My mother is off to travel the world. She has retired from the sometimes rewarding often frustrating world of teaching in a modern world, her children can take care of themselves so she has packed her bag and is leaving us!
As one of the results of her life’s work to date, it is my job to ensure we all get to find out what she is up to. So here goes:
1) The first 6 months of her journey will be to travel overland to Singapore. See here for full details: Odyssey Overland.
2) For pictures of the ‘bus’ she will be travelling in check my flickr set (hers is set up, but thus far empty): Mother’s bus
3) There is a blog http://annmajic.blog.co.uk/ I had no input into the choice of host so, annoyingly, it doesn’t seem to allow Twitter feeds which leads me, rather elegantly, on to my next offering.
4) Twitter. What way to better ensure that for the bargain price of one text message she can let us all know she is ok? For those of us who love and know her alerts to the phone, for anyone who is interested in how such a trip turns out: http://twitter.com/annmajic
5) We did try dopplr but, it doesn’t seem to allow for one, very long, journey so, a public Google Calendar it is: Ann Majic, public Google Calendar
If, like me, you are green with envy at this Baby Boomer’s imminent adventure then please feel free to travel vicariously through this web 2.0 selection. Let me know if any of it doesn’t seem to work and, of course, if there is a trick I have missed.
My mother rocks!
P.S. It won’t stop in Singapore. Australia and South America are on the longer term itinerary so, this little news feed could keep on giving.
Your mum rocks! I can’t wait to follow the adventure.
Good luck Mrs Majic!
Ciao! Caroline formerly of Moscow here. I’ll be checking your ma’s blog. Where is she uploading photos to? And as for you… any news about the land of Ra-ra-rasputin?
A and I are off to New York next week. He on a training trip, me tagging along.
x
do you like the spelling of my name? Trendy — at first it was but a misprint.
Bella Carolina! Photos from my mama will be currently heading to Facebook, as that has been mastered and then I was going grab them and stick them on flickr. The blog she signed up to doesn’t really make plugging things in very easy (if it’s even possible) so we are going for a scatter approach to communication. Something for everyone!
The land of Rasputin, it seems, will have to wait a little while before it is to experience the charms of the Balkan Witch. In the meantime, London has its own appeal.
Enjoy the apple. See you soon?
x
The new trendy spelling has a certain appeal. A happy accident?
Thanks Julian!
How do we track Ann now Twitter’s gone tweets up?
Hi Linda,
Seems to be working? Apparently she has painted her toenails for a girls night out. Important information? I also had a phone call with her today and she seemed to be enjoying herself despite being very hot and in a desert. 🙂
Hope all is well,
I.
xx
Good to know – esp the toenails.
Dunno what I’m doing wrong then.
I’ll keep trying.
All well here.
Linda x