*top ten reasons for traveling the world
Jon Carr | Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at 6:48PM 
We have to put an asterisk next to this list because we didn’t actually write it. Before we left, we had a wonderful going away party and two of our long time friends gave us some T-shirts with the top ten reasons we were traveling the world. We thought we would share this list with everyone because it is pretty funny. A lot of the comments were inside jokes and so I have included a brief explanation as well. Thanks Greg Mihon and John Ragunas.
10 - Cow Hollow just doesn’t feel “exotic” anymore (Cow Hollow is the neighborhood of San Francisco Jon and Annie lived in.)
9 - Annie is sooo tired of those annual trips to Michigan to visit Jon’s mom (Annie confirms this just isn’t true, sorry Mary!)
8 - Jon won a bowling scholarship to the University of Katmandu - by sending a picture of all his trophies (Jon did win a few bowling titles with the Golden Gate Sport and Social Club, he is not ashamed to admit it.)
7 - Due to favorable time change, 5:00am bootcamp actually meets at 4:00pm in India (Jon was a bootcamp instructor for the past year and they met at 6:00am each morning.)
6 - Annie’s tap dancing career never truly panned out (Annie was looking for a hobby in ’09 and gave tap dancing a try with a few friends, she has since moved on to bigger and better things.)
5 - To start up a GGSSC tennis league in Rangoon - Jon figures to have a better chance of winning his long sought-after tennis title against malnourished locals in rural southeast Asia (Jon is still seeking his first Golden Gate Sport and Social tennis title after many seasons.)
4 - Jon wants to show off his new physique to the young girls of Bangkok (Jon did lose a good amount of weight in ’09 only to put most of it back on due to the stress leading up to the departure of this trip.)
3 - Italians want a slice of Jon’s pizza pie! (Jon spent the last four years working for Grande Cheese, the company specialized in manufacturing the best mozzarella in the US and was favored by many high end pizzerias.)
2 - Jon hopes change of scenery will distract Annie from those silly notions about “marriage” and “children” (Need I say more)
1 - Selling cheese for a living sucks! (Not true, I really enjoyed my time with Grande)
Feel free to add anything they missed in the comments section.
Reader Comments (5)
although for #4, many mainlanders will be infatuated with anyone whose skin color isn't "yellow."
i have a reason aunt annnie told me she'd want to stay abroad. this is more for me tho in my opinion. I dont have any family members in Austrailia.
good luck with your tennis champ dreams jon!