tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54842988786030874922024-03-04T22:18:31.424-07:00a day in the life of kenzKenzie McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953929025931957434noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484298878603087492.post-10134610675608964932014-07-03T17:42:00.000-06:002014-07-03T17:42:16.923-06:00engaged.<div style="text-align: center;">
we finally got our engagement pictures back and we couldn't be happier with them!!</div>
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they turned out perfectly thanks to our amazing photographer, kate osborne.</div>
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these were all taken up american fork canyon, utah and all credit goes to kate osborne photography.</div>
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the rest of our pictures are up on my facebook. </div>
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enjoy! </div>
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xoxo- k</div>
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Kenzie McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953929025931957434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484298878603087492.post-60060110889706608742014-05-20T17:14:00.000-06:002014-05-20T17:14:16.595-06:00changes are coming!<div style="text-align: center;">
clearly it's been a while since i last posted (that always seems to be the case). </div>
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since i last posted in october, a lot has changed!</div>
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back in january, i met an amazing guy named aaron. my neighbor, tyler, had been hanging out with him a lot and they had been hanging out at my house with my brother. i'd met him a few times when he'd been over, but never remembered him. funny story though, he actually went up to my brother and said "i'm going to marry your sister." at the time he was joking, but he wanted to be set up with me. anyone who knows my brother shouldn't be shocked to hear his reaction.. "whatever." the first night i actually remembered meeting aaron, we were playing just dance and i guess he just loved my moves cause that got him hooked! we went down to st. george together (with a big group of friends) and that's when things initiated. we started dating and have been inseparable ever since that trip! things got really serious, really fast and i love him dearly! which leads to my next event..... </div>
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...I GOT ENGAGED!! aaron proposed on april 6 up on a mountain with the prettiest view of the twinkling city lights. it was so simple and thoughtful - exactly what i wanted. funny story... the night before, he wanted to drive to st. george in the middle of the night and propose at sunrise. typical kenzie move, i wouldn't wake up. i ruined my own engagement (oops, sorry aaron), so he had to come up with a new plan.. the next day was sunday and he said he wanted to go for a drive later. caroline came in while we were watching tv and asked kinnley when he was leaving. in my head i thought "leaving for what?" but she gets confused easily so i figured it was just another normal day. i was in workout shorts and around 8:30 he told me to go change into something warmer. i complained because i didn't want to get up (almost blew it twice...), but finally i got up and changed into sweats. we were about to walk out and he looked at me and said "umm.. maybe jeans." he knows me. he knew i wouldn't want to be proposed to in sweats. naturally, i got a little suspicious at this point. i panicked and started searching for a cute outfit but gave up and decided i was going crazy and that nothing was going to happen, but that even if something did that i didn't care what i looked like. i actually almost texted some friends and said "i think i'm about to get engaged" but i just thought i was overthinking things. we had talked about it and i didn't think it was going to happen until <i>after</i> graduation and this was a whole month before! but anyway, we drove up by the h rock and started walking, when i saw balloons in the distance and knew what was going on. <b>i <i>was</i> actually getting engaged!</b> we kept walking and my mom and sisters had set up the prettiest path of candles and lanterns and made a few banners. my brother was playing the guitar in the background and it was perfect. i honestly don't really remember what he said, but that's okay because neither does he. all i remember is him asking "will you marry me?" of course i said yes! i was so excited i didn't even look at the ring until we were walking back to the car and i realized i hadn't seen it yet. i'm still obsessed with it and constantly catch myself staring at it. we are getting married on september 19, which puts us just under 4 months until the wedding!!</div>
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last big thing that happened, i graduated from the university of utah! i got a bachelor of science degree in strategic communication, which is advertising, marketing, and public relations. i'm so happy to finally be done with school, but i plan on going back to get an mba sometime in the future.</div>
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that is pretty much what's been going on the past few months! just a very brief post to get caught up, but i'll post more about our plans as it gets closer to the wedding! we are taking our engagement pictures on friday, so be looking for that! :)</div>
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xoxo -k</div>
Kenzie McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953929025931957434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484298878603087492.post-14281932639803985262013-10-12T00:26:00.000-06:002013-10-12T00:26:00.494-06:00a little dose of europeseeing as how it has been a year since i left for study abroad, i was getting really "homesick" for my european home.<br />
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thank goodness for spontaneous friends like christian who think going on trips on a whim are fun :)<br />
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our 4 day journey started in london where we, of course, did all the typical touristy things like big ben, london bridge, and buckingham palace. we were lucky enough to go see les miserables (thanks mom) and let me tell you, it was incredible. we also went on the harry potter studio tour where we got to see the actual set where all the movies were filmed. it was so much fun to see it all in person!<br />
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next came munich. we went to neuschwanstein, the castle that walt disney based sleeping beauty's castle off of in disneyland. i've never seen something so beautiful! we also went to dachau, which was a very humbling experience. you learn about the holocaust in school, but seeing where it actually took place was...well if i'm being honest, really cool. it's sad to think of what happened there, but to see it all in person was life-changing. to top off the whole trip, we went to the real oktoberfest! not many people can say they've done that and it was <strike>a million</strike> a billion times better than i ever could've imagined. there were rides everywhere and tons of yummy food. it was a dream come true!<br />
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i wish we had time to go to italy, but i guess i'll save that for another trip :) (hint hint dad)<br />
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until my next trip....in four days<br />
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xoxo -kKenzie McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953929025931957434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484298878603087492.post-67262108882884378302013-08-05T03:26:00.001-06:002013-08-05T03:26:30.801-06:00my guardian angel<div style="text-align: center;">
there are a few days of the year that always seem to be particularly hard on me:</div>
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august 4 and december 19.</div>
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the day my best friend was born and the day he died.</div>
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ever since i was born, i shared a very special bond with my grandpa tom.</div>
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i can't even explain it. i was his best friend and he was mine.</div>
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i loved doing everything with him. </div>
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anytime he was working on the boat or pool, i'd be sitting out there with him.</div>
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every day while he was at work, i would beg my mom to take me to see him.</div>
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sometimes, i'd even fake sick so my mom would take me to the doctor's office just so i could run to his office and sit on his lap and share a symphony bar with him.</div>
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for whatever reason, this birthday has been especially hard. </div>
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i don't know what it is.</div>
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maybe it's because this december will mark ten years since he died.</div>
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maybe it's the realization that he's almost been gone longer than he was here.</div>
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or maybe it's just that i'm weirdly, overly sensitive right now.</div>
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all i know is that i need my grandpa here.</div>
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i miss him so much it physically hurts.</div>
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i still replay the last memories we had together over and over in my head.</div>
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our last trip to disneyland where we took our last picture together.</div>
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my weekly visits to see you at the nursing home, even though you didn't remember who i was.</div>
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the thing that absolutely kills me is that i almost didn't leave the birthday party that night.</div>
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the night my mom asked if i wanted to go see you one last time.</div>
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i didn't think you would actually leave me that night grandpa. </div>
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what if i hadn't been there for that horrible night?</div>
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i still remember it all so vividly.</div>
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i hated seeing you like that.</div>
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i could tell you were in so much pain.</div>
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but there was nothing i could do for you.</div>
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my heart dropped when you died for that split second.</div>
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i wasn't ready for you to go yet.</div>
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i thought there was hope when you came back to life.</div>
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but when you came back and remembered my name, i knew it was the end.</div>
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i knew heavenly father had given you a few more minutes to say goodbye to me.</div>
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i will never forget the feeling when you said "i love you mckenzie."</div>
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because i remember holding you and crying and feeling no fear for the first time in so long.</div>
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i knew you were going to be at peace finally.</div>
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so even though it absolutely killed me to have to say goodbye,</div>
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i knew you were always going to be with me.</div>
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you weren't going to be sick anymore.</div>
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you finally wouldn't be in any pain.</div>
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i was going to have a <b>guardian angel</b>. </div>
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those first few seconds after you took your last breath felt like an eternity.</div>
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the world moved so slow.</div>
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i couldn't believe you were gone.</div>
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i still can't believe you are gone.</div>
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i honestly didn't know how i was going to make it without you.</div>
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i still remember "i know that my redeemer lives" playing at your funeral.</div>
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that song still makes me cry to this day.</div>
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but it reminds me of you, grandpa.</div>
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i feel so dumb still getting so upset over something that happened nearly a decade ago.</div>
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shouldn't it have stopped hurting by now?</div>
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it feels like someone came and ripped my heart out.</div>
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and i don't feel like it's getting any better. </div>
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i used to be able to see pictures of you and smile, thinking of the memories we shared.</div>
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but now i burst into tears every time i see your face.</div>
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will it ever get easier, knowing you are gone?</div>
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i know i gained a guardian angel that snowy december day.</div>
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i felt your warmth and strength around me as i healed.</div>
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i know you were there with us the day of the accident and kept us safe.</div>
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i know you were there with me when i went away to camp that next summer and got homesick. </div>
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i know you have been there through all of my trials, pushing me to get back up on my feet.</div>
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i feel you in everything i do.</div>
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i want you to know that everything i do is for you.</div>
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all i ever wanted to do is make you proud.</div>
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you were my biggest cheerleader and my role model.</div>
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i will always look up to the example you set for me.</div>
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so while i cannot explain the bond we shared, i know it was real.</div>
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you will always be my best friend. </div>
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i find peace in knowing i will see you again someday.</div>
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but until then, i want to thank you for continually watching over me.</div>
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i love you and miss you more and more with every passing day.</div>
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happy 81st birthday grandpa.</div>
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i hope the party in heaven was beautiful.</div>
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for my writing class, i had to take pictures of something that may be difficult to describe in words. a picture is worth a thousand words anyway, right? i thought for a while and couldn't really decide what to do so i decided i would show how to make a pie! this is a recipe my poppy brought to utah with him when he moved here from the south. my dad grew up eating it all the time so he decided to teach me how to make it a few years ago! </div>
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warning: it is highly addictive, hence the name <i>crack pie</i></div>
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since i had to post the pictures somewhere for my teacher to have access to them, i figured i may as well share the recipe with all of you so you could enjoy it too!<i> </i></div>
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<pre><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u>Oat Cookie Crust</u>
Nonstick vegetable oil spray
9 tablespoons (1 stick plus 1 tablespoon) unsalted butter, room temperature, divided
5 1/2 tablespoons (packed) golden brown sugar, divided
2 tablespoons sugar
1 large egg
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons old-fashioned oats
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon (generous) salt
<u>Filling</u>
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
1 tablespoon nonfat dry milk powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted, cooled slightly
6 1/2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
4 large egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Powdered sugar (for dusting)</span></span></pre>
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first, you'll preheat the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.</div>
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then, line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and spray it with pam or a similar cooking spray. </div>
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combine 6 tbsp butter, 4 tbsp brown sugar, and 2 tbsp sugar in a medium sized bowl. </div>
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beat until it is light and fluffy. </div>
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now beat again until it is pale and fluffy. </div>
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add the oats, flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. </div>
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beat until well blended. </div>
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spread the oat mixture out onto the cookie sheet and spread it out evenly so it is about 1/4 inch thick. </div>
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bake for 17-18 minutes or until the top is golden brown and cool the cookie completely.</div>
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break the cookie into smaller pieces and put it in a blender to grind it into a "crumby" texture.</div>
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add 3 tbsp butter and 1.5 tbsp brown sugar. mix with your fingers until the mixture is moist enough to stick together.</div>
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press the mixture into the bottom of a glass baking dish and then up onto the sides.</div>
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<br />Kenzie McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953929025931957434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484298878603087492.post-51180177747873691522013-04-04T00:37:00.002-06:002013-04-04T00:37:40.265-06:00the perks of being a wallflowerDear Friend,<br />
<br />
I don’t know whether I’ll have the time to write anymore letters
because I might be too busy trying to participate. So if this does end
up being my last letter, I just want you to know that I was in a bad
place before I started high school and you helped me, even if you didn’t
know what I was talking about or know someone who has gone through it,
you made me not feel alone. Because I know there are people who say all
these things don’t happen and there are people who forget what it is
like to be 16 when they turn 17 and I know these will all be stories
someday and our pictures will become old photographs and we will all
become somebody's mom or dad. But right now these moments are not
stories. This is happening. I am here. And I am looking at her and she
is so beautiful. I can see it. This one moment when you know you are not
a sad story. You are alive. When you stand up and see the lights on the
buildings and everything that makes you wonder and you’re listening to
that song on that drive with the people you love most in this world. And
in this moment I swear we are infinite.<br />
<br />
Love CharlieKenzie McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953929025931957434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484298878603087492.post-35965266189321762352013-03-27T01:30:00.001-06:002013-03-27T01:30:51.317-06:00the notebook“You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.”<br />
-Nicholas Sparks Kenzie McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953929025931957434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484298878603087492.post-47246244540728903852013-03-24T23:53:00.001-06:002013-03-24T23:53:33.792-06:00free fall<div style="text-align: center;">
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_1">She's a good girl, loves her mama</span> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_2">Loves Jesus and America too</span>
<span class="line line-s" id="line_3"> </span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_3">She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis</span> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_4">Loves horses and her boyfriend too</span></span></div>
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<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_4"> </span><span class="line line-s" id="line_4"></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_4"> </span></span></div>
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<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_4"> </span></span><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_4"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtvP203SdxL3boFYSQO6EdD8UVeYFtGhU_avQAb6Bnq91qqnIEpiRuhJHQuqaka1lXRnkrYtd0BBPvsRTN0W4X6f-RZx5f1HAcApcR9ECEgpUySrhCtGTyhkuTuxB0moRaFEYhahyphenhyphenO6so/s1600/IMG_5780.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtvP203SdxL3boFYSQO6EdD8UVeYFtGhU_avQAb6Bnq91qqnIEpiRuhJHQuqaka1lXRnkrYtd0BBPvsRTN0W4X6f-RZx5f1HAcApcR9ECEgpUySrhCtGTyhkuTuxB0moRaFEYhahyphenhyphenO6so/s320/IMG_5780.JPG" width="320" /></a></span>
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<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_5">It's a long day living in Reseda</span> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_6">There's a freeway runnin' through the yard</span>
<span class="line line-s" id="line_7"> </span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_7">And I'm a bad boy 'cause I don't even miss her</span> </span></div>
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<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_8">I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart</span></span></div>
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<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_8"> </span>
<br /><span class="line line-s" id="line_9">And I'm free, free fallin'</span>
<span class="line line-s" id="line_10"> </span></span></div>
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<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_10">Yeah, I'm free, free fallin'</span></span></div>
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<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_10"> </span>
<br /><span class="line line-s" id="line_11">And all the vampires walkin' through the valley</span>
<span class="line line-s" id="line_12"> </span></span></div>
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<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_12">Move west down Ventura Boulevard</span>
<span class="line line-s" id="line_13"> </span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_13">And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows</span>
<span class="line line-s" id="line_14"> </span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_14">And the good girls are home with broken hearts</span></span></div>
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<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_14"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLGIGBqcgoU4_di5cVlAnd6gmDudpN-Hzbkfz972oYuUD2FHPO4B6POoKEtO8R8aS-O9Ow4PONaz9cnqHhh117PxqYn73bFCZtgMcNBf3LSQ5YiUXj5UHz2XUB07kiQbJ6MOWs0b3Jh4/s1600/IMG_5800.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLGIGBqcgoU4_di5cVlAnd6gmDudpN-Hzbkfz972oYuUD2FHPO4B6POoKEtO8R8aS-O9Ow4PONaz9cnqHhh117PxqYn73bFCZtgMcNBf3LSQ5YiUXj5UHz2XUB07kiQbJ6MOWs0b3Jh4/s320/IMG_5800.JPG" width="320" /></a> </span></span></div>
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<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_14"> </span>
<br /><span class="line line-s" id="line_15">And I'm free, free fallin'</span>
<span class="line line-s" id="line_16"> </span></span></div>
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<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_16">Yeah, I'm free, free fallin'</span></span></div>
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<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_16"> </span>
<span class="line line-s" id="line_17"></span><span class="line line-s" id="line_18"></span>
<br /><span class="line line-s" id="line_19">I wanna glide down over Mulholland</span> </span></div>
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<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_20">I wanna write her name in the sky</span> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_21">I'm gonna free fall out into nothin'</span>
<span class="line line-s" id="line_22"> </span></span></div>
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<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_22">Gonna leave this world for a while</span></span></div>
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<br /><span class="line line-s" id="line_23">And I'm free</span><span class="line line-s" id="line_24"></span>, <span class="line line-s" id="line_25">free fallin'</span><span class="line line-s" id="line_27"> </span></span></div>
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<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_27">Yeah I'm free</span>, f<span class="line line-s" id="line_29">ree fallin'</span> <span class="line line-s hover" id="line_40"></span></span></div>
Kenzie McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953929025931957434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484298878603087492.post-4239211728341210332013-03-24T22:39:00.002-06:002013-03-24T22:41:07.750-06:00glorious<div style="text-align: left;">
There are times when you might feel aimless
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And can’t see the places where you belong</div>
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But you will find that there is a purpose</div>
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It’s been there within you all along</div>
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And when you’re near it</div>
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You can almost hear it</div>
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<i>It’s like a symphony just keep listening</i><br />
<i>And pretty soon you’ll start to figure out your part</i><br />
<i>Everyone plays a piece and there are melodies</i><br />
<i>In each one of us, oh, it’s glorious</i><br />
You will know how to let it ring out</div>
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As you discover who you are</div>
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Others around you will start to wake up</div>
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To the sounds that are in their hearts</div>
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It’s so amazing</div>
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What we’re all creating</div>
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<i>It’s like a symphony just keep listening</i><br />
<i> And pretty soon you’ll start to figure out your part</i><br />
<i> Everyone plays a piece and there are melodies</i><br />
<i> In each one of us, oh, it’s glorious</i></div>
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And as you feel, the notes build, you will see<br />
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<i>It’s like a symphony just keep listening</i><br />
<i> And pretty soon you’ll start to figure out your part</i><br />
<i> Everyone plays a piece and there are melodies</i><br />
<i> In each one of us, oh, it’s glorious</i></div>
Kenzie McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953929025931957434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484298878603087492.post-66442669787204197842013-03-24T22:37:00.001-06:002013-03-24T22:37:13.252-06:00<div style="text-align: center;">
“<span class="quote">He knew why he wanted to kiss her. Because she was
beautiful. And before that, because she was kind. And before that,
because she was smart and funny. Because she was exactly the right kind
of smart and funny. Because he could imagine taking a long trip with her
without ever getting bored. Because whenever he saw something new and
interesting, or new and ridiculous, he always wondered what she’d have
to say about it—how many stars she’d give it and why.</span>”</div>
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<span class="quote">—</span>Rainbow Rowell, <i>Attachments</i></div>
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Kenzie McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953929025931957434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484298878603087492.post-39373969148597010542012-11-18T22:17:00.001-07:002012-11-18T22:17:40.983-07:00diamonds in the skythis post is dedicated to kristel. bless her heart, she couldn't sleep and took an ambien. when we got to the hotel this morning, she kept trying to talk to us but all she ever said was "diamonds in the sky." she thought it would be a great idea to take a picture of the three of us snuggled up in bed because it would be perfect for instagram. only problem is that it's pitch black so it didn't really turn out... at all. <br />
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well, here is the picture. i literally don't think you can see a thing. thank you kristel for our late night entertainment! <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">i never thought this day would come this fast. i was saying goodbye to the place i had called home for the past three months. on our last night as we were sitting in the campo eating frozen yogurt, i came to the sad realization that i was never going to be doing this again with my three new best friends. i was never going to be twenty years old again in siena. i was never going to be living at 50 via del porrione again. but through this experience, i learned so much. i learned a new language. i learned how to be completely independent. i learned so much about myself. i am so grateful for this experience and feel so fortunate to have been able to do something like this at such a young age. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVzkme5ylvHWLokcvSbk0bxJJu3XdtiYnPBZe5CtA93EYhvds2vH7hlJ6mTD44XlgQhjIRSTqvRl4YUVhqbDwQv2tmxXKoPCRh52gcbgZYvGjXqulh7uo0xjcUOMsIWVTss81DRbU9wDU/s1600/IMG_3252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVzkme5ylvHWLokcvSbk0bxJJu3XdtiYnPBZe5CtA93EYhvds2vH7hlJ6mTD44XlgQhjIRSTqvRl4YUVhqbDwQv2tmxXKoPCRh52gcbgZYvGjXqulh7uo0xjcUOMsIWVTss81DRbU9wDU/s320/IMG_3252.JPG" width="239" /></a>friday morning came and we were saying goodbye to anna and marcello who, strangely, we came to love and were very sad to be leaving. one last hug and kiss on the cheek and we were on our way to piazza gramsci to catch our bus to ravenna. it was a sad morning for us, but we decided we were going to be back one day so it made it a little easier.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">we stopped in ravenna for the day to see a few churches and then spent the night in the lovely cheetah print beds. we decided against the bunkbed situation they had going and turned the beds into one giant bed and we stayed in watching the tourist to prepare ourselves for venice!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">the next morning we were on our way to venice! i had heard so much about the city and i was very excited to be going there! we went to doge's palace and saint mark's cathedral then wandered around the city for a little while. we met up with the group again where we went on a gondola ride! we enjoyed the most amazing ride down the grand canal with musicians serenading us. it was one of the best experiences i've had yet! after the gondola, we had our farewell group dinner. it was the last time we were all going to be together. after dinner, we wandered around a little more then went back to the hotel where we, once again, changed up the beds and made our own giant bed out of the mattresses on the floor. this was our last night sleeping together so we decided to all fall asleep cuddling and watching house bunny.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">today was our last day all together. this was the first timewe were going to be separated in three months. we haven't spent more than an hour apart from each other and now we are suddenly going to be leaving each other for the next two months. we spent the day shopping around venice and ate dinner at the most beautiful restaurant down on the water. we went back to the hotel and hung out for a little longer and postponed our goodbye as long as we could but unfortunately the time had to come eventually...</div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">we just said our goodbye to chels and kenna. it was not quite the goodbye we had expected.. it was more of a "help them get their bags to the water taxi and put them on then almost get taken to the train station with them so hurry and hug and literally jump off the boat and cry and wave" kind of goodbye. not ideal, but it's okay because it's not a real goodbye. we don't like to think of it as a goodbye. we think of it as an "i'll see ya soon then." in a few short months we will be reunited and we will be living together in our sugar house house and it will be like italy all over again, just not quite as cool. one thing is for sure though: the friendship and bond the four of us made is something that will last forever. i know these girls will be some of my best friends for the rest of my life. i feel so lucky to have met them and grown so close to them over the past few months. this study abroad changed my life in the most amazing way and i know the memories i have made are some that i will never forget. so to my three new best friends... thank you for everything you have done for me in italy. i can't wait to see you in january! i love you more than you know and i'll see you soon then.</div><!--EndFragment-->Kenzie McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953929025931957434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484298878603087492.post-1065520726031935622012-11-18T21:23:00.000-07:002012-11-18T21:23:36.658-07:00mont blanc<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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oh how i've missed the mountains. the cold, crisp, clean
air, the trees, the snow.. everything about them. seeing everyone's pictures
back home of how much snow there was making me so jealous so mont blanc was
exactly what i needed. it was the perfect wintery lodge escape. and it was in
the italian alps so how could it get better than that? i was living in my
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when we got into courmayeur, we were all instantly so happy
to be back in the mountains. it was the perfect little town in the alps with
the cutest stores and streets. we checked into our hotel and went up to our
room to found the cutest lodgy room. it had a huge bed and a loft and a balcony
with the most beautiful view of mont blanc. we settled in for a little bit then
went out and explored the town. most of the town was closed but it was still so
cute to look into the windows of all the shops. we went back to the hotel early
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the next day we took the tram up to the top of mont blanc
and had the most beautiful view of the whole aosta valley. i was in heaven. it
reminded me so much of a zermatt. we ate lunch up there then went back down and
wandered around town again. tonight was another early night hanging out in the
hotel room, drinking delicious tea, and giving each other massages. it was the
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poor sono tattooed her face so she'd remember to email her grandma...</div>
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poor, poor sono...</div>
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all in all, the weekend was nothing too exciting, but it was the perfect relaxing weekend in the mountains and was exactly the break we needed before finals.</div>
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well we went from heaven to hell in a matter of 24 hours.</div>
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first off, lets point out that we got home from perugia at
1:30 in the morning and didn't go to bed til about 2:30. next, lets remember
that we had to catch our train to verona at 5:00. what does this mean, you ask?
well it means we got an hour and a half of sleep because we had to make the two
mile walk to the train station at four in the morning. so that was a great
start to our morning. maybe we should have taken that as a sign that we shouldn't
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in an attempt to save a little money (well, actually a lot),
chelsea didn't want to buy tickets at all. after a lot of convincing on my
part, we decided to buy "ragazzi" train tickets. do we look like we
are under twelve years old? eh, that might be a stretch. but nobody ever
actually checks the tickets so we figured we would be fine.</div>
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well, on our first train, domenico p came to check our
tickets and since we didn't validate them, we were fined five euros each.
honestly? he couldn't have just taken the tickets from us or written on them to
make it so we couldn't use them again? oh wait, actually he did write on them.
he wrote that we got a five euro fine. thanks a lot domenico p. and maybe you
should learn your native language because you don't even know how to form a
complete sentence to explain why you are giving us the fine.
"biglietteria." "cinque euro." "non e possibile."
your one word of italian is not helpful. go to school and get a real job so you
don't have to waste your time fining some harmless american tourists for not
validating their tickets. sheesh i hate the italians.</div>
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from there, all was well until we arrived at the train
station in verona. or should i say east berlin or the soviet union. i swear to
you we were dropped off in the middle east or russia or something - anywhere
but italy. first off, there were more people speaking german than italian.
what? not to mention the fact that it looked like we'd been dropped off in
commie central. we felt so safe. good thing chelsea knows how to say one
sentence in german so we look like we fit in... except that the only thing she
knows how to ask is for water with ice. so i'm not quite sure how far that
would've gotten us if we had actually needed it. and my two years of german
from good old herr hardy didn't get me much further. where is hendrik when we
need him?? </div>
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well we finally made it to the center of town and decided to
stop at a cafe for breakfast. i decided to order eggs and bacon (since they
don't seem to have that anywhere and i needed a normal breakfast) but when it
came out, the eggs were over easy and had probably been cooked for literally 15
seconds. they were completely raw. and i barely even like eggs to begin with
and can only eat scrambled if i ever actually eat them. i hoped the bacon would
be normal, but it wasn't really either. at least the orange juice and hot
chocolate were normal so i got a little something in my system.</div>
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after breakfast, we went out to find the casa di giulietta.
you would think it would be easy to find since it is the only thing people go
to verona for. well, it should've been, but it wasn't for us. of course we
walked right past it, even with the huge crowd of tourists around it. we
finally managed to find it and went to go find the wall to put our letters to
juliet in but oh wait... that wall doesn't exist. thank you amanda seyfried for
putting false hopes into our minds. turns out all there is is a tiny, tacky
mailbox. so we put our letters in there then walked around in hopes of finding
something to do to pass the time until there was a train leaving.</div>
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when we bought our tickets, not only did we buy childrens
tickets but we bought them for the 3am train because it was so much cheaper. we
went to the station and found a train leaving for florence, but the layovers
were in different places than were on our tickets. we figured we'd be fine, and
we didn't really want to wait around for another hour for the right connections
and we certainly weren't waiting twelve more hours for the 3am train. we boarded
the train to padova which is where the trouble really started.</div>
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when we got to padova, we went to the platform where the
florence train was leaving from and we got yelled at by the worst italian i
came in contact with the entire time we've been here. she told us we had the
wrong tickets and to go buy new ones. we thought we could just get on the train
at a different door but no... we got kicked off the train and watched it drive
away without us. we had to go talk to customer service (which might i add was not
much of a "service" at all. thank you america for always being so
helpful) to get them to change our tickets but then they got mad at us for
having childrens tickets and made us buy new ones. but not just new tickets to
florence... new tickets an hour and a half backtracking back to bologna then
the two hours to florence from there instead of the hour and a half to florence
from padova. not only were our tickets children's tickets, apparently we had
bought boy children tickets so they were not very pleased about that. we really
don't understand though because there was no option to pick if it was for a boy
or girl but whatever. we were not male children and that was all that mattered
to the trenitalia nazis.</div>
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we pretended to sleep on the train from bologna to florence
since we still had our child tickets for that segment and luckily we actually
weren't woken up on this one. we know from cinque that they have no problem
violently shaking you until you wake up though. so for one segment, things went
our way.</div>
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once we got to florence, there was not a train for two hours
since we had missed the earlier one we were planning on. our tickets, however,
were for the direct train and this one went through empoli. we decided we
should buy tickets for this train so we didn't have to worry, but for whatever
reason, we still decided to buy ragazzi tickets. we had to waste two hours now
and hadn't eaten since breakfast at 10 so this is when we stooped to our
absolute lowest.... we ate mcdonalds. since it was 11 at night it was the only
thing open and we had no other option except to starve. this was the first fast
food we've had in months and we all (except chelsea) immediately regretted it.
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we finally got on our train to empoli and once we were there
we knew we had to transfer so we got off the train and went to look at the
screen to see where our next train was. but when we looked at the screen, we
found out the train we had just gotten off of was the last train out for about
6 hours. at that point we ran back to the platform and as we came up the stairs
we saw it driving off so we attempted to flag it down and a man on the train
just stared at us, smiled, and waved. we moped back to the waiting area and were
ready to go get comfortable and cuddle up to the homeless man on the bench
since we were going to be stuck there all night. a group of three men who had
watched us through that whole experience were laughing and one of them looked
at us and just said "siena?" and we said yes and he pointed outside
and said we were supposed to take a bus. we were so relieved to find out we
hadn't just missed our train to who knows where and headed outside. when we got
on, we sat down in the red velvet seats and headed off to siena. we knew this
bus would be dropping us off at the train station and we wanted to go to the
bus station close to our house so chelsea went up and asked if the driver could
drop us off there. he looked back at her with his one tooth smile and said "train
station." yes sir, we know we are going to the train station. we want you
to take two seconds out of your time to drive us to the bus station instead
because it is much more convenient. but no, he did not understand that and said
we could walk. thank you so much. as if we didn't know we were capable of
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we got to the train station and were about to start the walk
home when our luck finally changed and a taxi pulled up right then. we thought
there would be no chance of this happening at two in the morning but somehow it
worked out for us. the second we got home, we got in bed in our clothes and
went right to sleep.</div>
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so this was our encounter with satan. we decided that from this point we should just suck it up and only buy the right tickets so we never had to go through something like this again. to anyone traveling to italy, verona is not worth your time, effort, or money and i strongly advise you not to go. ever. worst day of my life, hands down.</div>
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oh and as if all of this wasn't bad enough, i sat at all the train stations for so long that the commercial that plays on all the tvs was stuck in my head and i had learned the dance that goes along with it. once i find it, i will add it in so you can see/hear it. ciao freaking ciao. </div>
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aka the day i went to heaven.</div>
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what started off as a day of feeling sick and miserable,
quickly became one of the best days of my italian experience thanks to a
sporadic decision to jump on a bus and go to the international european
chocolate festival. after our italian class, we hurried home and changed then
headed down to the train station to catch our bus to perugia.</div>
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about two hours later, we arrived in what looked like a
tiny, sketchy town. not quite what we were expecting to see. we looked around
for any sort of indication of a chocolate festival but found nothing...until
the bus moved and we laid eyes on the choco train. our eyes instantly lit up
and we did a running dance over to the trolley where we climbed aboard and
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the drive up the mountain was filled with beautiful views of
the umbria valley and our arrival at the top was an even more beautiful
view...chocolate. everywhere we looked, there were endless tents full of every
kind of chocolate imaginable. my mouth instantly started watering at the sight.
this is when i realized i had boarded the choco train and been dropped off in
heaven. </div>
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we spent the rest of the afternoon walking around to all the
tents getting free samples of the most delicious chocolate in the world until
we felt sick and then a little more. did nausea think it could stop me from
eating something so scrumptious? who does it think i am? i was not going to
stop until i threw up! okay.. so maybe i stopped earlier than that. but it didn't
stop me from buying enough chocolate to make my arms sore from carrying the
bags. </div>
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i bought a few little things to bring home to friends and
family so you all have that to look forward to, as if seeing me again isn't
enough! :) just kidding.</div>
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but that was the day i went to heaven. i was surrounded by
the most delicious chocolate in the world for an entire afternoon and i bought
enough to supply the children of africa. and i will be eating it all when i get
home.. so if you want it, you better come get it fast. fat girl problems at its
finest right here. om nom nom.</div>
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cinque terre, or in english - five towns. it literally is five towns along the coast of italy: monterosso, vernazza, cornelia, manarola, and riomaggiore.</div>
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i'm sure you've all seen it all over pinterest. it's everywhere. have you seen the pictures of beautifully colored buildings on the edge of a cliff? well then you probably saw cinque terre.</div>
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most people go to cinque to hike between the towns. it is an 11 mile hike along the edge of a cliff that goes straight down to the mediterranean sea. sounds hard, but not too bad... right? well chelsea and rachael (being the very adventurous, non-logical people of the group) thought it would be fun to hike both ways, so a total of 22 miles in two days. we would hike 13 miles the first day and 9 the second. i never really agreed to this but figured they would realize it was a stupid idea and cave to my logical senses eventually when we got there and got started.</div>
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.....until we were stopped by the trail guard saying the trails were all closed. awesome. you mean to tell me we woke up at 3:30am to catch a train to come here for the hike only to not be able to do it? sweet. so happy about this. i mean, maybe we had climbed over a fence that said the trail was closed due to dangerous conditions, we didn't think anyone would actually stop us and we figured "how bad could it be? we are unstoppable!" well clearly we are stoppable.<br />
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we headed back towards monterosso and found out there was a second trail we could take that was longer and not right along the coast, but we decided to try it out. we started walking and came across a vineyard that seemed to be a shortcut. mckenna and i get really bad allergies and hives when we go through nature things like that but we decided it might be a good idea to take a shortcut now since we were going to be taking a longer trail. we started heading down into the vineyard and got to a point where there was literally nowhere for us to go. in front of us was a barbed wire fence, down was a muddy disaster, and above was a steep hill leading nowhere. we didn't want to turn back because we had already gone so far so we started heading down the hill... at the last second we saw a tiny opening where we could go through and the trail continued so we decided to take that and see where it led. we aren't really sure what happened, but we somehow ended up on the main trail. we were right along the edge of the cliff and had the most beautiful view of the mediterranean. until our view was obstructed by a cat haven. like seriously? what is up with europe's obsession with those devilish creatures? if i weren't afraid of them biting me and giving me rabies, i would have punted them off the cliff. just kidding. kind of.<br />
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we found the entrance to the trail to cornelia and there was a trail guard there, but he didn't try to stop us. he just kind of looked at us and laughed but let us go past. along the trail, we found a cute little bridge with a waterfall and stopped to look around and take some pictures then kept going. this was one of the easier hikes, so we figured it would get easier and easier and that the worst was already past. a little under two hours later, we were in the next town.</div>
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we had quite the friendly welcome when we got to cornelia. we were greeted by a very angry man who questioned why we were on the closed trail. we tried to explain to him that the guard at the beginning let us go and he said it was not possible (every italian's favorite phrase). we told him "um.. it is possible. we just did it." as he continued to get mad at us and we just walked off and ignored him.</div>
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i honestly wished death upon my self on the next hike. multiple times, actually. we found the trail and started up the mountain. not a hill. a mountain. we went up the steepest hill with no flat break for two miles. throw in the dairy problem, heat, lack of water, lack of previous exercise, and minor asthma and you've got the party of the century! it was so much fun i could have died! just kidding. about the first part. i'm surprised i didn't die. chelsea of course just powered through with no problem. mckenna wasn't far behind. then there was rachael and i almost out of sight from them, literally crawling up the mountain. seeing flat ground was possibly the happiest moment of my life. we SUMMITED a mountain. literally went from the very bottom to the very top of a mountain. but then we realized we had to go all the way back down... and it was just as steep. why the italians feel the need to do things in the most impractical way possible, i will never know. but since the main trail was closed, summiting a mountain was our only choice.</div>
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going up the mountain was hard on my entire body, but going down the mountain was a killer on the knees.. seriously, i am an old woman. my bones and joints are comparable to a 90 year old woman. seeing manarola was one of the happiest moments of my entire life and i was so excited to finally be there and be able to rest my knees. they have never hurt as bad as they did in that moment.</div>
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three hours later, we were finally in manarola. we stopped down on the rocks to take a quick swim then headed up another hill to our hostel. when we checked in, the man at the hotel handed us four coins for the showers.. yes, the shower in our room was on a timer and we only had five minutes to shower after all that hiking. oh and not to mention, when we got to the room we realized they did not provide towels so we would not be showering after all. awesome. i love being sweaty and gross for two straight days! we cleaned up as much as we could and went to grab dinner down by the water. kenna, chels, and rach enjoyed a...lovely seafood dish and i had a pesto pasta. we headed back to the hotel and were passed out by 7:30.</div>
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the next thirteen hours were spent sleeping. getting out of bed was possibly one of the hardest and most painful experiences of my life. i was so incredibly sore and wanted to die, almost more than i did the day before. and we still had to get to riomaggiore. we tried to walk along the via dell'more but of course the gate was locked. we found another route there and walked around town for a bit then decided to go back to cornelia for more yogurt. chelsea thought it would be fun to hike between all the towns again.. still. even after everything, she thought that would be a good idea. we convinced her it was best to go by train and she finally agreed. the only problem, though, was that after we got off the train in cornelia, we realized we had to hike up a gigantic set of stairs. we had to take a few breaks along the way... so pathetic. i'm ashamed to admit that. but it was all worth it because we got to eat two more yogurts :) after cornelia, we went into monterosso and tried to rent a paddleboat only to find out everything was closed since it's not the main season. we ended up finding two blow-up alligators so we bought those and swam out to sea with them. </div>
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on the way home, we stopped in pisa and went to the leaning tower! honest opinion - it was not that cool. it was much smaller than i expected and it was very difficult to get a picture. none of ours even turned out that great. basically, we wasted our time running to the tower to see it and get a picture and run back in order to catch our train back to siena, but hey it's all a part of the adventure! </div>
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once we were back in siena, we still had to walk the two miles back to our house from the station. i have never been as exhausted as i was the next day at church. walking there was nearly impossible and staying awake was just as bad. we had a great weekend though so it was all worth it, even though it was very very hard!</div>
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3. i hiked the distance of a marathon to the top of a mountain in less than a 24-hour time period (most of it in one day).</div>
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i am still proud of myself for doing it and keeping up the whole time! i even led part of the way :) really though, it was one of the cooler things i've done in my life and i'm so glad i sucked it up and did it! if you ever have the chance to go, it's a must see!! well worth it!!</div>
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<br />Kenzie McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953929025931957434noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484298878603087492.post-77236386732237108362012-11-12T07:02:00.000-07:002012-11-12T07:04:23.927-07:00florenceah florence. where to begin...<br />
i've always heard so many amazing things about the city so i was so excited when we had the chance to go a few weeks ago! we have taken a few day trips there for shopping and museums, but this post is dedicated to the weekend we spent there with our class... enjoy!<br />
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saturday was a day full of shopping :) our favorite! we started out by grabbing an american breakfast at the diner then headed out for the day. we probably went to every store in florence. the day was spent trying on beautiful clothes (with minimal purchases mom.. don't worry), looking through the amazing florentine market, and being pampered at lush and falling in love with the new hair and face products we proceeded to buy. we tried to get another sandwich at the oil shoppe but it turns out it's closed on sundays so to all you florence-goers: don't plan to eat at the oil shoppe on a saturday. you will be sadly disappointed. this meant we were "forced" to get froyo at what is possibly the only self-serve frozen yogurt place in europe. boy do i miss that about home. it's going to be a problem that i've become addicted to froyo because of the place near our house in siena when i get home because it's all i'm going to want to eat ever!<br />
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so this was our weekend in florence! we loved the city so much that we were so excited to see it again this past weekend and we had been counting down ever since we left before.Kenzie McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953929025931957434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484298878603087492.post-75381837490721424912012-10-04T14:45:00.001-06:002012-10-04T14:52:23.946-06:00fashion paradise<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a few weekends ago, we went to MILAN FASHION WEEK! yes, you heard me. we actually went to milan fashion week. it was a dream come true! i am so in love with the city and the fact that we were there for such a big event made it even better!</span><br />
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Kenzie McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953929025931957434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484298878603087492.post-25067301872875520442012-09-19T14:44:00.000-06:002012-09-20T08:48:25.588-06:00welcome to siena!well i've successfully made it through my first week and a half in siena! we got off to a bit of a rough start but it's gotten much better!<br />
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<b>monday:</b> we finally left hotel pacific and i couldn't have been happier to get out of that place! we got on the bus and started the journey to our new home! we stopped at the rome temple site to see the progress that's being made. there still isn't much there but it was cool to see the walls being built! we kept driving and got to a little town called orvieto. we stopped and took the cable car up the mountain and walked up to a beautiful duomo! it was the perfect combination of roman and gothic - the architecture was unbelievable! the church was built to signify a "miracle" that happened hundreds of years ago. a skeptic man was helping build a catholic church (i'm sure most people know, but catholics thought the bread and wine literally were the flesh and blood of christ). while he was building, the wine literally turned into blood and he started bleeding spontaneously. i don't know if that church was ever finished but the one we saw was built to remember the miracle that happened. on the front of the duomo, there is this really cool inscription that is a picture timeline of how man was created. it starts with god creating the earth, then man, then woman, then the story of adam and eve, then the story of cane and abel. the detail was so beautiful and it was cool that from small pictures you could tell what was being said! we took a few notes on the inscriptions then had the next few hours to get lunch and wander. we stopped at a few little shops to look around then got lunch at a pizzeria. we met the group back at the cable car and took it down to the bus where we continued our journey to siena! when we finally arrived in siena, the school director met us and informed us that one of the families was not able to meet us and that the girls staying with them would be taking a taxi to the house. rachael, mckenna, chelsea, and i all looked at each other and laughed because we were confident that was going to be us. we watched as all the other families got assigned to their students and met for the first time and headed to their new homes. suddenly, it was just the four of us, dr call and his wife, and luca - the school director. he helped us get in a taxi and sent us on our way to meet our family. we arrived at our house, literally right in the center of town, to find anna and marcello, our host parents, waiting at the door for us. we exchanged hugs and the regular kisses on the cheek then started the hike up the seven flights of stairs. we finally got to their floor and got to our rooms and tried to unpack but found that we had no room for all of our things. each of us had two big bags of clothes and we were left with three drawers to share, then rachael and i had two more very small drawers and a tiny cupboard with six hangars, and mckenna and chelsea had a small set of drawers and a coat rack with hangars on it that was supposed to be a closet. we made it work the best we could then got a tour around the house guided by marcello doing a dance. we relaxed for a little bit until it was dinner time when their grandson david came in and called us in for dinner by sweetly saying "signoras!" so adorable. we ate a delicious but huge meal in the traditional italian style. first course: a huge bowl of pasta (bigger than what i'd normally eat for a main course). second course: a meat and vegetable dessert: generally a fruit. tonight we had the best lemon chicken! it was a lot of food but it was great after a long day of traveling! we did our best to talk to the family but they don't speak any english - well, aside from marcello's few broken words. we got through our first full italian conversation pretty well aside from when we told anna that rachael was a vegetable. oops. she kept asking if rachael could have meat and we said no, she's a vegetarian. her response? "no you're not." oh... alright. we gave up on that and rachael decided she'd just make the best of it and eat what she could. in the middle of dinner, marcello reached into the drawer behind us and pulled out a full on cleaver and said "i am jack the ripper!" we laughed, but we were a little nervous about it. we were exhausted by the time dinner was done and decided to go to bed early.<br />
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<b>friday:</b> we had italian again today. we each had to talk about a hobby of ours and after we had all told him, he surprised us and told us that was our first quiz! and guess what i got? 100%! so maybe the whole class got 100% but i was still proud! italian is our only class on fridays so we wandered around for a little bit then went home and watched bridesmaids then took a nap. when we woke up, we wandered around again for a little bit and i got this really cool stationary and this awesome stamp! like the kind where you melt the wax onto the envelope and stamp it so it has either your initials, a design, or whatever you choose. we got called into dinner tonight as "american diamonds!" marcello left part of the way through dinner and peeked out of his room with a giant sword (it's called a spada here). he told us he was "hannibal the cannibal." hmm.. not sure what to think here. we have jack the ripper and hannibal the cannibal in our midst.. and he's the same person? one of the workers at our hotel in rome somehow found chelsea on facebook and added her, asking her to model for him. we joked all through dinner about it and marcello is convinced that chelsea and alessandro are in love.<br />
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<b>saturday:</b> well we thought we'd be able to sleep in today. wrong. anna came and knocked on our door at 8:06 (breakfast starts at 8:00.. she and marcello don't eat with us though - it's just the four of us) and told us we needed to get up to eat. we hurried and ate then went back to bed for a few hours. we were all EXHAUSTED. we planned on being out of the house by 11:00... well, we didn't even wake up until 12:30. oops. we finally got up and went out into the town. we decided we wanted to try this pizza restaurant for lunch but we were too hungry to make it there so we got pastries on the way. little did we know, the restaurant was only about a five minute walk. we got our pizza (which was delicious, by the way) but needed a little something after. so where do you think we went? gelato again? duh. so yes, we had a pastry, two slices of pizza, and three scoops of gelato (that's the normal amount here.... bad news for us if we want to stay skinny) all within about a 10-15 minute time frame. can you say #fatgirlproblems? we walked around to all the shops and found our final touches for our milan outfits. mckenna and i had had our eyes on these beautiful handmade boots for a while and decided to go try them on. we instantly fell in love with them. perfectly crafted, 100% handmade, one of a kind, italian leather boots. oh no.. what were we supposed to do? mckenna bought them in her size and i was so tempted to buy them but decided i should probably get my dad's approval first (the price was a weeeee bit steep because of the quality and the fact that there was only one pair ever made in each size). i was overjoyed when he told me i could get them! mckenna and i ran back as fast as we could and got the boots! we were seriously on cloud nine for the rest of the day! this is a true sign that i take after my mom if shopping can honestly bring me that much joy (mom, now you can't get mad that dad let me get them. it's your own fault :)). we stopped at the vintage store that is ever so conveniently located next door to our house and looked around for a while. i found more shoes that i loved there but decided i should probably hold off for a while seeing how i had just bought some. i did, however, buy the first part of matthew's birthday/christmas present - a super cool vintage tie! tonight we got called in to dinner by marcello peeking around the corner with a gun.. he came into our room and said "give me all the moneys then come to dinner." uhh... k. not quite sure what to do, i just snapped a few pics (naturally) then ran to the kitchen. we had the most delicious rice then the main course was caprese... gag me. i hate tomatoes and mozzarella but i couldn't say no so i gagged down the tomato and tried to eat the cheese but the one bite i took honestly almost made me throw up. she didn't seem too happy to see two full pieces of cheese left on my plate. she understands i am a very picky eater though and has actually been pretty good about it and knows that i love her cooking, just not many foods.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCxNfjdKIanDLhs00bAcfK_Uf4B_NjDNMsGqHhyQ8j8oML4CVPy0QGgILUdZEiRbqCCvUvmLR7iqEFLmY-tXpMPQQi4g_PULonlzeJlm3QsGIhGIW-hTZkhDwN8sSRTSh116HLWDZAZBT-/s1600/399737_10151213947015535_83112962_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCxNfjdKIanDLhs00bAcfK_Uf4B_NjDNMsGqHhyQ8j8oML4CVPy0QGgILUdZEiRbqCCvUvmLR7iqEFLmY-tXpMPQQi4g_PULonlzeJlm3QsGIhGIW-hTZkhDwN8sSRTSh116HLWDZAZBT-/s320/399737_10151213947015535_83112962_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><b>wednesday:</b> our first rainy day in siena! yay! every wednesday, there is a giant market near piazza gramsci. we had no idea what to expect when we went there this morning but found endless streets of clothes, shoes, food, flowers, jewelry, and everything you could possibly need - most of which was at a reasonable price. granted, none of it was great quality, but the prices were very cheap for what was being sold. we wandered around there all morning then walked to the dante. we had cooking again today and i was really looking forward to the class, but not to the food. any guesses why? we were making seafood. yuck! the chef explained how to make each dish then set us free again, letting us rotate so we got a chance to do everything. i didn't even bother going near the fish because it was staring at me and smelled awful and there was no chance they were getting me to touch that nasty thing. plus, i figured i'd never be making that so i let everyone else do it and i worked on other things. for the appetizer, we made bruschetta which i was surprised to find has a lot more ingredients in it than you would think! it's very simple to make, but i just never realized it was more than tomatoes and basil! the pasta course was tagliolini with clam sauce... the noodles were great, but the clams scared me. luckily, the chef asked if there was anyone who couldn't eat fish and i raised my hand so they gave me tomatoes to put on top of mine. still not ideal, but much better. the main course was the fish. it was some kind of mediterranean fish with tomatoes on top and i was not even about to try that. dessert was bavarese al limone. it was very similar to last weeks, but more of a custard. it was really good!! after class, we walked around town for a little bit then went back to the dante where rachael and mckenna did yoga in the basement and chelsea and i took a nap on the couch upstairs. we went to our art history class which was pretty good! our teacher is amazing and knows so much about what she is teaching us and makes it interesting!! after class we walked back to our house and have been relaxing and waiting for dinner. we just got called into dinner as "american stars." i didn't think i would have much to post about dinner but oh boy was i wrong. most interesting conversation we've had with them for sure! keep in mind it was fully in italian and if we speak english, we get our hands cut off and anna cooks them for dinner. next come the feet then your head. (obviously it's a joke, but it was happening the entire dinner) anna and marcello decided to tell us what vegetables they would serve us with. they mentioned every vegetable that she's tried to serve that she knows i don't like and said they would all be with me. everyone else got vegetables they liked. then somehow we got on to the subject of a shark. he said there was a shark in the bathroom and we said "ohh" and acted interested and like we knew what on earth he was talking about. then he told us there was a crocodile on the balcony and that it was a good thing! then he told us there was a tiger in the bedroom and that anna was the tiger. then. she. growled. rawrrr. then he asked us if we wanted to "see his fidanzato." we were all a little worried as to what that might be but he walked out of the room for a minute. he came back into the room with pictures of his fiance (meaning anna when they were younger). he started handing me pictures to pass around the table and i looked down and there was a picture of her posing naked on the beach. not quite sure what to do, i looked at chelsea (who was sitting next to me) and tried not to laugh and anna noticed and took the picture away and got mad at marcello. he just laughed, of course. and remember how he has been "jack the ripper" and "hannibal the cannibal?" well he warned us tonight that we should get ready for next week because a vampire would be coming, along with some other things. throughout this entire conversation, they kept saying "don't tell the school or they will take you away from us." so... dinner was.... sufficiently awkward and entertaining tonight!<br />
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i'm loving siena! it's such a beautiful town and there is so much to see! school is going pretty well and i couldn't be happier to be living right in the center of such an amazing place!!</div>
Kenzie McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953929025931957434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484298878603087492.post-67235090049330728952012-09-10T05:11:00.001-06:002012-09-11T03:56:07.433-06:00bests of romesince we are leaving rome in the morning, my roommates and i decided to compile a list of our favorite things in rome!<br />
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<b>best pizza on a budget:</b> pumpkin pizza from pizzeria florida <br />
<b>best pizza:</b> diavolo pizza from fiorentina's<br />
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<b>best gelato:</b> millennium gelato<br />
<b>my best flavor combination:</b> lampone, yogurt frutti de bosco, and merengata<br />
<b>rachael's best flavor combination:</b> caffe, creme caramel, and merengata<br />
<b>chelsea's best flavor combination:</b> sette veli, millennium, and varigato nutella<br />
<b>mckenna's best flavor combination:</b> caffe, mandorla, and verigato nutella<br />
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<b>best cannoli:</b> cannoloria siciliana<br />
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<b>best pasta restaurant:</b> da fortunata<br />
<b>best kind of pasta:</b> strazapretti<br />
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<b>best museum:</b> galleria nazionale d'arte moderna<br />
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<b>best vintage store:</b> vertigo<br />
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we're pretty much locals now so if anyone is going to rome and needs places to go, HIT US UP. we'll fill you in on the places to see and avoid! <br />
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arrivederci roma! buon giorno siena!<br />
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Kenzie McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953929025931957434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484298878603087492.post-90676469173027404802012-09-09T06:40:00.002-06:002012-09-09T08:13:21.373-06:00week two in romaweek two in rome is coming to a close! this week was much better than the first week and not nearly as busy! it was nice to kind of have a break and have half days to ourself so we got to explore what we wanted to!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6cF2Cetrg5foXp5BMRl2W1XcFB77a9wP8pi2gnPKQUEWWWxFSm1yZYyD2q82km-Ysg4BjgdO0brOPpEnhlC41rVdq5TyscaEf-TFobDVvAUAY_QkLsY9gu_tVQrU9H-V9no6JjBGzVS1/s1600/IMG_1371.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6cF2Cetrg5foXp5BMRl2W1XcFB77a9wP8pi2gnPKQUEWWWxFSm1yZYyD2q82km-Ysg4BjgdO0brOPpEnhlC41rVdq5TyscaEf-TFobDVvAUAY_QkLsY9gu_tVQrU9H-V9no6JjBGzVS1/s320/IMG_1371.JPG" width="320" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span">wednesday: my roommates and i have been making tons of "mean girls" jokes, so we decided that every wednesday we are going to wear pink. (get it? the plastics in the movie always say "on wednesdays we wear pink.") we thought it was a great idea and super funny but no one even noticed. maybe they will catch on eventually!</span><span class="Apple-style-span">but today we walked to the borghese gardens which was basically a big park. we walked to the borghese galleries which is a museum with borghese statues. they were so detailed and perfect - by far the best statues we've seen the whole time. after the museum, we walked to the galleria nazionale d'arte moderna or the national modern art gallery. this was my favorite museum we've been to. aside from the vatican, all the others kind of blended together but this one definitely stood out! it was very different from the others and more the style i like to see. we went and got some dinner then went back to the hotel and relaxed.</span><br />
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rome has been great, but i am so excited to finally be leaving. i can't wait to be in siena and actually be living in europe and have our own space rather than living out of a suitcase in a tiny hotel room. tomorrow we are stopping at the rome temple site to see the progress they are making then we are going to be heading to siena! i can't wait to finally be there and start school!! i couldn't be more excited to get away from hotel pacific and the vinegar infested towels. i've never had a breakout in my life and the vinegar in the towels and sheets and pillows and EVERYTHING is just not doing wonders for my skin. peace out forever hotel pacific. you won't be missed!<br />
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mine and rachael's skin was getting so bad that we bought face masks and had them on all last night. they worked wonders cause our skin is decently clear now and super smooth! ciao!Kenzie McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953929025931957434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484298878603087492.post-46270523038274751642012-09-03T16:16:00.001-06:002012-09-03T16:16:14.323-06:00week one in romabefore heading to siena, our group is spending two weeks in rome going to museums and seeing the sights. i feel like i've been here for so long already because we have been doing so much!! <br />
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<b>sunday:</b> today we went to church in rome. we didn't understand a word of what was being said, but it was cool to have the experience of going to church somewhere else! other than that we are just going to be relaxing at the hotel and having a day off.<br />
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i've loved rome but i am so ready to just be in siena. the days here have been packed full of museums and sightseeing and lots and lots of walking. we've been going to bed at about 930 every night and by the time dinner rolls around at 7, we are all so exhausted. we've learned a lot and seen a lot though so i feel blessed for the experience even though it's left me tired! i thought i'd be coming home far - well i don't really see how that's possible anymore with how little we've been eating and how much we've been walking!! i'm hoping for better food than we've been fed at the hotel in siena! one more week in rome then the real fun starts in siena!Kenzie McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953929025931957434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484298878603087492.post-54561993248100794682012-09-02T15:56:00.001-06:002012-09-02T16:10:55.032-06:00c'est la vie!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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hello from europe!<br />
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i am so lucky to be able to move over here for three months for school! i seriously couldn't be happier! and i couldn't do it without my amazing parents and everyone who has supported me!<br />
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well i've been trying to post this since we got here but the internet has been really off and on! but we finally met up with the group on tuesday, but rachael and i were traveling around france for a few days before. i wish i could tell you it was perfect and went as smoothly as a vacation should, but sadly i can't. let me just fill you in on what has happened to us the past few days.<br />
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<b>thursday:</b> it was a crazy day trying to finish up my last few things before leaving! i still hadn't packed and had tons of work to do around the house for my dad before i could leave. naturally i ended up staying up all night getting ready.<br />
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<b>friday:</b> saying goodbye. i knew it was coming eventually but i never expected it to be so hard. watching poor caroline cry all night thursday and all morning on friday broke my heart. and to hear that it kept going all through the weekend broke my heart even more. she had even texted my mom from her friend's birthday party saying "mom i can't even have fun cause i'm too sad thinking about kenz." tender, right? and it sucked saying bye to kenny knowing i wouldn't be able to see him or be in his arms for three months. needless to say, it was a morning of tears for everyone. first came the 7:00 flight to atlanta. it went by fast and once we got there we grabbed some food then waited for our flight to paris. we got on our next flight and rachael took an ambien before we even took off. little did she know our flight was about to be delayed an hour. so she was in and out of sleep and was pretty confused by what was happening. i managed to fall asleep for about 6 hours and the next morning we woke up in the beautiful city!<br />
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<b>saturday:</b> we arrived in paris at about 6:00am. we were planning on being to our hotel by 8:00. oh boy were we wrong. so it started with us being led to what we thought was the line to go through customs. we finally got to the front of it and realized we were in line for security to go back on a plane. so we got out of line and went to find the real customs line. we finally found it and waited in line again. we got to the front and the security guard looked at our passports and sent us on our way. he didn't stamp them though and we were a little nervous this would end with us being thrown in jail or getting deported for illegally being in the country. so we found a police officer who escorted us back through the line and got our passports stamped for us. then came finding our bags. we looked on the screen and didn't see our flight so we decided to go down to baggage claim and ask. they told us where to go, but by the time we got there, the belt had stopped and we looked around and saw that our bags were at the top of what seemed to be a mountain (we were just being dramatic, it was at the top of the baggage carousel). we had to climb up and grab our huge bags and pull them down then we were finally on our way. after what had to be at least a half hour walk with over 200 pounds of luggage each, we got to the train. we bought our metro passes and went to get on the train. as we were trying to get through the gate, it kept rejecting our tickets. little did we know we had to have a separate ticket to get into the city. so we went back out, bought tickets, and were finally headed towards the city.<br />
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we found a police officer and asked and he told us where to go. we started walking in the direction he told us to go. we felt a little lost so decided to ask another police officer along the way. she didn't speak english and had no clue what we were talking about. we got to another and she didn't speak english either, nor did she know where we were supposed to go. so we just decided to keep walking and see where it took us. after asking a restaurant owner where to go, we finally found the hotel and had never been so relieved in our lives. our hands and feet were covered in blisters by this point and our muscles were so sore. we checked in and went to the room and relaxed for a little bit. by this point it was almost noon. remember how i said we'd be there by 8:00? yeah well what was supposed to be a two hour journey ended up taking almost six. we relaxed for a few minutes and took quick showers then were back out on our way to see the city! not before rachael dropped her mascara in the toilet though. thank goodness for kristel making her being a sewing kit because she made a fishing pole out of it to get the mascara out! once that was taken care of, we were finally on our way!<br />
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we hurried back to our hotel and grabbed our bags then headed to the train station to catch our next train. did you think our bad luck stopped in paris? oh no. of course there wasn't an escalator going down to the metro, only going up. so what do you think we did? if you guessed that we looked like fools again, you are right. in fact, we must have looked absolutely ridiculous because we basically had security escorts all the way to the train station. they literally carried our bags down the stairs, walked them to the train, carried them on the train, carried them up the first set of stairs, then sent us on our way when we got to the escalators. such a joke but hey, at least we didn't have to carry our bags for a while! we got on our train to nice and the bad luck continued. there was a group of four young men who kept staring at us and staring at our bags and we could tell they were talking about us. we were super worried about it so we moved closer to our bags which unfortunately happened to be closer to them as well. we could hear that they were definitely talking about us in french and when they tried to talk to us, we played dumb. maybe a little too dumb though. they tried talking to us in at least five languages and we acted like we didnt speak any of them. how many languages could we possibly speak? duh. we are so dumb. but as we went to get off the train finally, they tried to help us with our bags but we just let them get out and we waited for a security guard before we got off the train. we saw them outside the train station so instead of trying to deal with the metro, we got another taxi. we made it to our hotel and we were supposed to go directly to a nearby town called grasse where we were going to make perfume. we got some directions and headed out but missed the first bus then didn't have the right euros for the second. so we walked back to the hotel and told the lady at the front desk but she was able to help us get it booked for the next morning right in nice! since we had some free time, we went down to the beach which we were surprised to find out was a rock beach. very cool, but not very comfortable for napping. somehow we still managed to fall asleep for a few hours though! when we woke up, we went and grabbed some dinner then went back to the hotel and went to bed.<br />
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<b>tuesday:</b> we woke up early and thought we'd stop by the post office on the way to the perfumery. well, it wasn't open yet so we decided to go get some macaroons while we waited! it was my first time trying them and they were absolutely delicious! my favorite was the rose flavor. so yummy!! we went back to the post office and tried to use a machine but it wouldn't take our credit cards, so after spending all that time trying to get it to work, we went and waited in line to talk to a real person. we got our stamps and mailed out our postcards. unfortunately by this time, it was already 9:45 and our appointment was at 10:00 but we didn't really know where we were going. we followed the directions we were given but must have made a wrong turn somewhere and ended up at a market. it was super cool, but not what we were trying to see, nor did we have time to see it! after wandering around for a half hour asking people where to go and getting all sorts of wrong directions, we finally made it to the perfumery a half hour late. they didn't think they were going to be able to fit us in, but they managed to and boy am i so glad they did! it was so cool to be able to make our own perfume and learn about how it's made! there are three different types of scents that go into a single perfume: a top note, a heart note, and a base note. the top note is what you smell for only a few minutes. the heart note is what you smell for a few hours. the base note is what you smell when someone walks past you. we were given at least a hundred scents to smell and if we liked them, we wrote them down in the appropriate category based on the color of their bottle which corresponded to the type of note it was. then the lady matched them together and had us smell each part of the perfume alone then all together! we got to put each scent into our bottle and take home a bottle of our own perfume! i can't wait to use it! right when we got back to the hotel, we jumped in a taxi and headed off to the airport to catch our flight to rome. we got to the airport and checked in then went and waited at the gate. it came time to board our plane and after carrying our super heavy carry-on bags up the stairs to the plane, the flight attendant told us we were only allowed to have one carry-on bag. well, we each had three. luckily she checked one of the bags for us and let us keep the rest. we got to rome and took the train into the main termini station then took a cab to our hotel where we were meeting our group.<br />
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it is so great to finally be here and know we are going to be settled in for longer than a day. we've seen so much of rome already and i'm so excited to see even more then go to siena and get things started for real!!! i was convinced that i was going to come back so fat - yeah well i'm pretty sure i've lost weight. all the walking and the lack of food has proven to be great to prevent the weight gain problem! the hotel food is just not cutting it but anytime we go out for lunch, the food is delicious! so hopefully it will be more like that in siena! i can't wait to get there!Kenzie McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953929025931957434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484298878603087492.post-63770074571283202682011-12-30T01:02:00.000-07:002011-12-30T01:02:40.431-07:00Hahahaha it's times like these I wish I kept a journal regularly.. I just found my journal from the cruise Lauren and I went on back in 8th grade. This was by no means a journal a lot of thought was put into (clearly, as you will see), but I can't stop laughing! Hahahahaha<br />
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<b>April 16, 2006</b><br />
Today we got to Fort Lauderdale and got on our boat called the Millennium. There are 2 boys in the room next to us who are way hot! Their names are Tyler and Grant. They live in Florida. Today was a relaxing day. It has been really fun so far.<br />
<b>Funny things of the day: </b><br />
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<ul><li>To be, or not to be</li>
<li>Beds on airport chairs</li>
<li>Seeing the tiny room</li>
<li>Larry</li>
<li>We're mithing a pathenger</li>
<li>Jiggello</li>
<li>G. Dancing</li>
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<b>April 17, 2006</b><br />
Not much new stuff has happened. Tyler was a brat yesterday but we hung out with both of them today. They are the funniest people I have ever met. I hope we get to spend more time w/ them. Lauren is obsessed with Grant. We have banging wars with them on the walls.<br />
<b>Funny stuff today:</b><br />
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<ul><li>Banging on walls</li>
<li>Dirty dancer</li>
<li>Matt stalking Lauren</li>
<li>My tongue is numb</li>
</ul><br />
<b>April 18, 2006</b><br />
There is this kid who looks exactly like Nate and is obsessed with ping-pong. He's funny though. We hung out w/ Grant and Tyler again. They're fun to be around. I spent time w/ Tyler while Lauren spent time w/ Grant. He's really nice when he's alone. We were in Puerto Rico today. I hated it there.<br />
<b>Funny things: </b><br />
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<ul><li>Swimmy-swim</li>
<li>Shoe war</li>
<li>Trying on Tyler's size 13 shoe</li>
<li>Old people dancing</li>
<li>Breadsticks</li>
<li>Orange sherbet @ dinner</li>
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<b>April 19, 2006</b><br />
Today we went to Antigua. It was beautiful. We went on a tour and to the beach. I forgot, but last night, Grant and Tyler (Wyler... haha) were obsessed with the breadsticks. We also caught slut-girl and Atheist having sex. Anyway, we watched G. and T. play soccer. They are good at every sport.<br />
<b>Funny stuff:</b><br />
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<ul><li>Singing taxi driver</li>
<li>Guy offering us weed</li>
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<b>April 20, 2006</b><br />
Today we went to St. Maarten. It was my favorite island by far. The water was such a pretty color and I saw a turtle. G. and T. don't like us anymore because they met a new kid who is the biggest brat to us. We met a new girl though. Her name is Chelsea. She's nice. Pervy dirty-dancer came up to us and asked us gross questions. Hate him.<br />
<b>Funny stuff:</b><br />
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<ul><li>Looking for Del Sol</li>
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<b>April 21, 2006</b><br />
T. and G. really hate us. We got 1/2 payback @ karaoke though. We signed them up to sing Oops, I Did It Again and they wouldn't but everyone made fun of them for not going. We think Grant knows he had more fun w/ us cuz he is with the other boys and is silent but w/ us he's out of control. Earlier, Tyler told us everyone @ home hates Grant and now we understand why.<br />
<b>Funny stuff:</b><br />
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<ul><li>Chelsea getting mad @ the boys for us (since THEY stalk US)</li>
<li>Karaoke (Chelsea's an awesome singer)</li>
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<b>April 22, 2006</b><br />
Tonight's our last night! I don't want to go home! :( We had a pretty fun time tonight though. First, we spat gum into each other's mouths (we're weird, I know). We met 2 new girls and a new guy. The girls' names are Hannah and Pate (I think her name was Pate) and the guy's name was Mike. Andy brat-head called Lauren a skank and a b**** and Lisa got way mad at him. Hannah fainted @ the dance party because <u>all</u> she had that day was a piece of toast, 6 coffees, 4 red bulls, and 20 diet cokes. Her grandma also told her she was ugly. Lauren wears lots of eyeliner so Shannon put on lots and did it ugly and they looked identical. I'm so sad we have to leave tomorrow.<br />
<b>Funny stuff: </b><br />
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<ul><li>Smoldering tempterace</li>
<li>Thug style</li>
<li>Gum</li>
<li>Lisa getting mad at Andy</li>
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