Christmas Break

Well I'm on Christmas break now, just have to get through exams. I only have one left on the 17th and I may have to write another english exam so that I don't have to take english next semester so that would be nice because apparently they've revised the course I would have to take and it sounds even worse than it used to be! Otherwise though, school finished up fairly well, Greek and Roman studies turned out alright I think. Still waiting for the final mark but it'll come soon enough. I think I may have pulled off a B+ but we'll have to just wait and see! Astronomy will be fine I think as long as I do well on the exam which I'm sure I will..at least I hope so, as long as I study a lot!

As for Christmas news there's lots! We have some family comming for Christmas and also I will get to see my very best girlfriends on the 23rd and I'm really excited for that because I haven't seen them in a really long time. It'll be nice to have the time to catch up. I don't have to work too much over Christmas, but I would like to have a few more shifts but we'll have to wait and see, if any of the girls need I can cover some shifts. I have to work on my birthday but that's alright, at least it's a morning shift and that's the last one I'm scheduled for..which is a problem. But apart from that Curtis will be home soon, he gets home on the 23rd and I'll be seeing him on the 26th and I can't wait!!! It has been wayy to long, I miss him like crazy but at least we'll see each other soon :) Anyways, I think that's about it for me. I'll try to be a little better about posting more often... rather than like a month apart for each one!

Cheers!
Holly

A Moment of Relaxation

So I got my stupid greek and roman studies paper finished, thank god! I'm not very happy with how the paper came out but I did have a really hard time with it so that could be why. Other than that, I finally have a moment to breathe, but I do have to start my other paper now which will HOPEFULLY be somewhat easier! I think it will be though which is good. Also, I have an astronomy quiz comming up so I think I best start to study for that since it's on wednesday.

Not sure if I've mentioned this previously, (I probably have..) but Curtis is comming home for Christmas yay!!!! So excited that I will be able to see him finally! I really miss him, it sucks that he's all the way in Ottawa for the year. So it will be nice to go and spend some time with him this Christmas. I'm really looking forward to it.

That's really about all that is new with me for the time being, other than I'm already starting my birthday preparations since I'm going to have to make a reservation asap! So I figured an early start would be for the best! Anyways, I best go get my day started!!

Cheers
Holly

Romeo, Oh Romeo...

So last night I went to see Romeo and Juliette up at the university and it was soo great! Really long, and kind of hard to follow at times but they did an amazing job! The part where juliette was on her 'balcony' was cool, she was hanging from the ceiling and then people were pulling her in different directions to make it look like she was walking around on her balcony so that was really well done. I feel like they talked a wee bit fast though so sometimes it was hard to hear and understand what they were saying, especially when they were yelling but either way it was still an amazing play and I'm glad that I've finally seen it!

School is still going alright, just working away at it. I have to write a few papers and I'm not really sure what I'm going to do with those but I'm chipping away at it little by little. It's kind of difficult because of the topic but I'm going to make it work haha I don't really have a choice!!

Today I'm thinking about donating blood. I've always wanted to but I think there's actually a clinic being held up at the school today and tomorrow so I'm thinking I will actually go through with it and I'm excited for it because I will finally know my blood type! Anyways I suppose I should actually make the effort to go and get ready for school!

Cheers!
Holly

School Update

Well not a whole lot is new really just been working away on my studies, not that it's too hard really because I only have 3 classes. English is going fairly well I suppose, though I do need to keep working on that one, it's fairly easy though so I'm sure the exam will be fairly simple. I'm finding it really similar to grade 12 english almost so that's kind of nice, and with some luck I won't have to take more english next semester but I suppose we'll have to wait and see! Greek and Roman studies is good. I have to study harder for the quizzes though because the teacher for that class makes harder quizzes than the teacher for the last GRS course I took in first year. But now that I know I can work harder at it, though it would help if I had the book, I'm going to have to check with Chapters to see if it's in yet. Which I hope that it is!! I think having read the book will be helpful. Apart from that there's Astronomy which as far as I can tell is going fairly well, we just had a quiz and I think that I did really well on it, I studied pretty hard for it and I'm doing really well on the lab section so far! Sooooo as long as I can keep up really good marks in my classes I think things will be just fine. I'm hoping for at least a B in all my classes, an A would be better but i've always been more of a B average type student so I'm alright with that, it's still a good mark in my mind. Next year I will hopefully be in the education program so everyone keep your fingers crossed that I get good marks this year so that I can get accepted into the program. Not sure what I'll do otherwise! But I'll figure that out when it gets a little closer.

Anyways, that's all for this update!
Cheers!
Holly

General Update

Hey all! I haven't a clue if anyone bothers to even read this thing anymore since my life is definitely not as exciting post Europe, but I figure I'll try and keep it going for a while. Who knows, maybe there will be something exciting happening soon..though I doubt it!

Nothing TOO new really, my sister just got her first apartment and is moving out in a few weeks which is crazy, so she's out and about trying to find furniture and other bits and bobs that she'll need. So that will be good for her I think, so I hope it goes well. It will be nice that she's on her own, I think that will help her to appreciate everything that she may not have appreciated so much before!

School so far is going really well. I only have three classes I gave up on French the minute the teacher started giving the lesson in French...I haven't done French in like 3 years so I understood maybe 1/4 of what she said haha! So yea, that didn't last long, still have English, Greek and Roman Studies and of course Astronomy. I really hope that Astronomy goes well because I hate science and I need to get a science done for my program and I just really want it all to work out! I just had my first lab for that class and it was awesome, I learned a few new constellations and also got to see Jupiter and its moons through a telescope which was super cool because Jupiter has always been my favorite planet ! But yes, I wrote up my lab which was good, and I really hope I get a good mark, I tried really hard but I still feel like it wont be good enough, but I suppose I'll find out on Monday when I get it back, so everyone keep your fingers crossed for me, because I REALLY need to do well! Other than that though school is great, gotta try and get working some more very soon!

As for the working out thing...I could really do better, though the few times I have gone to the gym have seemed to make at least a slight difference! So thats always good, it will make it easier to keep going. My friend Yasmin has a bellydancing video she's going to let me have so that could be fun! But otherwise I just need to get my butt in gear and get going more often! I have plenty of time, just have to get myself to do it! So I will..somehow I will!

Anyways as far as I know that's about all I really had to say. I went to see Julie and Julia tonight and it was very adorable. Kind of makes me wish I had more of a purpose for my blogging, sadly I do not! Ah well, c'est la vie!

Cheers!
Holly

First Day of School!!

WOO HOO!!! Finally I got to go to school today!! I swear I've been waiting for school to start forever!!! At least that's what it feels like! The day wasn't particularly eventful but it was a good day. First class was English and my prof looks like he's terrified to be speaking to all of us and his hands shake and he says 'um' a lot the poor thing, he seems prone to tripping over his words as well, but the class itself should be mildly entertaining because there's short stories, some poetry, a play and something else we'll study too but I can't for the life of me remember what exactly. My second class was french and omg that was awful!! The prof is nice but I was expecting a class similar to say..grade 12 French where they teach you vocab and stuff, which they do but the whole class is taught in French and I haven't done proper French in like 3 years so needless to say the minute she got started I was like, "I'm royally fucked" so my plan is to either get into a class that's taught in English so I can replenish my meager knowledge of French OR to drop it and take beginners Italian instead!! I'm just waiting on an email from both my French prof and the prof that teaches Italian and then hopefully that will get sorted in the next few days, the sooner the better! Afterwards I had a HUGE like 6 hour break so I hung out with Darcy a little bit and went home for a bit, popped over to the library and got a few more books and then had some dinner early on and went back to school for my last class at 6:30, it's a three hour lecture but thankfully only about an hour today, I about fell asleep, it's been a busy day, I'm not used to getting up at quarter after 6! Anyways, so the class was Astronomy and the prof is SOOOOO funny listen to, he sounds like your stereotypical gay guy which is kind of funny and he says mmk a LOT, more than he should I think, but he's really really funny, I definitely had to stifle more than one laugh but he got the whole class going a few times! So I'm thinking that is going to be an excellent class :) the lab thing is kind of confusing but I'll just email the prof and see what he says! But yea, it was a fairly eventful day so that was good! Tomorrow I don't have too much, going to go to the gym with Darcy and I'm happy about that, I'll be glad to get back into some form of an exercise regime!! And then I get to try and make dinner for mom and dad tomorrow night, as soon as I figure out what to make them! But I'm sure that it will be ok! Anyways, that's about it for now I think, ttyl!

Cheers!
-Holly

Shame on Me

Alright, I know it's been ages since I last blogged but to be honest since I've been home from Europe not a whole lot of exciting things have been happening, minus the whole Curtis moving to Ottawa (in 2 days by the way) thing. Though in addition to him moving to Ottawa, I have come to the conclusion that after I finish classes in spring I'm going to move out there with him for my summer off! How brilliant is that?! So I'm actually really excited for that. I think that it will be a good test run to see if we will be able to live together and be in each others space a lot more. I think that if we can manage that though, then we're set. I mean really, we've been together almost 4 years and right now thats the biggest hurdle we need to get over to see if we'll last lots longer (though I'm positive we will!) so it will be good!

Other than that, a lot of people that I work with are gone or leaving soon, all quitting which is lame! Ah well, such is life! But work is pretty good mostly, I still like my coworkers and we've got a few new people now so thats good!

My good friend Darcy is directing a play for the Victoria Fringe Festival and I'm really excited to hear how his opening night went! It's called Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, it's about 3 prisoners of war from very different backgrounds coming together through awful circumstances. At least that's what I think it's about! Either way I think it will be a really good play and I'm actually going to go and see it on Monday night so I'll get to see for myself :)

Last but not least school starts up VERY soon, and yet, not soon enough! I feel as though I've been waiting forever for it to get going but I don't start until the 9th so I've got a ways to go yet! Though I did actually go and get my student ID the other day and the picture is sooo much better than my old ones thank goodness, maybe because I actually TRIED to look decent in it! So I'm really excited to get that started, and I'm going back to school shopping on the 2nd with Yasmin!! Can't wait, we're going thrift store shopping and I'll probably grab a notebook or two whilst I'm out and then that way I don't have to bother with it later! :) Anyways, I think that's really all that I have to say for the time being!!

Cheers!
- Holly

Two Very Random Thoughts

Is it bad that I'm excited to go back to school simply for the fact that it means I get to go school supply shopping? I'm thinking it probably is...or at least its slightly pathetic! But I really am excited for it, I'm not sure why exactly I find it so entertaining but I just love having new notebooks and brand new pens (though I generally lose half of them in the first week). I remember being little and going school supply shopping, brand new pencil crayons, felts, all the good stuff! I know I'm not the only one who thinks that school supply shopping is fun, I have a few friends who feel the same way!! I'm not the only loser haha! But this year is extra exciting because I've decided its time to invest in a new backpack, mine is getting pretty ratty looking, so hopefully I'll find a backpack that I like. I'm thinking I might get a Dakine backpack because I think they look great plus they look comfy and have a laptop pocket thingy in them, so yea, I'll let you know how that goes, not that anyone really cares about my taste in backpacks I'm assuming. But oh well, I'll torture you with painfully boring backpack conversations again as soon as I have one!

In other news however, Yasmin and I are thinking that maybe since a bunch of the girls that we work with are going back to school we can finally get our Susie Homemaker group going! Let me explain that a little, basically we plan on getting a group of girls together (and it will probably be the girls we work with because we're all pretty good friends) and then we're going to learn skills that the vast majority of us don't seem to posses so that when we have families of our own we'll know what we're doing! So we're going to learn things like how to darn socks, how to crochet, how to sew on a sewing machine and by hand, how to mix the perfect cocktail, how to be a great hostess, just stuff like that. So I'm reallllllly, hoping that we'll be able to get that going because I need those skills, haha best I can do is sing some lullabies and that's pretty much it! But I think it's an awesome idea (and for the record it was Yasmin's idea, and yes she's the one who named it too!) So yes, thats about all I have to say for now.

Cheers!
Holly

Day 7!

As you may recall I have always been talking about trying to lose weight and how I was going to try and be really good about exercise and all that good stuff and guess what, for once I actually am making some progress..or so it seems! My eating habits aren't exactly the greatest HOWEVER I've been doing pretty friggen awesome with the whole exercise thing! 7 out of 8 days I've done something active! I'm really proud of that because usually I can't be bothered to do 4 out of 5 days worth of exercise and here I am on day 7!! My biggest accomplishment since I've been home is a 26km bike ride on Wednesday! Now considering that I had been away from home for a month eating food that was sooooo good, but not actually good for me, and considering that I hadn't gotten any amount of real exercise in a while, 26km is pretty amazing! Mind you I about collapsed from the heat afterwards but that's not really the important bit. All I have to do is keep it up and I'll reach my goals in no time!! And yes the whole purpose of this blog is to brag :D cuz I'm proud of myself haha!

Cheers!
Holly

Back to It

Sadly all the fun is over now, I've been home a week and I'm back to work already which was interesting on the first day! Turns out I had forgotten all the produce codes completely (which was actually a very satisfying feeling...) but once I saw them again I managed to remember a vast majority...damn. But apart from work life is good, though I do seem to get tired very quickly still, maybe the jet lag hasn't completely worn off yet. Then again, I have been out and about a lot this past week so that could have something to do with it.

I've been out for two really good bike rides with Yasmin this week, once out to Mattick's Farm on the Galloping Goose and once out to the hospital also on the goose but in the opposite direction. I was meaning to go for a hike this morning but I decided that maybe I just needed a restful morning! But I'm rather happy with myself for being able to get right back into being active because I got pretty lazy toward the end of my trip haha! But this year is my year for getting really active and I'm actually excited for it! I'll be joining the swing dancing club at uni and also an intramural soccer team most likely and then I'll also have a gym pass for the school gym so that will be good! Lots of opportunity to get fit! Now if only sweets weren't so appetizing....

School this year should be good, I'm feeling really excited for it. Money is a bit of an issue at the moment but considering that I just got back from a crazy, month long, whirlwind trip, it seems logical that funds will be a bit tight..well more than a bit but I'll manage just fine for first semester. Second semester on the other hand, well, I'll deal with that when it comes along! For now I'm just focused on making things happen for first semester. And as pathetic as it may sound, I'm totally excited to go shopping for back to school stuff, I've always loved getting new pens and notebooks and things, how dorky eh? Ah well, and also this year I've decided to invest in a new backpack so hooray for that lol!!

Cheers!
-Holly

All the stuff I missed.

Alright, considering that I haven't written in this thing since about Vienna and since I'm actually home now I figure that maybe I should do at least some form of an update! Ok so let me think here, I think it's best to just try and sum it all up in as little as possible so I'll try that, there isn't really a heck of a lot to say anyways!! Here goes:

Prague- I hated Prague to be completely honest, there really wasn't much there for me it seemed, plus I felt like it was really sketchy there. The biggest highlight there was going to the Sex Machine Museum and watching a porno from 1925 from Spain. Funniest thing in the world!!

Munich- Totally amazing and I was only there for one afternoon/night. We bought Dirndles which are the traditional German dresses and we definitely wore them out to the beerhall that night, by far one of my very favorite nights on the trip! Munich was really gorgeous though, I'll definitely be going back to Germany at some point!!

Swiss Alps- Soooooo beautiful!! Nothing compares to the mountains there, absolutely nothing. Our campsite was great too, there wasn't much to the city though, you could walk through it in about ten minutes. We slept a lot there hahaha it was a nice change! We didn't really do much there to be honest but it was gorgeous and that was good enough for me!

Edam- This little town wasn't even mentioned in passing for the tour but I loved it so much that I'm giving it it's own section! By far the most adorable little town I've ever seen, we got to ride little granny bikes all around it and it's such an old little town and everything just looks like it's straight out of a movie, it's awesome! Definitely a place that I want to return to, its so peaceful there!

Amsterdam- TONS of fun!! Saw a sex show, aka people having sex on stage and lucky me I got directed to sit in the front row....also I bought a joint for the first time and I still have the tube it came in so I did the two important things in Amsterdam haha! But other than that, we navigated the canals on a paddle boat which was SOOO slow going! But it was fun, as long as you don't get lost, which thankfully we didn't!

So yes, all in all it was a fabulous trip and I think that I would do Contiki again but only a short trip, if ever I do a long trip again it will be be on my own, because then it's not just go, go, go all the time which isn't always fun. Sometimes, you want to sleep in! Best time ever, though I've come home sick, wickedly sore throat and a nasty cough but I'm working on it! Anyways, that's all for now, when I think of something else important to say I'll try to be good and make the time to write it here!!

Cheers!!
Holly

Venice to Vienna!

Alright lots to catch up on! So sad that we had to leave Corfu, it was so gorgeous there but alas, all good things come to an end! So off we went at 5am, very brutal, the ferry was late of course since everything in Greece runs on 'ish' time, meaning that everything happens when it feels like happening there's really no point in having a schedule for anything! But eventually it came and off we went onto our 24 hour ferry ride, and to be completely honest I slept for about 16 hours of it! Went to bed at 9am, slept till 5pm stayed up till midnight and then slept until 730am and then we drove the last little bit to Venice and I have to say, I didn't like Venice at all really. Though on the way there we stopped in Verona to see Juliette's balcony and for a rest, so we did a bit of shopping, had some lunch, lunch consisted of gelato haha! Anyways, our hotel in Venice was the absolute worst accomodation we've had thus far, we weren't in the city cuz it's like 400 dollars per night to be in the city so I'm not really 100% sure where we were but either way it was soo scuzzy!! Me and Erin had to share a bathroom with 4 other men, old Italian men for that matter and the bathtub was gross, so I showered there once, and since Ian and David had a room with an ensuite I showered there afterwards cuz at least it was clean! The city itself I didn't really enjoy because I found it super hard to navigate and there's so many places to get lost, not to mention the sheer volume of people that are in the city, and it was so expensive, the only thing we really saw was the Basillica (from the outside) and the Ponte di Rialto I think is how it's said, and that was pretty cool, then out of nowhere there came the freak thunderstorm that lasted about 45 mins and we got absolutely drenched! However at least it let up and we did manage to go on the gondola ride at the end of the day, but yea, I wasn't too satisfied with Venice but at least now I can say that I've done it and I know that I wouldn't go back so it's good that way I suppose. The gondola was nice though, very slow, very scenic, so I did enjoy that at least!

This morning we left our scuzzy hotel (yayyy!) for lovely Vienna, and I have to say that when we were driving there I totally felt like I was back in BC, it was all mountains and trees, it was gorgeous and yet I was strongly reminded of Heidi haha so I found that kind of funny! We had two service stops on the way and both of them were awesome, haha there was one that was called the Hansel and Gretel service stop and it was the most adorable thing ever!! It looked like a little candie house, super cute! Anyways, we got into Vienna at about 5pm tonite, and we're staying in the most awesome hostel! And I've already gotten lost! WOOT! haha! I'll get to that in a minute though. We had some time before we had to leave the hostel to go into town, so we got to check out our cute little rooms and that was good, and then we did a short tour on our bus and learned a little bit, though I didn't retain much now that I think about it! But oh well! Then we did a walkabout dinner, which is basically a fend for yourself kind of thing and that was good, I had like the best chicken soup of my life omg it was sooooo good! And then after we left the resturant we stumbeled upon this guy who was playing classical music on water glasses it was amazing! He was soo good, and super funny! Anyways, then we decided to come home instead of waiting for the coach because we didn't want to wait, so it took us ages to find the metro station and then we went all of 3 stops, and then promptly realised that we had no idea how to get from the station back to the hostel, so we wandered a little, not far from the station though, and then we tried looking at a few of the maps and that didn't work that well, haha then finally we asked a guy at the station and he told us where the right exit from the station was, cuz there's exits on like every floor of that thing! Anyways, we did eventually get home hahah so that was good, tomorrow is a full day in the city and it will be amazing I'm sure, I'm really looking forward to it and then we get to visit the Schnapps Museum tomorrow afternoon :D should be good fun! Then afterwards is a lovely Viennese dinner, mmmmm pork schnitzel!!! Can't wait!!!

Cheers!!
-Holly

P.S only 10 days left, AHHH!

Corfu!!

This is just a quick update since I'm running out of time on the computer. Basically Corfu is amazing! Getting here was a pain, we drove all day from Italy and then took two ferries, we had to transfer at 230 in the morning, and then we drove only for about 20 mins and then we were at our hotel which by the way is AWESOME! Not only do we have the most amazing view of the sea, the rooms themselves are fabulous, we have a bathtub, and a balcony and its just the most gorgeous place ever! The walk up the hill is a pain though, it's really steep and since it's so hot here, it makes for a difficult climb! But its so worth it, and there's a pool here, the beach is across the road, theres a bar at the pool and one inside, plus the disco like..its just nuts! There's so much and it feels so fancy, so yea, definitely having a good time! Yesterday we did the Georges Boat tour which was SUPER fun! Spent all day on the water, did water sports, all I did was swim mostly but me and Erin did in fact go parasailing and omg it was friggen amazing! Such a good view! Plus the water here is soooo nice, not cold but not ridiculously warm either its seriously the perfect temperature! Anyways, I have some good stories to tell about Georges boat when I get back, so everyone will just have to wait. Tonite we're going out for the Greek dinner optional excursion so that will be lots of fun, food and dancing and probably booze haha you can't go wrong! Tomorrow night is the toga party and then a 5am departure the morning after that, ugh! And then we're on a ferry for 25 hours.....25!!!!!!! So we'll see how that goes :)

Cheers!
-Holly

Roma

So here I am in Rome and I am loving every minute of it! We arrived yesterday at what I like to refer to as heaven in cabin form. Honestly, when you are used to showering in a room that either has the toilet and the shower as one spot or showering in a spot that is about the size of a tin can it is truly amazing to be able to shower in a bathroom that not only has a proper size shower (the same size as an ensuite...) but it has a toilet that HAS a toilet seat AND there is even a sink with some counter space!! It is a miracle I swear. Anyways we really are in wonderful cabins though, they have the cutest little dutch doors where the top half opens up, HUGE windows everywhere, a little loft with two beds, and then two more beds on the main floor off the kitchen, and when I say kitchen I really just mean a sink and a little camping stove type thing and also a mini fridge! So needless to say we were really excited when we saw what they looked like. However we did not get to see them until about 930 in the evening because, when we left Florence, we drove to Rome in about 5 hours, we had a one hour or so stop at a service station on the way and then we got to Rome and had things to do immediately, so we had a bit of free time and then after that we had a guided walking tour of the Roman Forum and then the Colusseum (which we got to skip the line for, which was awesome!) and then we did another walking tour with our tour manager, so we saw the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon and also the spanish steps, I can not remember the proper name. So that was a really wonderful day. Got up this morning which I have to admit was pretty difficult, cuz those beds are super comfy, had a breakfast that ACTUALLY tasted like real breakfast, toast that was perfect, cold milk and no stupid eggs. There were fried ham and cheese sandwiches for brekfast today, though I skipped that and went for the cereal, toast and orange. Anyways, today was an afternoon of Rome, all free time so we started off by going to Vatican City and went in to see the Cistine Chapel which was amazing and only 8 euro actually since there was a student rate, yay! So that took us about two hours and then afterwards we went to see the Scala Santa which are the stairs that Jesus himself climbed when he was being condemmed by someone...I cant actually remember who..but either way that was kind of cool and then we navigated our way over to the Colusseum so that from there we could try and find the S. Pietro something, something, because its this little church that houses the chains that were used to bind St. Peter when he was being held prisoner so that was really cool to see! After that me and Jaimie managed to get home vie the metro and then a train and then a shuttle bus, but we found our stops and everything so that was awesome since I have no directional skills whatsoever (just ask Curtis) and also when we were on our final train we were sitting across from a little Italian man and we were looking at our metro map to check how many stops we had to go and then we were just chit chatting and he put a little map of Rome over it, so that we would have one I guess haha, and then he didnt do anything after that for a bit, but then he noticed my necklace which has a music note on it and asked me something in Italian about music so I just said I like music haha and then out of nowhere he pulls out his wallet and starts rummaging through it, obviously looking for something so we just sat there and waited and then he pulls out this little picture and I dont even know how old it was, but it was of him when he was young as a Marine, and then he goes rummaging again and pulls out another picture of the men he was stationed with I suppose, standing in front of the Colusseum. Im not really sure why he felt like showing us but it was really cute, kind of a highlight of my day. Anyways, its almost dinner time and I am definitely starving so Im going to go and see when that will be!

Cheers!
-Holly

France to Italy!

Well I am currently in Florence right now. We got here at about 5:30 this evening and we're out in the heart of Florence at the moment, we were supposed to be at a karaoke bar but me and some girls left because it was ridiculously crowded and noisy and just not fun at all, so we're here at an internet cafe instead! The ride from France to Italy wasn't too bad, I tried to sleep through most of it, but it didn't quite work.

Anyways, in the few days before we left France we went from Ville Franchee to Antibes and got to stop at Baune and Lyon on the way :) Lyon was kind of neat to see, and Baune was pretty fricken cute! Um, once we got to Antibes we went to a bowling alley which was kind of funny, that's really the only thing to do there! But it was good fun!

We got to go and see Monacco as well as the Montecarlo casino which was quite the sight but even Monaco and Montecarlo just themselves are awesome to see! Lots of nice cars :P Also we got to see the palace of the royal family that has been ruling the country for 700ish years, which is cool, amazing view from the top!

Day after that we went to see Nice, so we took the train in and did lots of shopping and we saw the chateau that's there and that was a really great view from the top, had ourselves some lovely French food :) and then we went over to the beach which sadly was rock, and went for a swim in the mediteranian sea and YES everyone, I did in fact go topless for a little bit, maybe like 10 mins, not even, hah but at least I can say that it's something I've done!! It was lots of fun that day, the only shitty bit was standing on the train platform for a half hour :( but oh well, that's part of the adventure, anyways I'm quickly running out of time so I best hop off right about now, I get to spend the day in Florence tmo and then it's off to Rome, the Eternal City, can't wait!!!!

Cheers!
-Holly

Ville Franchee

Ville Franchee is where we're staying tonight, and stayed last night as well. It's a pretty small little place with not a heck of a lot to do except go bowling. Today was good though, we went up to the Chateau du Cruix for wine tasting and I actually enjoyed it!! Imagine that! Then I went and sat on the grass in the sun and essentially didn't move for quite a few hours, minus a dip in the freezing cold pool. I am payind dearly for not wearing sun screen though, but at least I didn't end up with sun stroke, though I do feel like I'm getting a little bit sick because I think I'm not really used to these 14 hour days and its hard on my system. Tomorrow we're headed for Monaco where it'll probably be warm, and with my lovely burn that should be just wonderful...not. That's about it for now, ttyl!!

Cheers!
-Holly

London to France

I arrived in London safe and sound after the lovely 9 hour flight. There was great entertainment on the plane which was nice, I watched Inkheart and the Princess Bride ad bits and pieces of other movies, so it was good. I didn't manage to sleep which kind of sucked but what can you do. London wasn't too exciting really, mind you we didn't get to see anything and we were tired and cranky so we didn't really enjoy ourselves there but thats ok. Then it was off to Paris, and we got to do a bus tour and saw all the wonderful places there. I managed to get myself to the top of the Eiffel tower which was really cool! Saw lots of really great things there, though some of the panhandlers are a little nerve wracking. But all in all I'm having lots of fun here, we're currently in Beaujolais and we're doing wine tasting tomorrow which will be lots of fun I'm sure. Anyways I'm borrowing a friends computer to type this so I'm going to give it back because I'm sure she wants it back! So I'll do a proper update later, cheers!!

-Holly

Pre-Departure!

Well here I am, it's the night before I jet off on my big adventure!! I can't even believe it's finally here!! I feel like I waited forever for it and now it's FINALLY happening! I'm really excited but it all just feels so surreal, I can't believe I will be flying for the FIRST time ever tomorrow night!! Scary! lol! It'll be lots of fun though, and it'll be nice to see Erin tomorrow afternoon. It's going to be a very long day tomorrow, I have to get up around 7ish I suppose, then take the 9am ferry to the mainland, and then it's off to the airport and we'll get there at about 12pm or so, and then meet with Erin at 2. Then after that we'll check in and then we get to play the waiting game! Our flight leaves at 5:30 and is a 9 hour flight. Now the part that makes this day even longer is that when we get to London...it'll be 10:30 in the morning, meaning that we'll have to stay awake for another whole day! Since I'm told that the best way to fight jet lag is to NOT sleep until you're actually supposed to sleep! Then to top that all off, we'll be on a bus by 6:45 the next morning...sounds like a lot of fun right? Haha, it will be an adventure for sure. I'm just praying that they won't loose my luggage, that would be an awful way to start!

Last night was really fun, we did a bit of a send-off party, starting at Peacock Billiards and that was lots of fun, had some food, played some pool, spilled a pitcher of beer all over a friend of a friend lol. Then after much ado we moseyed on over to Retro Night at Evolution which was an absolute blast!! It was so much fun, I was really pleased with how the night turned out. I did have a whole lot to drink though so I definitely wasn't feeling so hot this morning but it turned out alright, no puking so that was a plus! Haha! Then I spent the day with Yasmin and that was lots of fun, didn't shower until like 3pm LOL!! Yea, all in all it's been a good day, I'm finally all packed up and ready to go so I guess my next entry will be from London...hard to believe!!

Cheers!
- Holly

7 Days and counting!

Well I've hit the 7 day mark now! I honestly felt like it would never come and now it has and I'm pretty much prepared now I think. Just have to do all my packing on Sunday and then it's just a matter of getting through the last little bit of work and making it to the airport where my lovely travel companion will be meeting me, at a jade statue of some kind in the food court of the international flight area. Apparently this statue is famous and yet...I've never actually heard of it, I can't even remember the name of it!

In other news however I think I've got all my school stuff set up. It's a bit of a pain because my registration date is when I'm on holiday so my parents have to try and get me all signed up for everything so me and my dad spent about two hours working on my time table so that they would know what to sign me up for and when. So hopefully everything works out alright! We'll see what happens I suppose :)

Cheers!
- Holly

10 Day Countdown!

Well folks, it's only a short ten more days until my butt is on a plane and off to Europe! I can still hardly believe it! I'm really proud of myself though I have to say, I never thought that I'd be able to pull this off so quickly I mean, I decided to do this trip not all that long ago, right around Christmas I think and here I am, all booked and ready to go. Well...not REALLY ready but I'm working on it! I only have a few more small things to get for my suitcase, a bit of money to exchange for some pounds and euros and just make sure that I have absolutely everything I need. So I'm thinking that doing a practice pack is in order so that I can see how everything is going to fit plus I'm hoping that throughout my trip I can keep my suitcase under 44lbs because I can't take it on the coach otherwise which would be a problem obviously! But yea, I'll be Europe bound very soon and I absolutely can't wait!!

Cheers!
- Holly

Debt and Other Thoughts.

I have to admit, the idea of debt freaks me out! Haha, I'm so paranoid that I'll end up with some huge amount of debt after I get out of school and what not, so I tend to watch all those silly debt shows like Maxed Out and whatever the other one is.. I don't remember what it's called! I figure maybe if I watch them then I can try and keep myself prepared for the stage of my life when I'll be needing to avoid debt as best I can lol! I mean, I'm not awful with money but I'm not exactly good with it either! Maybe I'll get lucky and whoever I end up marrying will be good with money and make sure I'm kept in line!!

Apart from that I'm getting REALLY stoked for my trip and absolutely can't wait! Through the Contiki website I've managed to get in touch with a few of the other people on my trip which is kind of neat. I just picked up all my flight info an all my papers from Contiki and there was lots of really neat little things in there. Lots to look at for sure! I can't believe I finally get to go to Europe considering I've wanted to go since like the 8th grade! So yay!! But that's about all for now I suppose, I only have 9 more shifts of work left and I'm off! (16 more days!)

Cheers!
- Holly

Othello

If you've ever lived in Vancouver or even been there during the summer in the past 20 years then you may have hear of the Bard on the Beach performances. If not, well I'll give you a quick description, basically right near Kitsilano Beach, they set up a bunch of tents and put on plays. And no, not just any plays, they are the work of Shakespeare. The tickets are rather pricey but its so fun and the plays are so good, and surprisingly they're almost easier to understand when someone is speaking it, and acting it out because using the body language and all the words that you can understand you can figure out what's going on. I know I had a terrible time in school trying to figure it out when I was reading the plays! Anyways, I'm a little off base here. So yes, they set up tents and there's a litle mini bar type thing, just beer and wine, nothing special really and there's a few little kiosk type things where you can buy little trinkets and goodies from the play and there's an entire tent filled with porta-potty's which looks kinda funny but definitely good to have! So tonight my lovely boyfriend decided to take me to see one of these plays, and as the title says, it was Othello. I have the play at home and had tried to read it once (I don't think I made it past scene two lol) so I knew how it started, but lucky for us there were little pamphlets with a short synopsis of the play which was great. The acting was wonderful and there were even a few funny parts which for some reason I found surprising, I never really though of his plays as particularly funny but there were definitely moments! It was just lots of fun, a very good date for anyone really, as long as you can go and enjoy it together then it works perfectly. On top of that we spent the day out and about in vancouver which was nice plus we spent a good few hours at the beach. So yes, all in a all a wonderful day. Plus I havent seen a play in ages and it was nice to finally be able to go to one. But that's about all for now.

Cheers!
- Holly

University Here I Come....Again

My first year of university was a complete and utter failure ha! I went, and did horribly, mostly because I wasn't ready to go to university especially not straight out of high school! So why did I go you ask? Well mostly it was because of my parents, my mom saying how she would love to have a university student and she'd be so proud, you know...parent stuff. Well I sure showed her eh? Seriously though, that was an awful year and I did so terrible. I almost dropped out after first semester which now that I think about it could have been rather beneficial because now I want to go back to school and I am in fact, this fall. However, it's so expensive to go to school that I can't afford it on my own and I'm doing my best to try to avoid getting student loans because when I'm done school I don't want that huge amount of debt on my shoulders, that's no way to start off life. So I've been trying to find bursaries and things like that which I can apply for and it's really really difficult because I did so completely rotten my first year. But I'm going to the best I can with what I'm given and definitely continue to work a LOT after I get back from Europe, if I'm lucky I can get in three paychecks before school starts which will be more than enough for first semester..it's the second that worries me! So I'll have to be super frugal, or get a really really good paying job...fat chance! Anyways, we'll see what happens, in the meantime I'm just going to focus on my trip and try not to worry about school too much! Oh the wonders of youth....*sigh*

Cheers!
- Holly

Change

Interesting title eh? But essentially that's what this is about. The biggest move of my life (thus far) which was a huge change for me. Basically I grew up in Prince George B.C, definitely not the prettiest town but still, it was home for about 13 years of my life (we initially moved there when I was 3) and we did move around town a lot which wasn't too bad, but basically what I'm getting at is that PG was my home, it was all I knew up until that point. I was really comfortable living there had lots of fun, lots of people to be with and things, and then in grade 11 I got the worst possible news, once again, we were moving. At that point, I had been going to school with the same people for about 6 years so I had my little niche all worked out so I was NOT pleased at all when I found out we were moving. Especially since I had just found myself a new beau. Anyways, the time came and we packed up everything and moved to Victoria B.C in the middle of my grade 11 year. When we started up at our new high school I hated it (and I have to say I always hated it there) It was a super small town school that we went to because initially when we moved there we lived in Sooke which has 3 stoplights and then you're through the town. And all these kids had been going to school together since elementary school! So needless to say I did not fit in at all. It was super cliquey. The people were really rude too I found, but either way I hated it. I hated the school, I hated the town, I missed my friends, I hated my parents for moving me there, I just was not a happy person. And that lasted for a really really long time and it wasn't until just this past year, after having moved from Sooke into Victoria and being done school, that I've been able to be happier and to enjoy myself more. What I've noticed is that I really enjoy living here and each time I go back to PG to visit, it just makes more and more sense to live where I am now, great schools, beautiful surroundings, lots to do and see all the time, no matter what season! If you would have asked me three years ago if I thought I could ever enjoy living here, I would have given a flat out NO for an answer, and yet now, you couldn't make me move back to PG for any reason!! The whole point of me talking about this is because I absolutely hate change and this was a prime example of me being stubborn. As much as I hate change I've come to realise that it can be a good thing, and it may not always seem that way at first but it really is a good thing. Change doesn't have to be bad, it can be great as long as you deal with it properly, I didn't and it made me miserable for so long, and now that I've learned that lesson things are going alright...and finally I'm happy again.

from here....



to here...



Which if you ask me, is a wonderful change of pace. Going from a dirty logging town to a gorgeous island!

Cheers!
- Holly

Filler

Wow, it's been ages since I last posted and I'm only going to do a short one today simply because there seems to not be enough time in the day for me to do things! I've just spent the weekend with my boyfriend and best friend here at my house and it's been lots of fun. Picnic yesterday, kite flying the day before that and lots of dorky fun and some drinking of course. We even went out dancing one night (my sister included) we started off at the strip club which was kinda fun, I'd never been to one so it was definitely an experience and then we went to the club that was above that and there was like 5 people in there max and it was super lame so we ditched my sister and some of her friends and hopped a bus downtown and ended up at the Upstairs Cabaret which was SOOOO packed it was absolutely nuts and so many people who were being really pushy so it was kind of frustrating, but my best friend (who's from a small town) had a good time and that's what matters. Anyways, I'm going to go keep her entertained as well as go make a lunch to take to work later.

Cheers!
- Holly

P.S. Can you believe it's only another 32 days until I leave for Europe?! So exciting!!! :)

A Night Out

Last night I had the wonderful pleasure of being with two good friends of mine and we had a super fun evening so I figured that I would share it. We started out at Thrifty's so that we could get all our ingredients for dinner which we had decided was going to be vegetarian calzones. So we wandered around the store having to go back and forth between the aisles a lot, we weren't particularly organized about it. And finally we ended up getting everything we needed to make it and by then it was about 6ish. Then we hopped on over to Planet Organic Market to get some coconut milk ice cream (which is amazing btw) and say hello and goodbye to a friend of ours who is leaving victoria this comming week and so that took about a half hour or so, plus I lost the two of them for a few minutes, I had no idea where they went so I was just standing around looking like a moron infront of the store. Then there they were and we said our goodbyes and went over to the video store next in search of a super scary movie! They didn't have either of the ones we were looking for so we had to kind of improvise and see what there was. We ended up with Shrooms, and The Strangers (which is the one that we watched) and after that we headed over to the liquor store so that they could grab some drinks, I already had some with me. So FINALLY we got back to the house and made up some drinks and then cut up all the veggies and things and then there was a smoke break, and then back into the kitchen to attempt to make calzones which actually turned out quite well! We each had two, full of tofu and veggies and lotsa cheese of course! And then we got stuck on youtube for a bit watching Charlie the Unicorn, we ended up going for a quick walk and then eventually got back home and put on the movie. Now, for me, The Strangers was terrifying, the whole mask thing on its own is creepy enough but add in the fact that they have knives and things with them, thats just even worse, and they're ability to move so quickly...gahhh, I was very glad that I got walked home after that! Anywho, just before I left we busted out the brownies and ice cream and omg it was soooo fricken good! So yea, we had a really good time, so I'm thinking we'll all have to do it again at some point, whenever we can get together again.

Cheers!
- Holly

Library Nerd

I must say that I fit the description of 'Library Nerd' quite well really. I absolutely LOVE going to the library, there's just so many to choose from and you can lose yourself in any part of the world or any kind of a story. Books are such a wonderful creation. And I don't speak for anyone else when I say this but the smell of old library books is just so weirdly comforting! Anyways, the reason I brought it up is that I got the chance to go to the library today finally and I find it so satisfying to walk in and be able to get whatever I want. So today I ended up with The Kite Runner, which I've heard is a really great book, and so far I'm really enjoying it, I'm only up to chapter 6 though so I've got a ways to go yet, but it seems promising!! And the other book that I got is called Lost Girls and Love Hotels which is about a girl who leaves Canada to escape her past and goes to Tokyo and spends her time working during the day and doing drugs and spending time at Love Hotels during the day and obviously something mysterious happens and all of a sudden she's in terrible danger so I think that will be a nice quick read. Apart from that though I'm not too sure what I'm going to want to read next, so hopefully I'll think of something, otherwise I'll just browse the fiction section for whatever catches my eye. Maybe a mystery novel next time. Who knows?

Cheers!
- Holly

Treasures of the world!

I went to go and see the Treasures Exhibit at the Royal British Columbia Museum today! Basically they brought in some of the worlds greatest treasures from the British Museum and put them on display it was absolutely AMAZING! As you walk in it starts with 'Becoming Human' which just mentions how the first humans were able to distinguish themselves because they had the ability to make crude tools to help their survival unlike other species. Then it moves into the Africa display which has handaxes which were some of the first tools made by humans, and then it goes into my favorite part, Egypt! They had a 3000 year old mummy and the sarcophagus as well!! It was soo amazing to see! It's hard to believe that the Egyptians had the technology to preserve their dead so well! And it's also really amazing to see the care that was taken for their dead, it takes 15 days to wrap a dead body in linens! They were so precise with the steps that had to be taken to help protect the souls of their dead in the afterlife. Anyways, there was also a casting of the Rosetta Stone which is inscribed in three different langues, Heiroglyphics, Greek and Demotic (which I've personally never heard of) all the writing was sooo small, I couldn't believe it, it must have taken ages to chip it into the stone! So from Egypt you walk into the kingoms of West and Central Africa, there was a lot of really neat sculpture type things. Then it's off to the Middle East! Now the Middle East is where writing originated over 5000 years ago!! Also, there was lots of religious art created at this time, however artists weren't allowed to depict people as they really were because that would imply that they were similar to Allah who created man. And they have these really neat cylinder seals that had a hole through the middle so that you could put a string through it and wear it on you, and basically its like a rolling stamp they were super neat. Also there were really large lamps that were among the first to hang in Cairo's early mosques, oil lamps of course. There was also a headdress from a royal cemetary made with gold, it was so intricate, it was very beautiful! So from there you move along to Europe and there was LOTS to see in this area, lots of jewllery and sheilds, carvings from ancient Greece and Rome lots of sculputures and there was lots of currencies from that time. Also, there were artifacts from Medeival Europe as well as the Age of Enlightenment. There were tons of paintings from this time, they were amazing! And of course, most famously, The Lewis Chessmen ( I want a set soooo bad even though I hate chess, but the set is like $400...ouch). They are so cool, they were made from walrus tusks for about 300 years until elephant tusks became readily available and for some of the pawns they were able to use whale teeth if they needed. The chess pieces are really odd looking but still really amazing, and I have to say that I much prefer chess pieces in white and red rather than white and black. After Europe you go over to Asia and theres lots of Chinese jade and bronze creations (for lack of a better word!) There were these really amazing screens, there were two and they were both 8 panels long and they depicted the Tsushima River Festival, so lots of boats and paper lanterns things like that :) and then we moved into Japan and there was a really huge standing Buddha made of wood and that was really cool to see. And then at this point someone came on the loudspeaker saying that the museum was closing in 15 mins, so I was NOT happy about that because we staill had 3 sections to get through, so we had to skip the Enlightenment Center which was all the hands on fun stuff...which I was looking forward to so we quickly had a look about and then sped through the rest of the exhibit which contained the Ocenaia section Which had pictures from Easter Island and some wood and shell artifacts and had some info about the Oceanic island cultures and the traditions and trade networks that they shared. After that came the Americas which there wasn't a whole lot of stuff on (go figure eh?) but still there was a gold mask and helmet of Columbia and then the last bit of the exhibit was the Modern World which has one of the neatest artefacts which would be the Throne of Weapons from Mozambique which is a chair made of guns and its all rusted, but it's so crazy to see a chair made completely of weapons! So that was the end of the exhibit and then there was the giftshop and i couldnt aford a single thing lol it was kind of funny, but yea overall it was really amazing, it made me think of how much fun it will be to see the British Museum which apparently has over like 50 000 paintings in it! CAN'T WAIT!!!!

cheers!!
- Holly

P.S. Only 48 more days to Europe!!

Chick Flicks

Alright, admit it, there has to be at least ONE chick flick that you love, guys and girls alike. I'm not sure what it is exactly that draws us to movies like that. Full of heartbreak, romance, true love, drama and much more! And as weird as it may sound there's definitely more than one kind of chick flick, there's the high school flicks (Pretty In Pink), the classics (Breakfast at Tiffany's), the super romantic ones (Ever After), the tearjerkers (A Walk to Remember).

There are so many really great films for us ladies, but don't think we don't have a few good ones for men to enjoy with us too! In my opinion Armageddon is a good example, action packed and one of the best tearjerkers (if you ask me that is!) Also, Stand By Me is one that even guys will enjoy especially since it's all about boys, and their view on things.

I'm definitely one of those girls who falls to pieces watching chick flicks and I have so many favorites that I think it would be almost impossible to name them all! But I have a few all time fave's that tend to jump into my head when I think about girly movies. Titanic (go figure right?), Now and Then, Ever After, Pretty In Pink, The Breakfast Club and there's about a million more but I won't even try to name half of them, it would take forever! Anyways, haha I know that was a super random thing to talk about but honestly I really have nothing more exciting to say!! Sad eh?

Cheers!!
- Holly

Bear Lake

Bear Lake Provincial Park is probably one of my most favorite places on this planet..thus far that is! I went there so many times over the course of soo many summers and always had a great time. Not only is it an amazing campsite, the lake itself is a nice size and it's a pure sand beach, which is hard to come by now that I live on the coast! Anyways the reason that I'm mentioning this is because I felt like reminiscing about all the wonderful memories I have there. Most of these memories involve me, my sister and our two best friends (also sisters) playing on the beach and just being complete fools!

When we were younger we would go and get wet and then cover ourselves in dry sand all over and then run back into the water to get it all off. I haven't a clue as to why we found this as entertaining as we did but I suppose when you're young enough things just make sense! We also (for whatever reason) thought that Baywatch was the funniest thing ever and we'd always make fun of the large breasted women on that show..namely Pamela Anderson. So we'd all go running slow mo down the beach with our hands at our chests pretending we had huge boobs and imitated them bouncing around as we went and then dove into the water and came up laughing as though it was the funniest thing in the world but honestly even to this day if the four of us were to go to the beach..I'm pretty sure we'd still find it just as hilarious as we did then!

I have so many really great memories involving the four of us, we've all been friends for so long now! We're simply part of each other. It's too bad that we're all a bit far apart now but that can happen, we still keep in touch fairly well which is great :) But growing up with them was never dull that's for sure...the four musketeers <3

Holly

Cancer Fundraiser

Well tonight will be lots of fun I think. I have a friend that I work with who, (with a group of others) are all doing the Ride to Conquer Cancer which I think is great! Now, in order to be able to do the ride each person has to be able to fundraise 2500 dollars so that they can actually ride, if they don't reach that mark then the money still goes to cancer but they aren't able to do the ride. Anyways, my friend and this group of people came up with what I think is a truly wonderful idea! They decided to have a superhero themed party at one of the clubs in town with all the ticket sales going to each person evenly. I'm really excited to go actually and I wish I could say that I have a costume but being poor doesn't particularly help but not even that, I couldn't find a single thing to work with! So, sadly I am going costume-less but it'll still be great to see lots of others dressed up and having a great time for a good cause. So kudos to them for setting it all up and hopefully tonight will be a blast!! Cheers!!

-Holly

Orcas Island Relived

Here is my answer to the most recent Plinky prompt (http://www.plinky.com/prompts) which is to relive a vacation. So here it is!

Last summer me and my boyfriend went on a weekend camping trip to Orcas Island. It was our first time going camping alone and it was really quite nice. We started our trip in Surrey and then drove down across the border through Bellingham, all the way over to Anacortes, then we had to take the ferry over. Once we got to the Island it was just a matter of finding the campsite which we had a bit of trouble with at first because we were convinced we had already passed the turn off for it but eventually we came across it and found a nice little campsite which was fairly private. Or at least, as private as it gets considering there's not too many trees there. Then it was just a matter of finding a shop so we could get a bit of food since we couldn't take much with us across the border and it was actually kind of difficult, we had to go to two different places just to find hot dogs! But eventually we managed to get what we needed and I can't be sure but we either made lunch or had a nap it's all a bit fuzzy lol. Anyways, the rest of the first day was fairly uneventful and the next day we slept super late, had some breakfast and I think we went for a short drive around the island, and we ended up going for a short hike to the peak of the mountain at Moran State Park. The View was AMAZING and the forest was so lush and green. It was gorgeous and there was this one spot where there was a little pond and it had so many little newts (or salamanders, I don't really know which :S) so that was kind of neat to look at. Then at the top of the mountain is this skinny tower type building that was a fort at one point. So we had a snack at the top and then made our way back down and had a lovely little nap. I swear that's what about half of our trip was spent doing, napping! Anyways, that night we also went down to the water to see the stars, so we stood out on the dock and pointed out all the constellations that we knew of (and could find lol) and then it was off to bed for the night. Then we drove home the next day. Mostly it was just nice to be able to spend all that time together alone without parents or siblings or other people. We'll definitely have to go again. And that's my story!! The first pic is the one of the tower at the top of the mountain, the second is just a spot in the trees that I thought was pretty and the third is what we just assumed used to be a well at one point, other than that we couldn't really figure out what it was supposed to be! And no, we weren't holding the camera wrong, it's leaning :)

Happy Easter!

HAPPY EASTER!!
Hoping you all have a fabulous Easter weekend! Take care!!

-Holly

Welcome

Well here I am, another person on the Internet writing about nothing in particular really. Lucky me I finally get to go on my dream trip to Europe, which I have been hoping to go on since about oh…the 8th grade. I jet off this summer with one of my best friends and we’re doing a month long Contiki tour. It’s just over two months until we leave and considering that I have wanted to go on this trip for SO long, I’m finding myself very unexcited at the moment. Although I’m under the impression that once I reach the last week or two before I leave then the excitement will finally kick in! It will truly be an amazing trip though I definitely can’t wait for June to come so that I can get this adventure started! I’ve never really travelled before and so I KNOW this is going to be a whirlwind trip of a lifetime!

Only 70 more days to go!

-Holly