bucket list, world traveler mode

[salixbabylon]

Places To Go:

USA:

* New Orleans
* New York City
* Washington D.C.
* scifi southwest road trip (Area 51, Roswell, white sands, etc)


World:

* Iceland
* viking trip
* Ireland
* Scotland
* reverse immigrant trip - East Coast of USA to Azores or UK
* Silk Road train trip
* Greek Islands
* all of Italy, Rome and Venice especially
* Black Sea
* Taj Mahal
* France - north and south coasts in particular
* Paris - with my husband this time
*

Comments

[ladykatiewench.livejournal.com]

I would LOVE go to New Orleans! Listen to some zydeco & eat beignets at Cafe du Monde.


I will definitely go to Scotland. Preferably, during the Edinburgh Festival.

Oooh...the Silk Road! Yes, please! I'd like to visit China and India. I did some work during my college years that had to do with each of those places. I'd like to see it with my own eyes.

And the Greek Islands! And after reading the Moonspinners, Crete especially.

I visited Venice when I was 11, but I'd love to go back. And I've never been to Rome and NEED to go!

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

OOoh, fun! I've always been a little overwhelmed by hte idea of going during Mardi Gras - crowds kind of freak me out sometimes. I bet springtime is nice, though... :)

I studied a fair bit about India and there are a lot of palces I'd like to see... Getting there is the hard part, though. It's always easier to go places where you have friends to stay with.

Moonspinners? I'll have to google...

[ladykatiewench.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think I'd be fine without going to Mardi Gras. Although, I think I'd like to experience one Carnivale during my life. But there is partying to be done year round in NO at night, but then you can get the laid back atmosphere during the day when it isn't crazy.


ooooh....Moonspiners. Mary Stewart. She also did an excellent telling of the King Arthur story all from Merlin's point of view. Very good. But Moonspinners is good. Kinda weird, but I like it. They also made a movie based on the book, but it was Disney and starred Haley Mills (who I do love), so it was a bit watered down. If you are up for both, they are both good. But if you are only up for one, I'd suggest the book.

[gladsomemind.livejournal.com]

If you need accompaniment for any of these let me know...

Considered NY/DC earlier this year
Always wanted to do Iceland
Scotland/Ireland and indeed /France are not exactly far...

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

I'm holding off on Iceland until sarka gets back there, the globe-trotting gadfly.

Got any vacation time? Come visit! :)

Fabulous icon, btw. That got a giggle even before tea this morning. :)

[gladsomemind.livejournal.com]

So.

Meeting is (all being well) going to be 24-27th January in Houston.

I'm then looking at taking a couple of weeks off to do stuff. Probably flying back (again via Houston) on the evening of 12th Feb.

Can I interest you in visiting some random part of the US? Any all of the top three here for instance...

I do want to visit SC anyway (need to meet Olive even if she is a baby and therefore automatically boring! :))

Yes it would be cold.

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

I think we could defintiely work soemthing out. I just checked and it's only a 5 hour drive from Houston to NO - piece of cake! It wouldn't be that cold in Lousiana... :)