{"id":5856,"date":"2018-12-10T21:56:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T05:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=5856"},"modified":"2018-12-10T21:56:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T05:56:25","slug":"2018-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=5856","title":{"rendered":"2018: Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How did you travel in 2018? How and\/or where would you like to travel next year?<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?m=201712\">2017<\/a>, I traveled to Minnesota for work, LA twice for &#8220;fun&#8221;, Las Vegas for a not-so-good fun, and Thailand\/Myanmar! Also somehow forgot to mention Cincinnati for MidwestUX! And did I forgot to mention Phoenix? In <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=5597\">2016<\/a>, I traveled to Finland\/Sweden for my first big speaking gig, Portland for a &#8220;bachelorette&#8221; party, road trip to LA for my sister&#8217;s wedding, and Minnesota for work. In <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=5292\">2015<\/a>, I went to Brazil for a conference, multiple work trips, and a midwest trip. In <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=4983\">2014<\/a>, I went on multiple weekend trips, increased business trips, and found a destination for ice cream and writing. In <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=4566\">2013<\/a>, I finished off the bulk of the travel for the Ice Cream Travel Guide.  In <a href=\" http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=4145\">2012<\/a>, I started the journey of a life and went to what I thought was unfathomable (in my life) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d six domestic destinations and eight international destinations \u00e2\u20ac\u201d for professional and personal reasons.  In <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=3825\">2011<\/a>, I went on one international trip, one domestic&#8230;and one super local.  In <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=3336\">2010<\/a>, I went on one international trip and multiple domestic trips.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, I traveled to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tahoe trip to Squaw Valley. We made it work! And stayed in this &#8220;romantic&#8221; bed and breakfast. Although technically, it didn&#8217;t even come with breakfast.<\/li>\n<li>Some ridiculous last minute trip to San Diego for work, which was more of a meet and greet than anything useful. I expensed an expensive dessert meal after the meeting.<\/li>\n<li>Big Sur! Which wasn&#8217;t really a trip as much as a 3+ hour drive for Writers Camp at Esalen. The roads were repaired! Yes, amazing, but wouldn&#8217;t do it again.<\/li>\n<li>Twice to Ukiah, one for a writers retreat and another with Chris to the hot springs.<\/li>\n<li>Scotts Valley for a &#8220;writing retreat&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Then this crazy 10 day trip to Chicago and NYC. Which I have to admit was fun, fancy, and cool. Not only because the weather was acceptable by our standards, but because I didn&#8217;t need to do any of the Bell and Whistles. Also I wasn&#8217;t overburdened by seeing <i>people<\/i> as I have in the previous times. (But I was irritated by the overly grammable foods all over the city.  We did the best shows.  Oh yeah and in Chicago, I spoke at a conference!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apparently only domestically! Sadness. I never made it to Minsk for work (yay!), but that also meant that I never made it to Budapest or Paris to visit Callie. No film festival. It&#8217;s a hope, but not sure if it is something worth a trip.<\/p>\n<p>But this coming year? Well there&#8217;s a quick trip to Phoenix to see my sister before she pops a baby. Then I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if there were additional trips that I would make to see the new nephew.  If I get into a conference, then I&#8217;ll also be in Phoenix too. Then I have booked a trip to Japan in February for the snow festival in Sapporo and of course some time in Tokyo!  Also hoping to get into a writing workshop in the east coast, which would mean a trip to New York.  Who knows what else may come?  Would I be going to Grand Rapids if I get convinced again for MWUX? I am not entirely that interested, but we shall see!  See Callie in Paris?  Go to Vancouver for eats? Maybe go to Nashville for the conference?  Maybe maybe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How did you travel in 2018? How and\/or where would you like to travel next year? In 2017, I traveled to Minnesota for work, LA twice for &#8220;fun&#8221;, Las Vegas for a not-so-good fun, and Thailand\/Myanmar! 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