Does anyone other than me remember "Where in the World in Carmen Sandiego?"
Carmen Sandiego was (I guess, still is) a fictitious video-game villainess that had her henchmen steal precious artifacts, art, culturally important items and the like from around the world, which then you as the player were supposed to figure out clues to stop Carmen and her V.I.L.E. agents. The game had a strong educational bent, as you were to use knowledge (or learn along the way) usually involving geography, cultural awareness, and/or history.
I even remember there being a PBS game show for kids based on the whole concept, including a funky title song sung by the group Rockapella.
This all simply popped into my head while thinking about Carma's travels. For all I know, maybe she is leading an international crime syndicate. That certainly would be like her, not to be satisfied with some rinky-dink little Mafia organization. I guess I can respect that.
Anyway, over the past few years she's been to Paris (twice), Italy, Spain, Australia (currently), and has plans to go to Austria in March. Plus in February, she'll go to the Dominican Republic, the British Virgin Isles, St. Thomas, and the Bahamas- though I get to go with her for that trip, so I guess I'll be on the lookout for shady dealings.
Let's see...the only times I've left the country include Victoria, B.C. (honeymoon with Carma), Acapulco, Mexico (with Carma for her conference), and to London and Warwick, U.K. (again, another Carma conference). Hmmm. But Carma does tell me if I ever get to go anywhere interesting, I should take an extra day or two to enjoy it. I don't know if she's saying that to be nice, or because if I go anywhere interesting, she's usually with me.
Domestically, I've recently gone to such exotic places as New Brunswick, NJ; Providence, R.I.; Albany, NY; Portsmouth, N.H.; Seattle, WA; and Chicago, IL. Yeah. Really pushing the frontiers there, Greg. I did get to travel more in my previous jobs, but the locales weren't often that interesting (Evansville, IN; Lamoni, IA; Lansing, MI; Bangor, ME to name a few) and were often a pain to get to.
Oh well. Maybe after Carma retires from her cartel life we'll travel the world together. But it would probably be my luck though that we'll end up in a witness protection program in Le Mars, IA or some other puny little hamlet in the middle of nowhere.
OK, so I don't actually think she'd do anything like that, in case anyone doesn't realize I'm totally kidding. But these are the crazy thoughts I have sometimes.
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That is so funny that you guy went to Victoria, B.C. on our honeymoon too!
You forgot her going to Quebec with us in August!
Hey, are you poking fun at LeMars for Aaron's sake?
It wouldn't be so bad right -- the home of Blue Bunny ice cream?
I did forget Quebec. Though, I wasn't there, and it's the equivalent of driving to Pittsburgh.
Yes, I'm poking fun at Le Mars. I doubt Aaron actually ever reads the blog though. Trust me though, he'd agree, Le Mars is a place you do not want to relocate to under any circumstances, with or without the added prospect of Blue Bunny.
Hey, back in 1980-something, probably '4, our family got our first computer, the Apple IIGS and Carmen Sandiego was about the only game we had on it! Many an hour I spent finding her! Good luck bach-ing it!
You should start investing in property in witness protection towns . . . you are so headed there!
I think Carma's wanderlust genes are starting to manifest themselves.
Ironic that you would raise my "genes" since I have "wandered" to write a book on family communication about genetics!! I do think those genes came from your side of the family, mom....don't you?
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