Wow, an eight year old thread. What fun it was reading through responses from people we haven't heard from in a long time.

I am sitting in my sunroom in beautiful Lexington, South Carolina - on the oustskirts of Columbia. It is now dark but earlier I was enjoying the soft pink blossoms on the cherry tree, which is in full bloom, the bright yellow roses trailing over the fence and the bright white blossoms on the bridal wreath spirea. Everything is in full spring bloom here but the yellow pollen is adding a warm carpet to cars, sidewalks and everything else in sight. I am dreaming of the upcoming trip to Rome while wishing I were in Paris.

Sitting in my living room in Albuquerque, New Mexico... gearing up for another trip to London in just 12 days. London is my favorite city in the world, despite the exchange rate. :)

Wow, how does one turn up and revive an old thread like this....it seems there were postings in 2006 and then not till this February. It was also interesting to see so many unfamiliar names until 2005....crefloors, LoveItaly, etc. Where did all the others go? I love the universality of this thread and seeing how everyone posts from all different corners of the world...so exciting. I am in Encinitas California at my SO's kitchen island as he explores his new Wii game system a few feet away. It is night time and if we have energy we may pop in the Sweeney todd dvd with Johnny Depp.

I am the one who found this thread in February. I had read about what a wonderful man Wes Fowler was. I found this thread while I was searching on his name. I spent hours reading some of his wonderful words of wisdom and great travel tips. I wish that I had known him.

sitting in an airport waiting for a flight to Delhi..heard about it at 1pm today so finished the office at 5 and am now waiting for the boarding call. The lounge is OK and it certainly beats sitting by the gate.

who was Wes Fowler?

Sitting in my bedroom in Ames, Iowa. Yep, Iowa is a state in the USA :o) About three feet away from me sleeps my little baby boy, and outside my window is snow. Snow. Seriously. It is April 3rd in Iowa. I'm dreaming about being in Hawaii or in Paris.....

In my hotel room in Koningswinter, just outside Bonn, getting ready for breakfast and the last day of the Spring ITRS meetings (Google if you dare ...).

In my villa in Naples (napoli, Italia) missing the United States (only a little). I am down to my last 8 diet cokes. The stores here are out and I'll have to convert to COKE LIGHT if they don't get it soon. We leave for Paris on Sunday because the kids are on spring break. I just found this forum and have enjoyed it so far.

In our study in Wollongong Australia. About an hour south of Sydney on the beautiful south coast.
At the moment it is beautiful autum days, fresh in the morning warming up to a sunny day. My husband still enjoys an ocean swim with our golden retriever (that dog is adicted to the ocean).
Great thread there must be soo many people who read Fodors. Too many to imagine!
I too lose time surfing Fodors posts, am planning a trip to France love all the posts, can't wait. I think the planning and reading is nearly as good as the trip itself.
We are blessed living in Australia

ncounty: If you search for the name Wes Fowler, you will find his extraordinary postings.

I am in my house,sitting at the kitchen table.Thinking about the US a lot.Me and my family moved back to Hungary 2 years ago.I had homesick.I thought after spending 10 years in northern New Jersey I had enough.
I wanted to be in my hometown.I thought we'll enjoy it here.Well,we do not.We've got to use to the life over there.I hate the communist over here.
Hungary is a beutiful place,come to visit it!
Orsi

I'll bet you never heard of this place. I'm at home in my office in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. It's half way between Milwaukee and Madison, and about 2 hrs. north of Chicago, which makes it easy to get flights out to all over the world. It's a land of many lakes, very picturesque.

Here I am, in our old farmhouse in Ferrisburgh,Vermont waiting for Spring to arrive. It was snowing here again today. Ireland's weather during our two weeks there was very nice (April & October)especially compared to Vermont's "mud season" we experience at this time of the year. After two trips to Ireland in the last two years, we are looking forward to making it to Italy, probably in 2009. We rented self-catering cottages both times in Ireland. Both were really fantastic - Kenmare & Doolin. Has anyone had a great experience with "home exchange" in either Ireland or Italy (Tuscany)?

Great thread! I'm sitting in my recliner in front of my computer and TV with two dogs on my lap! We live in Palm Beach and I am hopping around Fodor's dreaming about my upcoming trip to Italy in May. I love this site!

My home on a beautiful scenic river in Central N.J.

Sitting at my desk in the newest country on the planet...Kosovo. It's a little bit gray and overcast, but things are looking up for this little nation.

I am at the University of Sussex in Brighton, UK, right now, and it the snow is pouring down! It looks beautiful!

Lola,
Body: Camp Taji, Iraq.
Mind and Soul (at least for a few minutes, this is Sunday after all): Somewhere in Tuscany or England, two of my post-deployment destinations.
Cheers!

Sitting on the sofa, in my family room, in Troy, Michigan, planning a trip to Italy, Greece, and Turkey, to celebrate our 45th wedding anniversary. Our children and grandchildren will be joining us, so the planning is really fun!

In my office in Hawaii doing some last minute paper work before we leave for France. Our home for the next six weeks!

64driver,

Thank you.

Sitting in my "study/computer room", in Anacortes, Washington, peeking over the top of my screen, looking out the window at the Guemes Channel, and the San Juan Islands.

Just got back from visiting Son, south of Veracruz, Mexico, where he is building a boat near the beach. I should be unpacking, and looking at my credit card records to see how much I spent.

Why am I "wasting" time surfing Fodor's?

:-)

I am on the couch in my front room under a blanket in Duluth Minnesota. I just got back from Sanibel island Florida from a week of 85 degrees to Duluths 45 degrees.
Now I am planning our trip to Germany for this fall.

Hi lola. Cool post idea. Actually, I'm also in a house about 35 minutes north of NYC staring at some sliding glass doors.

It's a small world, huh?

6:51 pm japan. on the top floor of an apartment working in a study table by the sliding glassdoors to a tiny balcony overlooking residential buildings in chiba prefecture. i just moved in the apt. about three weeks ago and i should be working on some boxes lying around. im reading related posts to plan for a three-week tour of france, italy, switzerland next month (!)

this is my very first post here.

blessings!

Well, welcome aboard, Heiwa2007!

Now, what I am going to do this instant is go to Google to see where Chiba prefecture is.

:-)

domo arigato, nukesafe. chiba is where narita airport is. but im only about 30 mins from tokyo. btw, i was in washington june last year and i was smitten with its beauty.

how do you start a new thread here? i wanted to ask what the temperature in the swiss alps is around third week of june. i get cold easily and i hope i dont have to bring heavy warm clothes.

hey, this is interesting.

I'm in my bare living room, with a desk chair and a folding table. I'm moving out in a few days and wanted to have everything done well ahead of time. I leave for the UK and Ireland on the 11th and didn't want to be packing an apartment and suitcase at the same time.

I'm in Waterloo Iowa right now, and shortly moving to Shueyville Iowa. This is actually a beautiful area of the country... gently rolling hills, fields of waving corn during the summer. From the air you can truly fall in love with the fields, with their little clusters of farm houses gathered close together.

American Airlines Flagship Lounge, Heathrow airport. Ready to board my 11th flight in 12 days, only one more after this and I'm home. Home is good.

I'm sitting in my big bed in Los Gatos Californina, in my jammies, sipping my latte, looking out the windows, and researching our up-coming trip to Italy on my laptop. (We leave on Sunday). The views out my windows are of trees, mountains, and blue sky. It is a gorgeous day, and I can hear the birds singing. I love my "office"----it's very comfy!!! Love, love, love that I can do all my research without even getting dressed!

Heiwa2007,

It is easy to start a new thread here. Simply chose the forum you would like to post in, i.e., you are interested in the Alps, so you would get into the "Europe" Forum. Then click "Post a new message". Then click on "General Interest". Write a title for your question that includes the country, city, or region that you want answers about. Write your message and post.

If you want to follow all the threads upon which you have posted, just click on your screen name at the upper right of the page, and all of those posts will appear.

Enjoy Japan, and the Alps!

:-)

thanks, i tried it but it doesnt work. i dont see the 'post a new message tab'. you know, i see general interest tab on top but after that it's cut. i only have half the search button. i tried reducing the font size and still no change.

I am enjoying lunchbreak in my office in Düsseldorf and am looking at one of the bridges across the Rhein on this wonderful spring day.

Heiwa,

I guess we are not communicating. What I meant was to post a new message, click the "Post a New Message" link at the upper left hand portion of your screen, just over the "Change Forums box. You should be on the Europe Forum, if you are going to ask about the Alps. That should open a new screen that gives you a place to choose "General Interest" for the topic category, a box to enter the title, and a bigger box in which to type your new message.

Hope this helps.

:-)

I'm at work in LI (about 1hr+ dep on traffic, east of NYC) waiting for tomorrow night! I'll be flying to Paris and taking the train to Brussels! I'll be in Europe until the 28th I can't wait :-)

Amazing! Since I responded to this on 07/12/2005 at 05:22 pm, there is still a stack of papers on my desk behind me. Different papers (Lord, I hope.)

Doing a nightshift at the hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It's nice and quiet here, almost time to go home&get some sleep and The Clash "Should I stay or should I go" is on the radio playing behind me. I love everything in the previous sentence. Life can be perfect.

Sitting with my laptop in the recliner facing my back window which has a wonderful view of the Niagara Escarpment in Ontario which is just lovely this time of year. The kids and grandkids have left after a nice visit for Mothers Day...just enjoying the peace and quiet and thinking about a trip to perhaps Italy...

nukesafe,

i knew the 'post a new message' tab was missing on my screen. then when i tried to type something on the search field, space grew bigger and the missing tab suddenly appeared on the left.

thanks, anyway!

i am sitting in my kitchen on my laptop, looking out the window at the watsatch mountain range, which is where my house/kitchen is located! planning my upcoming trip departing june 5 for Italy, Greece, Turkey, more Italy & finally Paris. wondering how in the heck i ever planned my other europe trips 20 yrs. ago without the internet & this forum! this is a fun thread, thanks for starting it.