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the incontrovertibly incorrigible kimpy
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| 83. Wadi Rum, Jordan |
[Feb. 6th, 2012|02:58 pm] |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, yo! (well, okay, Petra's about an hour and a half away, but close enough!)
Unearthly beauty:
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| 82. Svalbard |
[Jan. 28th, 2012|09:25 pm] |
Winter has been nonexistent this year. It doesn't get particularly cold here, but it usually hangs out in the 40s and low 50s for a couple of months with lows in the 30s, and spring usually has a pretty good foothold by the middle of March. Instead, we've had a few chilly nights and *one* day that qualified as jeezitscold - beyond that, it's been positively balmy, in the 50s and 60s with the occasional thunderstorm. It's like early April around here - all month long.
Being a yankee born and bred, I like the *idea* of 60 degrees in midwinter, but the reality is that I am still psychologically geared for cold, and without at least two or three weeks of brisk, cheek-reddening, thigh-numbing winter, I just don't feel right.
As such, this seems like a pretty good idea for a week or two right about now:
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| 81. Belize |
[Jan. 14th, 2012|09:23 pm] |
The subject of the Peace Corps came up one day when I was ruminating on the possibilities of living overseas. I had been thinking more along the lines of western Europe, whereas the PC focuses mostly on developing nations - Central America, Africa, etc, but the idea had potential, since it was a limited time frame in which airfare and training and a stipend was provided (the biggest difficulties in moving to Europe being cost of getting there and getting a job). I brought it up to my aunt at dinner the following week - she's with the Red Cross and is occasionally dispatched to disaster zones (including 9/11), and naturally she thought this was a fabulous idea.
The very next day, I was at work and helping out in the copy center, and a woman brought a file to be printed and coilbound - a file which just happened to be the final newsletter for her Peace Corps group that had returned from Belize two days earlier. I asked her a ton of questions.
If I end up doing something like this, it won't be for several years - it's a two year stint and I can't leave my cats. I could potentially do something with Imp, but I can't leave Calpurnia, who will be 14 in a couple of weeks.
Nor would it necessarily be Belize, but it's a convenient location for exploring ideas! Mayan ruins, mmmm. (if only to thumb my nose at them for all the 2012 nonsense!)
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| 80. Huatulco, Mexico |
[Dec. 16th, 2011|10:25 am] |
I submitted an essay to a travel writing contest. Grand prize winner gets 7 nights here. I normally turn my nose up at the idea of going to *resorts* in foreign countries, but hey, if it's on their dime, why the hell not. (I think I'd have to pay for the airfare, but I can handle that!)
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| 79. German Christmas Markets (Weihnachtsmarkt) |
[Nov. 29th, 2011|07:20 pm] |
Lucky Tessa.
I've never been to Europe at Christmastime, but I do possess an authentic German-made nutcracker - a touristy little thing, but German nonetheless.
(Nuremberg)
(Bremen)
(Monschau)
(Rothenburg ob der Tauber) |
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| 78. Helsinki, Finland |
[Nov. 9th, 2011|09:55 am] |
This was going to be my previous post, but I got distracted by nifty bridge. I have an open invitation to visit Helsinki and stay with a couple friends (Aki and his girlfriend Tini, and if I'm going all the way to Finland, I am totally going to stalk ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.2) tenze while I'm at it!) From there, I can take the overnight ferry to Stockholm, do my thing, and if the invitation is still open, I can ride with a friend from Gothenburg down to the Netherlands (which is about 14 hours, and then I can see Denmark too, as well as northern Germany).
So. Start in Italy and take the train up, or start in Helsinki. Decisions, decisions.
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| 76. Unknown |
[Oct. 25th, 2011|11:42 pm] |
The people who upload photos to Piccsy are horrible about tags, so I have no idea where this is. But I must go there. It looks like the real-life inspiration for the Myst Riven zipline, except with steps. |
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| 75. Liguria, Italty |
[Oct. 14th, 2011|09:53 pm] |
Assuming the current circumstances don't change significantly, I'm going to try to do the ProgPower Europe thing again next October. With any luck, all the blood will stay in my head this time.
I have an objection to traveling four thousand miles just to see the same places I saw last time, though, so naturally I'm thinking about taking two or three weeks off and spending a few days apiece in Italy and France.
Or maybe Finland and Sweden.
But I'm leaning towards Italy right now! |
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