Welcome to my travel blog

Hello. My name is Monica and I am a silver gypsy, which sounds classier and more interesting than being a grey nomad.This is an ongoing blog which I usually restart when I hit the road again. It is partly a record of my journeys and partly reflections on issues which arise as I travel.

In 2015 my grandson Cory spent a couple of months travelling with me. The link to his blog is in a sidebar. In 2016 Hudson was my travelling companion. Cooper travelled at the end of 2016. They would love feedback on their blogs. Also in the sidebar is a link to my poetry blog.

Please feel free to read all or any of the blogs. I have discovered that some readers have not been able to Follow or Comment. I would still love to hear from you. You can email feedback to silvergypsy1944@gmail.com.

Tuesday 12 June 2012

That was the easy part

Keeping my blog up to date was fun and easy. Now I am trying to print it as a book- not so easy and not much fun! I wrote it in blogspot because I was told it was simple to turn into a book. I have tried several publishing sites and have finally settled on Blurb. After endless frustration, I have uploaded the photos and 'slurped' the text into my book, quite a quick process once we knew what needed to be done. Unfortunately I have to edit each page individually and am now at page 15 of what will be about 150 pages of a large landscape hardcover book. Getting to that stage has cost me hours of ironing. My very patient and IT savvy daughter got me started while I slaved over her hot iron in return. The Caravan and Camping Show was on in Brisbane this weekend and I wandered around dreaming of what I would buy and where I would go if I won the lottery. Much as I love my little Lucida, I can't afford to run two cars so I will get rid of the van soon. It needs a service and I will also get it detailed in the next few weeks. I am sure I am still carrying round Tasmanian sand from the sand storm in Queenstown which got into every crevice. It looks okay and runs well but a thorough detailing won't go astray.