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About me, in a nutshell

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!

My Trips since 1995

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

Intro Updated Jan 20, 2012
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Comments (26)

jekins Apr 24, 2012 at 5:38 AM Report Abuse

hi monica nice to meet u here at VT.
connectingrod Feb 4, 2012 at 4:20 AM Report Abuse

A BIRTHDAY is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip.
pieter_jan_v Feb 4, 2012 at 1:26 AM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday greetings from the Netherlands. PJ
MalenaN Feb 3, 2012 at 11:05 PM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday Monica! Have a great day!
deecat Jun 1, 2011 at 10:25 PM Report Abuse

Hope I'll be meeting you at the Chicago VT meet.
850prc Feb 3, 2011 at 11:17 AM Report Abuse

Hi pretty Monica. One day early here - unusual for me... HAPPY BIRTHDAY. :)
balhannah Jul 26, 2010 at 5:40 PM Report Abuse

Nice home page! I see we have quite a few things in common.
gdilieto Apr 8, 2010 at 8:09 PM Report Abuse

Hey, thanks a bunch for the nice words on my San Juan and Ponce pages ... Happy traveling!
abi_maha Feb 11, 2010 at 12:07 PM Report Abuse

Hi Monica, great to know you have friends from Bangalore! I erally hope you get to visit the ISKON temple :)
Marisola Feb 9, 2010 at 5:02 AM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday Monica! Hope it's a great year! Any special plans? Talk to you soon!