Off The Path
I
have always been one who likes to travel off the beaten path.
I
don’t go on Group Tours (unless they are 1 Day ones) and I don’t like
travelling by myself.
I
have used all sorts of different traveling methods: an Old Soviet Train with
Uncomfortable Wooden Benches in Russia; Over-Crowded Ferries; a Plane that was
held together with Duct Tape; High Speed Trains; a 3 Seater Arctic Hydro-Plane;
Limousines; First Class Planes; Private Taxis; Public Taxis; a Private Jet; a
Hired Car with a Private Driver; a Snowmobile; a Gondola in Venice; a Monorail;
a Speed Boat; in a Hot Air Balloon; an Over-Crowded Plane with no Class
Sections and random Animals on it (Not Service Animals); a Paddle Boat; a
Helicopter; a Bike; a Funicular in
Ukraine; a Canoe and a Dog Sled.
I
have stayed in all sorts of different places: in a Hostel that was a Former
Jail in Canada; in the back of a Pick-Up Truck; at a 6 Star Resort; at a
Haunted Motel; at a Soviet Khrushchevka in Ukraine; at All-Inclusive Resorts; at a Hotel that was
constantly bombed during the 30 years of The Troubles; in the Back Seat of my
Car; at a French Castle; at a Closed Rest
Area with no Visitor’s Center during a snowstorm; in an Ice Fishing Hut; in a
Wilderness Emergency Cabin; on the Beach; in a Tent; on the Bare Ground; on a
Bench during the Russian Winter; in a Cave; on a Houseboat; on a Barn; in a
Tree House and at an Irish Castle.
I
have done many fun and exciting things: gone Sky-Diving; gone Bungee Jumping;
gone Para-Gliding; jumped out of a Helicopter into the Mediterranean Sea; gone
Skinny Dipping; went to the Blue Grotto in Malta; swam in the Blue Lagoon in
Iceland; went to German, Croatian, French, Dutch, British and Austrian
Christmas Markets; went Rock Climbing off a Scottish Castle on Loch Lomond;
skied in the Austrian and German Alps; swam with Dolphins in the Bahamas; spent
the night at Frankenstein’s Castle in Darmstadt, Germany; went to Raves; went
to Euro Disney in Paris; went to Disney World in Florida; went to Lego
Land; went to the Cliffs of Mohr in
Ireland; walked on an Alaskan Glacier; went to the Giant’s Causeway in Northern
Ireland; went to the Munich Oktoberfest; went to the Gullfoss in Iceland (where
the European and Atlantic Tectonic Plates meet); went to the Gaeltacht
(Irish-Speaking Area of Ireland); sat on the Throne at the Winter Palace/The
Hermitage in Saint Petersburg; saw the Honours of Scotland (the Scottish Crown
Jewels); saw the Crown Jewels of England; went into the World Trade Center many
times over the years when my Mom worked there; went to the Pentagon several
times when my Dad worked there, went to the Rosh Hanikra Caves in Israel; saw
the Canadian Maple Crown; went inside Lenin’s Mausoleum on Moscow; went to
Stonehenge; went to the Masada Fortress in Israel; went to Sherwood
Forrest; went to Peterhof Castle in
Saint Petersburg; flew a small plane from West Germany to England; fed Shamu at
Sea World in San Antonio; reenacted in a Revolutionary War Battle at Saratoga;
went to the Prime Minister’s Question Time in Canada; went to the Arenal
Volcano in Costa Rica; went up Magnetic Hill in Canada; took a tour of the
White House; had a Colonial-Themed Meal at Colonial Williamsburg; swam in the
Dead Sea; went to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem; visited the Oldest
City in the World – Jericho and rode a Horse in the Rain Forrest in Costa Rica.
I
have been very lucky and have gotten to do so many fun and interesting things
in so many fun and interesting places.
I
don't take any of that lightly.
For
the past 17 years I have lived off-the-beaten path on my Mountain here in New
England where the Arctic Circle gets more Visitors every year then we do
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