Come Fly With Me – A Virtual Tour of Europe By: Stacy
LADIES and GENTLEMEN, fasten your seat belts and return your trays to their upright positions, because we are sending you and your long-distance-lover-boy on a virtual vacay to EUROPE!! Are you totally stoked?? I am! The good news is, this date is totally man-approved! In fact, the idea came from my husband himself! Cue background story: My guy lived in Germany as a foreign exchange student twice as a teenager, then later spent two years in South America as a missionary and has travelled to a few other countries as well while he was abroad. He LOVES new places and cultures. Well, the poor guy met me in college and we haven’t had the time or funds to go on any big trips together. NOW he’s in medical school, and the idea of international travel is even more out of reach. (I mean, let’s be real, we call a trip to the grocery store “going out.”) So he has become mega-addicted to using Google Earth and Google Maps’ street view to satisfy his wanderlust. I often catch him clicking his way down the streets of some foreign country in the few spare moments he has. This will probably surprise you, but did you know there are a bajillion cool things you can do on Google Maps? For example, you can drop in at the top of the Eiffel Tower and get a view of Paris! (I’m not kidding!!) You can “drive” up a curvy road in Rio de Janeiro and join a bunch of tourists at the base of the famous Cristo Redentor statue:
In fact, it’s definitely faster to list the places Google hasn’t recorded yet! And seriously, you don’t need to be a computer wiz. You just have to be able to read a map! So, how does this help you connect with your sweetheart when you’re miles apart? Well Honey, you’re gonna meet him in Europe. Virtually speaking.
(Here’s me Skype-Sharing the view from the top of the Eiffel Tower. Told ya I wasn’t kidding!!) It’s a fancy-pants, new-fangled Skype date, with a fabulous little twist to it! I’ve got a sweet little invitation you can customize and then send to him (digitally of course!) and a list of “tasks” for you to complete on your virtual vacation. And they’re totally cute too. Are you ready for your TO-DO list? BEFORE the date:
Also take some time to familiarize yourself with the features of Skype. HERE’S a tutorial on how to share screens on Skype. If you can learn how to do this ahead of time, it’ll make your date run smoother. The NIGHT OF your date:
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