These are in completely random order...

-Became a travel deity
-Went to a bunch of meetups and made some great new Bootie friends
-Played in the snow in Central Park
-Played in the snow on Mt. Hood in July
-Went wine tasting in Oregon
-Visited Seattle
-Saw the Pacific Ocean from the the United States
-Discovered you can swim in warm ocean water in the U.S. (Hollywood, FL)
-Finished my Master's Degree
-Passed my exam to teach ESL in Massachusetts
-Went on a lot of business trips
-Camped in the Smokey Mountains
-Watched my little sister get married
-Gained a canine "niece"
-Learned to like beer
-Worked at a job where I get paid vacation and sick time for the first time ever (which I'm quitting in 3 days, but nevermind that!)
-Opened a savings account and named it my "moving fund"


Looking forward to outdoing this list by miles in 2007

Mine aren't as exciting as the rest but here goes:

- Finally moved out into my own apartment. (no more roommate)
-took over a month off from work
-Got to meet my relatives outside of Vienna for the first time
-got to cruise the Balkan countries
- SCUBA dived with complete strangers in Croatia.
-Spent my birthday in an Irish bar run by Australians in Austria
-hung out with a friend from college who lives in Munich
-started relearning German
-got to meet many more booties at the holiday party (Nothing tops this)
-snow shoed to the grocery store.

Should be even more next year.

I watched Mr. Bean on TV in Brussels, dubbed in French... well at least everyone else was dubbed in French. Mr. Bean just does his usual undecipherable mumble.

Oh yeah... I saw choco boobies in Brugge in 2006.

in 2006

I went to Israel, england, france, italy, vatican, monaco, austria, germany, switzerland, liectenstein, netherlands, bahamas, cayman islands, jamaica

May not be exciting to others, but they sure where to me!

- Went to Maui, solo, and tooled around for a few days
- Started a new job
- Got my Italian citizenship
- Bought my own home!

quote:

Got my Italian citizenship

WOW!!
Why if I might ask, my fellow frequent flier?

This year I've mostly pimped my way round Europe, made friends with my parents, paid off all my credit cards, learned to swim, joined a gym and taken-up photography.

quote:

Why if I might ask, my fellow frequent flier?

Well...it's a long story, but basically my brother wanted to play basketball there, and we were eligible for our citizenship, so we got it. (though...it took a lot longer than we expected so I don't think he'll be playing over there ). We both figured what the hell.

I haven't got a huge list, but what the hell!! LoL

- Went to Coventry!
- Travelled to Paris
- Travelled for the first time in almost 4 years
- Met up with various Booties in London for the Xmas Party
- Started planning my RTW
- Got various Temp Jobs to keep me going and saving
- Made friends with my Dad
- Started posting in earnest on BnA

I think that's about it...

Hi

Hmmm..lets see. Well, 2006 has been a good travel year for me.

I have traveled to 3 new countries
I went to South America for the first time
I went on a business trip to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and got to work on the 67th floor of the Petronas Twin Towers
Went on a company trip to Rome for a long weekend and went to an Ice bar.
Went snorkeling with small sharks and barracuda outside Langkawi
Went to a Formula1 race in Kuala Lumpur
I got to see Machu Picchu in Peru

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Originally posted by Gardkarlsen:
Hi

Hmmm..lets see. Well, 2006 has been a good travel year for me.

I went on a business trip to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and got to work on the 67th floor of the Petronas Twin Towers
Went on a company trip to Rome for a long weekend and went to an Ice bar.

Hmm - how do I get that job?

KPG

Oh yeah - add to my list:

- told my father to go f*ck himself.

KPG

- Traveled to two countries I'd never seen before; to wit, Ireland and Poland.
- Went to the Saxon town where my grandfather was born.
- Saw Auschwitz and Birkenau.
- Toured Toronto via helicopter (1st helicopter ride ever).
- Met one Bootie (BostonBill ... in Dublin).
- Was on the kidney donor list for my ailing cousin ... but couldn't do it because we're different blood types.
- Became a great-great uncle in June when my oldest niece's oldest daughter gave birth to a baby girl.
- Won a sizable jackpot from a slot machine (in Berlin, at a rinky-dink internet cafe-casino ... 1700 euro!).

- went to Istanbul and London for the first time
- published 2 short stories, another one to be published in early 2007
- wrote a novel, though it will still need months if not years of editing