europa

  I am dying right now.. I just pulled out the old Europe 2004 journal.. and it is hilarous!! I also found some emails I sent me momma that she printed out for me so I would have them..  I remember a couple people saying go to Europe when you are older so that you fully enjoy it..  I went at 21 and thought they were crazy.. dont get me wrong.. we had a BLAST and would only change a couple things..  but these entries are hilarous.. 

we start off being late to the airport.. I refered to Raising Helen as a great on flight movie.. we missed more than 3 trains.. and almost slept through one stop.. only to be running off the train in the south if france with makeup down my face and un brushed teeth.. not the glamour I am sure I was aiming for.. 

  I think I ate at Mc. Donalds 10 times while I was there.. I apparantly was sick the whole time.. I think that was before my lactose intolerance diagnosis.. everything in my body was ice cream and lattes.. I never slept for the first five days I was there.. I kept a journal of it.. I have 12 hours recorded spread out over 5 days..  I rolled my ankle and cut up my toe arriving in Barcelona.. it was so gross and pussy until i finally found liquid band aid in Nice France..  I was made fun of for not finishing my meals in France.. the server actually was laughing at me..  we stayed on the top deck of our boat to Greece for four hours. until we realized that underneath us was 4 star restaurants .. casinos.. and sleeping cabins.. 4 hours!

now dont get me wrong.. there were tons of positives.. shopping.. trains.. meeting great people.. the pink palace;) greek food.. kayaking.. massages.. spending my 22nd birthday in Roma.. watching lu spill coffee down her new white zip up due to turbulence.. and we were only in Calgary! I can laugh about that now :)  I would have loved to have done that trip at this age where my food palette is WAY more open..  and I apreciate a good beverage now more than ever..  

  I am surprised my mother never had a heart attack with the emails I sent her.. I let her know we missed trains.. took random cabs at 1 in the morning.. i had no light in one of my dorms that was only men.. I was kicked in the shin from a homeless man in Madrid.. a full on boot like he was a secret ninja in the CIA and I walked by at the wrong time.. cochroaches.. going topless on the beach and just how hammered I really wanted to get that night so I signed up for a pub crawl.. seriously..  I look forward to the day that I am getting those emails from Olive!

  well.. it was a great time going down memory lane today.. pulled out all the old books and photo albums.. 

Paris

yes that is me sleeping on the airport floor in Athens… before the janitor swept his broom into me to get up and move.. 

ahh.. what a great time!