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I travel like Jack Kerouac !
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Vom Fass

Vom Fass: literally translated means "From the Barrel" While the hubby & I were in Christchurch, New Zealand we accidentally happened across this great store called Vom Fass .... We spent entirely to much time in here, enjoying tastes of goodies from Liqueurs ~ Whiskies ~ Spirits ~ Olive Oils & Balsamic Vinegars. When we got home I decided, I am going to open up

one of these cool stores:

Vom Fass is internationally successful with over 140 stores worldwide the unique VOM FASS offers natural and fresh products in loose format. Culinary oils, wellness oils, vinegars, liqueurs, spirits, whisky's, and wine's are displayed and sold straight from wooden casks, clay jugs or glass balloons.

If you ever get a chance to visit one of these stores I highly reccomend it,,,,,

Any time you can find a place where you can refill your own Wine bottle ,, i'm all about it!

SPARKLEBERRY...

When can you officially say you are moved in?
When you've moved out of the old residence? When you can actually sleep in the new house?When you can make a meal in the new kitchen? When you can walk thru your new house in the dark & not trip over any boxes... Okay ... Let's go with that one..

As of today all the boxes are officially unpacked.... This was not a big move, we just moved 4 doors down.. You'd think this would make it even easier,,, NOT SO! Frustrating was the fact we were going from a 3 bedroom to a 2. Shoving 2 rooms into 1, is always so much fun...
We have way to much JUNK!

The hubby didn't want to stay in this Apartment complex... Why you ask.. Well, that is the reason for this blog: Would you not stay at a location because of the name in your mailing address...?

We live on a street called "SPARKLEBERRY" & no matter how hard my hubby tries he can't lower his voice enough to make this name sound manly.. You just can't butch this name up.. What upsets him is...We live between..."BOMBING RANGE" & "SCREAMING EAGLE" ... Cool names ...huh He will refuse to call customer service places he says "I can hear them laughing" when he gives our address... What's in a name? Does it really matter?

In 1991 we didn't purchase a house because it was located on "SALISBURY".. Would you be able to think of anything but Salisbury Steak when you pulled into your driveway?

The joy in all of this? We get to do it all again in 7 months...When we move back home.

At least we have clean closets... For now~~

Well? What do you call it....

I don't even want to tell you how the subject came up..

Suffice it to say it just did...

So? What do you call it.?

• Bathroom
• Restroom
• Ladies/Men's Room
• Loo
• Lavatory
• Latrine
• Head
• WC
• Bano
• Pissoir
• Privy
• Bad
• These are off of the top of my head

As we were sitting around discussing this "During Lunch" no less, I had to giggle, Just how many names does this one little room have? Now, maybe I'm the only one that finds humor in this... Being a soldier & a Flight Attendant I do have to check my vocabulary occasionally...on a plane it's a lavatory, on a military base Army at least it is a Latrine..

While in Copenhagen we took this picture, We thought it was funny! A passerby whispered in my ear, "Love, you know you are standing in front of the Loo" I didn't want to hurt her feelings..I just said "Yes, Ma'am" I'm guessing she didn't see the humor. (Bless her heart)

Wait we found another one, How about Port-a-potty, The next picture is from Sydney, Australia it was a gift from France. I don't even wanna know why France gave Australia a Port-a-potty, I think the USA made out better with the Statue of Liberty!

Come on leave me a comment... What do you call the John?

The prettiest Sunset I've seen this year....

Happy New Year!!!!

Isn't this the prettiest sunset? I took this today on the way to Tybee Island, Georgia..

Now, I know what you are saying,, We just got home..

3 weeks in Australia & New Zealand wasn't enough?

That was last year...It's 2009 now..

Well, that and I had a coupon that was about to expire...

for Marriott..

We HAD to use it!!

So where do ya go,,, I wanted snow..

No Snow...

okay, I'll take water...

We were headed to Hilton Head, South Carolina

We ended up in Savahanna, Georgia

It is beautiful here...

So historic...

More to follow...

And Now, A Toast !!!

To endings.

In the words of T.S. Eliot: “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.”

To Beginnings.

Happy News Years, To all my Family & Friends. . .

May this be a peaceful 2009..!

Burrrr...

Maybe this is where I caught my cold..? ( Minus 5 Ice Lounge - Home Auckland, New Zealand) Do you think I caught it from my frozen glass filled with Vodka? Or the Frozen Chair I sat on? Maybe it was kissing Ice Ice Santa..?

I'm happy I caught my cold after the holidays, Now how do I get rid of it before tomorrow,,, More Vodka?

CHEERS!!!!

Ahhhh Chewwww, Time for some chicken soup...

2:15

Two hours & 15 minutes is what it was supposed to take to fly from DFW to CAE this evening, 9 hours later..Here we are!

I'm not complaining, Seriously I'm not.. I"M NOT!,,,,

I have nothing to complain about..We just flew 18, 535 miles or 28, 829 kms, With - 0 - glitches. Well until today....Starting in CAE ~ ATL ~ BNA ~ LAX ~ BNE ~ SYD ~ Cruise ~ AKL ~ LAX ~ SAN ~ DFW ____ to wait a minute.. Here is where the story begins..

After boarding for our 2:15 minute flight, on the very last leg of our holiday extravaganza..We zipped away from our gate, got in line, 30 mile per hour cross winds had closed 3 of the 5 runways here at DFW, number 33 for departure, not so bad, Hey, we're not 34, this only delayed us a smidge... I'm glad I packed a teeny tiny bag of popcorn as a snack for our short flight....

30 minutes prior to landing in CAE: Click goes the PA.."Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh Folks, This is your Captain, speaking...." This is never a good sign, ... The sweetest words you can ever hear from a Captain other than, "I'll pick up the tab" are "Flight Attendants, Prepare for landing"

Captain: "Columbia Airport has been closed due to fog....We will be landing in Charleston, SC" "No, Jacksonville, FL" "No, Savannah, GA".. Okay, Savannah it is!!

I pulled out that cell phone lickity split, called all the rental car agencies, NO CARS in the entire city.. Whaaa?? I called Holiday Inn, ..Okay we have a room on hold...

Pilots clicks on "Ahhhhhhhh, Folks...yadda yadda...Our flight is cancelled, or at least the crew is:, We are going to bus you to CAE" What, No Buses???

The taxi dropped us off at 2313 after driving us the last 3 hours ... Not bad for a 2 hour & 15 minute flight....

HOME.....

Merry Chirstmas . . .May your homes be filled with Peace & Joy during this holiday season & all of 2009!! We made it!!!

Planes, Trains, Automobiles &. . . . . . ???

I got to thinking,,,, Just how many modes of transportation does one actually take on a normal vacation,,, So I started adding them up,,,, Here are just a few: After the Taxi dropped us off at the airport, we went on a plethora of planes...
Started with the "Planes".. RJ, 737, 747 & 757...

The Rent-A-Car didn't work out: Always get the insurance.
Ferry's,,,

Okay, We skipped the Greyhound Bus,,,,

World War II ,, Amphibious Duck

A Cable Car in Wellington, New Zealand

Doesn't everyone go on a Haagland on holiday?

A 100 year old Steamship TSS Ensclaw

Oh yeah, The Ship!!

Modern Rickshaw..."yeah buddy"

A Monorail
Steam Train
Okay, so it's not a Greyhound, but we rode on it...
A Gondola..
The Luge

I didn't add the Ski Lift or the LPC (Leather Personal Carriers) aka: Shoes....

We're not even home yet,,,, I want to add, Hot Air Balloon, Kayak, & The Zorb!!!!!

Our cruise will officially be over in 5 hours, Then off to find another taxi & the double decker city tour bus to show us the sights of Auckland, NZ,,,,,

What time is it, anyway???

For the past 12 days if someone had asked me “What day it is?”
I would not have been able to answer them… Yet, we’ve never missed a shore excursion, or a port.. We don’t have a clock in our room & yet we have never missed a meal.

Somehow you always know where to be & when it is feeding time…

For those of you who don’t cruise because you say to yourself, What is there to do on a ship anyway? I’ll be bored… This is a snip it of what we did today….

Woke up to room service, morning brainteaser, have some coffee, Opal & Fresh water pearl sale, Time for a cookie, Line dancing class, time for the buffet, Poolside we order a nice beverage, Hmm, time to make a decision? Movie? Poker? Gym? Art Auction? Ice Carving Demo? Eat?
I decide to go to Name that tune…. TBH is listening to a lecture, Sometimes you just have to split

up…to take in all the goodies…

Tour of the navigational bridge, Can I drive the ship? I thought the steering wheel would of been bigger....

At 2:30 we have to meet up for “Battle of the sexes” the Final Round ( I don’t want to talk about the score) Bingo? Acupuncture seminar? Time to rush to our room so we don’t miss John our Butler and our Hor’dorves & Sweets. . back out for the steam room/spa.. Wanna do a movie? NO, we don’t have time, we have to get ready for dinner,,

Where did our time go????

Come on honey, It’s time for dinner….Don’t forget the chocolate extravaganza tonight…
Baked Alaska ,, Yummmy!!!

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow

That is the song that was playing this morning during breakfast....Yes, it is December 14th, & I have to keep reminding myself it is another day closer to Christmas & Milford Sound, New Zealand.. Most passengers, will have another day at sea. We are taking a shore excursion that will drop us off at Milford Sound, and drive us thru Queenstown, Arrowtown, Clyde, Alexandra, Dunedin & we will end up at Port Chalmers to meet up with the ship a day later.

We had a blast in Melbourne, Australia & Hobart, Tasmania...
I have attached a few pictures of our time there....
It was fantastic to get this close to these wonderful animals,,,
My favorite was the Koala bear..
TBH's favorite was the Tasmanian Devil..
We both loved the Kangaroo's...
Even though they were on the menu for dinner that night....

We even got to hit a few Winery's... Way to many things to do here..

The view you see is what we have been looking at for the past 2 days,,,No Sun to speak of & it is down right chilly,, I hope New Zealand is warmer...

I'm going to enjoy some goodies I picked up in Tassie...

At 4pm our Butler John, will bring us more goodies during High Tea...

This is TBH's "Happy Hour"

Until Later ...Mates!!!!

Celebrity Millennium

This is our ship, Isn't she pretty...

This was the night we left, Sydney Opera house to our left,,,,,

Sydney Harbour Bridge to our right

This is our room, for the next 14 days....

This is our living room....

Our walk in closet...
Our bathtub (That is a 1st)
Our view from our BathTub
This is Our backyard... We wanted to take a few moments to share with you, our surroundings. There is not a day that goes by, we do not see something, that we want to share with family & friends, I will post more tomorrow, when I find a better location on the ship to get a better signal...Until then, I'm sure it is time to eat somewhere....