Journal Challenge Day 18: Travel?
There are so many places I want to go and only a few that I've actually been to. I guess I'll start with those.
I grew up in Canada, British Columbia to be more specific, I've pretty much seen all there is it see in B.C. I visit Alberta as often as possible to see my best friend, but that's just the Calgary area, I've been to Edmonton once but I don't remember it very well. I've been to Saskatchewan once, to see my father's wife's family, also don't remember that. My mom and I had to go to Quebec for our immigration process, we weren't there very long but it was gorgeous. It was disgustingly muggy and the people were french (self-explanatory) but the area was beautiful. We went to Notre-Dame and a jazz festival, we also witnessed a lady spit in someone's car which was gross. High school french class came in handy a few times, I also realized that I should pay more attention in that class.
In the U.S. I live in Washington State so I've seen a lot of it. It's quite pretty here, probably why the housing market is so pricey, everyone wants to live here. It would be nice if it didn't rain so much, but I know if we had less rain it wouldn't be as pretty. I went to Idaho once with an ex-boyfriend and his family. We were staying in Spokane but one day while his family was out doing something we just decided to go to Coeur d'Alene. We rented jet skis and tore shit up on a lake, we got the worst sunburns. Mine bubbled like that's how bad it was. It was fun though. I've been to Oregon a few times and I would move there any day. Astoria or Depot Bay, I love it there. I'm not even entirely sure why I love it so much but I just feel good there. I've been to California but just the very top of it. That's a whole story that we'll just save for another time. I just went to the Redwood forest and it was amazing, a bit pricey, but amazing. That pretty much sums up the places I've been.
The places I want to go to are all over the map. I want to go to all the places where my ancestors are from, like Odessa Russia, and pretty much all over England. There's some German in me too, but I'll have to do some research and actually find out where. I just think it would be cool to see where my family lived, even if it probably doesn't look anything like it did when they lived there. I think it would be incredible to go to Ireland, it sounds cliche but I want to see the old buildings and Castles and enjoy the small towns. Maybe TV romanticized it too much but I hope it's everything I dream it is. Australia would be cool to go to too, even if they have creepy bugs. I don't know if what I've heard is true or not but I'm under the impression they have spiders the size of my face and I'm just not okay with that. If anyone in Australia ever reads this, please let me know if it's not true. Don't tell me if its true though, because I want to go there and I know that if I know that's actually true I won't go.
I have no desire to visit big cities like New York, or Chicago. That's not entirely true, I would go to L.A. and Vegas, but I mean everyone goes there. I would also go to Portland because I've heard the food there is to die for and I like food. Nothing beats a small town though, like when you go into a cute little restaurant and the owner comes and sits down with you and you get to learn the history of the place and the town and it's just a good time. You don't really get that in big cities, or at least I haven't when I've been to them. Seattle isn't great, I've been there a few times and it definitely has it's places that you just have to see, like the Space Needle or the Glass Gardens but it's pretty dumpy. I don't like places where I'm not comfortable walking down the street, even if I have a man by my side and it's midday.
Little Rock, Arkansas. Chillicothe, Missouri. Lincoln, Nebraska. Boulder, Colorado. Ames, Iowa. London, England. Rosario, Argentina. These are all places I want to go to because they are where my favorite hospice clients were born, or where they grew up. I've heard so many incredible things about all of these places and I feel almost like I've already been there, but I haven't and I want to. Also, a lot of my clients have been laid to rest in these places and I would love to visit them once more. To say thank you for all the things they taught me and to say goodbye because a lot of the time in this line of work you don't really get a chance to do that.
That's all I got for this one. Thanks for reading!
-Courtney :)
