Travel Freak

Many of you know that for the past several years I have been obsessed with traveling. School put a damper on it a little, but now I'm free again! You probably know the song "Superfreak" just insert Travel for Super and it's me.

So I only have a trip planned to Zion and Bryce in May and that's it. So I need your help. Where have you been that you have loved? Tell me about it! I'm looking to plan more trips!

Finally Sun!

I just wanted to share that these past few weeks while the sun has been out, life has been 10,000 times better. I do so much better with longer days and sun. I work out outside, feel better and simply have more energy. I cannot wait for full blown summer to arrive. The hotter the better. I'm just a happier person when the sun is out. I know, you're thrilled to know this.

Reflection

At the risk of sounding like my friend Amanda's blog (which I do love), I'm having a reflective type of day. My high school is doing Fiddler on the Roof this weekend. My mom asked me if I wanted to go and I told her I couldn't. The memories and emotions I have tied to that show from when I did it in HS were just too much. It got me to thinking....

What happened to all those friends you swore you would keep in touch with? Regardless of it was in HS or college, there were people who you were always with that are no longer in your life. What are they doing now? Would you still be friends if you had done ___ or tried ___? If you reconnected would you still want to be their friend or just let it go? Who's fault was it that you are not in contact anymore? Sure, everyone gets busy, life happens and people go their own ways.

In addition, what decisions have you made or wish you would have made if you could do it over again? What did you do right? What did you wish you could have done or should have done? There are many things I regret doing or not doing. They all make me think what if? I know you can't live that way, but don't you have those days when you just wonder what could have be different? Wonder why things ended up the way they did? Well, I'm having one of those days....

England

Finally I will tell you about our trip to England. Of course the flights over and back sucked, no matter what you did. Virgin Atlantic has little TV's in the back of the seat in front of you and you can choose what movie, tv show or video game you can play. On the 8 hour flight back, none of that mattered. I just wanted to be done traveling.

So I LOVED ENGLAND!!! The best thing we did was take a personal tour of Westminster Abbey. It was amazing. The history, the graves, the massiveness.... Unbelievable! Overall the history, pomp and circumstance and extravagance of it all was amazing. It was awesome to see stuff that the monarchy has used for centuries and will continue to do so. It's hard to imagine you are standing and looking at things that some of the most influential people in England's history were a part of. I could go on for ever about the trip but here are some of the highlights...

1. Seeing the Tower of London where so many people were imprisoned, beheaded and lived. Beefeaters still live there today with their families.
   
2. Seeing the Royal Mews with the coaches used for coronations, Princess Di's wedding, state affairs and other occasions. One of the coaches and some of the cars we saw were used a few days before for the state visit of the French President.
   
3. Westminster Abbey graves of kings and queens that were the size of an entire room. Only the informational book that I got can really show you.
4. Shakespeare's house and Globe Theater.
   
5. Going into watch the House of Commons and House of Lords. The elaborate interiors cannot be described.
   
6. Oxford University. Their colleges (what we call dorms) are about 1000 times more impressive. I should have studied abroad....
7. Stonehenge. I personally do not care who or how it got there, it is intriguing.
   
8. Going to the castles and seeing how people live. Personally I'm not too sure they are that warm and inviting.... I don't know how I would feel about living in one.
   
9. Seeing Les Mis and Jersey Boys.
   

Honestly the trip was amazing. There was nothing I would have changed. If anything I wanted more time to be in Bath and Oxford. It was humbling to be there in many ways. I am so happy we went. I would be more than happy to share more with you if you wish, but I will not continue to bore you here.... I would HIGHLY suggest you go if you get a chance. After all, it's where we came from.....

HUGE Dork!

So I will be the first to admit that I can be a total dork. Example you ask? Well, last night on TV I ran into a dilemma. Star Wars Revenge of the Sith and the Lord of the Rings Return of the King were on. Had you added Harry Potter to the mix and I may have gone batty. Needless to say it was a very hard decision to decide what movie to watch. I flipped back and forth, finally staying on Return of the King.

So here is my question to you? How would you rank the following (that is if they are your type of movies)?
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Harry Potter Movies
Star Wars IV, V and VI
Star Wars I, II and III

Here's my ranking:
LOTR
Star Wars IV, V and VI (Darth Vader rocks)
Harry Potter
Star Wars I, II and III (Aniken was TOO whiny, but (computer) Yoda kicks butt.....)


PS - I have not forgotten about England. Still processing it all and getting pictures organized. They'll be up by the weekend, in case you are just dying to see them. :-)

Boo... I'm Back

So give me a day or two and I will give you my thoughts on England and post pictures. It's been a hard adjustment back with getting back to work and getting my body back on this time zone. I love big cities and I ADORED London! The pictures are awesome and the trip was amazing. I'll have more up by the weekend.