In a perfect world, I would have been heading to Greece in a week for the TBEX (Travel Blogger Exchange) Conference – Europe 2014. In my unperfect world, I have to miss it because it’s the busiest work week of my year. One of my friends and colleagues went to Greece this summer for a different type of conference. She met up with friends there, took a million pictures, kindly sent me a postcard, and made me hate my job a little more when I realized what I’ll be missing. I have friends going to TBEX, too; friends I made last year at TBEX in Dublin and would have loved to reconnect with this year.
But I’ll be at work. Greece will have to wait. Meanwhile, I’ll follow their posts and tweets and spend my week green with envy.
Have you ever missed out on a trip you’d hoped to go on?
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Oh that is very maddening. I feel for you. I probably blocked out any memory of having missed a trip like that.
Such a fabulous destination. It would have been fun.
Ahhh we will miss you!!! So sorry you can’t make it xxx
I can’t wait to read about all you see and do, Sally! Next time…
Bah, I’m having to miss TBEX this year because of work too! It was such a great experience last time and I’m so glad I got to meet you and the rest of the Limerick crew!
Next year. We must go back!
Because of a bad back — the reminder of a car accident — we’ve had to change or cancel more trips than I care to count. 😦
:(. Sorry to hear that. Back pain is life-altering, isn’t it?
Poo! I have not missed out on any trips over the past two years, but I have had to adjust during those vacations in recovering from a surgery and then a sports injury. Greece is on my travel bucket list. It is there waiting for you to visit, so put it on the calendar and go . . . Happy Week 🙂
So true. Greece is waiting. I’ll figure out a way to see it soon. I hope you do, too.
Oh no, how frustrating. And I bet they’re sending you lots of “wish you were here” and “it’s not the same without you!”. Sometimes there’s just too many things going on at once. If only we could be ubiquitous and live parallel lives for short periods of time. Ha !
Yes, a clone would be nice. I’d send her to work every day. 😉
That’s really sad, Juliann. You should have been twins. 🙂
Haha. If I had a twin we’d probably both want to go. 🙂
Not quite the same thing but I’d love to run the Boston Marathon but I was never good enough to qualify. Forbidden fruit I suppose 😦
Never say never, Roy.
Team Limerick will miss you! Next time 🙂
Have a great time, Katrinka! I hope we can catch up next year.
Your year is working out like my year 🙂 Better luck in 2015. Til then – the postcards. At least it makes a pretty picture for your blog.
Thanks. Here’s hoping we both have spectacular 2015’s!
Sorry, love! That stinks. I miss out on trips I want to take all the time. Can’t afford my wanderlust habits. : )
Haha. Neither can I. But this is a trip I would have saved up for. Hopefully next year I’ll get to go to TBEX again.
What a shame you can’t go! When you wrote “green with envy”, I read “greek with envy”!
Any missed opportunity to visit greece is definitely reason to cry in my book, too! ♥♥♥;^)