I spilled ice cream all over myself on an airplane once. I was a little girl (probably somewhere between 6 and 8 years old) when my grandma bought me ice cream before I got on the plane. It was a must-have treat for the long plane ride ahead: home to Texas. I was so young when I got my first pair of wings that I don’t even remember how old I was or where I was going.
I remember visiting my grandparents’ house as a little girl, staring up at their huge collection of elaborate masks hanging on the wall. I was in awe. They had collected these beautiful masks from places all around the world. Pictures hung around the room of their travels together. When I visited my other grandparents’ home, it was no different. They had photos lining the walls of their many cruises, travels and visits with family and friends. I guess you could say traveling is in my blood.
Many of my travels have been to warm weather destinations including Mexico, Florida, Hawaii, Costa Rica, the Caribbean and the Bahamas. I’ve eaten oranges in Valencia, seen the leaning tower of Pisa, watched the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, seen the Mona Lisa at the Louvre, stood next to the David, visited Vatican City, sled down a mountain in Switzerland and planted my toes in the beaches of Barcelona. I’ve tasted delicious wine from Tuscany to Fredericksburg, Texas. I’ve eaten at Carnegie Deli in New York City, swam off the white sands of Destin, Fla., skied the mountains of Colorado, tasted Ethiopian food in Washington, D.C., lost lots of money in Las Vegas and probably had more Mexican food in more cities than you can imagine.
I’ve been wanting to do this blog post for a while. Jot down all the cities and countries around the world that I’ve visited at one point or another on a map and add to it as I go. So, here’s my life so far on a Google Map:
View Life on a Google Map. in a larger map
What are your favorite spots around the world? Map out your travels on a Google Map.
- L
