Salut mes amies! Are you hanging on for more tales of excitement (hmmm?) and mishaps (definitely!) while your friend Shelly putzes around France? I left off while I was still in Paris..... Among the many sites seen in Paris I can not forget to include: La Sainte-Chapelle We learned about this beautiful cathedral in Medieval studies with Dr. Spear, Middle Ages Extraordinaire. Under Louis IX, construction began in 1246 and unlike Notre Dame, it was quickly finished two years later (rather than two hundred) in 1248. It used to house holy relics, such as the really popular headband of twi [View Full Entry]

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Bonjour everyone, I have not fallen off the face of the Earth, in fact just the opposite! Finding my way to a computer was difficult while in Paris, so blogging never happened. In an attempt to fill you all in on the travels thus far I have written several blogs to document the past two weeks. So far this journey has seemed like a sample from, a chapter of a book titled "How to Survive Unexpected Obstacles Whilst Traveling" It all started with a tearful " Bon Voyage" from my family in the West Palm Beach airport. The security guard did [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone! I bought my plane ticket to Paris! I will flying in a month, and Kelly is meeting me there. We will spend about 5 days exploring the city before we head through the Loire Valley and into Poitiers where we will teach English. Please make a note that I am changing my Travelblog Nickname to ShellyAbroad My NZ /Fiji blogs will still be visible but under the new blog address at www.travelblog.org/bloggers/ShellyAbroad Hope all of you are doing well! Salut, Shelly p.s I just figured out how to do a map of visited U [View Full Entry]

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Hi Friends! Hope everyone is doing well... Here are some photos of a hike to John Rock in the beautiful Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina. Also on the hike were Grace and Anna, two of my housemates. We hiked for about a total of 3 hours and then went to a swimming hole at a waterfall near by. brr...the water is cold up here! It was a great half day trip and I hope to get my hike on again soon! I am working in hendersonville for the summer and then I am heading to South Florida to prepare for [View Full Entry]

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I returned from my trip to New Zealand and Fiji in November 2005. I was busy with finishing college and neglected the last entry to my travel blog...i received several comments from blog readers asking to "be put back in the loop" so here it is, my Final blog! Feel free to leave a comment! Since my first blog entry (in June 2005) "Shelly_in_WellyNZ has been viewed a total of 7,156 times and over 105 comments and messages have been posted!! Thanks for visiting and contributing! I will be traveling to Europe in the Fall to teach english in France [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone, You know you are in paradise when its beautiful even when it is pouring down rain. Apparently our trip falls in the monsoon season, so we have been experiencing some rain! After breakfast on South Sea, the rains started coming in, and the little island became a really wet and windy place. Rachel and I thought we should do a 'sun dance' to get the sun to shine. We said Movai (fijian for goodbye) to all our new found friends on Southsea and got on the ferry to the next island. Ryan changed his plans to meet us in [View Full Entry]

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Hey friends~ If you ever want to escape, I suggest coming to Fiji...the land is everything one would expect, gorgeous, untouched and absolutely heavenly. But, in my opinion, it is the people who make this country of islands so wonderful and so unique. Fijians are often referred to as "th friendliest people on Earth"...and I can assure you it is the truth!! Everyperson I have encountered is full of smiles, laughter, and zest for life...they are truly amazing. I am thankful that (with the help of a great traveling program, locally owned and operated) I am able to travel through the [View Full Entry]

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The three hour plane ride from Auckland, NZ to Nadi, Fiji gave me a chance to transition from my experience in NZ to looking foward to my time in Fiji. Flying over the south pacific, i was expecting to see a glimpse of several little green spots floating in a deep blue sea, which I imagined was Fiji in the Pacific. But as the plane approached, I was surprised at how large the islands really seemed! The main island, Viti Levu is quite large in comparision to the Islands I would spend most of my time on. FIji is comprised of [View Full Entry]

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http://www.travelblog.org/gmaps/map_qD.html Tomorrow I leave for Nadi, Fiji. I fly out of New Zealand, my home in the South Pacific. After a couple of weeks of intense road tripping through the Northland of NZ, including working on an organic farm, and sand boarding in Ahipara, I am now in Auckland, NZ's largest city. I must say, Auckland is not all that it is cracked up to be. If there was a "coolest city in NZ" contest, Wellington would kick Auckland’s butt, hands down. It just seems like any other oversized sprawling; no one is friendly city....kind of like any big US city? [View Full Entry]

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Haere Mai ki Te Rerenga Wairua: Welcome to Cape Reigna, the Gateway to the Spirit World Kia Ora friends, Thank you for keeping up with my blogs! I really appreciate this chance to share my experience in NZ with all of you. Feel free to leave a comment (or more!) and your words will remain a part of my journey. --------------------------------------------------- Cape Reigna is at the very northern tip of the North Island of NZ. I never got a chance to get down to the southern tip of the south Island, so I was not going to miss Cape Reigna. [View Full Entry]

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