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 :D

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

Hello
At this very minute I'm supposed to be working on an assignment for my degree which is due in next Monday. I haven't even started it and will use any excuse not to including reading junk mail sent through the post from beginning to end. I'm in Ireland. Its freezing outside. Waiting for Coronation Street to come on... another excuse not to start. Guess I should really log off and get to it!! Oh God no! I'll just browse through a few more sites and then get to it...

Lola,
Sitting in my office in a very bright and sunny Sydney, Australia. I'll be flying to Paris in 2 days, with a stopover in Bangkok. Ah.. bliss!

Annella-you must be in 7th heaven! The couple of days before I take a trip I am already mentally on my trip-total bliss! As for right now, sitting in front of my PC, planning my next great adventure, Italy, May 06, the planning and anticipation is part of the fun!

Good Morning! I am sitting at my computer desk this morning enjoying my first (and probably not last) cappuccino of the day. I am looking out of my kitchen window at the beautiful Dolomities in Northern Italy. I live about one hour north of Venice in a beautiful little town called Cordenons. The mountains had the first snow of the year over the past week, so they are incredible to see. Is is quite cold this morning, but we are due to be blessed with a clear sunny day!

I live on the Navesink River in Rumson NJ USA.

This afternoon, I am back in Prague after three weeks in Budapest. As I type, sounds of "traditional Christmas" music and my overworked washing machine fill my apartment. I am surrounded by maps of Europe and the Czech Republic where we have recorded our journeys so far....This morning, I am gathering information for our upcoming Christmas trip to Italy! Being far from home for the holidays takes some adjustment, but we are rejoicing in this opportunity to be travellers in a new location and culture!

I am in my daughter's room at the family computer wondering where I should plan to take my teen next and if we can get away. Everybody is out this evening, so I have the time to dream a bit. I am surrounded by early 19th century furniture in an old whaling captain's house on eastern Long Island, NY, listening to the wind blowing hard and the windows rattle. I have a cat which hops on and off my lap and another cat snoring softly somewhere behind me on the four poster bed. I can hear the heat cycling on and off and something is shaking on the wall on the other side of the room during stronger gusts. A plate perhaps. It's peaceful.

I'm in my office at home on Sydney's northern beaches, on a warm & sunny Saturday afternoon. I'm looking through the trees to the ocean and Narrabeen headland. There's a rain guage on a fencepost where I can see it from my desk (country habits) ;) and 3 or 4 kids playing cricket in the street below. Can't see them from here, but can hear them laughing & calling "Owzat?". On my right are two pictures of Cristo's exhibition in Central Park: the arched bridge in snow and a bridge of banners. The orange banners stand out like fires in the winterscape. And a solo clarinetist reflected in a puddle. On my left the "Wall Street" bull to remind me this is supposed to be a place of work & prosperity! These are all happy reminders of my last day wandering through Central Park and buying these photos from a seller outside the Met.

I'm listening to an old Miles Davis CD, "Sketches from Spain" and can smell a delicious mix of freshly mown lawn wafting in from the front garden and stephanotis, ginger and tuberoses from a basket of flowers from the Good Good Food Market.

My neighbour, father of 2 of the cricketers, has just arrived home with a Christmas Tree (fresh, pine) tied to the top of his car.

Upstairs: (more or less) organised chaos. Lounge & Dining room furniture packed up in the middle, painters sheets draped over.

I'm in the front room of the house I and my fiancé call home here in Hillsborough, New Jersey, US. We live approximately 1 hour by car southeast of NYC. Its early evening here and its pouring rain outside. I'm new to this forum and this is my first post. The site has been a wealth of information as I am trying to plan our honeymoon in Europe for this October.

:"> uhhhm . . I meant southwest of NYC . . .can't very well drive a car into the ocean much less live in it :)). ooops :-P

Northwest WorldClub, Detroit. (Going to Orlando to thaw out for a couple of days.) :)

I am up early on a sunny, Sunday morning in Colorado Springs. Snow-coated Pikes Peak is splashed against BLUE skies out my window.

I am here on Fodor's, once again, trying to gleen any last tidbits of must-do's and/or must see's for our trip to Ireland in June. I am putting together our own travel book from all the clippings I have copied/pasted from this forum and others.

So far, it is 10 pages long with 10-pt. font. Yes, I am addicted to travel...a gypsy-soul have I.

Welllll....my body is sitting here at home in northern Virginia, but, in my heart I am sitting on a park bench in the Place des Vosges in Paris, so happy I'm not sitting at home in northern Virginia.......

Don't hate, but sitting in an internet train (public internet facility) located on the bank of the Arno with a view of the Ponte Vecchio in Firenze. Good times...

Ssojack- you still around? Am heading your way this summer- DH wants to go to Lago di Fustine- wrote to Albergo Edelweiss-but we have a couple unplanned days and thinking of stopping in Cividale and Aquilea. We will be taking public transportation so limited by that. Any suggestions?
Actually am starting a file for future visits with car- so will take those recommedations also! Thanks.
By the way- I am another Hudson Valley New York person-am sitting looking out at the Hudson right now and counting the birds in my birdfeeder, wishing for snow.

At work wasting my company dollars on the internet. <bad girl>

Do you take office supplies home and use the company phones to chat long distance?

ttt

Stuck at work for a very long night!!!

At this computer in planning purgatory ;)