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I was born in Bucharest, Romania quite a few years ago (it is not important how many years ago that was...)! I grew up in Romania and moved to Ottawa, Canada, when I was almost 24 years old. I wanted at that point to make Canada my home, but life is full of surprises! Few years later, the company I was working for at the time sent me to Chicago, USA for a 9 months long assignment. When this happened I thought that it was just a 9 months long assignment. Needles to say that I found myself moving all my stuff to Chicago shortly after coming to the Windy City. It's been more than 10 years now and I am still in Chicago, still in love with the city and everything that makes Windy City famous.
I like traveling (who does not?), but it is always hard to find the time to do it as often as I would like to. I have been to few places in North America, Europe and Central America. Now I just need to find the time to start building up the pages that share some of the wonders I discovered in all the places I have visited! My hobbies include natural medicine (you will always find me with a book about natural medicine remedies in my hand when I am relaxing on the patio), gardening, hiking with my dog, skating and camping. I love nature and I love being outdoors, so I do not let any chance I have to spend my time in the middle of the nature, pass me by! My dog enjoys the outdoors as much as I do and he is always waiting for a long walk or a hike.
So this is me, in a nutshell!
I have traveled to quite a few places, but I decided to start my list with the year 1995 (no particular reason for this, it just sounded like a good year to start with!):
January 2012: Freeport, Bahamas
March 2011: Vienna (Austria)
April 2011: Kosice (Slovakia) and Paris (France)
August 2011: Denmark and Sweden
November 2011: Orlando (Florida, USA) and Paris (France)
March 2010: Phoenix and Sedona
June 2010: Kosice (Slovakia) and Vienna (Austria)
November 2010: Puerto Rico
February 2009: Costa Rica (again!): Alajuela, Dominical and Orosi Valley
June 2009: Smoky Mountains (Gatlinburg area) and Asheville (Biltmore Estate)
September 2009: Puerto Vallarta: Mexico
April 2008: San Jose and Arenal: Costa Rica
July 2008: Las Vegas: USA
November - December 2008: Italy - Rome for 10 days
December 2008: Romania
August 2007: Lauderdale by the Sea and Key West: USA
December 2006: Bucharest and Brasov: Romania
June 2005 & August 2005: Las Vegas and Grand Canyon: USA
May 2004: Lauderdale by the Sea: USA
September 2004: Bucharest and Cheia: Romania
July 2003: St Thomas: US Virgin Islands
May 2002: Ft Lauderdale: USA
May 2001: Ft Lauderdale, Orlando and Clearwater: Florida
August 2001: Bucharest and Mamaia Beach: Romania
August 2000: Ft Lauderdale, Miami Beach and Orlando: Florida
October 2000: Bucharest, Sinaia, Predeal and Brasov: Romania
September 1999: Las Vegas and Grand Canyon: USA
December 1999: Riviera Maya: Mexico
March 1998: Ottawa and Montreal: Canada
May 1998: Ft Lauderdale and West Palm Beach: USA
August 1998: New York City: USA
September 1998: Ottawa: Canada
July 1997: Tampa/Clearwater, Miami Beach, Orlando: USA
November 1997: Key West: USA
December 1997: Ottawa: Canada
June 1996: Montreal: Canada
Jan 1995: Montreal: Canada
March 1995: Toronto: Canada
July 1995: Toronto and Niagara Falls: Canada
September 1995: Varadero and Havana: Cuba
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Comments (26)
hi monica nice to meet u here at VT.
A BIRTHDAY is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip.
Happy Birthday greetings from the Netherlands. PJ
Happy Birthday Monica! Have a great day!
Hope I'll be meeting you at the Chicago VT meet.
Hi pretty Monica. One day early here - unusual for me... HAPPY BIRTHDAY. :)
Nice home page! I see we have quite a few things in common.
Hey, thanks a bunch for the nice words on my San Juan and Ponce pages ... Happy traveling!
Hi Monica, great to know you have friends from Bangalore! I erally hope you get to visit the ISKON temple :)
Happy Birthday Monica! Hope it's a great year! Any special plans? Talk to you soon!
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