"Memories - keeping them alive" Umea6's Profile

Ever since I started traveling I promised myself to write a diary and put all my impressions on paper to read about them in years to come, but I have never done that. I have always regreted not keeping my promise ...

When I discovered VT I saw it as a place where all my travels could stay alive forever. The tought that my pages might be interesting to other people convinced me to start building them. It will take some time to finish them, but I am working as fast as I can ... :) I hope you will enjoy them as much as I enjoyed travelling.

Travel plans 2008

Eney and Kaya decorating X'mas tree

This year the kids are grown enough to take a longer trip. We will give it a try. Many people told me I can forget about traveling when I had my first baby. Yeah, right! I will prove they are wrong. Already planned:
USA - May
AUSTRIA - somewhere
ITALY - as always
and of course Slovenia.

Me & My nickname ....

Flags on Ljubljana City Hall

I was thinking of how to introduce myself and I realized that this pages are a mirror of who I am - explorer of everything world has to offer.

My home country SLOVENIA is situated right in the central Europe, which is ideally to travel around. If I would have to choose another european country to live in - it would be somewhere in Scandinavia. I went there a couple of years ago with a good friend by car. There is so much to see. I loved one place in Sweden so much, I decided to use it as my nickname.

ASIA

I fell in love with Asia the first time I stepped off the plane. I loved the smiling faces around me and their hospitality.
It was later that I discovered the beautiful scenary of endless rice fields, flowers, temples and so much that all countries are offering.
My first choice would be Vietnam, maybe because it was the first county in Asia I visited.
Since then I keep returning back every time I get a chance - Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore .....

MY HOBBIES

My way of traveling --- (I wish :) )

My favourite hobby is travelling because this is the only real school in life. It is not merly a hobby it is a passion! Learning about other cultures, history and way of living and meeting new friends around the world enrichens my own life.

I started traveling when I was really young, first with my family later on, on my own and with my friends.
Travelling is my most passionate hobby. It gives me energy to go on in my life. That is the one thing I couldn't live without ....
There are some places that really inspired me in a way. Go through my pages and find out why.

I am addicted to reading magazines. One of my favourite are Donna Hay, Australia; Wunderlust, UK; Martha Stewart, USA.

I used to hate cooking because I thought it is a waste of time. Now that I am living on my own I find out that cooking can be a lot of fun. I like to experiment with food, try new recipes from around the world.

During my maternity leave I started some other hobbies: napkin decoupage, scrapbooking and only recently I started rubber stamping.

Advertising and brands - my professional addiction....

LIFE IS GOOD!

We (my husband and I) have met some wonderful people throughout the journey and had our first two VT meetings - In Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. We enjoyed both of them. Please read my pages about it!

My favourite book....

I love reading on the plane. I always buy a pocket book at the airport and try to read the whole book at once. This is easy if you are on a plane for 10 or more hours.
I would recommend reading "Memoirs of a Geisha" to anyone who wants to get to know the misterious life of geishas.
I have to add 2 more books that are worth reading Dan Brown'e Da Vinci Code and Angels and Deamons. But who hasn't read them already?

Intro Updated Apr 6, 2008
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DaHongHua Sep 28, 2012 at 9:06 PM

A warm happy birthday greeting from Malaysia. Wish you healthy and wealthy to keep travelling interest. Cheers.
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RickinDutch Sep 28, 2012 at 2:33 PM

Happy Birthday!
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MalenaN Sep 28, 2012 at 6:36 AM

Happy Birthday Barbara! Have a great day! (I lived in Umeå many years ago).
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JLBG Oct 6, 2011 at 10:24 AM

I wish you a very happy birthday Barbara ! I am late because ... I was in Slovenia last week, with a gorgeous weather.
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cool_mum Sep 27, 2011 at 11:07 PM

Happy Birthday ! Have a blast one !
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a2lopes Sep 28, 2009 at 5:48 AM

Happy birthday Barbara and many happy returns of the day. Greetings from Lisbon
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Donna_in_India Sep 27, 2009 at 9:58 PM

Hi Barbara - wishing you a wonderful birthday!
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davesut Jan 29, 2009 at 2:43 PM

You left a message for me 8th May 2005, saying that I must visit Ljubljana.(I guess life has changed a bit for us all since then) Well I've just booked flights for August 2009, phew, I think it will be worth the wait.
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Daja123 Sep 28, 2008 at 8:46 AM

Najlepse zelje za tvoj rojstni dan Barbara! Zelim ti lepo praznovanje, pa tudi kaksno potovanje :-))
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jenniferchin Sep 27, 2008 at 6:50 PM

Selamat Hari Jadi, Barbara :-))