A month’s rest and then jet set!

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I’ve been bursting with excitement to tell you all some wonderful news! In one month, I am off to some amazing places and will be engaged in the most travel I’ve done in years! Some of it is for pleasure and well, the other trip is a complete surprise. So let me give you a couple clues on where I’m going….

First is my newly acquired reading list….

First week of April: Family ski trip for Spring Break with the kids

End of April: First ever mother and daughter trip with me, my sister and mom.

Meanwhile my dad (aka Papa) will be helping my hubbie babysit the kids (He is calling it “payback” time for all the times my mother has come to watch my kids while my dad and I travel climb mountains). I studied about in Paris back in 1993 so it is a very special place to me. We will also travel south to Marseille where I spent the summer of 1994 as a business intern and haven’t been back since!

End of May: India!!!!

Photo taken in November 2009 when I spent two days in India en route to Nepal.

This trip is a total surprise and I am beyond thrilled to tell you that I have been invited on the first Global Team of 200 Insight trip along with the absolutely amazing Jennifer James, founder of Global Team of 200 and Mom Bloggers for Social Good. We will be going as journalists to learn about maternal health and meet with our global NGO partners as well as Indian social good bloggers. I am so incredibly excited I can hardly stand it as this has been a dream of mine ever since I started my blog.

I am going to write a lot more about this trip as it comes closer. However, it does show that dreams can come true as long as you chase them! I have been following Jennifer James, one of the pioneer women bloggers, for almost two years now and first heard of her work when she went on the highly publicized ONE Moms trip to Kenya a few years ago.

It seems like fate.

I followed her blog and journey in Kenya and told myself that someday I would be there too. Now fast forward to almost two years since I saw her story on ABC News and I will be not only “there” but with her! I am so incredibly humbled and honored.

Once April hits, I’ll be on the ground running and can hardly wait!

Stay tuned…

37 thoughts on “A month’s rest and then jet set!”

  1. loca4motion – Phuket, Thailand – Travel feeds my soul. The kick of living in foreign cultures keeps me awake. Photography, writing and the great outdoors are my passions.
    loca4motion on said:

    Wow! you’re going to be very busy Nicole! Good luck with everything chica and I can’t wait to hear all about your trips and see your photos!

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Thanks Lucy! Still want to make it to Thailand someday!

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  2. Ruth – Retired from Pittsburgh Public Schools Visual Art/photography teacher, photographer, knitter, reader, cook,baker, poet, filmmaker, Grandmother, traveler, Friend,
    rutheh on said:

    Looking forward to following your exciting travels via your sharing on the blog.

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Thanks so much! I can hardly wait!!!

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  3. jessicaj.hill – I'm a memoir mentor and developmental editor passionate about helping women writers craft true stories. Find me at jessicajhill.com
    Jessica Hill on said:

    I’m so excited for you! It sounds like an epic adventure. I’ve just returned from India, and I found it absolutely fascinating. I just posted my own photos of the stunning Taj Mahal as well, if you care to check them out 😉

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Thanks Jessica! I can hardly wait. I will move over and check your pictures out too! 🙂 I went to the Taj back in 2009 after a trip to Nepal. It was the only thing I saw in India but amazing. 🙂

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Thanks. It is a lot, especially as a stay at home mom. Yet I’m so lucky my husband and even my kids are so incredibly supportive!

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  5. Sas – Cardiff, UK – I'm vegan. I love to travel. I challenge myself to visit at least one new place and try at least one new activity every year. When I'm not writing, I like to ski, rock climb, keep fit and bodyboard.
    Sas on said:

    You have an amazing few months planned, can’t wait for you to share all the adventures with us 🙂

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Thanks Sas! It is going to be crazy but I can hardly wait!

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Yes it is going to be crazy! Thankfully my husband and even my kids (age 6 and 8) are incredibly supportive and my biggest cheerleaders! 🙂

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  7. restlessjo – Hi! I’m Jo! Johanna when I’m feeling posh, Jan to my Dad, and Joasiu to my Polish family. A bit of a mix-up, that’s me. The one constant, however, is my restless nature. I love to travel and to explore our world. It doesn’t have to be the big wide world. I can be ridiculously happy not too far from home, so long as I’m seeking new horizons. Of course I have a wish list, and it was to help me fulfil my dreams that I started to write travel guides for a venture called Simonseeks. I’d always kept a travel diary, and it was hugely satisfying to share my experiences and to make new friends who shared my passion for travel. Alas, Simonseeks hit a few troubles, but I still find myself writing about my travels. I’ve become addicted. I’d love to share them, and to make more friends. So, it has to be a blog- right? Or do I mean- write?
    restlessjo on said:

    Fabulous! So happy for you, Nicole.

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Thanks Jo! It is going to be busy but I am really excited. It seems like life is finally after all these years making some sense!

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  8. Nicole, I am o excited for you, and know that you will do a beautiful job of sharing your trips and what you learn with the rest of us,! For that I am so grateful, because I love to travel in pictures and stories as much as I love to travel in person.

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Thanks Elizabeth! 🙂

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Thanks! I’m really excited. Wishing I had time for Nepal…

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  10. It all sounds so fabulous. I will be following along vicariously with you Nicole. 🙂

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Thanks LuAnn! I’m so lucky that my husband and kids are so incredibly supportive! It really helps.

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  11. Terri – Calgary, Alberta, Canada – artist, designer, printer of textiles, quilter, print maker, amateur photographer, stitcher, baker, chef, collector, tiny bit obsessive compulsive about any number of things
    Terri on said:

    Nicole, this is so exciting! I know how much you will share with your readers and I’m really excited for the trip!

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Thanks Terri! I am really excited. 🙂

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  12. Congrats on the trips and future memories! And I seem to remember you were saying Asia was too far away…

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Ha Ha that is true. I meant for a personal sightseeing trip. I’d go nuts! The India trip will be a long haul and only 6 days yet it is all business and work. So no sightseeing but plenty of learning!!!

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  13. gallivance.net – On the Road! – We're Terri and James Vance - high school sweethearts who went on to international careers and became world nomads. Today, 65 countries later, we're still traveling ... and still in love. Check out Our Story for more of the backstory at gallivance.net.
    gallivance.net on said:

    Nicole, that’s fabulous news! Don’t you just love these “dreams come true?” I felt that way about Petra. And the mother/ daughter trip should be a total blast. Looking forward to hear where you’re going in India – it’s such a wonderfully diverse country – and following along. All the best, Terri

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Thanks so much Terri! I am really excited! It took 41 years to get here, lots of terrible jobs and now I’m doing what I’ve always wanted to do! 🙂

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Thanks! I am really really excited! 🙂

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  15. JoAnna – New York, New York – Canadian. Humanitarian. Writer. Traveller. Avid reader. Wine obsessed, gin drinker. Diver. Gym rat and runner. Curator of sarcasm. Late bloomer. Meditator. Spiritual gangster. Womanist. Adventurer. Fledgling boxer. Unbreakable. Altered carbon.
    fortheintolerants on said:

    How lovely! You are going to have an AMAZING time in India. I look forward to reading your posts… 🙂

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  16. Madhu – Madhu is an Interior designer turned travel blogger on a long sabbatical to explore the world. When not crafting stories on The Urge To Wander, she's probably Tweeting @theurgetowander or sharing special moments on instagram.com/theurgetowander
    Madhu on said:

    How wonderful for you Nicole! Congratulations 🙂

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Thanks Madhu! 🙂

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  17. Madhu – Madhu is an Interior designer turned travel blogger on a long sabbatical to explore the world. When not crafting stories on The Urge To Wander, she's probably Tweeting @theurgetowander or sharing special moments on instagram.com/theurgetowander
    Madhu on said:

    Do let me know if there is any possibility of your heading South 🙂

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Thanks Madhu! I wish there was but I’m thinking we won’t be near your city. Would absolutely love to meet you!!!!

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  18. What a grand trip you are taking with your mother and sister. Have a great time!
    I’m visiting China in May. Earlier you said you might have some tips for the trip. If you have time, I’d love to hear from you. Thanks, Nicole!

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      How wonderful!!! Where are you going? I went to Beijing and Shanghai along with the Great Wall. I have a lot of posts on my trip for those three areas. Shoot me an email if you like with any questions/tips! thirdeyemom@yahoo.com

      How exciting!

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      You are so kind! 🙂 Thanks….

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