Whisper Your Secrets » Travel http://www.whisperyoursecrets.com Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:25:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Tu m’excitez partie une http://www.whisperyoursecrets.com/tu-mexcitez-partie-une/ http://www.whisperyoursecrets.com/tu-mexcitez-partie-une/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:29:26 +0000 admin http://www.whisperyoursecrets.com/?p=348 ( ‘you excite me, part one’ for all you lazy ass people :-P )

Bonjour!

What a long weekend – I feel like Sleeping Beauty at the moment…if I went to sleep, nothing would be able to wake me up…apart from a hot guy that is and my god were there some hot guys in Paris; I fell in love about 4 times a day!

Vanessa and I got to the airport ok and met her friend Jen who had come from London (as she is working a year abroad) and met Cath (who is currently living in France…jealous? Moi?) at the hotel. Four single girls in Paris? Do I hear the words ‘trouble’ and ‘hell yeah’ in the same sentence?!

Saturday was a blur of blissful sunshine, amazing sights and a shit load of walking (I’m not kidding people…roughly 8 miles a day after a 13 mile walk the weekend before – wtf was I thinking?!). We started at the Eiffel Tower before catching a Batobus (water bus) along to the Notre Dame (it’s EXACTLY how it looks in the Disney film). Now I’m not a religious girl but the cathedral really affected me. It was immensely busy and yet eerily quiet inside and all you could hear was the choir chanting (think sounds of historic Monks in churches). I sat in one of the pews and found myself with tears running down my face and I don’t even know why; was so bizarre and comforting at the same time.

 HAVING TECH PROBLEMS WITH MY PICS – I’M SORTING IT OUT AS WE SPEAK!

Next we hopped on over to the Louvre museum and saw Mona Lisa for a quick chat and a bite to eat lol. Seriously though, you should have seen the security surrounding her. Then, as we came out of the Louvre, we saw this view……

 HAVING TECH PROBLEMS WITH MY PICS – I’M SORTING IT OUT AS WE SPEAK!

Now, stupidly, Vanessa saw this view and decided that it wouldn’t take too long to walk to the Arc di Triomphe at the end. I went to Paris 2 years ago with Dan and had done this walk before so tried to warn her that it would take about 45 minutes to walk it but ignoring my advice we walked and sure enough she moaned – bless her.

By the time we had arrived at the Arc di Triomphe we were hot, sweaty, chaffing like mad and soooo not elegant Parisian ladies. However, we all perked up when we saw this…

HAVING TECH PROBLEMS WITH MY PICS – I’M SORTING IT OUT AS WE SPEAK!

There was a memorial service on the actual island so we didn’t go over and watch but the view from where we were was amazing; I wanted to exclaim ‘Tu m’excitez’ as I thought it meant excited but the literal translation basically means ‘you get me hot and sweaty, let’s get down and dirty’ (ok, not the exact literal translation but you get my meaning) so I figured that a foreigner telling a French armed guard that they get her horny might not go down so well, no?

After that we headed back to our hotel for some much-needed R&R, a cool shower and a lie down before dolling ourselves up and heading back out to dinner. We decided to go to St Germain di Pres which is the place to be if you want to rub shoulders with Parisians and enjoy some serious fine dining! We had a blast chuckling over silly ‘in-jokes’ and going over our adventures of the day and planning more adventures for the next.

Cath was my roomie for the night and we stayed up talking until about 2am until she fell asleep. I, however, spent most of the night desperately trying to get to sleep but couldn’t stop thinking about Tom, Dan and everything else in between – what a joy killer.

Anyhow, this post is long enough already…more adventures of ‘tu m’excitez’ men, sex museums and cemeteries to follow (random isn’t it?!)

Until next time…

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]]> http://www.whisperyoursecrets.com/tu-mexcitez-partie-une/feed/ 0 And away with the french fries I go… http://www.whisperyoursecrets.com/and-away-with-the-french-fries-i-go/ http://www.whisperyoursecrets.com/and-away-with-the-french-fries-i-go/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:00:20 +0000 admin http://www.whisperyoursecrets.com/?p=342 eiffel-tower-paris-france

Just thought I would stop by and tell you that I won’t be on here for about 5 days or so as my friend and I are off to Paris.  I completely forgot we had arranged it for this weekend (hence the reason I have no guest posters) so it came as a shock when she reminded me.  I guess the escape couldn’t have come at a better time though my friend, as much as I love her, is hard to be around 24/7 as she’s so hyper and being in the mood I’m currently in.  Imagine a yapping Chihuahua high on sugar and you have Vanessa lol.

 

In all the drama over Tom I forgot to tell you that I completed my half-marathon at the weekend.  Annie Sue and I were in the second group of the evening with approximately 250 women 30 minutes ahead of us.  Not only did we do the walk (if I haven’t mentioned before it was a walking half-marathon) in 3hr 45 mins but we came in the Top 50 over taking about 200 other women!!  We are so pleased with ourselves and proud of each other; we had a great time and I’ll do it next year too!  Although the blisters, the size of saucers I have, might have something to say about that!

 

And how do I feel?  Hmmmm.  Well I’m barely sleeping so look like death personified and I’ve barely eaten since Sunday so all in all, not that great.  I know I’ll get over Tom and it’ll only serve to make me stronger but for now, it really fucking hurts.  I know; how melodramatic of me it is to be upset over a guy I’d never even met but I’m not even sure it’s all about Tom anymore either though he makes up most of it.  I think it’s just a combination of everything…delayed grieving for my relationship, the realization that my friends have left, the uncertainty that my life now has; everything.

 

I guess Karma really is a bitch isn’t it?!  I broke Dan’s  heart so a little ‘universal payback’ in the form of Tom was no doubt due. Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas once said that her drug addiction was the hardest boyfriend to break up with; I think I can apply the same to depression.

 

Until next time…(how do you say that in French?!)

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]]> http://www.whisperyoursecrets.com/and-away-with-the-french-fries-i-go/feed/ 4 Still on the Dark Side http://www.whisperyoursecrets.com/still-on-the-dark-side/ http://www.whisperyoursecrets.com/still-on-the-dark-side/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:08:28 +0000 admin http://www.whisperyoursecrets.com/?p=325 You know where a person is a complete tool but every now and then they surprise you and you fool yourself into thinking that they are nice, they are good and you wonder why you were so hard on them?  They then return to themselves and you realise why you disliked them all that time?  Yeah, I had one of those today…

 

Being that I’m going traveling etc I decided to start a named blog for my friends and family etc to join me whilst I begin to plan my trip and then follow me when I’m away…it’s so much easier than sending 20 e-mails each time and the fact that I’m just too lazy!

 

Well, I was e-mailing the Evil One whilst at work because I owe her some money and I mentioned my new blog and the title of it and instead of saying ‘that’s a really cool idea’ she said ‘why would you call it that’ but with a tone of a voice that said ‘what a stupid name for a travel blog’ – WHAT. A. BITCH!

 

That’s the problem with the Evil One.  It’s never what she says but the way she says it and yet I’m the one being stupid when I complain to Eleanor about it?!  What a tool!  Of course, the title of my travel blog is pretty obscure but it has a lot of meaning to me and that’s all that counts.  It just sucks when people have nothing better to do with their lives than criticise others and their decisions.

 

Dear Evil One; how about you lose 80lbs, get a man, move out of home and then get back to me with your comments bitch?  At least I’m doing something with my life and I’m not a 46 year old who hasn’t had a date in 23 years, still lives with her mom and pretends she’s a mom because she has two nieces!

In other news, My birthday was lovely.  The girls threw me a picnic with birthday cake!  Then, a guy I have started ‘seeing’ (more on that soon) sent me a huge bunch of flowers – how romantic!  Unfortunately, my day didn’t end that well with Dan coming over in the evening to drop my present off.  I sat there and went through the motions with him; guilt, sadness, anger and eventually he left.  Let’s just say it confirmed why I had left him – I know I made the right decision.

 

Until next time…

 

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Firstly I should tell you about the real crappy news I got on Friday…
Remember I had my 3 months of leave agreed to? Well, apparently it doesn’t come without some heavy duty strings attached to it. Basically, it comes down to my job or my travels. If I leave for those 3 months they can’t guarantee I’ll have my job at the end of it. They can guarantee a job within the department just not the same position. That doesn’t sound too bad you think? But then they tell me in the same sentence that we are under departmental review i.e. they’re looking to cut some staff. So; after sitting in stunned silence in the office I have pretty much told them they can shove it. I am going whether they like it or not and if they don’t value me enough to fight for me then I don’t value them enough to stay. Basically, I am going whether they want me to or not. I will NOT allow them to threaten me to stay. I will go, NOT CARE about the possibility of losing my job and enjoy my freedom more than ever. It just made me feel so sad though. That one minute they could all be genuinely happy for me and then to taint it/try and take it away from me. Well, management, I have two words to say to you ‘NOT HAPPENING!’.

As for the weekend…I certainly wasn’t sad at the end of it.  As I said, it was a weekend to top many others but, well, there just so much to say it’s worthy of at least 2 posts so you’ll have to wait for the next installment but it’s well worth waiting for, trust me!

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]]> http://www.whisperyoursecrets.com/like-totally-awesome-dude/feed/ 5 What to do, what to do… http://www.whisperyoursecrets.com/what-to-do-what-to-do/ http://www.whisperyoursecrets.com/what-to-do-what-to-do/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 11:49:20 +0000 admin http://www.whisperyoursecrets.com/?p=291 Ok, so in a bit of a blogging funk right now which is not helped by my pretty crappy mood I’m in at the moment.  There’s no reason for it except that I’m so tired I feel like I could collapse at any point.  For whatever nonsense I’m barely sleeping all night through instead, waking up 7 or 8 times a night and let’s just say it’s wearing thin with me now.

 

What did I do over the weekend?  Went to the travel agents to begin the ‘big trip’ planning but got thoroughly bored with it.  That’s right, you read it, ‘bored’ of planning the trip of a life time.  I guess it’s because it suddenly dawned on me that I’ve got a shit load of planning to do and a crap load of things to buy before I even begin to organise the finer details.  Again, my mood is not helping the situation.

 

And then there’s my birthday.  In just over two weeks time I will have blessed this planet with 23 years of my wonderful self and yet no one to celebrate it with.  Most of my family are away, my ‘friends’ haven’t been in touch in at least a week and I’m left with the sinking feeling that I will spend my mid-week birthday alone instead of glamming it up and heading into town.  What a thoroughly lame way to spend my birthday particularly as next year I’ll be away for it. 

Dear Friends and Family; why do you have to suck so much?  It’s my birthday – you should be organising something for me not the other way around!  Why do I always have to pick losers for friends when I deserve much better than you.  When I find new friends and believe me I will, I’ll leave you and then you’ll realise just how special I am.

Until next time…

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]]> http://www.whisperyoursecrets.com/what-to-do-what-to-do/feed/ 2 3 months of freedom, fun and complete debauchery; the break down… http://www.whisperyoursecrets.com/3-months-of-freedom-fun-and-complete-debauchery-the-break-down%e2%80%a6/ http://www.whisperyoursecrets.com/3-months-of-freedom-fun-and-complete-debauchery-the-break-down%e2%80%a6/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 11:28:04 +0000 admin http://www.whisperyoursecrets.com/?p=285 This post is dedicated to LiLu and Larissa (two fab girlies who kick ass at blogging) as they asked where I’m planning to take my 3 months adventure to next March.

 

The answer is….I don’t really know lol.  Well, ok, I do but only roughly.  I’ll still be going to the four places mentioned in my previous post but they are some great new additions…

 

London

Tokyo

Beijing/Sri Lanka (but only if Sri Lanka sorts itself out and if you don’t know what I’m talking about head over to CNN or MSNBC…it’s sickening)

Hong Kong

Bangkok

Phuket/Ko Samui (Thailand)

Singapore

Bali

Maldives?

London

 

Doesn’t sound a lot of places but South East Asia is the only place I want to head to and I plan to spend about a week in Phuket so I have a chance to dive and just over a week in Bali so that I can dive and maybe trek up the volcano (I have always wanted to visit an active volcano!).  Other than that, everything is pretty much up for grabs and I may change my mind.

 

I’m heading to the travel agents this weekend so I can work out my rough itinerary and a cost to get me started though I’m reckoning on about $4000.  I’ve already saved $1000 so only 3 more to go, lol, only?!  Oh snap – ten months to save $3000?! ARGH! How the hell am I going to stop buying jewellery and nail polishes for ten months?  I’m gonna need some serious distractions – I’m thinking, a shit load of blogging with a sprinkle of dating and sex on the side?!  That’ll do nicely. 

 

Who wants to come along for the ride? In blogging I mean, not the sex – that would just be icky.

 

Ok girlies, I’m over and out. 

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