TRAVELS
Joan was telling me an interesting thing that happened to Melissa’s boy friend Ryan. They both are living in San Diego. Ryan is working and Melissa is also working - towards her Masters’ Degree! A neighbor of Ryan’s gave him two round-trip tickets on Delta to any destination in the world! (I told Joan to tell Ryan to hurry before delta goes “Belly-up”!). What a gift - what a neighbor! Who said that there is no Santa Claus?
Joan’s tale got me to thinking, and reminiscing over the extensive traveling that Marie and I have done before and after our 25 years of retirement. We have seen so many beautiful and interesting places. We have been very fortunate. Then, I thought - what if this gratuity had happened to me? Where would I choose to go? It’s strange, but I decided that I would rather re-visit a place that I had been, rather than see some place new. I decide to list the countries that we have visited in order of my pleasant memories of them. So, here goes:
1- Switzerland.
2-France (naturally).
3-Italy.
4-Ireland (naturally).
5-England.
6- Scotland.
7-Germany.
8-Canada.
9-Austria.
10-Morocco.
11-Tunisia
Then, I reflected on cities which I enjoyed visiting. I listed the following in order of preference to re-visit.
1- Paris.
2-Washington, D.C.
3-Rome.
4- London.
5-New York.
6-Honolulu.
7-San Francisco.
8-Dublin.
9-Venice.
10- Lucerne.
11- Cairo.
12- Tunis.
13- Seattle.
14- Vienna.
15- Key West.
16- Vancouver.
17- Montreal.
18- Boston.
19- Philadelphia.
20- New Orleans.
21- Salt Lake City
22- Denver.
23-AnnArbor.
24. Colorado Springs.
25. Chicago.
While I realize that my rankings are pretty subjective, and arbitrary, they are starting points for discussion! One wouldn’t go wrong in visiting any of these places! Your experience would be food for the mind, and for the soul!
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Great blog! So, it may be disappointing to everyone, but Ryan and I have decided to go to Maui. I know- of all the places in the world and we're going to Hawaii! But we figured at this point with me in school and only getting 2 weeks break in between semesters, that we would rather go somewhere that is relaxing and rejuvinating. I would love to travel to Italy, but at this point it'll probably be more stressful than enjoyable. I know I could really use a vacation where I can relax and Ryan feels the same way. So, we're looking forward to Maui and you never know- perhaps we'll be offered another set of tickets next year to use for Italy!
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