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by mistje on August 12th, 2008
I hope you like to be active on vacations! Cause we would go on a train trip all over Europe! From where I live, it's a 2 1/2 hr trip to Paris, a 3 hr trip to London, a 3 hr trip to Amsterdam! I'll let you choose what we do, because as long as I have great food and great company I am a happy girl. :)
by Account Closed on August 12th, 2008
how about here
by Little Miss Dangerous on August 12th, 2008
Okay Sixy...you wanted local. How about we head up to Frankenmuth. We could do a little shopping and then spend the rest of our relaxing weekend at the waterpark...floating the lazy river, eating yummy fattening carbs, burning them off with a killer game of water basketball, climbing the ropes, sitting under a mushroom and maybe even taking in story time?
by Squirrel Face on August 12th, 2008
The moon. =)
by ENigma on August 12th, 2008
Venice. We will ride in a gondola and pig out on ice creams.
by a 10sEn is the AB Ninja Lounge bartender on August 12th, 2008
Since it's a virtual vacation, how about we go "under the sea?"
by Aintthatapip - Kevonian Overlord on August 12th, 2008
Thailand baby.
by Sosueme on August 12th, 2008
Australia
by Jodie44 on August 12th, 2008
We're gonna lay on the beach and drink margaritas all day!! Right here -
by Sweet T on August 12th, 2008
A Medieval Romance
CHAPTER I
THE SECRET REVEALED.
It was night. Stillness reigned in the grand old feudal castle of
Klugenstein. The year 1222 was drawing to a close. Far away up in the
tallest of the castle's towers a single light glimmered. A secret
council was being held there. The stern old lord of Klugenstein sat in
a chair of state meditating. Presently he, said, with a tender
accent:
"My daughter!"
A young man of noble presence, clad from head to heel in knightly mail,
answered:
"Speak, father!"
"My daughter, the time is come for the revealing of the mystery that hath
puzzled all your young life. Know, then, that it had its birth in the
matters which I shall now unfold. My brother Ulrich is the great Duke of
Brandenburgh. Our father, on his deathbed, decreed that if no son were
born to Ulrich, the succession should pass to my house, provided a son
were born to me. And further, in case no son, were born to either, but
only daughters, then the succession should pass to Ulrich's daughter,
if she proved stainless; if she did not, my daughter should succeed,
if she retained a blameless name. And so I, and my old wife here, prayed
fervently for the good boon of a son, but the prayer was vain. You were
born to us. I was in despair. I saw the mighty prize slipping from my
grasp, the splendid dream vanishing away. And I had been so hopeful!
Five years had Ulrich lived in wedlock, and yet his wife had borne no
heir of either sex.
"'But hold,' I said, 'all is not lost.' A saving scheme had shot athwart
my brain. You were born at midnight. Only the leech, the nurse, and six
waiting-women knew your sex. I hanged them every one before an hour had
sped. Next morning all the barony went mad with rejoicing over the
proclamation that a son was born to Klugenstein, an heir to mighty
Brandenburgh! And well the secret has been kept. Your mother's own
sister nursed your infancy, and from that time forward we feared nothing.
"When you were ten years old, a daughter was born to Ulrich. We grieved,
but hoped for good results from measles, or physicians, or other natural
enemies of infancy, but were always disappointed. She lived, she throve-
-Heaven's malison upon her! But it is nothing. We are safe. For,
Ha-ha! have we not a son? And is not our son the future Duke? Our well-
beloved Conrad, is it not so?--for, woman of eight-and-twenty years--as
you are, my child, none other name than that hath ever fallen to you!
"Now it hath come to pass that age hath laid its hand upon my brother,
and he waxes feeble. The cares of state do tax him sore. Therefore he
wills that you shall come to him and be already Duke--in act, though not
yet in name. Your servitors are ready--you journey forth to-night.
"Now listen well. Remember every word I say. There is a law as old as
Germany that if any woman sit for a single instant in the great ducal
chair before she hath been absolutely crowned in presence of the people,
SHE SHALL DIE! So heed my words. Pretend humility. Pronounce your
judgments from the Premier's chair, which stands at the foot of the
throne. Do this until you are crowned and safe. It is not likely that
your sex will ever be discovered; but still it is the part of wisdom to
make all things as safe as may be in this treacherous earthly life."
"Oh; my father, is it for this my life hath been a lie! Was it that I
might cheat my unoffending cousin of her rights? Spare me, father,
spare your child!"
"What, huzzy! Is this my reward for the august fortune my brain has
wrought for thee? By the bones of my father, this puling sentiment of
thine but ill accords with my humor.
"Betake thee to the Duke, instantly! And beware how thou meddlest with my
purpose!"
Let this suffice, of the conversation. It is enough for us to know that
the prayers, the entreaties and the tears of the gentle-natured girl
availed nothing. They nor anything could move the stout old lord of
Klugenstein. And so, at last, with a heavy heart, the daughter saw the
castle gates close behind her, and found herself riding away in the
darkness surrounded by a knightly array of armed, vassals and a brave
following of servants.
The old baron sat silent for many minutes after his daughter's departure,
and then he turned to his sad wife and said:
"Dame, our matters seem speeding fairly. It is full three months since I
sent the shrewd and handsome Count Detzin on his devilish mission to my
brother's daughter Constance. If he fail, we are not wholly safe; but if
he do succeed, no power can bar our girl from being Duchess e'en though
ill-fortune should decree she never should be Duke!"
"My heart is full of bodings, yet all may still be well."
"Tush, woman! Leave the owls to croak. To bed with ye, and dream of
Brandenburgh and grandeur!"
by TERRYTUKER on August 12th, 2008
Jackson Hole Wyoming
by j ninja... on August 12th, 2008
In my kitchen painting and wallpapering.
by Browndog on August 12th, 2008
"To have never taken a solitary road trip across country? I mean everybody's got to take a road trip, at least once in their lives. Just you and some music."
- What do you say? You, me, and a couple of crazy dogs hittin' the road... :)
by -Ben 10- on August 13th, 2008
Why not to India?
by LuckyLefty on August 12th, 2008
Clearwater Beach :( LOL I watched the live cam this morning, it's so amazing
by Merfish on September 7th, 2008
I want to go here for awhile.
by THE TRAVEL SLUT on August 14th, 2008
Back to Australia where there is so much to see and do. Coastal, mountains, desert, barrier reef..you name it, it can be found there.
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Comments
Trains are so incredibly romantic and poetic! That sounds absolutely amazing. That's the type of trip that you come home from, pull out the old typewriter, and create a masterpiece. Wow, I want to go to all those places - I'm sure the food would be out of this world! I think I could keep you pretty good company! We'll have dirty martinis :D
by Sixty B - Commander Topcoat on August 12th, 2008
Sounds like a masterplan :D Someday, I want to write a book about living here, by the way. :)
by mistje on August 12th, 2008
How couldn't you?!?!
by Sixty B - Commander Topcoat on August 12th, 2008