Bon Voyage 2006!

 It’s the end of the year already.  A time to take stock — to reflect and think about the events and people who made this past year so wonderful. 

One of the very best part of working as a Flight Attendant is the ability to travel frequently, meet lots of people, and to form wonderful friendships near and far.  Today’s a chance to share those moments with you.

Here’s my travel retrospective for 2006:

New places that I went in 2006:  Baltimore (Maryland), Calgary (Alberta, Canada), and Cancun (Mexico).  Okay, I’ve been to Cancun before, but since that time there’s been two major hurricanes and subsequent re-building, so it’s practically a different city.  (It’s a stretch, but these are my reflections.)  There should have been more new places.

Favorite places that I went back to this year:  Victoria (British Columbia, Canada), San Francisco (California), Chicago (Illinois), and Washington DC.

Places that I had planned to go, but didn’t get to:  Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Zihuatenejo (Mexico), and anywhere in Europe.

New travel experiences:  Starting two travel blogs (the other one is The Seattle Traveler), and convincing a friend to write one, too (The DC Traveler).  Your readership, comments, and emails have become an important part of my day.

Favorite travel experiences:  Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, this time at night, football in Baltimore, and Yaletown with the Rossi’s.

New friends made while traveling:  Aaron in Maryland, Ray in Dallas, Kelsi in Calgary, and Christina in Texas.  Well, actually Christina and I haven’t really met, but phone calls, emails and IM’s count.  (It’s my retrospective and I get to make the rules!)

Friends and co-workers, near and far:  Anita (Seattle), Susan (British Columbia, Canada), Kathryn (Seattle), Reed (Kentucky), Stephanie (Seattle), Nan (Seattle/Sacramento), Wendy (Bellevue),  Jon (Virginia), and all the other b5media bloggers around the world.

I’ll be spending some time doing some goal setting, and planning trips that I want to take, people that I want to meet, places that I want to explore, and things that I want to do.  I’ll share them with you in the New Year.

It’s been a good year!  Bon voyage 2006!

Photo credit:  Willi

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