tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72265021032971953712011-11-07T05:30:54.569-07:00you get there when you get thereDannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.comBlogger361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-81981512912806379322011-06-17T14:17:00.000-06:002011-06-17T14:17:20.239-06:00

We had done little to no research before our arrival in Barcelona, so we weren't quite sure what to do for our first day. I knew that I wanted to go to some of the Gaudi sites in the city, so we decided that since we were staying in the Gracia neighborhood, we would head over to Parc Guell (pronounced gway, not gwell, as I did for a day before finally learning the correct way). The park was

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-9454580610180129022011-06-14T10:49:00.000-06:002011-06-14T10:49:29.477-06:00

I'm currently hanging out with Kelli at her friend's farm, Magot (pronounced mag-oh, not maggot, as I first thought when I saw the sign). It is freaking gorgeous here. The farm is about 2 hours northeast of Toulouse, close to a little town called Vabre. The river Gijout is right nearby and crosses on the farm land. Kelli has been working here and using it as her base for travel for the past

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-59716870819106999922011-06-10T08:02:00.000-06:002011-06-10T08:02:50.758-06:00

Bonjour mes amis! I'm writing from Carcassone, in the Languedoc region of France. It is very pretty here, and the highlight and reason for being here, is that Carcassonne was originally a fortified city, so basically has a giant castle. Unfortunately all of my pictures were taken with my good camera and not my phone though, so I can't add any now. I'm meeting up with my sister tomorrow though, so

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-67371035148771946662011-06-08T06:52:00.000-06:002011-06-08T06:52:10.050-06:00

>> >> Ok this first picture has nothing to do with rain, or Toulouse, but since I forgot to take pictures of almost anything else today, or on my first ever business class plane ride, I will show you a picture of my first G&T of the trip. Served in a real glass, cuz that's what first class is like yo. This wasn't my first drink of the trip, probably more like third, but still. >> >> >> >> >>

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-24356271253247833342011-06-08T06:38:00.000-06:002011-06-08T06:38:00.868-06:00

Ok this first picture has nothing to do with rain, or Toulouse, but since I forgot to take pictures of almost anything else today, or on my first ever business class plane ride, I will show you a picture of my first G&T of the trip. Served in a real glass, cuz that's what first class is like yo. This wasn't my first drink of the trip, probably more like third, but still.

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-59324363524717943422011-06-06T14:12:00.001-06:002011-06-06T14:13:55.535-06:00

Hello! Today is the day! I'm packed (almost) and finally finished with the very long list of all of the work items that Needed to get done before I go away for three weeks without my computer. This ( most likely very short ) post is my first attempt at an email post. I'm going to also try attaching pictures from my phone and see how that works. This is my gear for the trip - one 60 L pack and one

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-32240754836226733672011-05-16T22:40:00.000-06:002011-05-16T22:40:31.635-06:00

Seeing how annoying it is to type a blog post using only my new mobile keyboard and my iphone, (so far pretty annoying). i am hoping to get used to the slightly smaller size and key configuration of the keyboard. my other big concern is going to be adding pictures to the blog. since i will not be bringing a computer on my upcoming trip to France, i am thinking that the only pictures i will be

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-61930053091122326462010-05-02T12:47:00.030-06:002010-12-29T13:27:02.567-07:00

My friend Denise anounced last fall that she was getting married and her dream was to have it on a beach! She decided on the destination, so off to Nassau, Bahamas we went. I was pretty excited about it seeing as how I hadn't been to the Bahamas since I was 18, which (here i am daing myself) was ONLY 22 years ago! I remember they had just started digging the great Atlantis complex and we spent

jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12701516998297481914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-23505362443460186152009-08-29T23:24:00.028-06:002010-03-03T18:44:09.631-07:00

When I received the call asking me if I liked boats, I have to say I was floored when i was told my next job was on-board a commercial fishing vessel. What did I know about fishing vessels? And how was I going to pull this one out of my you know what! So I proceeded to book my plane ticket and started making a lot of lists for this adventure of a lifetime! And as the time drew closer and closer

jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12701516998297481914noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-29521890866854788992009-04-29T20:28:00.009-06:002009-04-29T20:53:51.834-06:00

Well hello out there. Thought it was time for an update, even though it doesn't involve any travel. Jill and I (Danni) have started our own food safety consulting and auditing company - Food Safety Solutions. This is great for us, but it means that we have had to put our travel plans on hold for the immediate future (the not-so-great part). If it helps, one of our main reasons for starting this

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-19284640678149675072009-03-28T08:12:00.003-06:002009-04-29T20:54:21.079-06:00

Well hello out there! It has been awhile since our last post; we haven't forgotten about blogging, but we've been busy.. just not so busy traveling! Some of the girls have gone on trips (Karen to Mexico, Erika to Vegas and Velvet spent a month traipsing through Australia) but we haven't been able to beg guest posts from them. Jill and I have had to put travel plans on hold for now. We've alluded

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-35703414780860639162009-01-04T18:09:00.003-07:002009-04-29T20:54:58.595-06:00

Happy 2009! Those girls celebrated the eve of the new year in many ways, both together and apart. Karen spent a cozy night at home with her boyfriend in their new house, Velvet spent the evening in BC with her boyfriends family and many many martinis, Erika was out and about in Asheville and Danni and Jill hosted a Fairy Tale themed party in Calgary.Some new resolutions have been made, with many

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-46805461030140206532008-12-07T19:12:00.019-07:002009-04-29T20:55:16.358-06:00

Erika, Jill and I are lounging in my living room, thoroughly exhausted after a fabulous weekend of Rocking the Rockies.Friday afternoon we picked up Erika from America at the airport - I'm not sure how we managed to recognize her without her bathing suit, but man she looks good in pants! Our neon pink Welcome to Canada sign set the tone for the rest of the weekend. That night the rest of the

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-81298289347417841642008-12-03T21:52:00.010-07:002009-04-29T20:55:28.804-06:00

We're counting down to our annual Rock the Rockies event. What is this you ask? Well, this is an event that is sure to be notorious famous in years to come. This is our second annual all-girls weekend to Banff, put on by Jill and I, financed by the best hotel reward program ever (still sticking to the budget!).The Rewards:Jill and I travel a lot around the province for work, and whenever we can,

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-60640143221502688792008-11-19T23:50:00.016-07:002010-03-19T00:56:01.164-06:00

I've gotten made fun of quite a bit since I first let on that I really wanted tickets to the New Kids On the Block concert. Many of my friends are either younger than me or (very slightly) older than me so I think they missed the boat on the NKOTB first time around. I remember being 11 years old and singing Step By Step in my BFF Jamie's attic; band posters surrounding us and our Jordan dolls in

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-86113114170723207582008-11-13T23:15:00.013-07:002009-01-11T23:27:10.454-07:00

You know you're good friends with someone when, after spending 24/7 with them for 31 days, seeing each other every minute and going to bed with them each night, you would willingly get into a car with them for a 20 hour road trip! That's my girl Jill. She valiantly offered up her car (vs. my gas guzzling SUV), company and road-trip-singing-voice for the whirl-wind trip to Idaho to meet up with my

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-60547493173967339232008-11-06T19:58:00.004-07:002009-01-11T23:27:32.337-07:00

That's Idaho, in case you didn't know. Just one of many fun facts my sister has sent to Jill and I in preparation for our road trip extravaganza! We're heading off to Idaho, the meet in the middle point for my mom and I. I'm taking my puppy to live with my mama, who has a dog of her own that could use a playmate.Now, this isn't a month long Mediterranean sailing trip... its not even a relaxing

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-56248676363362212022008-10-19T16:59:00.003-06:002010-03-19T00:56:49.408-06:00

Still missing the boat... :) Yesterday I was in a liquor store picking up some wine for a dinner at my dad's house, saw some Metaxa brandy and boom! Flashback to the boat and John making us brandy and coffee every night! Jill and I were asked by our coworkers to give a little presentation of some of our holiday pictures at one of our team meetings. Since I've spent the afternoon working on it (

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-58873873890040848122008-10-18T07:19:00.002-06:002008-11-14T00:00:48.554-07:00

We've been home for almost a week now, and we are still suffering the effects of some Post Vacation Depression. We've been waking up in the middle of the night for bathroom breaks (guess our bodies still think it is daytime pee-time!) and are lucky to get five hours of sleep consecutively. Work had been a challenge after about 1:00 in the afternoon, as this is about the time we fall head-first

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-14401490395396100582008-10-12T19:04:00.002-06:002009-01-11T23:28:13.335-07:00

Hello from Canada! I actually can't believe we are home, and that we've been gone for a month. In some ways it seems like minutes, but in others a lifetime. Getting off the plane to chilly 8C weather was also not the best welcome we could have hoped for!Our last day in Istanbul was anticlimactic. After waking up and having Turkish breakfast (bread, jam, olives, tomatoes, cucumbers and hard boiled

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-79877062060223601182008-10-11T00:08:00.002-06:002009-01-11T23:28:52.235-07:00

Nothing like easing into life away from sailing by heading off to rainy Istanbul. Land of hairy men... 'Hello, how are you, where you from?? I give you my business card..' are echoed as you walk down the streets of the Sultanahmet area. Forget being traded for boat goats and having your skipper rescue you... here you better have a husband (or at least a pretend one that you are meeting in mere

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-14379930412244849412008-10-09T06:51:00.001-06:002009-01-11T23:29:17.815-07:00

Week three on the boat was fabulous. Jill and I found out that we are the only people in Seascape history that booked on for a two week trip and then decided to stay on for a third. Well, that is how we roll I guess... go big or go home! Week three was great because we were in the sailing groove and had perfected all the things that needed to be done on the boat (besides actually steering under

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-28503886731612042042008-10-04T03:06:00.001-06:002009-01-11T23:29:34.620-07:00

Week two on the boat has come and gone.. if possible it was even better than week one! We have fallen into a sailıng groove where we feel like we know what we are doing. The people on our boat week 2 were also great, Erika ıs an unoffıcial honorary those girl, and Richard had really good boat tunes! Erica will actually be joining us ın Barbados for the those girls reunion next year!This week we

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-31301940273126250422008-09-29T06:17:00.001-06:002009-01-11T23:30:14.596-07:00

Ed. Note: I'm posting this after being back in Canada, wanted to elaborate on some of our specific experiences on the trip :)Docked in Datca, the largest port we will visit in Turkiye. This is the home of our fabulous Hamam (Turkish Bath) experience... sorry no pictures!!10 people from the boats pile into 2 beat up old Toyotas that have arrived at the harbour to take us to the hamam. The cars are

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-7559573233094413492008-09-26T06:51:00.002-06:002009-01-11T23:30:35.025-07:00

Ed. note: posted after return to CanadaWe were really bummed to find out that we were going to miss out on the usual Greek Dancing night that Seascape attends in Patmos because of a slightly different itinerary than usual for our trip. Not to worry, those girls can make their own excitement!Leaving the taverna after dinner in Vathi, I noted that there was a group of Greek boys waving at us from

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-48672481101767582612008-09-26T06:45:00.003-06:002010-03-19T01:01:43.576-06:00

On our last night in Athens (when Jeff arrived) we drank a bit too much wine and on our way back to the hotel, we spontaneously bought some matching bling shoes and even managed to talk the guy down from 35 E to 29 E. We were pretty impressed. with ourselves. Turns out the other 2 girls on our boat also came prepared with some shiny shoes! That's Jill, Suzanne, Marnie and Danni from left to right

jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12701516998297481914noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-5554211791370982782008-09-19T07:33:00.002-06:002009-01-11T23:31:42.058-07:00

So many days away from a computer! We've spent the last 2 and a half days in Athens. People here are very friendly, as we found out when we were personally escorted to our hotel by a man that saw us looking at our map (true tourists!) in Syntagma Square. We are finally starting to get over being sick, just lots of phlegm now (yum, I know..). Tex; from Florida, arrived yesterday, and we

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-27144107701452849302008-09-17T04:07:00.002-06:002009-01-11T23:31:25.299-07:00

So first things first, both Danni and Jill are sick! eek! it totally sucks, not like flu sick, but ears, nose and throat sick which makes flying so much more difficult. Looking forward to the flight to Athens today! So this week while in London, being like real locals, we shopped at Oxford street, had high tea at Wolsely (where we got scolded for taking pics by the director!), met up with our

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-78939989280719632482008-09-15T01:08:00.001-06:002008-11-14T01:02:16.836-07:00

That is in reference to Danni's feet, not ok. She was an idiot and didn't break in her shoes before walking 8000 miles in one day!Last night was the first night we got almost a full nights sleep since leaving home, we will guesstimate 7 hours. Yey for us. Dorm room hostel living is not as easy as we anticipated, we don't like to think it's because we are getting old. Since arriving in jolly old

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-33551183054662830222008-09-11T17:43:00.002-06:002009-01-11T23:32:07.848-07:00

Alright folks.. it is 6:00 pm. Jill and I are fully packed; everything that can be crammed into our backpacks has been crammed. We managed to fit a pair of pants (Sorry Jan!), although we are wearing them as they wouldn't fit in the bags. And Wonnita, we decided to go with jeans :).We're currently drinking Stongbow (in anticipation of course!) and eating some toasted tomatoe sandwhiches so that

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-326666635294427232008-08-06T21:23:00.001-06:002008-11-14T01:03:07.620-07:00

This has been a busy summer for "those girls"! Most recently was a camping adventure on the August long weekend to Cataract Creek. Those girls, minus one, (plus a couple extras!) took the almighty tent trailer (from 1969) out to Kananaskis country. It took no time at all for 4 people to set up camp (of course due to Karen's military commands) then the eating and drinking began around the bestest

jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12701516998297481914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-71002093366096845352008-07-13T22:51:00.000-06:002008-07-13T23:02:47.248-06:00

Its been a bit since our last update, however, Those Girls have been busy busy! Jeff; from Florida, came to visit, and of course, there was Stampede to attend! We recently came to know of Jeff when he contacted us because he is going on the same sailing trip with us in September. After many emails and a few phone calls (and doubts...we weren't sure if Jeff was too Top Shelf to be any fun.. he did

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-88763825398075266852008-06-07T21:36:00.001-06:002008-11-14T01:04:16.750-07:00

After our unbelievably fun trip to Barbados was over, all 4 of "those girls" went through, what we like to call "PVD" or post vacation distress. We tried numerous times to drink VIP's with bajan fish cakes and special sauce to recreate the island and luckily, we all had each other to reminisce with and share photo's on facebook with. The best of all for Danni and Jill was the "van-dance-party".

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-38360530617203813802008-06-07T08:39:00.002-06:002009-01-11T23:32:30.191-07:00

I figured this blog could use a little spicing up, and also that I could use a little practice with posting photos and such. Last year after we went to Barbados, Those Girls wrote up the story of our adventure in a joint effort. The result is a somewhat disjointed, not very flowing, but extremely humorous tale! So I thought I'd post the story of "A day in the life of those girls on their favorite

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-64349113759417630122008-06-05T21:48:00.003-06:002009-01-11T23:32:57.276-07:00

Alright, while I don't necessarily have any new adventures to talk about right now, I do have to report that Velvet has decided to contribute to the new blog! Seeing how she has just come back from three weeks in South Africa, I'm sure she'll have plenty of stories to share...! Now we're just waiting on Karen...

Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717982307743062732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226502103297195371.post-1875493387057008322008-06-04T23:37:00.002-06:002009-01-11T23:33:08.596-07:00

Hi! I'm Danni.. 1/4 of those girls... Those Girls began last year when four girls who had never traveled together took a trip to Barbados and had the time of their lives. They got so famous that they were mistaken for locals and were repeatedly accosted on the street with such conversation starters as "Oh.. you're those girls that...(enter notorious, hilarious or just plain ridiculous story here)

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