Lets talk about Travel…
1. How far have you gone from home and where did you go?
The farthest I’ve been from home is Milan, Italy. I traveled there in 2013 with my husband who was sent there by his company for a medical conference. While he worked I explored Milan. Before the conference began the two of us were able to travel by train to Lake Como to the city of Varenna and enjoyed a very windy cold few hours there.
On my own I did a hop on hop off tour and I went by myself to an Inter Milan soccer game at San Siro stadium.
While getting on a subway a group of pick pocketers tried to grab my purse. They work in teams to distract you. Thankfully I was on to them and smacked the hand of the one who reached for my purse and they jumped off the subway just as the doors were closing.
2. Do you think the hassle of travel is worth the trouble?
Most of the time, yes.
3. Are there places you would like to visit or have plans for visiting?
We would like to visit some areas of the United States like the Northeast and National Parks in Utah. In Canada, it would be fun to visit Prince Edward Island. We always enjoy planning our next trip to the U.K. Lord willing we will be able to visit again.
4. What trip was the best you’ve ever had?
The best trips we ever had have been our trips to the United Kingdom. Greg and I met in a Christian band that toured England in the early 70’s.
After we got married we always dreamed about going back. In 2003 we were able to take a trip to London for a week with a few day trips out of London.
In 2004 we returned with our daughter for her graduation trip visiting many of the haunts of her favorite British authors.
In 2006 we traveled with good friends to Wales, England and Scotland.
In 2013 we were able to return to England with our oldest son and our daughter-in-law. On that trip we traversed a lot of miles and our son got his dream of going to two premier league soccer games.
In 2014 Dear and I returned for a 40th year wedding anniversary trip. If it sounds like we can’t get enough of Great Britain, that’s correct!
We made plans to return to England in 2020 but we all know how travel came to a standstill then. We re-planned that trip for September of 2022 and spent a week in Oxford with extra days in Woodstock.
We arrived in England just after the Queen died.
We returned home and just 6 weeks later Greg had his stroke on November 5th of 2022. We wondered if our traveling days might be over.
We were thankful for yet another trip with our kids to Dublin and England in September of 2023.
Time will tell if it is God’s will that we take another trip this coming September.
What’s the furthest distance from home that you traveled to? What’s your favorite place to travel to? Any travel plans for this year?
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
Maybe one more trip to the West country!!? Which Christian band were you with? I wonder if I saw you!
Hi Barbara, We toured with a group called The Contemporaries. We sang in schools during their religious hour and then had concerts in local town halls or churches in the evening. We were based in Gravesend/Kent and we were also based out of Liverpool one of our summers. It would be fun to return to the West Country. Right now we are considering Scotland with our kids.
That isnt a group that came down here, but we did have The Fisherfolk, who were amazing.
Hello.
There are so many places I would love to see, I enjoy traveling.
Sometimes the coming and going can be stressful, especially the airports.
Looks like England is your favorite place to visit. Love the photos.
Take care, have a great day and happy weekend!
I agree Eileen, the ‘getting there’ can be the toughest part. Have a great weekend!
Aw Jolly Ole England! We had a trip booked to there as well in 2020 which didn’t happen either. I would love to go there someday but not sure what my traveling will be like anymore without my beloved Jim! So much has changed. I had a similar experience to yours of pick pockets in Spain. We had the privilege of traveling quite far and wide but I have to say that Newfoundland here in Canada was one of our favourites! If you come to Canada, there is a B & B room with your name on it!
It would be fun to see your side of Canada, Rosella! Sweet offer. 🙂
…you sure get around, I’ve become a homebody!
I enjoyed this so much, Ellen. The farthest place from home that I have traveled is Switzerland. It is such a beautiful country.
Dianna, When we were in Milan we did get close to Switzerland. 🙂
An interesting question. I had to input a few places to see which was furthest. Budapest wins the most kilometres, but Ecuador feels farther. And we drove across Canada last summer which took a long time and was very interesting. This summer we are taking 3 1/2 weeks to visit The Netherlands and take a cruise around Iceland, seeing bits of Scotland on our return to Amsterdam. Then we want to stay home for the rest of the summer and do some boating and gardening. The world is a fascinating place!
Lorrie, you have visited and lived in such interesting places in our world!
You’ve done a lot of traveling.
The farthest I’ve been is Scotland.
No more traveling for me. I’m happy to stay put. 🙂
Ellen, I enjoyed seeing the places you have traveled. Great Britain is a favorite of ours as well and we always love exploring there! We have been fortunate to travel and quite a bit particularly last year on our World Voyage. Australia is probably the farthest we have been from home. It was a wonderful trip for us and one that we are still remembering with great fondness. Martha Ellen
Happy Traveling! And those smiles tell an entire story!