9 thoughts on “Traveling Overseas”

1. Hi LKL, Nelson BC is my favorite place to be, we hope to move there

   soon, there have been tooooooo many delays but it will be worth it. Nelson is in the interior

   part of BC, the Kootenays, it is a magical place.

   Places to see: Id love to go to Easter

   Island, Fiji and closer to home, Cape Cod and Puget Sound. How’s that for a mixed selection

   LOL….

   Bye again, G 🙂

   24 May 2006 at 2:14 pm

2. Hi Geraldine,

   I’ve been there! I spent a week at the Ashram in Kootenay Bay

   several years ago – it was breathtakingly beautiful.

   24 May 2006 at 2:20 pm

3. Hi!
   I love London – I’m

   just at home there whenever I can get across the pond, even though I’m from Maine…I love

   Italy, too! Montrèal is a great city to visit!
   I’ve never spent any appreciable time in

   France, so that’s on the list, as are Greece, Brazil, Morocco…I visited several countries

   during my junior year abroad in college – I’d go visit any of them again in a second!
   Have

   a great day!
   -adrienne:)

   25 May 2006 at 7:31 am

4. Hello, according to me, Turkey

   is a lovely place to visit, as it includes seven different regions and climats; so you have a

   variety of things to choose : seaside, mointains, lakes, ski resorts, historical- antique

   places, unique attractions, all kinds of food, including mediterranean food. With best wishes

   to everybody.

   25 May 2006 at 8:02 am

5. I guess (unfortunately) a factor in any travel now is how safe is the

   country to visit? Too bad violence and terrorism can make travel choices a cause for concern.

   Of course (and not to make light of)all the other problems that result….G

   25 May 2006 at 11:17 am

6. Just spent three weeks in Australia and had the

   time of my life. Traveled from Melbourne, up to Sydney, to lots of small cities, all of the

   way up to Cairnes and Port Douglas. There are so many activities to do there from scuba diving

   in the Great Barrier Reef, gondola rides through the rain forrest, shopping in Melbourne, the

   ballet at the Sydney Opera House, sky diving over the ocean, and so much more! It’s a

   trip you must do.

   I spend about a month per year in France and love it there too.

   There is no place like Paris! Will be attending language school next year in France for

   three months and really looking forward to that experience 🙂

   25 May 2006 at 11:27 am

7. Hi lkl,
   So far I’ve visited

   7 countries: Canada, Viet Nam, Japan, Korea, Costa Rica, France , and England.
   We live on

   the border with Canada, so I always say that we are a suburb of Ottawa.
   You are so right,

   Costa rica is a beautiful and fabulous place to visit/ or live. In fact I thought I wanted to

   retire there until I went to France. When the plane was circling Paris, I looked out the

   window and as I choked up, said “I’m home now.” We’ve visited France 3 times, Spending time

   in Paris, and a small village west of Toulouse called Gimot. There is a wonderful Chateau at

   which we stayed twice in Gimot called Chateau Larroque.
   Still on my list of to see places;

   Italy, Greece, Ireland , and Scottland.
   Currently I’m seeking the courage to just move to

   France.
   REL

   30 May 2006 at 4:51 pm

8. Bonjour LKL,

   I’m from

   Kelowna, British Columbia and I’m currently living in the Chicago ‘burbs. So far my travel

   experiences have included France (Normandy, Brittany, and the Loire Valley), Australia, New

   Zealand, Fiji, Quebec where I did my French studies at Laval University and where I take my

   students in the spring for some French immersion and Quebecois cultural experience, and several

   road trips across the U.S. I enjoy traveling immensely and hope to do a trip to Norway and

   Sweden next, since it’s part of my heritage. I’d also love to do some travels in South

   America and Africa.

   Alana

   30 May 2006 at 6:59 pm

9. Hello LKL,

   Over the past

   6 years I have gone to Europe with a group of friends to different parts of Europe on

   educational/sightseeing tours. The places visited so far include Western Ireland, Switzerland,

   Scotland, Provence (France), Lake Region of Itlay (Lake Como etc.) and Tuscany. My favorite so

   far has been Tuscany because of the people, the food, the small hill top medieval villages and

   the incredible sense of history everywhere you go. We stayed in Cortona at a hotel where my

   balcony overlooked Trasimene Lake where Hannibal defeated two Roman legions in 217 BC during

   the Second Punic War.

   The educational part of these trips involves professors (history,

   archeology, art etc.) giving us overviews of various aspects of what we were going to see on a

   particular day. I have learned so much this way that I think it is fair to say that it has

   doubled the pleasure I get out of traveling. I can appreciate much more what I am seeing and

   experiencing. Also, to go with a group that is similary interested in more than just

   sightseeing is very stimulating – exchanging experiences of the day over dinner etc. (Also, on

   these tours we have access to private homes, castles etc. that I would not have as a single

   individual.)

   In addition to these places on the educational/siteseeing tours favorite

   places visited have to include for me the mode of travel. Specifically I would put in the top

   two places of countries visited because of the nature of the trip in addition to the

   spectacular beauty (1) a canoe trip in the Boundary Waters Canoe area of nothern Minnesota

   (where Minnesota meets Canada – sometimes refered to as the “ten thousand lake region” ). This

   is a hauntingly beautiful place where you cross in and out of Canada sometimes several times a

   day; camp on islands in the lakes, hear the loons at night and, if lucky, see the Auria

   Borealis.

   Number 2 trip (actually done on 3 different occassions) sailing (that is,

   being your own crew) from island to island in the Caribbean on a 50 foot sail boat. Places

   visited included the British Virgin Islands, Gaudeloupe and Dominica. Uninhabited islands

   with white sandy beaches, turquoise water that is clear enough to reflect the moon at night.

   The closest thing to paradise on earth, in my opinion. Especially if you like swimming.

   Additionaly, the list of countries visited include (before I went on the

   educational/sightseeing tours) The Czech Republic (Praque – the “Paris of the East” was

   unforgettably wonderful – I will certainly go back), Austria (Vienna and Salzburg), Sloveni,

   Croatia (Zagreb), Hungary (Budapest) Slovakia and Germany (mostly Nuremberg and small towns

   nearby) .

   I would like to go to Greece, Istanbul, cruise the canals of France, go

   down the Danube from its source to the Black Sea, take the canal trip from Moscow to St.

   Petersburg. But, most of all, right now, I want to go sailing again in the Carribean and

   explore other islands.

   Cheers,
   Don DuBois

   31 May 2006 at 7:39 pm