Travel is What I Desire.

I want to Travel!!! Lately, I have been passing my time looking at all the amazing places I want to travel. I know, I traveled all last semester... But I have caught the travel bug and all I want to do now is explore the world, learn new languages, experience other cultures, and see the beautiful world! It's really hard to focus in school when my heart desires to be elsewhere. My heart desires to speak Spanish and go to:

Machu Picchu!

I learned in my Spanish class that Machu Picchu is an Incan city located 8,000 feet above sea level. It is the "lost city of the Incas." What I find amazing about Machu Picchu is that it wasn't discovered until 1911 because it is so hard to get to. How cool is that?!

Iguazu Falls!

Iguazu Falls are located on the border of Argentina and Brazil. It's an area that has about 275 waterfalls. It looks beautiful and amazing and I want to go.

St. Basil's Cathedral

This cathedral is located in Moscow, Russia. According to legend, after this cathedral was built Ivan the Terrible asked the architect/builder if another could be built like it. And the builder said yes, so Ivan the Terrible blinded the builder so that a cathedral as beautiful as this one would never be built again. I think it is a beautiful cathedral and I would like to see it in person....

Plitvice Lakes National Park, CroatiaWhat can I say? It's beautiful.

I want to go everywhere. Maybe one day, when I finally decide on a career, I will be able to travel as much as I would like. Until then, I will just have to be content looking at pictures. And exploring websites with amazing pictures.

Fair!

This last weekend I went to the Eastern Idaho State Fair with Kollin. It was a lot of fun! We skipped class on Thursday and left for Logan to watch Emma's soccer game. She is an amazing soccer player. I'm super proud of my little sister. She is pretty much awesome. On Friday we drove to Blackfoot and went to the fair!!

My family likes to watch the horse races so we spent most of the day watching the horse races. I'm not very good at guessing who is going to win but it is still good times. I love watching the Indian Horse Relays. They are always pretty exciting. The relays on Saturday were way exciting. People got ran over by horses and poles and it was pretty much awesome.

I love fair food! It delicious. I ate so much. Kollin had never eaten fair food at the fair before so... that was fun. We ate funnel cake, tiger ears, corn dogs, rice bowls, funnel cakes, ice cream, fried cheese curds, cheesecake on a stick! Pretty much anything that is delicious i ate.

There were tons of sweet animals at the fair. There was a cow thing called a Watusi. It's horns were HUGE!

It was fun because we could pet the animals so I got to pet a bunch of cute goats and sheep and adorable Vietnamese potbelly piglets. They were adorable! I want a cute little pig! That would be a lot of fun and it would be soooooo cute.
So, the most red-necked thing that we did at the fair was go to the Demolition Derby. Kollin and I were in the bleachers right close to all the action and there were sooooo many red-necks. I had beer spilled on me, people cussing all over the place, it was pretty funny. But I loved the derby. It was super fun to watch those cars get smooshed by other cars. There were a few fires, which was awesome. And there was a lot of smoke and mud and yup it rocked. I guess I am kind of a red-neck at heart.....
Pretty much, this past weekend was amazing! It was great to see my family again. I haven't seen most of my relatives since before I went to Europe so it was great seeing them. It was great to spend the weekend with Kollin and eat crap loads of fair food. Pretty much my weekend was "Udderly Fantastic."

Mustard, Mayonnaise, Catch-Up

So.... It's been a while.... Life has been busy. But great! I believe the last time I posted anything I was in Salzburg. So let's catch up.

Leisel and I spent our last days going around Salzburg like tourists. We took pictures with the Festung, Mirabell Gardens, pictures with the Festung at Mirabell. Typical touristy things. It was nice because it was actually sunny.
Then we said goodbye to the Zauggs. The Zauggs are the senior missionary couple that are assigned to the Salzburg area. They are amazing and took great care of me and Leisel while we were there. They are our Salzburg parents and I love them! After we said goodbye to Salzburg, Leisel and I headed for a weekend in Munich, Germany. It was a good weekend. We splurged and stayed at a hotel! First time we'd stayed in a hotel since February. It was nice. Munich was good. We were both kind of lazy and took the weekend nice and slow. But we saw some fun things. Like the old government building, some cool churches, and some cool gardens. It was a really nice weekend. Full of Kebap, Church, and good times. From Munich I headed home. It took a 10 hour flight, 2 hour layover in Atlanta, and 4 hour flight before I finally arrived in SALT LAKE CITY, UT! It was great seeing my family again! The next stop after SLC airport was Cafe Rio! Yup. It was delicious.

Once I got home, I caught up with friends and family and it was splendid. :) Two days later Gaby and I went to Park City to visit Kollin! It was a lot of fun. Gaby, Kollin, and I rode the Alpine Slides. Those things are sweet!

Then we swam a little and laid out in the sun and took a bunch of silly pictures. And we took some cute pictures too... So Park City was great. Since Park City I have been balancing life with friends and life at La Beau's.Life has been pretty splendid. Full of adventures. Getting ready to go back to Cedar City. Work. All that good stuff. Life is Europe was great, but I guess it is time to get back to the real world of work and school. I am so grateful for the time that I was able to spend over in Europe. I learned so much and saw so many things. It was an amazing experience. One that I will look back and cherish all my life.

A Lovely Story

This lovely story was written by me during my Tourism Management class today. I hope you enjoy it ;)

Once upon a time there was a girl. This girl was sitting in class. The class members were doing a presentation. During a particularly long and boring presentation the girl realized that she had the desire to go to the bathroom. She decided to wait until the end of the presentation to leave because that is the kind thing to do.

Well 40 long minutes went by and the group had not finished their presentation. This lovely girl began to feel very uncomfortable. She was fidgeting in her seat. Playing with her hands. Tapping her foot. She was doing everything she could to keep her mind off of her bladder. But the pressure in her bladder became unbearable. She thought she was going to die.

Just when she thought she was going to die an even worse thing happened. Her bladder exploded.She didn't realize such a thing was possible. But she discovered that she was, unfortunately, wrong.

13 days later, after a very excruciating time, she died. And everyone blamed the boring group and stupid class. THE END.

This story has some fact and some fiction in it. It's up to you to decide which is which.