Chu Lai

A trip to England to see where some of my ancestors lived.

Thailand last Summer was awesome.

I went to church in a small town.

My trip to the beach

Slowly westward with my hubby, from the Atlantic to the Pacific...

...aboard bicycles.

Any time I went to Cyprus. It made me see more and more what different cultures made mine.

Going to Italy

Amsterdam

Inland Turkey and also a small road trip across Crete. Purely for landscape and different climate. I want to experience something like this again.

Brutal? The catacombs in Rome...AND there is a shocking CHURCH in Rome decorated entirely with human bones on the inside. The church is called Santa Maria de Concezione dei Cappuccini.

In both places, when I realized there were human REMAINS casually displayed and close, all around me, I felt a real sense of shock. I couldn't wait for it to stop.

I got stranded once in S. Korea due to an issue with my passport. Had to navigate through a non-English speaking neighborhood to get to an embassy. It was an interesting experience.

Well,for me all travel destinations have been a very positive impact,i don't remember one that i would call brutal,just minor issues here and there and that includes three cruises and flying to several different states. :)

Ireland, both north and south, all around, was a lot of fun (very friendly people), and also very educational. The Great Hunger (what we in the US were taught to call the potato famine). The Troubles. The natural beauty of the invasive purple rhododendrons!

But also, Lamanai, (meaning submerged crocodile), a place of Mayan pyramids in northern Belize. Seeing those enormous pyramids, but also traces of others that were still buried by jungle! Overwhelming. Nothing like the pyramids surrounded by sand in Egypt. I am so glad I saw that place.

One more thing. We visited sites from the Siege of Sarajevo. While there, we were told of allegations that rich Europeans paid the Bosnian Serb Army for the privilege of shooting at Bosnian civilians in "Sniper Alley." They would have their fun and then go back home. Pretty brutal if it is true.

For history it was Salem Massachusetts. Seeing where they held the witch trials. The house of the seven gables is open for tours. They even take you through the secret passages where people could hide or escape if they were accused of being a witch.

New York City would be the wild one. The City never sleeps.

The biggest surprise was Oklahoma City. I had a wonderful time there. So much so that I would love to go back.

My bucket list destination was Key West. We had so much fun there. I would love to go back regularly, but it's so expensive.