About This Blog….

I started keeping trip journals back in 2001.  Back in the days before digital cameras we’d take 4, 5, 6 or more rolls of film, which made for a lot of pictures being developed…..then write on the back of each one so that years later we’d remember where we were but….what else had we done that day that wasn’t on those glossies??  Or heaven forbid half the pictures didn’t turn out!  It was like “out of sight, out of mind”.  Journaling seemed a good way to keep track of what we did, where we went, what was the weather like, what and where we ate.

This blog is really for my grandchildren who at the time of creating this are ages 10, 8 and 6.  I write, not print, and unfortunately the kids are no longer learning cursive writing in school…..how sad is that!  Even if they did, I’m not sure that they’d be able to read my handwriting.  I hope that one day down the road they’ll come across this blog and take the time to read and see the places I’ve been.  They do show interest in my travels but I’m not sure that right now, since  they are still quite young,  they really understand just how big and incredibly interesting and wonderful the world is.  Maybe they’ll look at this and get bit by the travel bug that got me.

My travels are not terribly adventurous or too exciting (no nail biting moments…..unless you include catching trains or airport security in some places!) but are fun and interesting for me.  There are so many different kinds of travel…..the ones where you plan everything on your own, tours (preferably small group ones), cruises, all-inclusives and combinations of all types.  Which is my favorite?  I don’t have one….it depends where you’re going (safe for women on their own, the best way to see the Panama Canal is a cruise, good last minute deals that just jump out at you!) and of course who you are traveling with!  I hope to continue to travel for a few more years, visiting at least one new place each year.  Just so much to see!

A lot of time has gone by since I wrote some of the journals but where information (accommodation, restaurants, tours etc.) is still relevant today I’m adding links to things hoping that someone else can enjoy…..or perhaps not enjoy…..the places we visited, the places we stayed and the places we ate.  Some are short and sweet, others are rather long and detailed…..  I’m not posting the journals in chronological order because all the old ones all at once might be rather boring so I’m posting them randomly from the year 2001 to my most recent ones.

I hope my grandkids…..and whoever else might read them….find them interesting and hopefully inspiring enough to go to some of the places.