A Year-Long Vacation

So I'm finally getting around to finishing the book Eat, Pray, Love. For those of you who don't know what it's about, the author (Elizabeth Gilbert) gets a divorce and decides that for one year, she wants to travel to Italy, India and Bali (Indonesia) to embark on a spiritual and self-discovering journey. I started it about four months ago...everyone who I'd talked to who read it said it would be a quick read. Apparently for me it's taken me a little longer. I don't know if it's the pace of the book (it tends to read fast in some parts, and then reallly sloow in others), or just that sometimes I feel like the author can be whiny, but I'm really excited that I'm almost finished! You will come to learn that little things excite me...maybe because I'm an only child and am really good at keeping myself entertained, I dunno.

Anyways, I was reading last night, and began thinking about what I would do and where I would go if I had a full year to travel. A year where I didn't have to worry about work, money, responsibilities back home...a year where I could just be. It's kind of a daunting thing to think about...(but maybe that's because I tend to over think a lot of things :p).

I think I would begin my year in France. I visited France when I was in high school, took french classes in middle school, high school and college, and pretty much love anything french. Even though I had some experience with the language, going there and hearing it 24 hours a day as opposed to two was completely shocking and intoxicating. I want to go back and experience that feeling again.

So pretty...the Eiffel tower is amazing! I love the colors of the sky in this photo

Poland would be next on my list. My mother is Polish and my grandmother speaks Polish (and English, thankfully), so I've always wanted to visit and see where I come from. Plus, Eastern Europe, from what I've seen in pictures, is absolutely beautiful. I would love to see it for myself in person.

Looks so quaint and rustic...imagine walking around and window shopping there

And finally, the place I've ALWAYS wanted to go (at least since glimpsing a Today Show clip of Matt Lauer there) is the Seychelles Islands. Located off the coast of Madagascar, they are the epitome of what a tropical sanctuary is. Remote, warm, sunny, gorgeous...what's not to love? I mean, come on, the picture says it all:

Imagine walking up on this scene...OMG I would die!

*Sigh* Well now I've got myself thinking about vacations...I sooo want to take one this year with the boyfriend. Somewhere warm, sunny, where I can get a tan and wear a swimsuit...

Ok...now I'm just day dreaming. Where would you go if you had an entire year to travel? What did you think of Eat, Pray, Love? I welcome your comments! :)


(Oh, and for those who have a short attention span like me, the book is now a movie--even out on DVD already! Click here to view the trailer)