Thursday, March 08, 2007
Travel Survey
1. How many US states have you been to? 12 (and maybe more) --Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Georgia, Tennessee, Montana, Arizona, (and i have ridden in a car through all the states from Oregon to Tennessee before I think, but I was very young) . . . and later this month I will visit Oklahoma and Texas . . . and I was in the Airport in Ohio once and will be again next week.2. How many other countries have you been to? 6 -- Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, England, Canada (yes, Canada counts)
3. If you could travel anywhere in the world where would you go? I want to take a trip around the entire coast of the Mediterranean Sea. and I want to travel through all the british isles (england, scotland, whales, ireland, etc). and i REALLY want to go to Thailand
4. What is your favorite airport? my hometown airport . . . Portland Oregon. I at least know my way around it.
5. What is your favorite airline? meh. not too impressed with silly airlines. I did have fun on Southwest though. I got to choose my seat and stuff :)
6. Why do you usually travel? To see friends or family (for fun or for serious events) or to learn and expand my horizons.
7. What was your longest road trip? i guess it would be the witness tour when we did all the states on the western side of colorado for the summer. stopping and singing and going to lots of boring malls. bleh
8. Where have you traveled the most times? i don't rightly know. california maybe. or washington i guess. we go to visit my best friends sister in olympia a lot. or eugene oregon where the MIL lives.
9. What was your longest non-stop flight? Frankfurt Germany to Portland Oregone. Something like 12 hours one time.
10. What was your most recent trip? day trip: to the oregon coast on sunday. Overnight trip: to see my mom in salem last weekend (the one before that was to go to seattle to see a bunch of bands and then crash with a bunch of friends in a hotel room). flight: to europe for 5 weeks.
11. Do you have a passport? two actually. one is no longer valid.
12. What's the best way to pass time on a long flight? ipod + book or crossword puzzles. or sleeping. and then there is the in flight movie and the meals. those are nice too.
13. Window or aisle seat? window. then i can look out of it and ignore the person next to me if they are creepy. and it makes for awesome photos!
14. Local eateries or national chains? local all the way. when i travel i want to experience the true place that i am visiting.
15. Rent a car or use public transportation? public transportation. expecially in europe. it rocks. or if we are staying with friends we can usually work out rides. but this next trip i am taking we have to rent :(
16. Travel with friends or solo? i LOVE sharing my travel experience with friends. it is just more enjoyable to share common memories. :)
17. Favorite cruise? never took a cruise. i might do the mediterranean sea as a cruise (like mark twain) but i do get seasick
18. Favorite state to visit? washington state. cause it is still in the northwest and i am spoiled. i LOVE the northwest!
19. What's the number one thing you have to do when visiting a city for the first time? look at a map. and get some local coffee.
20. Favorite trip? the roadtrip from portland to san diego last spring break pretty much rocked. we got to meet a pirate. end of story. no. not end of story. i fricken went to europe for 5 weeks this winter! :)
21. Least favorite trip? the train ride to italy. the view was nice. but the train was so crowded and this woman smoked IN our compartment right in my face while i was sleeping. blech.
22. Ever taken a long train ride? 12 hours to get to italy. it was supposed to take only 9. i was STARVING!
23. Favorite foreign country to visit? i really like germany and austria. i also liked london a lot for some reason.
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