A LATE SPRING

Will spring ever come? I'm sitting in my bed, eating yummy chocolate that my co-worker got for me one late night shift last weekend, listening to Helena by Foster the People and just staring out my window, wondering: Will spring ever come?

I really hope it starts next week because it would be lovely to have a mid-day picnic on Kampa island...and a perfect picture opportunity for you wanderlusters to see some of the hidden beauties in Prague.

My last few days have been filled with utter nothing because my friends are home for spring break or just simply busy so I have been going solo the past few days. I miss my friends and actually interacting with people...I feel somewhat of a grinch up in an isolated mountain.
Only a few more days though. I've been working on my book, which is the greatest fun for me but also very, very tedious. You start writing then read over what you wrote and decide to change it to something better, then the process starts over. This happens about 15 times, so now I am only on chapter 4 after about 2 weeks. I keep reminding myself that progress takes times.

Other than that, just me, some movies, bad Indian food that I ate last night and copious amounts of coffee and tea...oh, and work. Which I have in a few hours...can't I just not work and focus on writing a book and blog? I wish.

I know that I wrote about having a meeting with a travel editor, but it was rescheduled for next week due to my hearing issues so news on that will come shortly! I also want to start doing vlogs every once in awhile. I just need to find the time to do it! I'm hoping that by the end of this year, I will have started a vlog and have also broadened the horizons of Traveling with Wanderlust.

Lastly, I know travels have been dry but I promise, pinky promise, that once May comes, there will be plenty of good travel posts coming your way. From May-June, expect posts from: Switzerland, Budapest (Hungary), Paris (France), Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Barcelona (Spain). When I get back to the States in June, I plan to make some summer trips: Chicago, Canada, down South, Arizona and hopefully California- that all is still to be determined. When August comes around, my family will be coming to Prague for a few weeks so we will be traveling around the Czech Republic then for my birthday trip in following weeks we are looking at either going to Morocco or St. Petersburg.

Before moving to Uruguay in March 2014, I am really pushing to visit either Thailand, China or Japan. We shall see though and that my friends is the beauty of traveling- anything is subject to change, making the experience even more interesting.

Well, I'm off to start writing the New Zealand post now....so, travel on wanderlusters! I want to thank each and every one of you amazing readers, from all over the world for taking the time to read what I have to say and share. The readership numbers have skyrocketed in just one month and readership has expanded from just two main countries to so many different places, it's mind-boggling to think that someone in a far, far away country, big or small, is reading what I am writing. Amazing and thank you so much! It's appreciated to know that people like what I have to say and come back :)

2013 TRAVEL DESTINATIONS

According to the Travel section of the NY Times, there are 46 places wanderlusters HAVE to go in 2013. It's cool because I have been to some of these places or will be going there sometime this year. Some places I plan to go when I move to South America in a year.

Get your suitcases packed and plane tickets printed: 
1. Rio de Janiero, Brazil (next year)
2. Marseille 
3. Nicaragua (next year)
4. Accra, Ghana 
5. Bhutan
6. Amsterdam, Netherlands (in two months!)
7. Houston, Texas (this summer!)
8. Rossland, British Columbia
9. New Delhi, India (maybe this winter)
10. Istanbul, Turkey (maybe this fall)
11. Singapore
12. Montenegro
13. White Salmon River, Washington (been there!)
14. Hvar, Croatia (been there!)
15. Mongolia
16. The Big Island, Hawaii (maybe next spring)
17. Philippines (very soon, I have family there)
18. Vernazza, Italy
19. The Kimberley, Australia (when I move there in 2015)
20. Ningxia, China
21. The Adirondacks, New York
22. Oslo, Norway (very soon)
23. Constantia, South Africa (I want to!)
24. Lithuania
25. Burgos, Spain
26. Lens, France
27. Changbaishan, China
28. Porto, Portugal (maybe in the summer)
29. Puerto Rico
30. Koh Phangan, Thailand
31. Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka
32. Jackson Hole, Wyoming (maybe in the summer)
33. Bangkok, Thailand (sometime this year!)
34. The Jeseniky, Czech Republic (been there!)
35. Waiheke, New Zealand
36. Yucatan, Mexico (been there!)
37. Charlevoix, Quebec
38. Pecs, Hungary
39. Republic of Congo (the post for later today!)
40. Ireland (been there! maybe going back this year)
41. Getaria, Spain
42. Mergui Islands, Myanmar
43. The Falkland Islands
44. Washington D.C. (been there...way too many times ;) )
45. Casablanca, Morocco (hopefully for my birthday week this year!)
46. Paris, France (been there! going back in June)

Where are you going this year? Where do you want to go this year? I'm just itching to book plane tickets...

Travel on wanderlusters and keep an eye out for the Congo post later today!

Posting About Wanderlust...Again.

BIG BUMMER. Budapest plans for next weekend are now a no-go. Looks like the next exciting post will be Swedish House Mafia concert next Thursday then the big surprise in the next month. Can't spill though...

So, now the question for January is... London, Switzerland, Morocco or Germany for 5 days before Rome? Leaning more towards Morocco to catch some sun and warmth before the brutal February in Prague. I will most definitely be a hobbit in my room during that month. But then again...my friends and I want to go to London to devour some fish and chips and find ourselves a British mate ;) What girl can resist a lovely 'bloke'? None.

Dreaming of travels...as always...well, it's back to the books for me.

Travel on wanderlusters!

P.S. Have you ever had a turkey-less Thanksgiving? or an everything-less Thanksgiving? I'm about to have my first tomorrow. Bring on the mulled wine and good friends though!