Let's Talk Travel on Tuesday

Hola. The kindergartners continue to stare at me blankly, and blatantly ignore rules one second after we talk about them. But I did have one child break out into "I wanna be a millionaire" today, which really made up for anything annoying that went down. This was only a few hours before the WHOLE CLASS started singing "Tonight's Gonna Be a Good Night." Good times, really. Now if only everyone around me would do their job, I would not be at school 300 hours a day. Well, that and administration would not find it fun to add extra work. Sigh.

Fortunately I did leave early today (and by early, I mean on time, not actually early) so Eric and I could do our last training run for our 5k on Saturday. I have to admit I was pretty nervous about us training together. I'm pretty self motivated and usually work out alone. Before we started training I hadn't run with anyone since my freshman year of high school soccer team. It ended up being really awesome and fun AND it turned out I actually needed the motivation more than I thought I would. Can't wait for Saturday.

As for today, I must do the 10 on Tuesday because they are all about travel! Thanks Chelsea!

1. Favorite way to travel (plane, train, automobile, etc.)

I like planes when I need to go somewhere far. I'd much rather take a 1/2 hour plane ride than drive 5 hours etc.

I like trains because I can relax, plug in my computer and watch dvds. I find them more comfortable than planes (usually).

I like cars when I am with someone fun to talk to, and for limited amount of times. I think I most prefer being IN a car, but not if the alternative is a much quicker plane ride.



2. Where’s your favorite place to travel to that you’ve been to?

Hard, hard choice. So many fantastic places. I very rarely don't love a place I visit. My top five cities I've traveled to are: Sydney, Barcelona, Rome, London and Edinburgh.



3. Where’s the place that you want to go but have never been?

Lol...um so I have a list. Let's just say, I will never get to all the places I want to go, especially if I go back to some places I'd like to go again. Oops. I think my next trip may be to the Amalfi Coast in Italy. I've been to Rome, but never to the coast in Italy. I'd also love to go to Switzerland, maybe in one trip.



4. Do you deal with traffic well?

I deal with it fine if I don't have anywhere to be, which is rare. I did hit a huge truck fire a few weeks ago on the way home from work. I wasn't in a rush to get home so I didn't get too angry. This morning on the way to work I hit terrible traffic going from tutoring to work. I only remained calm because I was talking to Katie on the phone. Otherwise I would've had a small panic attack.



5. Ever had an emergency while traveling?

Can't think of one...


6. Do you have a passport? What countries have you been to?

Yes, I do have a passport. I got it in 2003 when my family took a trip to London. Since then I have been to the following countries: Australia, New Zealand, Greece, Italy, Spain, France, England (again), Scotland, Ireland (x2).



7. Are you’ve light packer or do you pack everything but the kitchen sink?

Maybe somewhere in the middle? I wouldn't say I over pack, but I'm also not a really light packer. It also depends where I'm going. I tend to bring like 4 bags to the Cape for the weekend, but if I'm going to be charged for extra bags on a flight, I'll even share with Eric haha.



8. Do you take the fastest route or the road less traveled?

I would say fastest route. I might want to explore the road less traveled sometimes, but usually fastest. I like more seeing places then the actual act of traveling.



9. Do any activities on the road? (like road games, reading, sleeping, etc. )

I am terrible at sleeping on planes, trains and I NEVER ever sleep in cars (I am almost always in the front seat and I think it's the front seats job to keep the driver awake haha). I like to play games of any kind, chat, listen to music, watch dvds (if I'm on a plane/train). I can't read on any moving vehicle :(



10. Use a paper map or GPS?

Definitely GPS. I like that if I mess up it will "recalculate." Though sometimes I feel like it's more often it that is messing up. My GPS is named Tullulah, we have a love/hate relationship, but she is always better than a paper map.

PS. I now have Eric's pear cashew risotto recipe. I'll post it soon!