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[Louanne Learning]

I've spent some time today planning my next trips. In June, Mom, brother and I are going to Newfoundland (the only province I have never been to). Then in September, sister, her two daughters and I are going to Italy.

 

[Rath Darkblade]

I've spent some time today planning my next trips. In June, Mom, brother and I are going to Newfoundland (the only province I have never been to). Then in September, sister, her two daughters and I are going to Italy.

I'm sure you will love Italy. Two years ago, I went on a five-week holiday to Italy, spending some time in Roma, Firenze and Venezia (aka Rome, Florence and Venice ) in May and June.

It was a beautiful, sun-soaked-but-not-too-hot time. I was sad when it ended.

Where are you thinking of going in Italy?

 

[Dark_Indigenous_Prince]

I've mostly taken trips to places in America (I'm American) and a brief trip to Paris when I was a teenager on a school field trip. We had to wash cars and fundraise for months but it was definitely worth it. My latest trip was two years ago to San Francisco and I hardly got to do half the things I planned, mostly because I went with two other friends that just wanted to drink and shop, which is fine and all but I prefer to see the sights and feel the culture of places when I travel, so it wasn't a good match. I've gone through a bunch of emergencies that were money draining since then, like the electricity and plumbing breaking down in my home, but I finally seem to be clear of all those emergencies and now I'm finally ready to go on another trip. I'm thinking of going to an island and also New Orleans. I don't know in which order I'll do it, maybe whichever one is cheaper lol. Theres so many awe inspiring places to see in America so only after Ive seen them all will I think about traveling out of the country again. I have been to Mexico and to Canada for a friends wedding though. And I might revisit New York because I only went for a weekend to visit my great aunt and I didnt really get to do anything fun.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

My great-grandfather was just a month or two short of his 101st birthday when he died. He might've lasted longer, but while out riding when he was 98, his horse stepped in a hole, dumped him, then fell on him. I met him when I was about four or five.

 

[Louanne Learning]

Where are you thinking of going in Italy?

We're thinking 5 days in Tuscany (close to Florence) and 5 days on the Amalfi Coast

 

[Louanne Learning]

going to an island

Have you thought about going to Ireland?

 

[Dark_Indigenous_Prince]

My great-grandfather was just a month or two short of his 101st birthday when he died. He might've lasted longer, but while out riding when he was 98, his horse stepped in a hole, dumped him, then fell on him. I met him when I was about four or five.

Same with my grandmother. She was almost 90 but she had mental acuity and could get around and was just a lovely person in general. She had a fall in her home when no one was home and her rib punctured her lung, somehow she got to her phone and called someone who then called the paramedics and I got to see her before she passed in the hospital. She could have reached a higher age if not for the accident.

 

[Dark_Indigenous_Prince]

Have you thought about going to Ireland?

Oh definitely, I love the lore and the castles and the culture. My great grandmother had naturally red hair too, so I might have some Irish in my blood. My grandmother also had black hair that was gradually turning red naturally lol, she hated it and kept dying her hair black but I thought it was beautiful.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

I hadn't planned to go overseas again, but my daughter-in-law asked me to go to Scotland with her. Heck, yeah, I'll go back to Scotland or Ireland either one.

 

[Louanne Learning]

I'll go back to Scotland or Ireland

if you can't make it across the ocean, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia or Newfoundland is the next best thing

 

[CatrionaGrace]

My daughter and I have talked about Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, but after checking the airlines, we about decided we can't get there from here.

 

[Louanne Learning]

I know, the hours and hours on the plane is the worst part of the trip

 

[Dark_Indigenous_Prince]

Oh I forgot about that, on the trip to Paris i kept walking to the bathroom and back to my seat just to stretch my legs smh, thats probably why I haven't gone overseas since then.

 

[Set2Stun]

Only one new account away from us having 420 members

 

[Dark_Indigenous_Prince]

I clicked so I must write something.

I'm thinking of something to eat lol.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

I hate feeling ready for bed, yet knowing that if I actually went ot bed at this time of night, I'd be wide awake by the time I turned out the light.

 

[Louanne Learning]

I'm going over to my mom's for baccala today - @Homer Potvin might know of it. It's dried and salted cod - and it requires a few days of preparing, though I have never made it myself, apparently it requires rehydration over a few days. Then you make a nice stew with tomatoes, peppers, potatoes .. one of my favorite things from my childhood.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

Today I'm taking my grandson to the ranch store to buy him a new pair of cowboy boots, which is his requested Christmas gift. His birthday is a couple of days before Christmas, so he and I celebrate it in October. I asked him once if he disliked having a holiday birthday. He laughed and said no. He celebrates it with me in October, with his mom and dad in November, then gets a cake on his real birthday as well.

 

[Rad Scribbler]

^^^ Haha - the guy's a natural - he knows how to work it to his advantage ^^^

 

[CatrionaGrace]

He's a good kid; so rarely asks for anything that it is a surprise when he does. When asked what he'd like for a gift, he usually looks blank. He lives on a ranch and so boots occasonally need to be replaced,