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Travel to Meet Old Friends

Karen | travel | Thursday, 29 October 2009

PhotobucketWe traveled over the Bay Bridge in California many years ago. It is huge and has a vast amount of traffic traveling over it each day. I cannot imagine what hassles the commuters in California feel while waiting for the bridge to be repaired. Investigators said the two metal rods and a 5,000-pound beam that came tumbling off the Bay Bridge Tuesday was likely caused by high winds. The pieces that fell off had been recently installed — on Labor Day weekend — after workers repaired yet another problem on the Bay Bridge, which first opened in 1936.

During our visit that year, we also traveled up the coastline to Carmel and Monterey. If I was able to choose a new place to live, one of these coastal communities would be my choice. The views are spectacular and the year round temperate climate sounds appealing.

While visiting Monterey, we had a strange thing happen. We were eating in a restaurant when the waitress asked if we were someone she knew from her home town. She even knew our names! It just goes to show that you have friends in many places, even if you are unaware of them. Are there friends you have lost contact with? MyLife.com is a wonderful site for finding old friends.

I have been searching for a former classmate for a long time. MyLife has made my search easy and fun. Who might be looking for you? Check out MyLife for a fun and easy way to find out.

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Seelbach Hotel

Karen | travel | Wednesday, 28 October 2009

I am so sorry for not having updated this blog in so long! We have been busy traveling on the weekends.

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We visited Louisville, Kentucky so that my husband could attend the knife maker’s guild show. The show was held at the Seelbach Hilton Hotel. This was the most beautiful and historical hotel we have stayed at in all our years of travel.

Appearing on the National Register of Historical Places, this 4-diamond luxury hotel is considered the premiere hotel in the state of Kentucky. Built in 1905, it is considered a landmark to “the golden era” with its grand ambiance inspiring author F. Scott Fitzgerald to use The Seelbach as a backdrop for Tom and Daisy Buchanan’s wedding in The Great Gatsby.

If you ever visit Louisville, be sure to tour or stay at the Seelbach. You won’t be dissapointed.