Travel Q&A: September Sponsors & Giveaway!

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Travel Q&A:  I asked all my sponsors this question, “What landmark or attraction would you love to see next and why?” See what answers we all gave and let me know in the comments what your answer would be too!

“I would love to watch the Northern Lights in Scandinavia.  I have heard that Tromso, Norway is the best place to see the Aurora Borealis and so that is definitely on my list. I have always loved Norway since I went to Oslo as a girl and definitely want to go back.” – B
“I love to see unusual landmarks, oddities, and museums, such as the grave of the man who invented the word robot (which is in Prague). The one I’d love to see next is the Forevertron in Wisconsin!” – Gladley


“I have never gotten the chance to travel outside of the US. But, one place that is top on my travel list would have to be Venice, Italy! Hopefully I get the chance to travel there sometime in the future!” – The Skinny Student

“Torres del Paine National Park and Patagonia National Park in South America. The panoramic views of the ice fields and the glaciers on the Andes mountains with the crystal blue water under neath are out of this world.” – A Broad’s World
“The Circle K in Tempe, Arizona has been top of the list for a while, as it’s THE Circle K from Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. There wouldn’t be much to do except buy a drink, take a photo and quote lines from the movie to my embarrassed husband, but they’d probably be the best few minutes of my life.” – Little Black Suitcase

“I would love to see the Taj Mahal in India.  We’ve spent some time exploring Europe now.  I’d love to broaden my horizons and visit someplace more exotic and challenging India.  My husband loves India and I’m eager to explore it with him.” – Selena the Places

“I would love to see the Coliseum in Rome — just for the pure history of it all (plus, I want to go to Italy and eat tons of pizzas and have pasta and gelato and the Lizzie McGuire experience)!” – Chimerikal

“My one dream in life is to explore the countryside of England. I was raised on a strict diet of British comedy which spread into an obsession with all things UK. I’ve never been to England but believe me that’s the first place I plan on going overseas.” – Mocha Fox

A GIVEAWAY!
Say what? Yes. A Giveaway and the first ever to be hosted here at A Compass Rose. 
You can win ad space from ACR and several of my September Sponsors.  
Bonnie Rose – A Compass Rose
Brand new and first time ever available on ACR, an In-Post ad space for 30 days
Gillian – Gladley
200x ad space for 30 days

A+ ad spot 300×400 for 30 days

Lindsey – A Broad’s World
250×200 ad space for 30 days

Jess – Mocha Fox
300×200 ad space for 30 days
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  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    The Northern Lights are amazing, Bonnie! I saw them every year growing up in Alaska. A definite must! Such a beautiful site to see and experience!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Oh, and I’d love to go to New Zealand and see the beautiful landscapes shown in Lord of the Rings!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Oh I would love to go there too! I’m still kicking myself I did not make it over there when I went to Australia. But just means I can experience it for the first time with Ryan whenever we go. I love Tolkien and those films always blow me away with those picturesque landscapes.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Oh so lucky Tina! I def cannot wait to experience something like that. Alaska is a place I have not been yet and its on my list. My dad went backpacking and kayaking on his own for weeks right up before my wedding and said it was such a beautiful place.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    That would be my dream trip. To travel Australia & New Zealand combined! I’ve got friends in both places that could show me their homeland through their eyes!! Someday hopefully! Probably not any time soon with the cost of tickets and the size of our family. One can dream though!! :)

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Oh there’s so much in the world I want to see! But on my list for the next year is definitely Patagonia and Rio de Janeiro to experience the Brazilian culture. I also want to head back to Iceland at some point to experience more of it’s natural beauty…and the Northern Lights of course!

    Kam | A Married Couple & Their Travels

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Oh i know. I really have my heart set on just one more kid (fingers crossed to raise the girl to boy ration in my house) but already with four family members travel prices are doubled from when it was just Ryan and I. I’m thinking the NZ trip will for us def be a once the kids have left the house sort of deal.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    That sounds wonderful Kam! I have not yet been to that part of the world and would love to experience the Brazilian culture as well. Oh did you see the posts on Aspiring Kennedy’s blog about Iceland…so want to go too!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Hard to chose. But I’d love to see the beaches of Bali. It’s cold here in London and by my New York standards, the summer was cold too, so I’m really dreaming of some sun and beach!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    That is far too unfair of a question. My list is wayyyy too long at this point. Ask me again in ten years, okay? :o)

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    hahaha, alright Sarah 😉 To be fair I do not think for anyone with a love for travel will ever have a short list.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Bali sounds like a great place to go to for the sunny beaches! I used to live on Hawaii and during our cold days here in England I so miss being able to just be out in the sun for sure. x

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    I went to Reykjavik a few months ago and was quite surprised at how much I enjoyed it. And I can’t wait to head to Brazil…my husband has been twice now and I always get left behind!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Oh thats the worst when your husband has been some place and you haven’t…and vice versa. Ryan has been to Japan, Belgium, and Morocco without me in the recent years, but then I’ve been to Cambodia and Australia without him and then all the places i went while growing up in Europe. It makes us want to travel much more.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Which one on my list to pick, soo many. But I think, of everything there is possible to see… I would prefer to see the either the Parthenon Acropolis or the Forgotten Temple in Greece. There is something about Greece that make me love it :)

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Very true! :o)

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Greece is amazing! I would love to back there too. x

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/08304479805049145430 Dee

    I’d love to see the Eiffel Tower because it’s the most famous iconic landmark that I know of.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    New Zeeland for sure :) All the way so I can see where LOTR was shot! 😀

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    I would love to see the Niagara Falls…It terrifies me and amaze me at the same time…the overwhelming views (seeing only on books and TV)…I can imagine the sounds of nature, the peace around it…yes I need to go to Niagara Falls.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/18243551025002985614 Kate Hall

    I think mine would have to be to visit the Great Wall of China!

    Kate – diariesofanessexgirl.com

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Hmmmm….I would love to see the grand canyon again, because it is a gorgeouse place even if the weather is deplorable. The the louvre is another place I would love to see. Huge art buff.

    thank you,

    Heather P.
    Spunky Real Deals

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Thanks for the feature and oooh exciting! Take me with you to see those Northern Lights! :)

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Great giveaway! I would love to go to Iceland, New England, Vancouver, Hong Kong and top of my list……Sicily!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Oh yes, I am right there with you Anda! I would love to see those locations. x

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    I had not even thought about Niagara Falls…so glad you mentioned it. It def is iconic from all the films and tv I have seen it in. I bet it would be breath taking to see in person. x

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Grand Canyon is amazing, I lived in AZ for a couple short stints and I really enjoyed seeing all that desert scenery. My mum who lives in Tucson just had a rattlesnake in her back yard last night. I dont miss the wildlife. 😉 Love the Louvre…i have to go back because I did not see all I wanted to see the last time. So huge! x

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Thank you for being my sponsor this month Erika! That sounds like a great plan, I would love to see it for sure! x

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Thank you Louisa, glad you like it! Kinda nervous how people would receive it since I have not done one inclusively with just ACR before. I df agree with all of those! I so miss Sicily…I cannot wait to take my family there. x

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Wow what a wonderful giveaway idea. Thank you for this chance. 😀
    My next traveling plans include Riga (Latvia), only because it’s one of my most favorite cities in the world & i miss it so much. And what i def would visit there is the Opera House – such a beautiful spot and offers the best ballet and theater events. :)
    Xo,
    Luchessa.org

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/10859711684410090466 Jess is a mess

    Mine is the Potala Palace in Llhasa, Tibet. Luckily I am going next year for my honeymoon!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    I would love to see Victoria Falls before I leave Africa. Now that I’m preggers, I’m not sure it will happen, though. :(

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Such a great giveaway! Thanks for sharing. :)
    xoxo

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Also, I would LOVE to go to Venice and take a tour on a gondola. It’s always been a dream of mine.

    It’s just so picture perfect there.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    I would love to see any of the landmarks in London (Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Parliament) or Edinburgh Castle in Scotland :)

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    I would love to visit Kilimanjaro peak in Africa. Exotic, plus there are some personal reasons I would rather not share online 😉 Thanks for the giveaway! x

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Hands down, I want to see Florence Italy. Or just Italy. I don’t really care – I just want to get there!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    I want to see Athens, greece. I might be going this winter – SO EXCITING! haha.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    I would love to see the Hagia Sophia and the Sultanhamet Mosque in Turkey.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    I’m going to London later this month and I’m eager to take in as much of the city as possible, but I would really love to visit the Tower of London. By the way, I’m planning to go to Tromso in December – hopefully, I will be able to experience the Northern Lights and get to share that with you! :)

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    I want to see The Matterhorn! Whenever I say that I always get the response, “Like Disney Land?” No, the actual mountain! The pictures I’ve seen are gorgeous and I’d love to see it for myself.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Love the chance to win ad space for a month. What a great giveaway

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Considering I’ll be in Naples at the end of the month, I really want to see Pompeii!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    I would love to take my daughter to Disney World (totally a landmark, right)?! Considering that she’s already been to Italy, France, Switzerland and Germany and she’s only 6 months old, means she clearly needs to visit Cinderella’s castle next!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    I have to say right now I would love to see the sight of Table Mountain in Cape Town, not because I have not seen it tons of times before but because it resembles home to me most of all and it’s been so long since I have seen home

    Laura x

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    I am going to be super boring and say I’d love to see the Eiffel Tower. I want to go to Paris period, but yeah.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    I know it’s totally cliche, but I want to go to Paris and stand under the Eiffel Tower.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    I am dying to share an ice cream sundae with my husband at Serendipity in NYC. I know, it’s so cheesy because of the movie, but I can’t let it go. I think I’ve convinced him to go to NYC for our 5-year anniversary in March! :)

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    I want to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in Cleveland. I’ve been before, but I love music and learning more about it. Every time I go, I have a blast and learn and discover so much!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    I’d love to travel to Cappadocia in Turkey, and take a balloon ride over the fairy chimney landscape, and then stay in one of the rock cave hotels.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    Victoria Falls if I can make it while I’m still in Africa!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    I would like to go to Machu Picchu in Peru. I have always thought it is mysteriously fascinating, and I have an aunt from Peru. My uncle showed me pictures of hiking to the top and of the views once he made it & that just made me want to go even more.

    Améliorer la
    Vie

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104 Bonnie Rose

    I am so excited to visit forests of Amazon . It’s always been my adventurous dream to be there :)
    Noor @ Noor’s Place