Please test any online relationship before you provide personal information in your correspondence.

If you and your mentor choose to meet in her city please do so in a busy place like a restaurant, shopping mall or train station.

Good luck with this travel connection and have fun with it!

Are you a teacher, lawyer or doctor that belongs to a professional organization at home?

Through them you can connect with professional women's groups around the world.

If you're in town on the right date, try attending one of their monthly meetings or excursions.

Do you enjoy public speaking?

Make yourself available to speak to women's groups when you are abroad.

Don't charge for your informal talk.

It will establish a lot of good will and new friends in the city you are visiting.

For example: If you'd like to meet and mingle with a whole range of empowered business women in Tokyo, come along as a guest to one of the monthly FEW (For Empowered Women) networking events.

You can check their website at: http://www.fewjapan.com/

Check out expatriate websites like Expatwomen.com and make connections with some of the women there.

Ask how you can meet them, help them.

You'll be amazed at the reception that generally comes your way.

Are you a runner?

To get you started here's a list of running groups in the UK and Italy that you could join for fun and exercise when you're away.

If you have a special interest, pursue it at your destination.

For example: Are you a bridge player?

This site will help you find bridge clubs around the world.

Do you enjoy cooking?

You can join a Girls Night Out 3 hr. cooking class in Paris.

Click here for information.

Check museum bulletin boards and websites for the Singles Nights many of them advertise.