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"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
~ VT member CatherineCG ~

"I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights." - Maya Angelou

Ciao, Well this is me. I live in Madison--the capital of Wisconsin in the US. Nice town, big university here, surrounded by 5 lakes.

sunflowers in Middleton, WI

Born in Milwaukee, raised there, and in Brookfield, New Berlin & Waukesha. Moved to Madison for school and sorta stayed there.

Do a little work in the computer field now, at least that's what the card says. I like it ok, but 6 years minimum to retirement and then it's off to the warm Mexico, or Costa Rica or Myrtle Beach or Cinque Terre (grazie Stellina Bianca) or some little island off Scotland......

drummer on State St in Madison

I love traveling, out of the way places or the big cities which I've done a lot lately. Want to maybe see more of the US, --Oregon, coastal CA, Utah, Idaho or Appalachia. And the Grand Canyon & Smokey Mountains & Mt Rushmore & the Black Hills one of these days.

little iron stick figure watching you....

My mother lives in Myrtle Beach, SC--so I get to go there a couple times a year, and it's really, really nice to go there in January when it's 60 degrees and sunny knowing it's maybe 2 degrees and snowing in Madison.

Trying a (another) peice of Door County Cherry Pie

Immediate Wish List: Cinque Terra, Germany, Croatia, Nova Scotia, Moscow, Estonia/Lithuania/Estonia, Panama, South Dakota and spend more time somewhere in Italy. Two of my grandparents were from Sicily (Palermo & Bagheria), so even if I wasn't of Italian descent I'd still love to see more of that country. And some relatives in Germany.

You can spot 'The Wienermobile' around town often.

Favorite places...so far: Paris, Venice, Machu Picchu, and seeing NYC at night from the airplane for the first time. Northern Wisconsin, when I want to get away from computers and city life and just feel the solitude, size and beauty of nature. Cycling down a skinny dirt trail in the Chequamegon & Nicolet forest in Northern Wisconsin with no other humans in sight is a nice way to get away. It shows you we're only visitors on this world for a short time.

Frank Lloyd Wrights Convention Center on lakefront

Frank Lloyd Wright lived here, has his house (Taliesin) 30 miles from here and this is a building he designed for Madison about 70 years ago. We finally got around to building it in 1996.

Late May visit to Yellowstone...brrrrr

Airlines:
Kayak the best airfare search engine
American Airlines
Northwest Airlines
United Airlines
Southwest Airlines
Jet Blue

Last Minute Travel
Farecast, when should I buy that ticket? (But haven't figured out how it works yet)
FareWatchDog - Includes SW Air and others

CheapTickets.com - Very good for mixing and matching different airlines on long flights

Europe flights:
Sky Scanner
Cheap Tix to EU
Fly Cheap Abroad
Finds which cheap airline flies between 2 cities

Where to sit?
Seat Guru
Seat Expert

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Hotels
Priceline
Better Bidding For help on how and what to bid, they give you advice, you do it, and you save big bucks. It really works. I got a 4* hotel in New Orleans for $54/night!

Cheap Hotels/Hostels
Motel 6

Sleeping In Airports (funny reading too!)

Park 'n Fly hotels

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Maps
Google Maps

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Magazines & Other sites:
MSN Travel Site for good articles (warning, this seems to be the slowest site on the internets)
Budget Travel Magazine & Website

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Safety:
US Consular Info Sheets

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Sports:
Green Bay Packers home page

Intro Updated Jul 27, 2011
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Homanded Mar 14, 2012 at 4:50 PM Report Abuse

hahaha...nothing at all! and, you're a bit early for my birthday by about 3 weeks.
the celebrations start then!
PrincessMonja Dec 18, 2011 at 9:04 AM Report Abuse

Well thank you for the birthday message and a Happy belate birthday to you too!
Dabs Dec 12, 2011 at 6:56 AM Report Abuse

Hope you had a happy birthday, as usual I was off enjoying it for you in Mexico :-)
TheView Dec 10, 2011 at 11:14 PM Report Abuse

Hey Tom hope you had a great birthday Cheers from here Allan
Travmad Dec 10, 2011 at 11:50 AM Report Abuse

Hey Tom:
Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas!
MalenaN Dec 10, 2011 at 4:29 AM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday Tom! Have a wonderful day! That ppp is from Cotopaxi, 5897 metres high. It was a fantastic climb during a beautiful starlit night!
pieter_jan_v Dec 10, 2011 at 1:06 AM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday greetings from the Netherlands. PJ
JennysTravels Dec 9, 2011 at 11:45 PM Report Abuse

Ciao and Happy Birthday! I love your sunflower photo!
foona Dec 9, 2011 at 11:43 PM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday!
desert_princess Oct 21, 2011 at 12:16 PM Report Abuse

I am glad you find my Sofia page useful. I have put alot of time (about one summer) in it .