I am at my desk at work in Austin, Texas (High of 85 today - what??!). I found this site because I am planning a 2 week backpacking trip to Europe in January, my first trip out of the US! I am thrilled to see all the helpful posters here - I know their advice will save me oodles of trouble.

I am also at my desk in Austin Texas.
Marzipan I hope you're not my boss in the next office!

I am at home in lovely Cold Spring, New York across from Westpoint. Usually, I post from work in NYC but we were all told to get off the internet - YIKES!! But at least there is a nice glass of vino involved here.

I am in my living room in rainy Reston, Virginia. It will start getting cold tomorrow. I went to Paris in May 2005 and am planning another trip. I read the guidebooks and surf the travel sites all the time. I read the guidebooks on the subway to and from work.

I am in my closet. Well more specifically I am in my ex-husband's old closet. But since he is persona non grada around here (to say the least) - I have turned it into a mini-office. On the wall is a puzzle of beach scenes from the 1000 Places to See Before You Die series. To my right are all my travel books. Below my feet are the bills I should be paying. To the left of me are the resumes I should be sending out so I might get a job to pay the bills below so that I could travel to the places on the right. But instead I'm wandering on the computer in front of me.

In my office across the street from the state capitol in Madison Wisconsin. It's about 10 degrees out there and there's snow on the ground; the trees are bare. Less than 2 weeks ago I was at a wedding in Seville drinking wine in the sunshine; the trees were laden with oranges. But in Spain there's no ice fishing...

My perennial garden at home is under 2 inches of snow cover--I dug up my calla lily bulbs right after we returned from spain... just in time!

Right now checking out all the trolls on this thread.

lol, tondalaya!
I liked your answer on the Where do you live thread

In the bathroom Los Banos, California
actually at work in Los Banos.

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA....it almost hit 80 degrees today on November 17. Gonna be another great California winter!

I'm in front of my lovely apple in chilly Brussels

I'm in cold and wet Hartford, Connecticut USA, dreading going in to work in the morning...........

I'm at the local Honda Service while my '86 hatchback (42 mpg, I'll keep it till it won't go anymore) gets its quarterly check-up. Usually, I bring a stack of teacher stuff to work through, but ah-ha, now I have a laptop with T-mobile wireless, so au revoir, productivity. This is super. So what if I return to school Monday farther behind than I left. J.

In the lovely and warm "deep South" USA. Just about ready to leave work and start the corn bread dressing for the "Bird". Happy Thanksgiving to all in the USA!

In the bitterly cold (-1 C) Derby, England - Breadsall Priory Hotel & Country Club.

Happy (American) Thanksgiving! I'm in Wichita with family. Delicious dinner and now time for left overs. Weather has been clear and cold.

P.S. Somebody has said this ought to be a Day of Atonement considering what we did to the American Indians who saved the Pilgrims and to other
"tribes" over the years. An empty chair at some tables this Thanksgiving...servicemen in Iraq.

ozarksbill

Just winding up Thanksgiving and about to turn off the computer when I read your message, Ozarksbill. My forbears had nothing to do with the American Indians and I imagine many Americans' forbears had nothing to do with them, either.

Unfortunately, our collective pity party and guilt about the land we took from the Indians has resulted in their tacky casinos that dot the landscape now. Do you think that their current descendants who are profiting mightily from the casinos would honestly rather have back their hunting lands? These were people who had not yet invented the wheel in many cases, and they lost in a classic Darwinian struggle.

I am NOT condoning Americans' treatment of the Indians at that time. However, I REFUSE to be held guilty for it.

We're in an overnight delay on our way to Hong Kong and just polishing off a room service dinner at the Crowne Plaza, Rosemont. I sure hope we get on our way in the a.m.!!!!

in an internet point in san sebastian, spain, with chilly and drizzly weather ... two weeks until ending this study abroad experience and getting three more weeks to travel through france, switzerland, and italy!

Well, kswl, Happy thanksgiving to you from your perch on high! May we who are the privileged have some gratitude and humility along the journey of life.

ozarksbill