I will be going to Turkey from Oct 20-Nov 4 this year.

Some people have asked me how we decided to go there.

Last year, when we were on the plane back home from Spain, I was reading an article about Turkey and how they want to join the EU.

I said to Jim, "You know, Turkey would be a cool place to visit."

Welcome to my blog! I traveled to Singapore, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and The Cook Islands from Feb-Jun 2004. Here I have written about my experiences and opinions on this trip, which I took with my boyfriend Jim (who I refer to often).

If you are new to my blog, you can find different categories listed on the LEFT. For entries on a certain country, click that country. If you want to see photos, they are within the body of many of the entries. To read an entire entry, click "Continue Reading..." (you'd be surprised how many people don't figure that out.)

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I never got around to posting all my Spain pictures. This is all you get!

SEVILLE
Views of Seville from the Cathedral

Hey there!! My entourage does NOT like using the internet cafe, which I understand. I have a minute right now to research flights from Granada to Madrid.

Anyway, everything is going fine. We are going to Alhambra tomorrow. I wish I had more time but I will post about everything when I return.

We headed to El Puerto de Santa María, a 1-2 hour (I forget) train ride from Sevilla, in a town not far from Cadiz. We were there to visit the Osbourne winery, an assignment that Rich's sister sent him on. She wanted him to interview the head of the company, or at least someone in charge there to see if it would be good for her TV show.

I was hesitant about using our valuable time in Spain to do something that might not be that great.

On the flight from New York to Madrid, there were two German girls on the plane who wouldn't shut up the ENTIRE time, even when everyone was asleep. It was ridiculous. And speaking GERMAN. Och.

My travel companions made fun of me for bringing earplugs and eyeshades, but now they know I am just travel savvy.

We leave TONIGHT, in FIVE hours our plane will lift off.

Everyone keeps asking if I am excited. No, not really, I am stressed and nervous. I've been crazy all day trying to get everything taken care of at work. I'm finally feeling better about it.

I'm still totally not mentally prepared to be in another country. It will be awesome!!

We are leaving for a short 10-day jaunt to Spain in three days.

We land in Seville, then go to Granada, Madrid, Toledo, and fly out of Barcelona.

Why are we going to Spain? Well, my guy and I love to travel but we both have regular JOBS with only a few days of vacation a year. We decided to focus on one country. Of course, we are only hitting a tiny, tiny, portion of Spain in 10 days but at least it is something.

When I tell someone about my trip, one of the questions they always want to ask, and are sometimes afraid to ask, is How Much Did All That Cost You?

Or, "Man, you must have had a lot of money"

*sigh*

Since I've been back, I've been getting my digital photos printed out, slowly but surely.

I've used Snapfish, Dotphoto, Winkflash, Shutterfly and Ofoto.

Why so many different websites? Because almost all of them offer free prints when you sign up, so I got like 10-20 prints for free and only paid $2 or so for shipping.