tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post2997893919285443602..comments2024-03-26T22:40:30.265-07:00Comments on Dishin' It Out: Thursday's TouristConnie Vineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835205487088200480noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-53685055496385539662009-03-20T20:19:00.000-07:002009-03-20T20:19:00.000-07:00I enjoyed your post Jannine. I have a confession ...I enjoyed your post Jannine. I have a confession to make, I've never flown in my life. Not had the chance yet . . . one day. Especially since I have every intention of traveling to other countries and Italy is on my list. [smiles]<BR/><BR/>So Jannine . . . coming to New Zealand any time soon? [grins]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-36104031538375449772009-03-20T09:57:00.000-07:002009-03-20T09:57:00.000-07:00Pam, how lucky to have lived in Italy for 3 years....Pam, how lucky to have lived in Italy for 3 years. My stay was about 2 months. The only thing I wouldn't have liked about living in Italy--or any other place in Europe--is the smoking. It seems like everyone smokes over there, lol. And I'm allergic to the smoke.<BR/><BR/>So glad you came by and commented.Janninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11942128500628577087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-90665329577453716732009-03-20T09:54:00.000-07:002009-03-20T09:54:00.000-07:00Hi Anna Kathryn:It's amazing how far you can trave...Hi Anna Kathryn:<BR/>It's amazing how far you can travel, and how often, right from your comfy living room chair. Still, I do hope hubby and I can get to Italy.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, sweetie.Janninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11942128500628577087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-46576612270347582462009-03-20T09:51:00.000-07:002009-03-20T09:51:00.000-07:00SHE:That sounds like so much fun. I'd be excited, ...SHE:<BR/>That sounds like so much fun. I'd be excited, too!Janninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11942128500628577087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-69781930750731466402009-03-20T09:50:00.000-07:002009-03-20T09:50:00.000-07:00Sasha:You're so sweet. Thanks.Sasha:<BR/>You're so sweet. Thanks.Janninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11942128500628577087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-52522526294151277222009-03-19T17:43:00.000-07:002009-03-19T17:43:00.000-07:00Jannine,DCL is thrilled to have you as one of our ...Jannine,<BR/><BR/>DCL is thrilled to have you as one of our authors.<BR/><BR/>I fly all the time so one of these days we will have to do it together. lol<BR/><BR/>I lived in Italy for 3 years & loved it. I always go back when I can to see my family.<BR/><BR/>PamelaDCL Publicationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08625135576449631167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-41408365137577592102009-03-19T16:24:00.000-07:002009-03-19T16:24:00.000-07:00Jannine, great blog. I love to travel and to fly, ...Jannine, great blog. I love to travel and to fly, I just haven't done it much in my life. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for reminding us that we don't have to 'go anywhere' to travel.<BR/><BR/>Anna Kathryn<BR/>www.aklanier.comAnna Kathryn Lanierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607469543348819190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-17182266172968472102009-03-19T13:56:00.000-07:002009-03-19T13:56:00.000-07:00I enjoy flying. I don't do it often. When my sis...I enjoy flying. I don't do it often. When my sister turns 50 in a couple years, we're planning to go to Europe. I just don't know where she's going to choose to go--Ireland or across France, Italy, and Germany. I'm anxiously awaiting her decision.Shehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376023103870884939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-16273934087478073092009-03-19T13:46:00.000-07:002009-03-19T13:46:00.000-07:00The best way I know to travel is by reading YOUR b...The best way I know to travel is by reading YOUR books!<BR/>SBSasha Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179892854477396748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-90929901355569524492009-03-19T12:47:00.000-07:002009-03-19T12:47:00.000-07:00Misty, I flew a lot as a girl, too. After we moved...Misty, I flew a lot as a girl, too. After we moved from NY to California when I was three, my mom and I flew back to NY every year until I was 16. On one of those flights, we had a wing seat. One of the propellers caught fire. I have a vague recollection of people upset and crying, and of my mother sitting next to me acting quite calm. She didnt' want to scare me, she told me years later. To this day, I'm afraid (sometimes terrified) of fire. I can't light a match, start a fire in the fireplace, light birthday candles. No one in the medical community has said if there's a direct link. I think there is.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for commenting.Janninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11942128500628577087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-81838232071690971442009-03-19T12:40:00.000-07:002009-03-19T12:40:00.000-07:00Hi Ellen:I agree. Being an armchair traveler beats...Hi Ellen:<BR/>I agree. Being an armchair traveler beats making reservations, dealing with airlines, crowds, and lost or late luggage. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by.Janninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11942128500628577087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-31461548332686352722009-03-19T12:24:00.000-07:002009-03-19T12:24:00.000-07:00Jannine, I flew a lot as a girl, gave it up for aw...Jannine, I flew a lot as a girl, gave it up for awhile as an adult and now I'm back at it. I just love to go to the beach and I can't drive that far. So, I now embrace (as best I can) airplanes again. My sons hold my hands on the takeoff and once that's over, I'm okay. I have my meditation on my iPod and a good book on my Kindle and forget I'm thirty-thousand feet up. <BR/><BR/>Great post. I'm an armchair traveler, too, for my stories. I'm in Belfast at the moment.<BR/>Misty<BR/>www.readmistyevans.comMisty Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01234289226913401133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-4967896867820826132009-03-19T12:00:00.000-07:002009-03-19T12:00:00.000-07:00Hi Jannine!Hey, I'm a well-seasoned traveler--in f...Hi Jannine!<BR/>Hey, I'm a well-seasoned traveler--in fact, give me a few bucks and we're on a plane to somewhere. But know what? Nothing beats the armchair variety that doesn't require reservations :)<BR/>Great posting!Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02753986941210045860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-52856005677850326582009-03-19T11:20:00.000-07:002009-03-19T11:20:00.000-07:00LOL, Joan. Maybe you'll win and only have to buy t...LOL, Joan. Maybe you'll win and only have to buy two of my books! <BR/><BR/>I appreciate your stopping by and leaving a comment. Good luck in the contest.Janninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11942128500628577087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-62094502525864654272009-03-19T11:18:00.000-07:002009-03-19T11:18:00.000-07:00Hi Susan:Venice in January would be a perfect loca...Hi Susan:<BR/>Venice in January would be a perfect location for vanpire stories!<BR/><BR/>Yes, I do want to go back. I'm pushing 60, though. Both my husband and I can't do a lot of walking because of bum knees. But I do want to visit family I have seen in nearly 39 years. I had wanted to go back to visit my dad's brother and sisters who had remained behind when he and his older brother came to the states in their twenties and later brought their parents here, too. <BR/><BR/>Whatever the future holds, I'll have to wait and see. I wonder what my Italian boyfriend is doing and what he looks like, lol. I almost married him. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments, Susan.Janninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11942128500628577087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-11933549521256656242009-03-19T11:12:00.000-07:002009-03-19T11:12:00.000-07:00LOL, Phyllis. If we ever want to meet in person, w...LOL, Phyllis. If we ever want to meet in person, we'll have take the train and meet in the middle!<BR/><BR/>I can't believe you didn't take your first airplane ride until so late in life. My husband wants me to go to a hypnotherapist. If I do that, I want him to put the notion that I don't like sweets in my head, LOLOL.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your continued support. You know I love you for it.Janninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11942128500628577087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-67022007893618247732009-03-19T11:09:00.001-07:002009-03-19T11:09:00.001-07:00Hi Ginger:It's awful, I know. There are so many hi...Hi Ginger:<BR/>It's awful, I know. There are so many historical places I want to go, San Gimignano and Florence two of them.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for having me here today. I always love your blogs.Janninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11942128500628577087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-80053496548503779442009-03-19T11:09:00.000-07:002009-03-19T11:09:00.000-07:00I would not be able to decide which I want the mos...I would not be able to decide which I want the most, so, I've got to get all three.<BR/><BR/>Joan MazeJ K Mazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363961966543630804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-90730018846360966772009-03-19T11:08:00.000-07:002009-03-19T11:08:00.000-07:00I am dying to go back to Italy. The only time I w...I am dying to go back to Italy. The only time I was there was in January, and it was raining and cold in Venice. It was so foggy, the gondolas were docked. However, my experience there made me realize I could plunk my vampires down in Venice in January, and they'd be perfectly comfortable in the gloom. Had I traveled there in the summer, I would never have been able to use the locale for my fang boys. Come on, Jannine, don't you just have to get back to Italy?Susan Blexrudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876702341461892534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-37684803316632285982009-03-19T10:48:00.000-07:002009-03-19T10:48:00.000-07:00I flew for the first time three years ago. Boy, w...I flew for the first time three years ago. Boy, what a terrifying experience. lol Then the next year I went to Dallas Texas for the RWA National Conference...and flew by myself. OMG! I was soooo nervous. So I do know your fears, girlfriend! I would love to go somewhere I haven't been...but like you, if there's a train, I'll take that. <BR/><BR/>~Phyllis~Phyllis Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14769290385657892832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-53971358972933695572009-03-19T10:22:00.000-07:002009-03-19T10:22:00.000-07:00Jannine,Love your post and really enjoyed your adm...Jannine,<BR/>Love your post and really enjoyed your admission of being too chicken to fly. I hate it, too. :)<BR/><BR/>gingerAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683064637626718318noreply@blogger.com