Whenever I book trips, I always do it through Expedia, it's just one of those habits that I have developed over the years and I've always been happy with their service, and so when Expedia.ca (Their Canadian branch) first contacted me, I thought it was to tell me that I won a free trip for booking with them so much!

But it was better than that (although of course I wouldn't have turned down a free trip) but I was asked if I would be interested in being their spokesperson and if I would judge a contest in search for the Fastest Talking Canadian. Since fast-talking and travel are right up my alley, I said yes in a heartbeat.

With that a media release was sent out across their nation. "Think Canadian politicans, lawyers and used car salesmen talk fast? They've got nothing on Fran Capo, the world's fastest talking female who rhymed off a record 603 words in 54 seconds! Starting October 22, Fran is heading up Expedia.ca™'s search for Canada's fastest talker. Swift speakers from St. John's and velocity-voiced Victorians can visit www.fasttalktovegas.ca to describe their ultimate, fast-paced Vegas vacation. Visitors to the site will choose the top ten fast-talking finalists to fly to Toronto November 20 to strut their stuff in front of judges and Fran herself! The Canadian dubbed Canada's fastest talker will win flight and accomodation in Las Vegas with five friends, courtesy of Expedia.ca."

Now to get a contest like this off the ground, people have to know about it. So in addition to a massive viral campaign (that's a campaign on the internet, not some kind of flu)... I was brought into Canada to do a day of press announcing the contest.

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As you know if you've read my previous blogs I am not the most technically skilled person. In fact... I still can't figure out how to download songs or get my pictures from my phone onto my computer, and when my son text messages me, I just call him back... with that being said the next three days in the life of this fast talker put my skills to the test... Here's what happened.

When I last left you, I was leaving a ribbon cutting ceremony on long island and heading off to a plane in the morning to fly out to the Mall of America to be involved in a revolutionary campaign put on by Papa John's Pizza.

What I didn't mention was before I hopped on that plane at 7 A.M. I had to do a little fast-talking... actually a minute's worth, via MP3 and the wonderful computer technology.

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