I'm so ready for our "honeymoon" trip! I think we should try and start packing this weekend. Gotta make sure we have enough "stuff" to do on our flight (books, knitting, laptop, junk food [candies, gummy bears, chips, etc], neck pillow, hmm what else.

Travel dates: January 18, 2008 - January 29, 2008; New Caledonia and Japan.

Hotel: Résidôtel Le Stanley, Noumea, New Caledonia & Park Hotel Tokyo - Shidome Media Tower, Tokyo, Japan

There's talk about visiting this place Isle of Pines (it looks beautiful)!!! Also I mention to hubby - that we should visit Kanagawa, Japan to see the Great Buddha at Kōtoku-in and Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine.

Location: Portland, Oregon
Travel Dates: Friday, Nov 9, 2007 - Tuesday, Nov 13, 2007
Airline: Delta
Hotel: Hotel Deluxe

Portland, Oregon was great!!! Before leaving – the forecast called for RAIN (boo) - I’m so glad that it didn’t rain Saturday or Sunday. We did a lot of walking; downtown, Powell’s bookstore (4 floors of books!!), Saturday Market (lots of handmade things), saw Hood Mountain (it's so pretty), mini hiking trip (saw 2 water falls and had to get coffee at their mini stand), visit an organic farm, wine tasting and visit Wal-Mart in Washington state. Hotel Deluxe was neat - the rooms we're a bit small. And we got charge for a Reese candy from the "mini bar" in our room; we didn't even eat it!

Oregon and Washington are checked off - states I’ve visited.

Joe got us tickets to see The Underpants - we had front row seats and laugh our butts off. The Underpants; by Carl Sternheim; Adapted by Steve Martin; Directed by Rose Riordan. - "In this side-splitting reinvention of a turn-of-the-century German sex comedy, the incomparable Steve Martin (yes, that Steve Martin) focuses his zany eye on the relationship between a prudish butcher and his delectably voluptuous young wife, Louise. Set in 1910, when a glimpse of stocking was something shocking, two very different men face cardiac arrest when they are witness to the full descent of the luscious Louise's lingerie during an outdoor celebration. Louise becomes something of an instant celebrity and a magnet for romantic intrigue in this hilarious, frothy, naughty comedy."

Monday – it rain and I had cramps, so we took it easy. Visit Powell’s bookstore and saw a movie at a place called Living Room Theater. The seats we’re big and comfy. We saw Broken English (a chick flick) – I enjoyed it; Joe said it was okie. Afterward, we spent the remainder of the time at Starbucks on our laptop before heading to the airport. We can’t live without our laptops!!!!

Now for PICTURES!!!! Enjoy!

We’re off to Portland, Oregon this weekend. YEAH! - mini vacation. We’ll be staying at Hotel Deluxe (with HDTV on flat panel TV's, iPod stations and Delightful doggie menu [too bad Joey isn’t coming]). I’m not sure what our schedule will be like; Joe did most of the booking and planning. He did mention a show, some national park, downtown Portland, etc… maybe a bit of shopping? Weather forecast doesn’t look great – SHOWER! UGH! I did pack my rain jacket!

If you don't know by now; I love traveling! I love visiting new places, seeing different things, learning and experience different culture, etc....

Listed below are places I want to visit and see (list constantly growing). Strikeouts are places I've been.

• Australia (Melbourne, Sydney)
• Canada (Ontario, Quebec, Toronto)
• Chile (Easter Island)
• China
• Costa Rica
• France (Paris)
• Iceland
• Italy (Capri, Florence, Milan, Pompei, Rome, Venice)
• Netherlands (Amsterdam)
• Peru (Machu Picchu)
• Scotland
  
• Spain (Barcelona)
• Thailand
• Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Nha Trang, Hue)
• United States
  

  Alabama . Alaska . Arizona . Arkansas . California . Colorado . Connecticut . Delaware . District of Columbia . Florida . Georgia . Hawaii . Idaho . Illinois . Indiana . Iowa . Kansas . Kentucky . Louisiana . Maine . Maryland . Massachusetts . Michigan . Minnesota . Mississippi . Missouri . Montana . Nebraska . Nevada . New Hampshire . New Jersey . New Mexico . New York . North Carolina . North Dakota . Ohio . Oklahoma . Oregon . Pennsylvania . Rhode Island . South Carolina . South Dakota . Tennessee . Texas . Utah . Vermont . Virginia . Washington . West Virginia . Wisconsin . Wyoming
  
  Puerto Rico