skiing in vail- Colorado

HI guys and ski buffs

Yes I have managed to get to Vail to spend a few days on the mountain skiing. I met some really fun people thanks to the perfect host Will who lives in the village. I am sharing a house for the week and have just spent the day skiing in perfect spring conditions. (although it is still winter here).I booked in for a lessons and i was the only one who turned up in my grading. so i managed to get the instructor for 3 hours one on one for $100. The mountain is over 5000acres of skiiable mountain terraine. The base is about 30 inches and the temperature is about -2 degrees celsuis.

I am excited to ski blue runs when i haven't skied for 5 years.

With 193 runs, i keep getting lost but as long as i keep looking down the mountain i will always find the bar with hot choc and pepperment schnapps.

A Huge thank you to Will Parkhouse for showing me around town, organizing my tickets, scoring me my new goggles and introducing me to your fraternity house.

And tonite.. bob marley and the whalers were playing in town (minus bob marley of course)

life is great with open fires, hot tubs, great snow and peppermint snapps.

snowbunny kat

boston in January

Well i have found myself in Boston. I was going to Jamacia but i really fell in love with the snow thing and kept heading north. Boston is an amazing place where I spent 3 days checking out the city and surroundings. I visited the USS Constitution which was a navy ship built in 1797 an named by George Washington. It was a wooden hulled, 3 masted ,44 gun frigate. Its is 204 ft and made from southern Oak and was known as Old ironsides because the cannon balls would bounce off. It never lost a battle. I then checked out Harvard University campus which was ery impressive. Then spent an interesting but spookey afternoon in Salem which is a witch town where 20 women were trialed for witch craft. I couldnt wait to get out of there. That night of had an amazing experience where i had to go and see an ice hockey game. (that too was on my list). I also visited the Cheers bar.

The tickets were selling for $140 but i managed to do a deal with a scalper for $20. Mind you everyone in town speaks like they are from the Sopranos. I felt like i was doing hit deal with the marfia. The game was amazing and i managed to meet a great security guard called George (yes dont say anything) who spent the next day playing tour guide with me at the JFK musuem.

He had just graduated from Justice degree and was a huge wealth of knowledge on the history of USA politics.... Now i finally understand the Cuba- USA hate thing. George, thank you so much or being a perfect host.

until next time

love, laughter

katrina

godess on walkabout

massachusetts- thanks to ben bunning

Hi guys

Where am i now?.... I now went to stay with a girlfriends cousin in Paxton in Massachusetts. A huge thanks to Ben bunning who not only shared his home to me (and his 6 year old daughter too) but was an amazing host in Massachesetts. It was so exciting to wake up in the morning and see the whole town in snow. We managed to have some kid time with his 6 year old daughter Maria and went tubing at night in a chilly -20 degrees (windchill) celsius.

Christmas holidays were still in the atmosphere with the beautiful houses still lit up.

For those who love fun.. you have to try tubing....

take care

katrina

new year- new york 2010

Hi guys
well i finally made it to new york for new years eve. Tick that one off the list. After standing on 7th avenue looking up to Times square for 5 hours in the rain and sleet I finally saw the beginning of the New Year. I managed to meet some amazing people and had so much fun.

I got up in the morning and after eating my healthy organic breakfast at wholefoods, i had an amazing gratitude walk in central park. I have never seen anything so beautiful as the squirrels, the snow and the horse and carts. I am sure you will agree when you look at the photos.

I also managed to ice skate in central park (another one on the list to tick off) which was so magic with the backdrop of new York

Until we meet again

I think i have fallen in love with New York

love , hugs and laughter

katrina

christmas 2009

Hi guys It has been a while since i have caught up with you all... christmas, wasnt quite a white christmas although i did wish hard... I met a great friend JJ who is in the navy in Pearl Harbour and was a perfect host We spent christmas with his sister in Hawaii. It was great with New Orleanes cuisine. I have posted a huge mountain that we hiked up (just a mere 1200 steps) which let to an amazing view at the peak and sore legs the next day. ( i couldnt have done it without Robbie Williams on my ipod. Thank you all who remembered me on christmas day and sent me those amazing texts. I hope you all had an amazing christmas for the end of a great year.

more photos 21 dec 2009

hi guys

i forgot the entertainment photo from the goddesses in Austin Texas.

kat

what happens in vegas.....dec 21 2009

Hi friends and family

When I last left you I was in San Francisco... staying with the amazing Lisa and Dianna. well i have moved on from there and spent a few days with some very dear friends of mine.. Rick and Linda... who treated me just like their daughter. I had an amazing time in Las Gados doing lots of christmas stuff and playing florance Nightingale to their son Ricky Jr who just broke his neck for the second time.

From there I flew to Vegas and met up with one of my Anthony Robbins buddies(from Life mastery in Fiji) Nick....he just flew in from London to do Date with Destinity... and was on a mission. Last time he was in Vegas he was in a helecopter which crashed in the grand canyon. So he thought he would try it again and stay in the air this time ... which he achieved (well done Nick).

We had an outrageous 3 days in Vegas staying in the Hard Rock Hotel....for anyone that wants the experience of being a rock star ... this is the Hotel for you.....

We spent the 3 days walking the strip, lunching at the Bellagio Hotel.. which was very filling after 3 hours. I can recommend the Carrot Cake... but dont follow it with Tuna Sushimi......doesnt sit well.

Guess who i bumped into in the foyer of the Bellagio.... yes you guessed it.. the bundy bear.... all the way from Australia he must be chasing the colder winter.

After lunch.. just to burn those calories.. we were off to the shooting gallery to see if i still had it with the firearms.... yes i did... managed to sort out Jackie Chan...(or clint eastwood..make my day)

Then there was the house seats that I managed to score to see Cher.live (with her 17 costume changes).. yep 12 rows from the front..I new my networking skills came in useful.

The following night we managed to see Circus ... which was very different from the circus i saw as a child... there were no lions or elephants but some amazing acrobats.... the best circus I have have seen.

On the last night we popped in for free drinks at the Hard Rock Hotel (which always goes down well after doing a detox) and then ended up in the Wasted Space bar which was a whole new experince of people.. if thats what you can call them....just dont ask me about the drug dog..... what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas......

Now I am currently in Austin Texas with some special people... Marissa and Karim to celebrate their wedding Anniversay with them..The shopping outlet stores are amazing and even Karim loves to shop... how do i find a man like that???

I went to a girls night Christmas party with some true Texan Goddesses... I dont know that they put in the water here.. but these women were not only truely beautiful but were a ton of fun. Paula should have been voted in for hostess of the year... she even provided us with male entertainment...

anyway I am off to dinner
I hope all of you have an amazing christmas
love.. hugs and laughter

katrina
goddess on walkabout