When I was a kid, I had a close friend from Ellsworth in Maine. She had come over to spend a few months with her grandparents who stayed in my town of Jacksonville, Florida. We hit it off instantly. She used to say a lot about her place & how beautiful & scenic it was. Her father used to own a chain of hotels in Maine. I bet she made full use of that! She used to tell me how she used to travel all around the state of Maine, whenever she & her parents had the free – time. Maine hotels have always done good business & even during this time of financial crisis which is hopefully about to end soon, those hotels are doing decent business. No wonder why….with all the nature`s beauty lavished upon it, that is bound to happen. Ten years down the line, I have still not been able to visit her place in Maine. Nonetheless, we have kept in touch to this day. Although at times she does get angry that i have not kept my word & she is right.

Ten years is far too great a timeframe to not do something which you wish you should have done ages ago. So, I guess I will give her a pleasant surprise in the first week of ‘new year’ when I inform her that I have landed a job in Portland, Maine. It would also be a perfect opportunity to get to know a place that I have longed to see for quite some time now.

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