I take my IPOD Nano or Touch with me everywhere. I can photograph and record video to document my travel days.  Having the music to block out background noise and ebooks on long flights is great too! 

My most memorable experience that really inspired me to make travel a career was when we visited New York City at Thanksgiving.  What child or parent wouldn’t enjoy welcoming the holiday season in the big apple!  We started off our day at The Trump Towers at Columbia Circle watching the parade three stories up.  The floats were right at eye-level!  Being at the start of the parade, we left Central Park early enough in the day for one more amazing experience.  We took the subway to Wall Street where we honored those lost on 9/11.  Around the corner we donned our aprons and served Thanksgiving Dinner to 75 houseless New Yorkers who were truly grateful for what they had, a meal.  It was a memorable and defining day for our family.

Tibet and Nepal are high on my bucket list...having lived at 10,000 feet for a good part of my life, the Himalayans call me.  These countries house landscapes as diverse as their peoples, cultures and religions.

Starting in Lhasa to soak in the Buddhist culture and visit the sites that exude spirituality.  Later, I’d wander off in search of the Yetis and the yaks...tiny villages filled with color and culture unknown in our part of the world.  I have dreamed of climbing  Everest, but just being in the country trekking with the people, would fill my cup.