traveling keeps me sane

I'm such a travel junkie.  I just got back from a year in Taiwan.  During that year, I went to Seoul, Hong Kong (3 times), and Cambodia.  I just got back to Cali about 3 months ago, and I already went to Vegas and New York.

I will be going up to San Francisco for a long weekend on the first weekend of October.  I'm going to go back to NY and spend Halloween weekend there.  And now, I just booked flights to Costa Rica for the end of April 2012!  $270 round trip!  How can you say no to that?  A girl's trip... for all NINE of us!

Time to google what there is to do in CR!

Edit: I know why tix are so cheap... OFF SEASON!

Costa Rica Weather Averages (wikipedia)

Months	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
High Temperature (C)	27	27	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26
Low Temperature (C)	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18
Precipitation (mm)	6.3	10.2	13.8	79.9	267.6	280.1	181.5	276.9	355.1	330.6	135.5	33.5
Average Percent Sunshine	40	37	39	33	25	20	21	22	20	22	25	34

the Holidays

It's that time of year when my Netflix queue is lined up with all my favorite holiday movies. So far, I've watched

It's a Wonderful Life
Bridget Jone's Diary
Love Actually
Serendipity

Up on deck:
The Holiday
The Family Man
Miracle on 34th Street
A Christmas Story
Four Christmases (but this one has a very long wait)

It's almost the end of the year, and I am wrapping up 2009 (the year of many vacations) in IRELAND! One last HOORAH for 2009, and my very first trip to Europe. There is just one big problem. Apparently, I will be the only one not use to the Irish cold weather (coming from California and all). And T wants me to dress cute? How do I pack...
a. cute clothes
b. warm winter clothes
c. winter shoes (boots)
d. NYE party outfit
into one carry-on bag? Can it even be done? I am Ms. Overpacks but I really do not want to deal with losing my bags in the mess we call Holiday Traveling. (Knock on wood.)

Old Montreal opens New Options

My days are all out of order because of Memorial Day. Needless to say, I'm glad it's already Wednesday.

Over Memorial Day weekend, I took the red eye on Friday and jetted to Montreal to meet up the NY besties. The trip was very relaxing and it's been awhile since I've had that much fun. I had family there so we got to stay for free. They also fed us too.

My cousin and his wife's house was amazing. It was a newly custom built house in Laval (just over the river was Montreal). 550k. Three story, 4 bedrooms, a den, 4.5 baths, a basement... 550k! Forget getting a dinky place in LA, lets move to Montreal.

Saturday after our nap, and a home cooked breakfast, we went hiking just behind Sainte-Catherine and got to see the view of Montreal. Spent all night at a bar downtown and ate Harveys right before cabbing it back. Ate Pho the next day, and let me tell you, Jess can eat. She ate an x-large bowl and devoured everything, even the soup. We then walked through China town towards Old Montreal. I love that it looked like a street in Europe, with cobblestones and everything.



It was really fun catching up with Terry, Jess, and Nasim. They keep on asking me to move back to NY. Should I? I'm really tempted to. Terry's roommate is moving out in August, and has a spare room available. I feel like I have so many choices for my next move in life, I don't know which one will be the right choice. I need to make a pro-con list.

New Years 2010

I am going to IRELAND for New Years! I just booked my flight, 12/27 - 1/2, and I'm going to be traveling with an amazing bunch. So sad the boyfriend isn't going to go.

All of winter, I managed to get by without even a cough and all of a sudden, with the sudden summer weather of 98 degrees and then right back to winter again, my body couldn't take it anymore. So now I sit at work, with my watery eyes, my random coughing outburst, and my nonstop running nose. I have a few calls I need to jump on and a dept. meeting before I can allow them to kick me out. My office neighbor yelled at me telling me to go home. I think he has something special going on this weekend.

I'm glad to report that Tylenol Cold pills are now sugar coated.

My girlfriends and I just locked down Hawaii last night. Our flights and hotels are booked. Now it's time to figure out what to do for that entire week (Sept 19th - 26th). I want to cliff jump into a lake next to a waterfall (Can I do that on Oahu?). For half of us who's going, it will be their first time, so we'll do the typical, surfing, snorkeling, luau, shopping. I think the Pineapple factory is closed, and I've been to the Cultural Center twice. What else is a must do in Waikiki?

We're staying here

summer 2010

I decided I'm going to travel the world. I'm going to quit my job, buy a one way ticket to ___, and take it from there... (summer of 2010).

How much money should I save to start off? If all fails, I will become an Au Pair.





photo via tatielle