My greatest vacation happened in 1991. I had met my husband to be a few months earlier, we were both still in college and were facing a week of finals. Stressed beyond belief, we decided to take a road trip and leave everything else behind us. We hopped in the car, I looked at him and asked which direction? He said, "Oh, let's go north." Off we went. We crossed over into Canada and stopped for a pizza. Much to our delight (and surprise), everyone spoke French. We did not. We had fun ordering our pizza and feeling like we were a world away! Later that evening, we found a hotel and stopped for the night. The cost of the room was a shock, but we figured we were in Canada and the exchange rate was the cause of the difference. We paid for our lodging and found our room. On the way, we noticed the pool. Being that it was winter, we hadn't packed any swimming suits. Did that stop us? NO WAY. We splashed and played around in the pool in our jammies. We had the entire pool to ourselves. In the morning, we hit the road. As we turned out of the parking lot, I found the reason for the steep room prices...we were at a ski resort....we just hadn't seen the mountains due to the darkness!!!!!! We pressed on. Later that morning we found ourselves in Montreal. We drove around (no map, of course) and decided that we should get a room somewhere and take a look around. It started to snow. Big fluffy flakes! We went for a walk in the snow and discovered that we were staying about a mile away from Olympic Park. We also found an insectatarium. We went in and stayed for hours. Can't believe it myself, but we had great fun looking at bugs from around the world!!!! Later, we found a mall of sorts, went in and had our picture taken in one of those little stands you might find at an airport. We were soaking wet, red cheeked and in love. (To this day, those little black and white photos are my favorites!) The evening was spent at a little Italian restaurant.

We flew by the seat of our pants, never knowing what we were going to to or where we were going to land, but it turned out to be the best vacation ever!!!!!!!!!!!

Still smiling from the thought of it all...thanks for asking!

Michelle =^..^=