'Round the World

Your Travel Profile:

You Are Extremely Well Traveled in the Southern United States (85%) You Are Very Well Traveled in Canada (80%) You Are Well Traveled in the Western United States (53%) You Are Somewhat Well Traveled in the United Kingdom (38%) You Are Somewhat Well Traveled in the Midwestern United States (25%) You Are Mostly Untraveled in Eastern Europe (20%) You Are Mostly Untraveled in Latin America (20%) You Are Mostly Untraveled in the Northeastern United States (14%) You Are Mostly Untraveled in Asia (8%) You Are Mostly Untraveled in Western Europe (7%) You Are Untraveled in Africa (0%) You Are Untraveled in Australia (0%) You Are Untraveled in New Zealand (0%) You Are Untraveled in Scandinavia (0%) You Are Untraveled in Southern Europe (0%) You Are Untraveled in the Middle East (0%)

How Well Traveled Are You?

I like to travel. I collect traveling experiences like..er. Well, I collect everything; I'm a bit of a packrat. I've been to Canada, Europe, South America, and Japan...in that order. Not a lot of my travels have been in the us, but I'm working on it!

I remember the oddest things, too. A raggedy little kitten following me through the snowy paths of Hokkaido, mewling at me until I let it sniff my freezing fingertips...looking all over Asunción (Paraguay's Capitol) for a particular kind of chocolate my grandmother had loved as a girl..my aunt Sally's furrowed brow as she hunched over in her wedding dress to unwrap a candy a very intent little girl (me) wanted to try. The last was in Canada at her & my Uncle Gerald's wedding. She passed away this year of Cancer. It's odd how the small memory of a child surmounts all the others I had of her while growing up. To me, these are the treasures of life. The small things unique and intrinsic to us and only us. My grandmother, who I called Oma, also passed away. Year before last I believe. She very much loved to reminisce as I do. Not about the large acts of life, but about the little ones. When I lived with her and my grandfather (I called him Ampa, because for some reason the German 'Opa' never crossed my lips), I would listen to her speak many times about them. Such relish she had for them! And now as an adult, with my own large & small acts of life behind and still before me I begin to understand.

Here are some memories:

Japan '04


California '05



"Not all those who wander are lost." -- J.R.R. Tolkien