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| Me on a Gondola |
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| I don't remember what city this was, but it was beautiful |
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| I think this was somewhere in Rome, not sure |
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Just a Memory
Right now my trip to Italy is just a memory, like a distant dream. I remember I had wanted to try to write down my thoughts about each day but I got so messed up with the time change that I wasn't able to because if we weren't walking around seeing something amazing I was passed out. It kind of saddens me because I missed out on a ton of gorgeous countryside as we were driving from place to place. It probably didn't help that I stayed up most of the night reading. Anyways so I was going through some of my old photos and I found a couple of pictures of me from when I went to Italy. I look like a boy, which sucks, but I wanted to post them up here anyways.
Friday, March 2, 2012
What Really Saddens Me
When I was in eighth grade my class took a trip to Italy. It was a small group and by invitation only, I was one of the lucky ones invited to go. Italy was magic. I fell in love with it almost instantaneously. Paying to use the bathroom was a little weird, and the toilets were... different... but there was so much history to it that it intoxicated me. The hotels we stayed in had quaint charm and the food was so good! My mouth is watering just thinking about it.
As amazing as that trip was there was something that I saw in every single city that twisted my stomach. The monuments, that where hundreds of thousands of years old, where covered in graffiti. Why would someone ever disrespect something in that way? I understand graffiti as an art form, one of my very best friends does awesome graffiti work, but she does it on a canvas, not splashed all over the city like some sort of gang right. She doesn't mindlessly tag objects because its wrong. If a city gives artists permission to use a wall for the artwork then that is just amazing, I am all for it. But tagging a piece of history, just to tag it, makes me sick to my stomach. I really cannot fathom why people do it. As much as I want to travel I know I will see this sort of thing everywhere I go, and that is the only part of travel that I do not look forward to. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad if it was art, but its not. Its just a ton of scribbles writing out a name. Take a picture of yourself next to the monument and then post it online, it will probably stick around and last longer than your disrespectful graffiti.
As amazing as that trip was there was something that I saw in every single city that twisted my stomach. The monuments, that where hundreds of thousands of years old, where covered in graffiti. Why would someone ever disrespect something in that way? I understand graffiti as an art form, one of my very best friends does awesome graffiti work, but she does it on a canvas, not splashed all over the city like some sort of gang right. She doesn't mindlessly tag objects because its wrong. If a city gives artists permission to use a wall for the artwork then that is just amazing, I am all for it. But tagging a piece of history, just to tag it, makes me sick to my stomach. I really cannot fathom why people do it. As much as I want to travel I know I will see this sort of thing everywhere I go, and that is the only part of travel that I do not look forward to. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad if it was art, but its not. Its just a ton of scribbles writing out a name. Take a picture of yourself next to the monument and then post it online, it will probably stick around and last longer than your disrespectful graffiti.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Enter the Dream
Salutations,
This blog was created as a way to document all the travels that I plan to have in the near future. My husband is stationed in Germany and when I join him over there not only will I be going to old castles and such every opportunity I get but I will also be going to different countries and I want to be able to document and share the experiences I have. Paper journals are such a pain, and typing is so much quicker and faster, so that is why I have such a variety of different blogs. Some of the countries I plan to travel to are France, Italy, Ireland and many more. I want to see a little bit of everywhere. Even when I go to a new town or something here in the states I want to post the information here. Pictures of the landscape and my experiences with the different people and places I visit. So buckle up and enjoy the ride, because there is so much to see in the world and although I wont be able to see it all, I want to see the most I can.
This blog was created as a way to document all the travels that I plan to have in the near future. My husband is stationed in Germany and when I join him over there not only will I be going to old castles and such every opportunity I get but I will also be going to different countries and I want to be able to document and share the experiences I have. Paper journals are such a pain, and typing is so much quicker and faster, so that is why I have such a variety of different blogs. Some of the countries I plan to travel to are France, Italy, Ireland and many more. I want to see a little bit of everywhere. Even when I go to a new town or something here in the states I want to post the information here. Pictures of the landscape and my experiences with the different people and places I visit. So buckle up and enjoy the ride, because there is so much to see in the world and although I wont be able to see it all, I want to see the most I can.
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