Planning our year off

Things to Do & Places to See - Getting Around - Staying Over

We realize that we can't do everything we want to within our year off - or at least that's what Seth keeps telling Tara! So, instead of having Tara devote her energies to booking-up every single free moment of our year off - Seth has encouraged Tara not to plan anything, but instead research what we COULD do.  She started alot of research on the weekends right after her Level 3 Japanese proficiency test in early December 1999.

Below are the various travel ideas that Tara researched between December 1999 and June 2000.

As of January 2000, we're thinking of spending time in Europe from mid summer 2000 until Thanksgiving 2000. Then, we'd like to head back to America to spend the holidays with family and friends. :-) Plus the time between Thanksgiving and December 20th is typically slow at Walt Disney World! Then, after the New Year's we're thinking of heading down under to enjoy summer in the Southern Hemisphere. But, since we won't be working, we can do what we want and all ideas are subject to change.

Things to Do & Places to See

High on our list of things to do are:
 

Europe

North America

Pacific Islands

Down Under

Other

The Oxford Experience
Walt Disney World
 
Stay in Melbourne
 
Check lastminute.com
       
Travel Scandinavia
       
Study German
Things we've talked about doing are:
 

Europe

North America

Pacific Islands

Down Under

Other

 Rent a Barge
Go Amtrak!
Air Mike
   Yangtze River
Dig Israel Classes in Canada
British Conservation Discounted Cruises
Discounted Cruises
 
British Trust
Other interesting things we've run across include:
 

Europe

North America

Pacific Islands

Down Under

Other

Flexible Tour
Green Tortoise Bus
Bicycle South Africa
Beer, Bike, Barge Tour N. Carolina School Habitat For Humanity
Lakes District NY Holistic Center
Spanish Language Sierra Club
Wild West School
We're always on the look-out for interesting time off possibilites. Some of our favorite sources are:
- http://www.lastminute.com
- Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel Magazine & Web

Getting Around

This is a very practical section listing prices & contacts for transportation:
 
 

Europe

North America

Pacific Islands

Down Under

Other

Multi-Country Passes
 Green Toroise Bus
Air Mike
Using Virgin Miles
 To Asia from Canada
 Rail Journeys      Kiwi Bus  
 Using Virgin Miles        
 Norway Coast Cruise
Iceland Air

Staying Over

Free stays:
 

Europe

North America

Pacific Islands

Down Under

Other

 WWOOF      WWOOF  
         
         
Cheap stays:
 
 

Europe

North America

Pacific Islands

Down Under

Other

 Little Black Book  Entertainment Book    Little Black Book  
 Home Stays-Norway      Flag Hotel Pass  
         
 
 

Still gathering data, thus still under construction!