Last Overseas Vacation

@DianneN (247186)
United States
December 2, 2020 4:57pm CST
We used to travel internationally twice a year and within the USA at least three times a year. Our last international trip had to be over five years ago. We went to Turkey. We lucked out getting in and out without being bombed. It is a beautiful country. We toured from Istanbul throughout the western half of the country along the Aegean Sea to the south and back through the center to Ankara and up to fabulous Istanbul. We enjoyed staying in an actual cave hotel, visiting a school, eating the delicious foods, shopping, hot air ballooning, and seeing the major sites including Troy. It was fun being in Europe and Asia the same day. When this darn pandemic is over, we are heading out to somewhere else we haven’t visited. Any ideas where we should visit? ~Photo of our beautiful hotel in Antalya overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.~
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snowy
@snowy22315 (180934)
• United States
2 Dec 20
Why not Switzerland? You can bop in and see Lady Duck. Or I am sure Judy Evans in Australia would be glad to see you.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
I've been to Switzerland, but we loved it so much, we intend to return. Of course I plan on visiting Anna!!!! I'd love to meet Judy, too.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471498)
• Switzerland
3 Dec 20
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
@LadyDuck Prepare yourself!
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13045)
• Ireland
2 Dec 20
@DianneN If I start travelling again I really want to get back to Sicily, but I'll probably end up back in Paris as I nearly always do. Old habits die hard.
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13045)
• Ireland
3 Dec 20
@DianneN I lived there for a year - first son was born there. Of course it’s a different place now.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
@xFiacre I agree. My older son did his year abroad there. He studied at the Science Po and Sorbonne.
DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
Well, I may be traveling to Paris a lot more than I have. My son and his girlfriend, who is from Paris, are thinking of moving there. I love Paris!!!!
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Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (69971)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2 Dec 20
Is there somewhere you haven't been before that you've been thinking about? Either in the U.S. or overseas?
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Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (69971)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Dec 20
@DianneN His loss, then. Honestly, I'm happy staying here at home. Traveling just an hour away for a day trip is taxing on me.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
I'd love to go on a safari and go to India, but my husband has no interest. It may have to be Antarctica - seriously!
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
@kaylachan I understand.
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Pat Z Anthony
@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
2 Dec 20
You have many options. For us, staying in the USA will do for a few years.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
Yes, but not as many as you think.
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Marsha
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
2 Dec 20
Weed need a list of where you've been to give ideas of where to try next.
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Marsha
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
3 Dec 20
@DianneN both of us would be here all night, lol. I've only been to Maui, guatemala and Canada so I'm not one to ask. Have you been to Venice before?
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
@MarshaMusselman Yes, Venice was one of my favorite places in Italy. We toured most of the country our first time there, then returned twice to stay in Florence and again in Montecatini, Pisa, Sienna, Lucca, and of course Rome. We vacationed in Oahu, Canada a couple of times, and Maui. Yes, we've been to Guatemala, too. I'm getting the travel bug just talking to you.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
I'd be here all night! I need someplace exotic and not run of the mill.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
2 Dec 20
I prefer staying in the US. There are many places here I would like to visit one day.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
2 Dec 20
I have traveled to most states. The USA is beautiful and fabulous, but we can go any time. I'm talking more of the world.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
@CarolDM You would love Ireland! You really should visit.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
2 Dec 20
@DianneN I know, but I am happy staying here in the states. I have a friend that loves Ireland. She has tried to get me to go with her. Maybe one day.
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much2say
@much2say (55683)
• Los Angeles, California
3 Dec 20
Such fond memories of Turkey! We haven't done a lot of far away traveling . . . but after this is over we'd certainly would like to see more of the world. I know you've been to many places, perhaps we should be asking you where "haven't" you been?
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much2say
@much2say (55683)
• Los Angeles, California
3 Dec 20
@DianneN That would be too cool . . . but better go quick before it all melts ! It'd be amazing to go there - especially in a new coat ! Ah, so you waited . . . well, I think we will probably end up doing the same .
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (68147)
• United States
3 Dec 20
Yeah, Louisville. I'll show you the high-water mark from the 1937 flood. I'm assuming you've been to Hawaii??
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
Dying to see it. Yes, twice. Good choices, but that high-water mark is calling to me.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (68147)
• United States
3 Dec 20
@DianneN -- great! AND Lori and I will treat you to a White Castle! (The food that keeps on giving.....)
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
@FourWalls I'll pass on that. Any lobsters in that flood?
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (139725)
• Roseburg, Oregon
3 Dec 20
The picture you took is beautiful. How many years have the two of you been retired? You have done a lot of traveling.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (139725)
• Roseburg, Oregon
3 Dec 20
@DianneN I am sure you miss traveling.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
@jstory07 I miss so many things.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
Thanks, Judy. We started traveling during my school vacations during December, February, and April. I also had the entire summers off. I would love to do more traveling if there wasn't terrorism and a pandemic.
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rakski
@rakski (123551)
• Philippines
2 Dec 20
I am sue you miss traveling after being at home for many months
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rakski
@rakski (123551)
• Philippines
3 Dec 20
@DianneN hopefully soon!!!
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
@rakski I'd love to visit the Philippines, too!
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
You are right. I've been home many years, not counting Florida. I'm ready to travel to the moon.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (79962)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Dec 20
How about Riga, Latvia my home for 20 years now I wish I could go back to see it all once more but probably will never get the chance
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
I would love to visit Riga and Croatia. Good idea!
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (61179)
• Centralia, Washington
2 Dec 20
Lovely. My husband had plans of some day making it to Scotland. We made it to the Southern U S a couple of times but now?? I hope we can board a train to Oregon without fear of spending time in the ER.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (61179)
• Centralia, Washington
3 Dec 20
@DianneN Thank you. Money and age!
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
Scotland was wonderful. It's never too late.
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (119666)
• United States
2 Dec 20
I'd like to see Morocco and the Greek islands
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
2 Dec 20
Morocco had to be canceled once due to terrorism. I'd love to get there. We have been to Greece and the islands. That would be my first choice.
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (58675)
• Portugal
2 Dec 20
Portugal!!
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
But of course!!!!. We were invited to a wedding there about 7 years ago, but we didn't know the couple well enough to go.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
@nela13 No, only Spain.
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (58675)
• Portugal
3 Dec 20
@DianneN Have you ever been to Portugal?
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
3 Dec 20
I think you've been just about everywhere. Have you been to the great wall in China? I'll bet you have.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
3 Dec 20
Hmmmm, done run outta ideas @DianneN
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
Yes, I have. Thanks. I need more ideas.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471498)
• Switzerland
3 Dec 20
I am looking at the map of the world and I am wondering where I would like to go. I have never visited Africa, but I am not sure I want to visit.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471498)
• Switzerland
3 Dec 20
@DianneN I loved Morocco, Egypt too, we also visited Tunisia, but only and always north Africa.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
@LadyDuck Yes, they are in the north. I want to do a nice safari, but my husband doesn’t.
DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
I’ve only been to Egypt, but would love to visit Morocco and Capetown. After visiting you first, of course!
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Kristen Howe
@KristenH (33385)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
2 Dec 20
That sounds ideal. Maybe you can Italy or Sicily and tour the islands.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
Sicily is a place we haven't been to. Great idea!!!!
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Dec 20
Have you been to China or Australia? What about New Zealand?
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
@just4him My older son and his wife spent their honeymoon there and in Fiji for 20 days. They loved NZ so much that they want to return one day. My son was a big Lord of the Rings fan, too, but that's not why he went to NZ.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
Yes, we’ve been to China a couple of times. New Zealand sounds great to me.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Dec 20
@DianneN I would love to see New Zealand where they filmed Lord of the Rings.
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Thelma
@thelme55 (77105)
• Germany
3 Dec 20
I am sure it was an awesome vacation visiting Europe and Asia in a day. I still don´t know where to for our next vacation. Probably only here in Europe.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
We want to visit Germany again, so I will let you know when we arrive. You can bake me anything you want.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
3 Dec 20
@thelme55 Berlin off the top of my head
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Thelma
@thelme55 (77105)
• Germany
3 Dec 20
@DianneN That is good to hear. Which part of Germany are you going to?
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Nocturnal Writer
@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
5 Dec 20
The photo of a place is so beautiful.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
5 Dec 20
Thanks! I loved the landscaping of the grounds. It was very magical to me.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
11 Dec 20
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Nocturnal Writer
@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
10 Dec 20
@DianneN You're mesmerized by it. Yes it seems magical.
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