Happy Late Thanksgiving!!!
I’m home from vacation. Our flight arrived about 5pm this evening. It’s currently 2am in Prague, and therefore I think I’m going to be hurting tomorrow. I’m trying to force myself to stay awake until 9 or so, which is proving to be a challenge. I’m dizzy! I’ve already mostly unpacked my suitcase and piled up a ton of souvenirs on my dresser. The cats are taking turns sitting on my lap. I should probably call my mom at gramma’s house before I go to sleep, but I’m afraid of that time commitment. Also, I have nearly 400 photos to edit! The trip was incredible and I’m about to cry again thinking back on it. I will, of course, make a massive travel journal entry about it at some point in the next couple weeks, but for now you can check out the weird photos on Flickr, and my top-10 moments list that I compiled on the jam-packed DC-10 from Amsterdam, to distract myself from the fact that we were convinced the flight was never, ever going to end. But it did! 40 minutes early, too!- Walking across the Charles Bridge, and rubbing the tiny figure of Saint John Nepomuk being thrown into the Vltava for good luck.
- Drinking absinthe.
- Setting foot onto the tarmac at the Budapest airport.
- Having dinner in the dining car on the way to Prague.
- Walking the streets Franz Kafka walked.
- Examining our stamps after one of several passport checks on the train, to discover we were entering Slovakia. It was like a bonus country. I got to see Bratislava and Brno, cities I’d heard a lot about in my Russian classes but never really expected to see.
- The view of the red-tiled roofs and spires of Prague from the top of the clock tower.
- Seeing the coastline of Europe for the first time in over 10 years.
- Relaxing with a bunch of naked Hungarian women in the mineral baths at the Gellert Hotel.
- The beginning of the Christmas festival last night in Old Town Square in Prague: fluffy, perfect snow falling, roasted chestnuts, a gigantic Christmas tree, grilled pastries, a choir performing the Carmina Burana, little booths with food and crafts, and a huge crowd of people from all over the world.
Jenni
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your questions, answered
q:how much money do you make in a year? you go on lots of awesome vacations! a: It would be tactless of me to answer that with a dollar amount, but I will point out that I work as a contractor in a fairly lucrative field, and I’m single with no financial obligations other than rent and a car payment. So yeah, I have a decent disposable income, which I prefer to direct towards one of my biggest passions: travel. I enjoy collecting those experiences. I want to see everything. So instead of spending my money on a fancy house or big-screen TV, that’s what I do. And I love it. |