I've Been There

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What Is "I've Been There"?

I've Been There" is a novel concept for a lens that I thought up a few days ago. I have been thinking of a way to use some lenses about places throughout the world created by other lensmasters, and the idea for this lens gradually took shape.

I thought that it would be a great idea if there was a lens where people could describe places that they have been, and list lenses about those places.

So what I have done is provided a means for you to tell the world about places that you have been, adding any stories or tidbits that you think readers might find of interest.

Send me your story using the Contact Me link, and also up to 5 lenses about places that you have visited. I will create for you your own section in the lens that tells your story.

The lenses can be yours, or they can be from another lensmaster. Just please make sure that they are quality lenses, and feel free to tell lens creators that you used their lenses, and with luck we will all get more exposure and traffic out of this.

I know that I am looking forward to hearing about all the different places that everyone has been. I hope that you are too.

THIS LENS IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SO PLEASE IGNORE THE ODD TYPO OR MISSING SECTION.

RIGHT NOW I AM STRUGGLING TO FIND GOOD LENSES ABOUT SOME OF THE PLACES THAT I HAVE BEEN TO, SO IF YOU DO HAVE ANY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL BE PLEASED TO FEATURE THEM.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD YOUR COMMENTS TO THE LENS TO LET ME KNOW ABOUT YOUR TRAVELS. THEY WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE LENS ONCE IT'S READY FOR THE WORLD TO SEE.

Where Has Poddys Been? 

I always wanted to travel, even from when I was really young. As a boy I never had many friends and spent a lot of time on my own in the house. I loved to read, and as well as working my way through all the books that were in our house on the South Coast of England, I also worked my way through those in my Grandmother's house in the Midlands.

Not only did I read all the books that I could find, I also read and collected all the family postcards, some dating back to the 1940's, and by the time I reached my late teens I had amassed a collection of close to 1,000 of these. Through these postcards I travelled the world, yet in reality my holidays were spent either at home, with the family coming to visit us at the Seaside, or in Rugby, at my Grandmothers house.

Sadly, when moving house about 1990, the box that contained these postcards went missing. I still believe it may be somewhere, but it's probable that it got thrown out, which is very sad. As well as the postcard collection, the box contained many albums of tea cards and a complete collection of cigarette cards which my uncle had put together. For those who did not grow up in England, the Brooke Bond Tea Company used to insert a coloured card into each packet of tea. The numbered cards formed part of a collection, which included British Butterflies, British Birds etc. These are still highly collectible today and I had lots of them. Cigarette cards date back further, and the set I had was of Battleships of World War II. This would be worth quite a sum these days. Anyhow I digress...

The first chance I had to travel was when I was 5 years old and we went to Belfast to spend 2 weeks with my Uncle, Aunt and cousins. I don't remember much, except that I was sick as a parrot on the flight (it was an old DC3 Dakota) and that traumatised me for the next 20 years.

The next opportunity I had was with the family when I was 18. We all went to Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean. About 10 of us went, 3 generations, and based on my previous experiences when I was 5 I spent most of the flight there and back in the toilet. This was quite an experience for all of us, especially in those days since none of us were used to foreign food. So we suffered for 2 weeks with greasy Spanish food and lager, dreaming of REAL English fish and chips and beer.

My next chance to travel was to Normandy and Brittany. I went there with 3 friends from university, and I learned a lot. I learned mostly to love new adventures, exploring new places, and experiencing new food.

I then moved to London after University, got married, and went to Corfu, one of the Greek islands for my honeymoon. I had just fallen in love with Greek food, so not only was the scenery wonderful, I also had a food fest.

After that I had several more trips back to Normandy and Brittany, which I loved, especially Mont St. Michel. A trip to Minorca, another to Rhodes, then Lanzarotte in the Canary Islands, and following that the biggest trip of my life.

At the end of 1986 the company I had built up had to be liquidated (more about this in my Lensography) and I was not only tired, I was ready to do something adventurous. And so we planned a year away from London in New Zealand, where my cousin lives. The route out took us to Los Angeles, Tahiti, and then 9 months in New Zealand where we spent many of the weekends travelling. The journey home, which lasted 6 weeks, took us to New Caledonia, Australia (Melbourne, Brisbane, Surfers Paradise and Sydney), Bali, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Bangkok and finally Hong Kong.

I arrived back in England to find that the companies I had contracted at before had either no work, or had moved. There was only 1 contract available and I had to work so I took that, with one of the oil companies. The 3 month contract had a possibility of a trip to Mexico, but it was a good 6 years or more before I actually got there. Well the 3 months became a year, then 2, then 3, and then the job was moved to a software house and I joined their staff. In 1994 I moved to Indiana, still doing the same job, and it only ended in 1999 after 12 years. During this time I had trips to Jamaica, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Belize, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Barbados, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Suriname, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Kenya and Papua New Guinea. Phew - I think I got them all...

During that job and since it ended I have been also to St. Lucia, but that's about it for new trips. Other than returning to my homeland in England, I haven't done a lot of exotic travel in a few years, but I still dream of doing more - when I win the lottery...

I've Been Everywhere Man sung by Johnny Cash 

This song pretty much sums it up when it comes to people who have been to a lot of places around the world. I remember this from when I was very young, and it's a pleasure to include something from a classic Country Legend like Johnny Cash.
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Well now that you have read about some of the marvellous places that I have visited, take a trip with me via the following lenses on a journey around the world with Poddys.

Poddys European Journey 

I am still looking for other GOOD lenses to showcase here, so if you have one that is relevant to my trips to Europe, please let me know.

My journey begins in England and my home town of Bournemouth.. My trip through Europe would not be complete without a lens on London where I lived for 15 years, or Southampton where I will be moving to with Debbie.

featured lens Mont Saint Michel in Normandy, France

On my last trip there, we left the Mont a few minutes before sun down and parked the car on the road out where we had a good view. As the sun came down and the night came up, lights progressively lit up. First one here and there, around the cathedra...

featured lens Southampton

I decided to create a lens about my home town of Southampton. Southampton is on the south coast of England in the county of Hampshire. You may know Southampton as the home to many great cruise ships including The Titanic, The QE2, The Queen Mary, Th...

featured lens Bournemouth - Seaside Beaches Holidays Sunshine

If someone was to mention Bournemouth to you, what would come to mind? If you live outside of the UK, probably not a lot, since Bournemouth isn't on the list of main attractions that you find in the tourist brochures, especially for visitors from...

featured lens London Fun for Free or For Less - About Londons Tours Walks Shows And Attractions

Fun things to do in London for free or for less - Da Kids in Da Hood! (the nice neighbourhood of Trafalgar Square that is) - London fun free attractions, london discount hotels and walks we found, plus reasonable accommodation options for a London st...

featured lens The Importance of the New Forest, Southern England

The New Forest, in Hampshire, Southern England, is the largest tract of lowland common land in Britain making it of great importance for the environment and conservation as it covers a range of habitats from boggy valley bottoms to dry heathland. Du...

Poddys African Journey 

So far I have only been to Kenya, but I would love to go to Egypt and Botswana one day too.

featured lens Would You Trade Your Daughter for a Cow?

The very idea seems absurd, but for desperate families in parts of rural Africa, it's an all too common answer to a present-day economic problem. Thus, when a family runs out of food and sees no other solution, they will strike a deal with a neig...

Poddys Asian Journey 

I loved my trip to Asia, the sights, sounds and food were wonderful.

featured lens The City-State of Singapore

Civilisation on the island of Singapore consisted of a Malay fishing village, at the mouth of what is now known as the Singapore River, in 1819 when Sir Stamford Raffles claimed this area on behalf of the British East India Company. A trading post wa...

featured lens Short Bangkok Tour

"I've got only got a few days in Bangkok, what do you recommend?" As someone who has lived in and extensively explored Bangkok, Thailand, I have the most helpful advice around and this lens will give you adequate resources to fully enjoy the few day...

Poddys Australasian Journey 

I thoroughly love both New Zealand and Australia, and would love to return some day.

featured lens Looking for Gold : Travel Victoria

It's been worshipped, plundered, fought over and traded for thousands of years and the search for gold is as eager as ever. In the Victoria of 1851 gold was literally oozing from the ground in almost inexhaustible quantities. Wealth was everywhere,...

featured lens Surfing New Zealand Photographs

New Zealand is located at the bottom of our Earth, in the south-western Pacific Ocean, and it takes a long time to travel from far off lands like States side or Europe to Aotearoa, the 'land of the long white cloud'. As most surfers want to know if...

featured lens Little Blue Fairy Penguins

Eudyptula minor, known as both Blue Penguins and Fairy Penguins are now officially known as "Little Penguins". This new term more accurately describes these seabirds which are the smallest of the penguin species. In New Zealand the name Blue Penguin...

featured lens Birding in New Caledonia with Grandma

The Kagu is listed as endangered and enjoys full protection in New Caledonia. Kagus are considered very important in New Caledonia, it is a high profile endemic emblem for the Territory. Map of New Caledonia, Pacific Photographic Print Buy at Al...

Poddys North American Journey 

I have lived in the USA for 14 years, but still haven't travelled to a lot of places. Here are a handful of those that I have been to.

featured lens A Weekend City Break In New York

Do you fancy a City Break in New York? Have you wanted to go to New York but need to know about what to do when you are there? Apart from the major tourist attractions in Manhattan like the Statue Of Liberty, The Empire State Building, Central Park a...

featured lens Michiana ~ Come on, see what's here!

Michiana... I have lived in Michiana my whole life. Right after I graduated from college I began working as an advertising executive for an entertainment newspaper that is no longer published called Michiana NOW. I often found myself having to explai...

featured lens Notre Dame ~ The Fighting Irish

Initially I did not like Notre Dame...at all I've lived in the Michiana area all of my life. I live about fifteen minutes from Notre Dame...Growing up no one in my immediate family was a Notre Dame fan--so being a product of my environment neither w...

Poddys South American Journey 

South America has some amazing places to visit, and some great food too. Standing high in the Andes and listening to the pan pipes and charango is a unique experience.

featured lens Most Beautiful Waterfalls: Iguacu in Brazil

Iguacu (or Iguazu) waterfalls are some of the most impressive and beautiful in the world, not the biggest, widest nor tallest waterfall, but 275 separate waterfalls spread over a three-kilometre crescent between Argentina and Brazil. Most of the fall...

You have been on a journey with me, which I hope you enjoyed.

Now take the trip of a lifetime with some other well travelled lensmasters.

 

I'VE BEEN THERE - HAVE YOU?

The Amazing Travels of Debnet 

When I was aged around 12, I was lucky enough to go on a Baltic Cruise. This was an educational trip, organised by my school. I went to Leningrad, as it was then. The thing that sticks in my memory was a visit to The Golden Palace. This lens on Saint Petersburg has some wonderful photographs.

Helksinki the capital of Finland, is a wonderful place and well worth a visit.

My visit to Copenhagen in Denmark brings back memories of the wonderful fairground and of course the Little Mermaid.

In Stockholm in Sweden I remember seeing the changing of the guards at the Palace (think it was a Palace) and seeing sex shops for the first time! From the window of the coach I hasten to add!!

As an adult, one of my most favourite places is the Greek island of Crete. There are many typical Greek villages here as well as the all singing, all dancing resorts. I really enjoyed this lens.

I've been to many other parts of Europe too, but have just highlighted a few here.

More recently, New York and The Florida Keys have been highlights on my trips to the USA. Here's one on The Florida Keys that I found useful before our trip.

Of course, New York was such a wonderful experience for us, that Poddys and I wrote a lens together about our New York City Break.

Places I'd like to visit in the future? Well, maybe that's a whole new lens...

 

featured lens Holiday in Denmark

Going on a holiday in Denmark? Then this page is for you! Being from Denmark myself, I thought I could help out future visitors to our country by giving some insider tips for things to see, places to go, where to sleep and eat and so on. I h...

featured lens The perfect place for vacation in Europe is Saint-Petersburg Russia

St. Petersburg is an unusual city in many ways. We know exactly the date of its foundation, 16 May 1703 and the name of its founder, Peter 1st. St. Petersburg is comparatively young city, but its short history is rich in significant and tragic event...

featured lens Helsinki

Helsinki, or Helsingfors is the capital and largest city of Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is 568,146 (31 October 2007), making it the mos...

featured lens The island vacation paradise: Crete, Greece

Here you can see Crete, Greece's largest island, nestled snugly in the blue Mediterranean. Crete lies South of mainland Greece, North of Libya and West of Turkey. With sun, sea, fresh food, and deep layers of history Crete, Greece travel is a good be...

featured lens Visit Stockholm!

Stockholm (the Royal Capital of Sweden) is one of the world’s most beautiful capitals. Built on 14 islands around one of Europe’s largest and best-preserved mediaeval city centres, the Swedish capital is superbly positioned, with stunning...

 

featured lens Key West, Florida

I don't live in Key West, Florida and I never have.  Yet, when I go there, I always feel like I am going home.  There is something about the island that helps me center and refocus and I always feel better.  Not to mention the fact tha...

featured lens A Weekend City Break In New York

Do you fancy a City Break in New York? Have you wanted to go to New York but need to know about what to do when you are there? Apart from the major tourist attractions in Manhattan like the Statue Of Liberty, The Empire State Building, Central Park a...

 

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The Amazing Travels of Jaguar Julie 

Where have I been?

Ah, my favorite places -- Hungary [Heviz, Lake Balaton, Budapest], Romania [Satu Mare], Czech Republic [Prague, Czeske Krumlov], Venice, Paris, Kauai, Costa Rica, the British Virgin Islands and Mexico.

Some of my great places that I've been to were captured on film, not digital cameras. So, as I've been creating my lenses, I'll take some time to scan some of my pictures.

 

featured lens Arenal Volcano -- Costa Rica

We vacationed in Costa Rica, flying into San Jose and driving to Jaco for a one-week stay.  From Jaco we made our way up to Tabacón, a hot springs resort in the northern area of Costa Rica.  From Tabacón you could actuall...

featured lens Club Dobogomajor -- A Hungarian Vacation Resort

This lens is about a marvelous resort we found in Western Hungary and had the opportunity to visit for one week.  I hope you will enjoy this lens and perhaps think about visiting.  I'm actually hoping to get back to Club Dobo as it's l...

featured lens Satu Mare, Romania -- Szatmar-Nemeti, Hungary

Satu Mare is a city located in Satu Mare County in Northwest Romania on the Somes river. It's some 13 km from the border with Hungary and 27 km from the border with Ukraine. What's particularly interesting about Satu Mare is that it was originally a...

featured lens Catamaran Vacation -- British Virgin Islands

A first for me and my hubby was a catamaran vacation in the British Virgin Islands. I've prepared a cool slide show that I've included to show you the beautiful scenery that we took in. I am recommending that you consider a catamaran vacation for you...

featured lens Hungarian Travel -- My Hunky Story

Ah, the start of the adventure -- the start of a Hungarian story, my Hungarian story -- my trip of a lifetime!  We originally flew into Venice, Italy, where we spent several days before embarking on the night train into Vienna, Austria.  Th...

 

I'VE BEEN THERE - HAVE YOU?

The Amazing Travels of Andy Po 

I've been to a few places and I have made lenses on the following:
Namibia, Botswana, Egypt, Morocco, India (x2), Borneo, Indonesia (Komodo), China, USA (national Parks), Canada (x2), Mexico, Peru (Inca Trail), Brazil (Rio, Salvador, Amazon, Iguacu) France (Loire valley and Brittany) Australia, London (Richmond) and Gibraltar and of course lots of other countries in Europe, but I haven't made the lenses yet.

 

featured lens The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Peru

Machu Picchu in Peru is one of those views that you just have to see once in your life. Everyone has seen the classic photo, always apparently taken from exactly the same place on the descent down a mountain towards the ancient site. My trip there, h...

featured lens Salvador: Carnival City in Brazil

Tourists go to Rio de Janeiro for Carnival. Many Brazilians go to Salvador. It is a great carnival city in Brazil. It is also a beautiful photogenic, cultural city with plenty of things to keep a tourist busy. Salvador, in the state of Bahia, north...

featured lens Canada. Vancouver Island and the Rockies

Vancouver is a big city with an interesting history and a good range of restaurants and bars, that will keep a tourist busy for several days, but it is also in a fantastic location if you are interested in wildlife viewing. Whale watching is possible...

featured lens Marrakech Morocco North Africa

Marrakech is an interesting city, so close to Europe and yet so different in many ways. The contrast is particularly evident in the Medina, the old walled city, where motorbikes, donkeys and carts and cars jostle for right of way on the narrow dirty...

featured lens Vacation in Cuba

Cuba is a fascinating place to visit because it is almost frozen in time due to the difficult political situation over the last few decades. It is relatively easy to visit from most of the world, with the obvious exception of citizens of the USA for...

 

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The Amazing Travels Of Chef Keem 

I was born and raised in Germany. I spent some vacation time in Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, and - East Germany. Back then, Germany was divided into two completely different state systems - communist (East) and capitalist (West).

After my emigration to the USA in 1981, I traveled a bit to see different States - Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Washington D.C., California, Nevada...

My main travels every year, however, take me for 2 months to Alaska, where I cook for a fishing and hunting lodge. I took a lot of pictures and video footage, and I share it in some of my lenses.

 

featured lens The Berlin Wall Falls

Some people may give Ronald Reagan all the credit for the fall of the Berlin wall, others point at Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of glasnost - allowing public criticism of the communist party - for being the cause of the events surrounding...

featured lens Coastal Pictures Of Alaska

I took many coastal pictures, during my 11 seasons as the Executive Chef of the Driftwood Lodge in SE Alaska. Most of them show the breath-taking scenery when nobody else was around - just me, my ATV and my camera. The coastal area near the mouth of...

featured lens Culinary Arts Alaska With Chef Keem - Fishing, Cooking, Salmon, Bear!

Alaska cooking jobs - dream jobs! Ihave a lot of cooking fun, but I'm also fly fishing, bear chasing, adventure hunting, beach combing, and picking wild strawberries. I entertain my guests with my chef's comedy routines, and I develop recipes for wil...

featured lens Alaska Lodge Cooking

Alaska lodging, Alaska fishing - a dream vacation! Thousands of Alaska lodges fill with excited fishermen and hunters during salmon runs and big game seasons. Open-air adventures in Alaska make you hungry and nothing is better than a big tasty meal i...

featured lens Black Forest Cake Recipe, Cuckoo Clocks and Foods

Black Forest Cake, nutcrackers and other wonderful things comprise some of my earliest memories.  I learned to read on Grimm's Fairytales, and gingerbread made always for inspired thoughts of being in the Black Forest; Hansel and  Gretel, a...

 

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The Amazing Travels Of Evelyn Saenz 

I have always loved to travel.

In high school I had the opportunity to travel to Europe two different times. The first time was to Luxembourg, Holland, Belgium, France and Germany. The second time was to Switzerland. I remember listening to the Hallelujah Chorus being sung in Notre Dame in Paris on Easter Sunday and picking tulips in Holland. I don't have a lens about it yet but someday.

After college I lived in Costa Rica two different times. My lenses about Coffee Prints and and Pancho Claus reflect my time in Costa Rica.

I grew up in Vermont so most of my lenses are related to the Northern Woodlands and it's creatures. Garner Rix and the Royalton Raid is a lens about one of my ancestors and the farm we lived in when up there.

We now live in Southern Florida so I have written about Alligators and Purple Gallinules to talk about my Florida travels.

 

featured lens Purple Gallinules of the Everglades

Gallinules are spectacular creatures. The can be found walking on water lilies in the canals throughout the Everglades. One day we took a trip to the Everglades and saw a Purple Gallinule for the first time. It's vibrant colors are unbelievable. We...

featured lens Alligator Pie

Alligator Pie is a great poem for introducing the alligator theme. Use it in a reading chart and then go on to learn about the alligators. Alligators bring us eye to eye with the watery, muddy world of the swamp. Write a poem or explore an alligato...

featured lens Printing With Coffee

Cafegrafia, or Coffee Art, the unique process of developing photographs using coffee as a pigment was invented by Saul Bolanos. His photos are of Costa Rican Coffee processing from a century ago. Learn how coffee is now produced in Costa Rica. Pour...

featured lens Garner Rix and the Royalton Raid - 1780

Garner Rix was just 12 when he moved with his father, pregnant mother, two sisters and three brothers from a farm in Connecticut to a log cabin on the banks of the White River, a place that would one day be called Royalton, Vermont. He helped h...

 

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The Amazing Travels Of PKMCR 

I had the amazing good fortune to spend nearly three years living in Rome. I was studying at the time at the Pontifical Gregorian University. From my term time home the popular Rome attractions of Campo Di Fiori, Piazza Navona, St Peter's Basilica and many more became very familiar to me on a daily basis. Which is why I have created a number of lenses about Rome - with more to come!

I also cannot fail to mention somewhere I visit frequently, which is London our capital!

 

featured lens Discover The Attractions Of Rome The Eternal City

I had the amazing good fortune to spend nearly three years living in Rome. I was studying at the time at the Pontifical Gregorian University. From my term time home the popular Rome attractions of Campo Di Fiori, Piazza Navona, St Peter's Basilica an...

featured lens Trevi Fountain

If you want to ensure a return to Rome then you have to toss a coin into the Trevi Fountain! I can also let you into a little secret! The finest and most amazing choice of Gelati (Ice Cream) is available at a little shop just round the corner from th...

featured lens Visit London Attractions

If you have five years for a vacation you might be able to see about half of the attractions that London has to offer. No matter your tastes - whether modern or classical art, monuments and museums, zoos and gardens, nightclubs, theater, music, and o...

featured lens Vatican City State - Rome Italy

I had the very good fortune to spend almost three years living in Rome and living a few minutes walk from The Vatican. I was studying at the time at the Pontifical Gregorian University. From my term time home the popular attractions of St Peter's Bas...

featured lens Piazza Navona

Having spent three years living in Rome I spent many hours simply doing what the Romans love to do! Watching the world go by. What better place could there be to sit and idle a few hours away, as you eat the delicious food that is served at the pave...

 

I'VE BEEN THERE - HAVE YOU?

The Amazing Travels Of Rinchen Chodron 

A few years ago in 2005 I took a wonder-filled trip to Bhutan to visit Buddhist monasteries and historical sites. I also went to Nepal afterward to celebrate one of my teacher's 80th birthday. It was during a time when the King of Nepal had closed the country due to Maoist activities. He decided to open it again on the same morning that we flew in, but there were still armed guards all around town. We were the only tourists so we got Royal treatment! I have some pictures on my sites.

I have also written a lens on a place I have not been yet called Tuva - it is a unique small country now part of Russia. I just love to travel and hope to make it to both Peru and Australia in the future.

 

featured lens Tuva - A Magical Land in Asia

Tuva was formerly an independent country that later became a part of the Soviet Union. They have their own pastoral culture and shamanic traditions. The picture is the flag of Tuva. Here is a quote from the book Tuva or Bust: "Take a look at a map...

featured lens Yongdzin Rinpoche- Famous Tibetan Monk

Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, senior teacher of the Bon tradition, was forced to leave his homeland when the Chinese invaded Tibet in the late 1950s. He later established the Triten Norbutse Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal to carry on the Bon Buddhi...

featured lens Bhutan - A Sweet Little Country

Bhutan is a small country north of Nepal and South of China, and next to Sikkim. It's President's stated purpose is "Gross National Happiness". It is a country where the government and the monestaries share separate wings of the same buildings. I wa...

The Amazing Travels Of Seedplanter 

I've traveled the U.S. to every state but five or six. I grew up in a family of 8, and my dad worked an extra job so we could afford summer road trips. We lived in California, so most of the trips took us thousands of miles east. My sixteenth summer, we spent several days in D.C. exploring our nation's capitol.

I spent my tenth wedding anniversary in Paris. What a fabulous memory! My husband was in the military then, and we lived in Germany. I went to Italy, Luxembourg, Austria... but ran out of steam & money, so never made it to Spain or England. Would love to go to Ireland someday.

Traveling is a wonderful experience. It looks like you've had your share! Thanks for such a fun lens!

 

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I'VE BEEN THERE - HAVE YOU?

The Amazing Travels of Jane Shattuck 

Greetings from Barbados!

I am an American and grew up with an airline pilot father.

My best memories as a child were our travels to the (I realize now) rather cilche places Americans go: Disneyland, Hawaii, Montreal, Miami, and Orlando. Those were enough to get the travel bug, though.

When I graduated college I went to Egypt, where I'd wanted to go since we studied it in the 4th grade. Since then, I've been through Western Europe (my favorite places being Paris, Provence, the Algarve in Portugal, anywhere in Italy, London -- oh, wait, those sound a bit cliche, too, don't they?) More exotic travel includes Bali (a magical place for me), Oman (loved it and hope it never becomes Dubai or Abu Dhabi), Dubai, Abu Dhabi (holy moly, Disneyland/Las Vegas on steroids), southern India.

I had been living in San Francisco for 12 years when I happened to meet a man from Barbados. Love it. Come visit!

 

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I'VE BEEN THERE - HAVE YOU?

So Where Have You Been In The World? 

Let me know where you have been, earn your own Featured Lens Module to tell your story.

Would you like to have your own section on this lens to tell the world about some of the places that you have been to? If you would, then just write a paragraph or two to say something about some special places that you have been to, and then up to 5 lenses about those places. The lenses can be yours or someone else's, it doesn't matter.

If you are going to list someone else's lens, why not let them know that you listed it here. They will hopefully link back to this lens, and also visit some of your lenses too, so everyone wins.

Just one rule - don't add any HTML - just list the addresses of the lenses.


You won't be able to leave a comment here unless you are a member of Squidoo, so if you would like to add your own section, just CLICK HERE to join Squidoo and create your own first lens. What to make a lens about? How about YOU! A short biography of yourself is always a good way to start as a lensmaster. That should take about 5 minutes - you can come back to it and improve it time and time again.

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    Heather426 Heather426 May 22, 2009 @ 12:34 am
    what a great concept and a great lens. I will get to work on some lenses as I have been everywhere too. 5*
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    NaturalMommys NaturalMommys May 21, 2009 @ 8:25 pm
    I really like your lens and wow to all the amazing places you have been! 5*'s for sure!
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    Amyji Amyji May 8, 2009 @ 9:34 am
    Thank you for mentioning my lens, Short Stay in Bangkok? on this fantastic lens you've made! I've lensrolled you on Short Stay in Bangkok? and gave you 5***. I love to travel and cannot wait to get out again for another grand adventure. You've had some interesting journeys. Well done!
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    poddys poddys May 3, 2009 @ 8:27 pm | in reply to Spitfire70
    Thanks, it's always great to know that people enjoy your lenses.
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    Spitfire70 Spitfire70 May 3, 2009 @ 7:33 pm
    Great job, Tony. Very interesting. You really have been everywhere! 5* and a Fav. You never bore me!! ;)
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    aj2008 aj2008 Apr 16, 2009 @ 2:29 pm
    I love this lens because to me it represents the fantastic Community spirit on Squidoo. I have some places I have been and must sort out some lenses or tell you about other people's, so save a place for me.

    But in the meantime here is a little sprinkle of Angel Dust to a great Community minded lensmaster on Squidoo - sprinkle, sprinkle.....
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    JaguarJulie JaguarJulie Apr 14, 2009 @ 1:59 pm
    OK -- it is high time that I check in and let you know that YES, I've been there -- I've been to Costa del Sol, Spain -- more specifically -- Malaga, Marbella, Puerto Banus, Ronda, Casares, Gaucin, Jubrique, Nerja, Mijas, Jerez, Cadiz, Tarifa, Antequera, Granada -- the Alhambra, and Benalmadena Costa! We flew over Portugal and saw Gibraltar and Tanger from a distance.
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    Ramkitten Ramkitten Apr 9, 2009 @ 11:48 am
    Great idea! I love lenses like this, that share lenses by other squids in some creative way. I've found so many great lenses this way, as well as lensmasters I'd never seen before. I'd love to share some of my own here. Thanks for doing this! (I also added this to a plexo on my Squidoo Lenses That Don't Sell A Thing. I know you'd stopped by, but I didn't see this one listed, so I took the liberty under "Adventurous Lenses."
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    dc64 dc64 Mar 25, 2009 @ 2:36 pm
    Wow, this is a cool idea! I've lived in many beautiful places: Gettysburg, San Antonio, Savannah, El Paso, Monterey, Chesapeake, Quantico, Countries of Panama and Germany, and I've visited many more. I haven't done a lens on them, though, except perhaps Living in Bavaria. I've done the Castles of Germany, but I haven't been to all of them, so that doesn't count. Still, it's cool to see where people have been, so this is awesome.
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    JaguarJulie JaguarJulie Mar 15, 2009 @ 9:36 am
    Oh Oh -- we are getting ready for another 'I've been there' experience! Soon, off to Southern Spain. Can't wait to fill you in on the details. And, we will just miss fellow lensmaster Gordon Hamilton by 3 days. May have to leave him a present for pick-up?
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