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In Deutschland with My Brother

Posted on May 5, 2014

My brother has threatened to stop reading my blog unless I write about my time spent with him in Germany. He’s a little narcissistic like that. Just kidding. (Love you, Andy!) So I’m hoping this post will appease him. 🙂 My friend, Teresa, and I spent the summer of 2007 traveling throughout Europe and then returned again in the spring of 2008 to spend a few months in France. During this time, my brother was flying for an airline that made frequent trips overseas. And it just so happened that he was going to be in Germany for a few days while I was in France. I knew I could not pass up the opportunity of hanging out with my brother in Europe, so…

Paris: Palace, Gardens, & Stained Glass

Posted on November 22, 2013

It’s a rainy day here in Orlando as I write this blog post. It looks like a perfect winter day outside, which just makes me want to curl up in some warm, cozy clothes with a book, a fire in the fireplace, and some Christmas music playing. Unfortunately, it’s 75 degrees outside. So no warm, cozy clothes and no fire. But I am listening to Christmas music (don’t judge) and it’s making me want to experience Paris during the holidays. I feel like Paris must be one of those perfectly magical places to be at Christmastime! Maybe someday… Anyway, 🙂 my fifth day in Paris was as jam-packed as the first few days. At this point, I couldn’t stop my morning pastry habit if…

More Explorations with Friends in France

Posted on October 7, 2013

My last few days with new friends Vance and Patty were as full of fun and laughter as the first few days! We decided to take another day trip and this one took us to the town of Annecy, which is located about 45 minutes outside of Albertville. Annecy is situated on a lake and is absolutely beautiful! Our first order of business was to buy some crêpes! We went to a crêperie and watched a professional show us how to make the perfect French pancake (scroll down to the end of this post to see how much we didn’t pay attention). Yum!! After satisfying ourselves with crêpes, we walked around the Old Town, visiting some churches and lots of shops. Annecy has such…

Highlights from My Solitude on an Island

Posted on August 9, 2013

Well…okay. It wasn’t really solitude on an island. But I was on an island! That part is true! 🙂 I’m flying home today after spending four weeks in Kona, Hawaii. And it was wonderful. For a few months I had been feeling the need to get away for a bit – go somewhere by myself and just refresh my spirit, refocus my mind, and relax. Just be. I decided to go to Kona, which I hadn’t visited since 2009. I was originally going to be staying here by myself at my aunt and uncle’s home, as they have been staying on the mainland. But they ended up selling their home right before I came, so my uncle came back to start working on fixing…

Aloha Hawaii!

Posted on July 12, 2013

**A couple of months ago, I wrote this and the next few posts on my 2009 trip to Hawaii, not realizing at the time that I would be flying back to this island the very day I publish part one of this series! So these upcoming posts all pertain to my previous visit but I’m sure I will be writing more about the four weeks I’m getting ready to spend here again. Enjoy!** Paradise. The word I used when I was younger and dreamed of visiting Hawaii. And now that I have actually been there, it’s still the word I use to describe it! These islands really do feel like being in paradise (or at least my interpretation of it!). My dream of visiting…