!
I have many many walls left, heck I haven't even started on the outside yet!

[bertine.livejournal.com]

Maybe london/paris?

i love london but i haven't been to paris much!

[murun.livejournal.com]

Go halfway between the two. I'll meet you in the English Channel. On a boat, cos I can't swim!

[bertine.livejournal.com]

:(

i think i am going the other direction but next time i visit europe i'll make sure to get to england for a bit.

[woodoo24.livejournal.com]

Oh there's always Russia too. Moscow might be fun for New Years!

[bertine.livejournal.com]

been there, for new years even, funny.

[woodoo24.livejournal.com]

My my you are the international woman of mystery!

[bertine.livejournal.com]

or maybe just obsessed with travelling. HA

[mesawyou.livejournal.com]

I say you only live once and go to the place you've been OBSESSED ABOUT FOR YEARS! I mean if you have the fundage to go, then go.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

yeah, i have the fundage, i save up for travel a lot!

but i am going to new zealand, which is also an obsession.

[mesawyou.livejournal.com]

WOO HOO! Hobbit land. woo