I am sitting at my computer in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, enjoying myself reading the discussions carried out by fodorites all over the world, but feeling guilty because I should be finishing a paper which should be done for publication ages ago! I am new to this site, but already becoming hooked.

Well, until the heavens opened up a few minutes ago, I was sitting on our deck on Peas Porridge Pond in the Mount Washington Valley in NH, after having returned from a kayak ride to see the nesting loons. Pinching myself and thinking that I could be living those old ads of the guy (now it would be me, a woman) sitting on the deck working with a computer on his (her) lap; and turning to someone off camera (think DH) and saying, "While you're up, could you get me a Dewars?" I skip the Dewars, but love the image, and I love living it while keeping up my new Fodors' addiction.

Here in Seattle regaling in the fact that I am FINALLY in the double didgit(99, not that I am counting,LOL), number of days left until my first of, hopefuly many, trips to Italy!!!

Now I must go to bed, seeing how they have once again have put me on the dreaded "graveyard" shift!!

Tom

Hi there... well I am sitting at my desk in Adelaide, South Australia. Adelaide is a small very pretty city, about 1 million people. Great place to visit, many tourists tell us when they shop here.
I am surrounded by paperwork for the end of our financial year.. this is the best time for me as I just love bookwork and balancing everything out. I work in an Opal and South Sea Pearl Jewellery store so many beautiful things are in my sight each day, needless to say I am tempted every so often!
It is early winter here, cool for us about 16 degrees C today, fine and little wind. We very very rarely get any snow.. only just a sprinkling in the hills maybe once a year which quickly melts.
I love to sit and read through other posters while I have my morning coffee and start to plan another overseas trip in my mind... We have been on a few great trips using the wonderful advise from fellow travellers on Fodors.
OK coffee finished, back to work... enjoy your day!

I'm at work (it's my lunch hour) and as such i am sitting in my office, surrounded by some rather over excited fellow Londoners celebrating London getting the olympics (we watched the result on the telly about half an hour ago).

I'm rather more pleased that the wonderful Tottenham Hotspur have just got a brand new stadium for nothing (stick that in your pipe and smoke it Arsenal!)

Another bonus is it will miff the French - and that's NEVER a bad thing.

From my office window I can see the south side of Southwark Cathedral about 50 yards away (Southwark's not one of London's greatest cathedrals - or even it's greatest churches - but it's nice enough to look at.)

Oh well....back to work....

I am in my home which is in Ohope and about 50 meters from the most beautiful beaches in New Zealand. Everyday, when I am at home I look out my windows and take in the ever changing views of the ocean. Today it was wild, frothing, with huge waves, there was a sea spray billowing from the waves and rolling onto the land and up into our beautiful pohutukawa trees which cover the hills behind. I walked on the beach and came in with salt on my face and through my hair, Wonderful!! I too work from home and although I love to travel I never tire of comming back to this most beautiful place.

Sitting at my Pier 1 desk (not nearly as cool as a 19th century drafting table)in my sunroom in Charleston, SC and it is around 7:45 p.m. on Sunday. I'm looking out onto my backyard with a nectarine tree, pear tree and a few pines and entertained by the squirrels running along the fence. In the background, I'm monitoring the progress of hurricane Dennis as he makes is way inland. Here's hoping all in his path are safe.

Just back from Alaska yesterday, sitting at the computer terminal in our library, surrounded by the books and photos collected over the 25 years of marriage to DH. A globe at my left hand, lesson plans spread out all over the room, planning next year's 8th grade for my homeschooled youngest child who is away in N.C. at summer camp. Ignoring the five still-packed suitcases in our bedroom, hoping they will somehow empty themselves in the few weeks before we're off to Seattle again. (Faina, it was freezing there, too, just yesterday---at least to us.) DH is on the computer in his study, trying to avoid getting out in this messy Dennis-y weather to go see War of the Worlds in our tiny little town's historic movie theater.

Sitting at a cluttered, cherry coloured, corner desk in our small "den". It's about 7am and I ought to be getting ready for work. I live in Kamloops, BC, Canada. Kinda got lost surfing through the threads looking for replies to what I posted yesterday. ;-)

I'm in Santa Monica, overlooking the sunset on the Pacific, with my cat determined to edit this post, thinking that I have a great life, but nevertheless missing my beloved Paris where I'm from, thinking of my friends enjoying the French Summer recess and festivals, wishing I could email myself back and forth...

I like this idea alot. There is something melancholy about the replies. I think we may all share the desire to be someplace other than where we are.
I am sitting in a closet/computer room in N. California. It will be 103 tomorrow so we will escape to our house at Lake Tahoe. I will finish the 12 half finished paintings that I started in France(during the month I just spent there)
I noticed that when this thread started a couple of years ago lots of people mentioned gardens that needed weeding. After 2 years mine still isn't weeded!

Right now I'm in my basement office (in a former life it was the office of Civil Defense) of our local municipal building, located in a small city between Syracuse and Utica, NY. It's 95 degrees out, no breeze, humidity at 90%. Behind me is the elevator sump pit, to the side is the a/c units. I listen to the lovely sounds of the sump pump, a/c hum, elevator hydrolic pump and toilets flushing down the hall. Ahhh, this is living! I, too, have pictures of my travels- on a mule in Bryce Canyon, UT,; waterfalls on the Salmon River, NY and Yellowstone River; Zion NP canyon; Sedona, AZ. There's an empty spot for the next trip to Budapest.

Interesting timing - an on-line study came out late last week that states the average worker "wastes" 2 hours per day on the job - much of it surfing the web. Well, since I'm in northern CA and it's lunch time, I hope my company's computer police will cut me some slack...
I also work from my home (Sonoma County, CA), I have a view of redwoods and vineyards from my window. I'm at my desk, and have pictures of my recent trips (Isola Pescatore, IT; Munich, Piedmonte vineyards, IT) as well as my family on my desk. Life is good... planning my next trip in four weeks.
It's heating up (over 100 expected today), my tomatos will be happy, now time for a sandwich and back to the stuff that pays for the trips...

Wonderful idea. I am sitting in my living room in my apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan surrounded by photos of the places my husband and I have visited and of the people we love. I am playing on my computer while my 1 year old daughter naps in her room. I am daydreaming about the trip my husband and I are planning for this winter - we have yet to decide if our little girl will be coming with us or staying with her grandparents and getting spoiled while we get some time to ourselves. That decision will determine what we actually do.

I'm sitting in my home office looking past my front garden and out onto my street. Behind me a stack of papers have grown across my desk like fungi.
Once I finish this cup of tea, I'll file the papers and tidy up my office. It won't be difficult once the papers are filed (at least that what I'm telling myself now.) I'll make a couple of quick calls, call it a day and go water the garden.
It's a lovely day here in San Diego, as always.

Sitting in my study in Surbiton (South London) feeling sad that one of the victims of the bombings was from my neighbourhood.

Its hot 33C.

in HOT and HUMID new york city.. eating a slice of pizza.. :)

Just came back home after wandering around my city with a friend trying to do a bit of shopping. We finally gave up as found nothing we wanted. And the stores were so hot and stuffy.

But we are excited, the temp. today was only 104 degrees, LOL. Someday, somehow, this heat spell will break. But at least we don't have real high humidity.

Just back from eight weeks in Europe, and in my study in Ocean Grove, in the state of Victoria, Australia. Ocean Grove is situated at the Melbourne end of the Great Ocean Road. It's winter, but today was a mild, sunny day, just right for a walk up the beach which at Ocean Grove is about 8k in length. The surf was very regular, and I had a coffee at a cafe with a splendid sea view. I think I'll stay here for a while.

Right now I am sitting in my apartment in Minneapolis Minnesota planning my next trip. At the moment I have a plane ticket and a rough idea where I will be going. I will be arriving in Prague September 13th and departing from Athens on October 18th. Now I will spend the next few months working all I can and nailing down what I will be doing between Prague and Athens.