When I started planning my Sydney activities, one trip I knew I had to make was a visit to the Blue Mountains. Every travel guide I read listed the Blue Mountains as worth the trip,…
Posts tagged Adventure
The Zoo With the Best View
After my Aquarium adventure last Friday it was time to see some Australian animals so I visited the Taronga Zoo on Tuesday. I took the train to Circular Quay and then hopped on the Zoo…
Fish Are Friends…
Fish are friends, not food! Finding Nemo is one of my favourite animated movies, so it shouldn’t be hard to imagine my excitement when, while visiting the Sydney Aquarium, I found Nemo! I…
Adventures of an Island Girl: Sydney Edition
Greetings from Down Under! After spending close to 23 hours on a plane, I finally made it to Sydney, Australia for three weeks of adventures. My journey started on Thursday morning with a seamless…
Let The Good Times Roll
Laissez les bon temps rouler! When I started working on the social media accounts promoting AARP’s 2012 Life@50+ National Event & Expo I couldn’t wait to get to New Orleans. I spent hours each…
Wine Country
I think I love wine country I had just turned 18 when my mom decided that it was time for me to go out into the world and explore some new cultures. My undergrad…
Adventures of an Island Girl: Skydiving Edition
Sometimes you just have to close your eyes and jump. When I saw the Living Social deal for a skydiving experience back in March, I didn’t give it much thought – I just bought…
Pretty Woman Walking Down the Street
Pretty woman the kind I like to meet… When I was younger my babysitter Carol had a VHS tape of the movie Pretty Woman featuring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. Based on the foggy…
Swimming in a Mountain Pool
On New Year’s day I went to bed at 5 am, woke up at 9 am to join my parents for breakfast and then went right back to sleep. Shortly after midday I got a…
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
I had already written and published this post, but the little blog goblins must have gotten in and done something. Ok, fine. I managed to delete the body of the post, but Kelly saved the…