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Real Name: Linda Luque
Lives In: San Diego, US
Birth Date: April 30, 1948
Member Since: Sep 26, 2000
Last Login: May 17, 2008   15:48 UTC
Member's Time: May 21, 2008   15:57 PDT
VT Rank: 95
Deals Rank: Unranked
Travel Interests: Budget Travel, Culinary Trip, Historical Trip, Disabilities, Photo Safari



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WELCOME!

by lmkluque - last update: Nov 3, 2007

Come In And Join Me On My Travels!

Lunch On The Patio
Welcome to my VirtualTourist.com home page,

Whether you are planning a real trip or just want a virtual tour, I have tried to include some facts along with my own impressions in a way that is helpful and hopefully interesting to you.

I have been blessed with opportunities to travel to countries that have fascinating, historical and cultural elements, foreign to me and at the same time familiar, because they are the roots that helped form my own country.

Relax, pour yourself a glass of wine or have a little meal and come see where I've been. I hope I have been helpful.

Enjoy your travels,
Linda
PIANO TUNER; FOURTH FLOOR FLAT IN PARIS

World Travels

As a young woman my dream was to live in a country for one to three years. Long enough to learn the language and the culture.

Instead, I had children. Time and money that I could have spent on my dream were spent on schools, work and raising my two sons.

I found an interesting substitute. I became the Group Representative for E.F. Foundation, a foreign exchange organization. One of it's many programs, EF Homestay, offered students a two week to one month package, where they stayed with an American family, that I interviewed and chose, had daily classes in English and American culture, that I helped teach along with another teacher, afternoon activities, that I organized and in some cases overnight trips to L.A. or San Francisco, which I planned and accompanied the students on.

It was an eye-opening experience for me and I made many friends with Tour Leaders (accompanying the students from their country) and the students themselves. When I had the time and money to travel, I had friends in each country to visit. Each of my friends enriched the quality of my travels beyond anything I could write about, but here I'll try.

A simple example was the day I had to learn to say, Quatrieme etage in French, over the intercom, to let in the piano tuner while friends went out on an errand. We laughed at my terrible accent, we laughed at my panic. We laughed again later at the quizzical look on the face of the piano tuner, when my friends returned and asked if he had trouble understanding me. These simple moments were priceless.

Photo:The piano tuner in the fourth floor flat in Paris.

Sharing My Home!

It has been fun reliving my travels and sharing information, impressions and photos with you. Now I'd like to offer you a glimpse of my home country. In some places I have simply been a tourist and other places I have lived and want to give as much information as I can to help your visit become the best that it can be.

One thing I love most about living in San Diego is that there are so many places for me to spend a few hours as if I were on a fantastic vacation.

Here I am in Chula Vista, California at the J Street Marina, sitting on a blanket with a nice picnic lunch, watching my oldest granddaugher flying my kite in the warm, balmy breeze of a San Diego winter's day.

Not bragging, just appreciating.
Flying Kites At The Marina
Just Follow What Is Intresting To You.

Under Construction!

Cross-Referencing Links

Lately I've been working on the full scope of presenting San Diego City and County through links to other pages I have built that will expand the dimension of a traveler's options as well as give someone who plans to move here an idea of what to expect.

There hasn't been a method to my approach, more of a whimsical effort as the mood strikes. There are two main reasons I decided to do this. One, I am unable to do any traveling of my own just now, but still want to contribute to VT. Two, Many people have applied to me for more information about San Diego's offerings as well as specifics about San Diego as a place to live. My idea was that with links to the other pages I've built about San Diego City neighborhoods and cities around San Diego County, anyone who wanted a bit more info could follow the path that most interested them.

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Comments for lmkluque
SteveOSF Wed May 14, 2008 00:58 UTC
 Thanks for stopping by my Walnut Creek home page. - Steve
Sharon Sat May 3, 2008 17:33 UTC
 Happy (Belated) Birthday and best wishes Linda, :-)
filipdebont Thu May 1, 2008 09:07 UTC
 Happy birthday, my dear Linda
globetrott Wed Apr 30, 2008 21:07 UTC
 Hi Linda ! Happy birthday & best regards from sunny Vienna ! I wish you a great day with your family and friends and lots of great travels !
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