One Year Anniversary!

 

  

 

Say 'Happy Birthday' to my blog! It's officially old news. It doesn't feel like I've been blogging for a year, but I'm assuming the internet is more reliable than me for memory...which is why I started blogging in the first place. It originally started when I studied abroad in Italy, as a visual diary for my friends and family who wanted to keep up with my adventures. I was so fortunate to be able to travel as much as I did! I went to London, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Madrid, Amsterdam and all over Italy! Studying abroad was one of the most rewarding times of my life and I was forced to mature quickly. It sounds like a cliche, but I don't care...people gush like valley-girl cheerleaders about study abroad for a reason!

Looking through this last year made me so thankful for all the things I got to do and more importantly - the people I got to do it with! I don't know where I would be without my supportive family and great friends (including some recent, but wonderful friends). In addition to traveling, I ATE unbelievably well. The pictures from my archive made my mouth salivate like a dog in front of recently cooked meat. I've been a lucky girl!

Thank you to everyone who has continued (or recently started) to read my blog! Ultimately, it will always be for me, but I'm happy if others enjoy reading it as well. I'm not stopping anytime soon, so keep reading for my New York City adventures! I look forward to the upcoming year! 

Paris Photo Diary

It’s hard to believe that Paris was already weeks ago, I feel like I was just there. I already missing sitting with Ella on one side of the table - facing the street, people watching and drinking café au lait. Where coffee to go doesn’t exist, people are forced to sit down while getting their caffeine fix. The pace of life isn’t so much slower, but the mentality of taking time for oneself seems to be. People watching in Paris is wonderful, my favorite people to see were well-dressed men carrying bouquets of flowers and beautiful French women on bikes wearing high heels and beautiful outfits, looking sweatless and effortless in a way I can only dream. There are little places all along the Seine to explore - chalkboards, tipis, greenhouses made out of old cargo containers - places for people to stop and explore; to sit with families or by themselves, listening to nearby music. Many of these pictures were taken sitting at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower. It is such a peaceful, serene place – also another great people watching spot. I could, and did, spend hours there. In all of the pictures, Ella and I are either laughing or grinning from ear-to-ear (Aaaah, gay Paree). I have so many photos from Paris, I never wanted to put my camera down - I tried to capture things in film so my fleeting memory wouldn't forget them as I get older.