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. 