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Celebrity Travel: Go Away With Harley Quinn Smith

By Jae-Ha Kim, Tribune Content Agency on

A. Edinburgh, Los Angeles, Paris, New York and Seattle.

Q. Where would you like to go that you have never been to before?

A. My absolute dream is to go to Japan. I've been obsessed with going since I was super young. The obsession has only grown stronger though, because I'm now aware of a place called Rabbit Island (Okunoshima), which is a small island off of Japan that is just filled with bunnies. As a rabbit mom myself, this sounds like my heaven. It's also one of my number one goals to spend some time volunteering at an elephant sanctuary in Thailand. I'd love to go for a month or two and spend all my time with rescued elephants.

Q. What is your guilty pleasure when you're on the road?

A. I am a major nerd when it comes to being a tourist. I love buying really embarrassing and cheesy souvenirs. I've been to New York more times than I can possibly count and I also lived there for a few months at one point, but still every time I go I'm tempted to get one of those stupid I heart New York sweaters. It's like an addiction.

 

Q. What is your best vacation memory?

A. Probably going to Edinburgh with my best friend and my family. I don't know why, but something about that place just really does it for me. I love all of the history and all of the ghost stories they have there. It was really unlike anywhere I had ever gone before. One of my absolute favorite things that we did while there was going on a dungeon tour. It was so cheesy. It was like a haunted house during Halloween or something, but me being the wuss that I am, I was absolutely terrified. I just remember my friend and me basically hiding in my mom's coat and closing our eyes for pretty much the entirety of it. I would just like to also add that this was not long ago at all. I think I was 17. We were running out of it by the end because we were so scared. It was so hilarious and something I'll for sure never forget.

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