shargurl's VirtualTourist Home Page
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Not a tourist but a traveler! Ok, so maybe I don't know the difference between a tourist and a traveler. I may very well be a tourist, since I do "do" a lot of touristy things. Maybe being an actual traveler is when you don't do the touristy things! Either way, I still go places, and that's all that matters, right? I have really enjoyed seeing many places, and though I am almost 40 years old, I still haven't seen as many places as I would like to. As of late, my travels has mainly consisted of "a day in..." because when you cruise, you mainly stay one day in a port. That's ok with me for now, a taste of another place is fine, I can scope out the place and maybe later on in life, I can choose which ones I like best to spend more time at!
This is a picture of myself and my husband Michael. He is my travel partner and I am dragging him along with me!
Update March 30, 2007 - I recently purchased the book "1,000 Places to See Before You Die" and I have made it my goal to see how many of these places we can actually make it to. So far we have 975 more left to go!
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Cities I've lived in Los Angeles, CA (born here) 1968- 1978 (I miss my California the most) Sylmar, CA 1978 - 1982 Upland, CA 1982 - 1984 Pomona, CA 1984 - 1988 Ontario, CA 1988- 1989 Montclair, CA 1989-1998 Las Vegas, NV 1998 - 2000 West Columbia, TX 2000 - Present Growing up in southern California was really a great experience. Too bad I don't have pictures or that I didn't jot notes down back then of the many places that I visited or things that I experienced. I can say that my life back in California was memorable. And yes, if you live in California, you have many chances to see famous people. I ran into people like; Telly Savalas (Kojak) at a movie theatre, Eddie Van Halen and Valerie Bertinelli in Lake Tahoe, Nikki Sixx and Mick Mars (of Motley Crue) while watching a concert, partied with Stacy Q, asked Leonard Nimoy for an autograph (which he flatly refused to give, humph!), Molly Ringwald (at another movie theatre), and others. How many places in the world can you actually fo skiing in the mountains and within less than 2 hours, go sunbathing at a beach? Then hop in the car and head down to the city for an awesome night on the town? Southern California baby! That's where it's at! I will try to dig some stuff out, my mom has most of the pics from when I grew up, and post more about it...
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Summer trip 2007 | | | Falls as seen from Maid of the Mist |
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| Carnival Destiny in San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| | New for 2008 Cruising Carnival Destiny - March 16 - 23, 2008 Southern Carribean this year which includes: San Juan St ThomasDominica Barbados Antigua St Kitts St Maarten This was the best vacation I have ever been on so far. I fell in love with all the places we went to. To be able to have a glimpse of every island was wonderful. Yes, it was only a glimpse but each experience to me is precious. I will one day go back and spend more time at my favorites. The islands I liked best were Dominica, St. Maarten, and St. Kitts. Michael liked Barbados best! ***Just Added*** Our day trip to Kemah Boardwalk!!
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Also coming up this year *NEW* My 40th birthday celebration will be in San Antonio! Just me, Michael and Brock. Thought a couple of days off from work would be nice. It will definately be hot then! *****completed! I have a couple of more tips on my San antonio page!***** 8th Anniversary Cruise to the Bahamas Carnival Sensation - Sept 25-28, 2008 I planned another vacation! This will be our 8th anniversary cruise to the Bahamas! I am finally going to Atlantis. This will be a 3-day cruise but I'll take what I can get! Bahamas here we come! We will also be sailing out of Florida for this one. That means we can go visit the Kennedy Space Center. We have always wanted to go there, so I decided to incorporate that into our trip. Between debarking the cruise ship and heading to the airport, we will take a side trip there. Got to fit as much as we can into this little vacation slot!
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***IN THE WORKS FOR 2009*** 2009 will be a break from cruising so I must plan a land vacation. I am checking out the website Road Trip America to see where would be the best places to visit on our drive. Some places we will visit for sure are: Tombstone, Arizona; Tucson, Arizona (to visit my mom) and then Las Vegas (to visit sis and family). If anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to post!
***IN THE WORKS FOR 2010*** Our 5th cruise!! Carnival Conquest to Jamaica, Cayman Islands, and Cozumel. This time we are going to go with my sister-in-law and her husband! Should be lots of fun! |
Dream Trips Philippines - I'm a Filipina who has never been to her homeland!
Europe -
Greek Isles
Paris
London
Rome
US -
Hawaii (although I've been to Hawaii, I want to go back)
New York
Too many to name, I'll start with these for now |
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moonlighting Thu Aug 7, 2008 14:52 UTC
You are a grandmom at 40? And you don'e even look your age, amazing! Hey, you should have a vacation here in the Philippines. I' shall wait for you :) | Etoile2B Wed Jul 30, 2008 19:03 UTC
Happy Birthday from sunny California! Here's to many more wonderful years! | Okgladmom Tue Jun 3, 2008 16:54 UTC
What a great page! I need to get busy on mine but I spend all my time reading others! Your Destiny review is great...I can't wait. ~~Laura~~ | DSwede Mon Apr 14, 2008 09:38 UTC
Thanks for the visit! Tahoe is a wonderful place, glad to know you shared some memories there as well! |
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