tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255799171276548492024-03-13T13:05:45.897-05:00My Life --- An Adventure!?A YEAR IN MY LIFE......................... I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE I'LL BE!Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.comBlogger792125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-56240615040433480052017-01-18T09:50:00.001-06:002017-01-18T13:03:19.841-06:00Get Off My Back! ;)Ok - I have discovered I actually have two followers of my blog and one of them will not get off my back so... This ones for you follower number 1!<div><br></div><div>It's the new year!</div><div>And I'm off and running ... Literally... I'm trying to get back into my groove with Bikram and with the treadmill. And this year, I have a new puppy (well I don't have her, my sister does:) to introduce to the treadmill...</div><div><br></div><div>I've tortured her by putting her on the treadmill, and now she's a little angry at me!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEd2OXdTs5VX0YY9FWhA6mWq9BvaiPN1HR6FgFi1xUy2XWJGKBEhPpkX9g_SvBke5auzYdVTMpeO1Xch2E4KWae5cZN_-9Kwfd4ppkVW7JoeENrMMsRsDXs8rMWc_ggvIm_hsXEFUUWqI/s640/blogger-image-1686661524.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEd2OXdTs5VX0YY9FWhA6mWq9BvaiPN1HR6FgFi1xUy2XWJGKBEhPpkX9g_SvBke5auzYdVTMpeO1Xch2E4KWae5cZN_-9Kwfd4ppkVW7JoeENrMMsRsDXs8rMWc_ggvIm_hsXEFUUWqI/s640/blogger-image-1686661524.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBuFvWQQsMfafIVRaNGEbq_VUZ8FLh_K3ivYjc3GcJs9eQwMVoOlyDfOnLAXTkYyagvjhfVgBRaObXcBBwAYB7FKpdEHu6mUxzoHtrZ6NllS1chHAkGOoF_VD16hWFe2ERaL4abTCqaJw/s640/blogger-image--665379445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBuFvWQQsMfafIVRaNGEbq_VUZ8FLh_K3ivYjc3GcJs9eQwMVoOlyDfOnLAXTkYyagvjhfVgBRaObXcBBwAYB7FKpdEHu6mUxzoHtrZ6NllS1chHAkGOoF_VD16hWFe2ERaL4abTCqaJw/s640/blogger-image--665379445.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But I'm getting on it enough that MAYBE she'll get used to it - and I will too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And today I'm feeling a little like my old self... Back on the road for an occasional trip. And I'm discovering I miss it - but I maybe don't! I kind of hate saying goodbye to Sean and I'm missing a couple things because I'm gone Wednesday until Friday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So I haven't been on a plane since - December?:). But this is the funny thing ... United has this magazine called "hemispheres" that they always feature a trip. 3 days in.... So that's always the first thing I check every time I get on the plane in a new month. And somehow - I always connect to the article! I just planned a trip to Dubrovnik and I get on the plane and "three days in Dubrovnik". I was just asked by someone if I have any suggestions for their trip to San Francisco - get on the plane "three days in San Francisco"!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Today I'm headed to (well laguardia first - ack..) and then to Charlotte. My oldest sister lives about an hour and half from Charlotte so I'm gonna stay with her. She used to live in Mexico City. I get on the plane today and ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSy3nv2UQT7oIWcMC191p0LSR-D8AA8bN68OT6jjPEx3aRQmoQZC3OZ1ZVrZHMZqKk0olP18bsd8gZ1u81lQcMTbhEyGO4cuVhOZE39ZGjo767-cxDiQWC-ETeOfIrc8jUsbHWw1eG9Hc/s640/blogger-image--1718404735.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSy3nv2UQT7oIWcMC191p0LSR-D8AA8bN68OT6jjPEx3aRQmoQZC3OZ1ZVrZHMZqKk0olP18bsd8gZ1u81lQcMTbhEyGO4cuVhOZE39ZGjo767-cxDiQWC-ETeOfIrc8jUsbHWw1eG9Hc/s640/blogger-image--1718404735.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Ok - isn't that weird!</div><div><br></div><div>So anyways - here I am in the good old big apple... Not my favorite city:(. At Laguardia, not my favorite airport! And in my head, the recent movie that I just watched "Sully" is playing in my head... And I'm thinking - please don't let us land in the Hudson!:)</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0EsJS-FRD-2SRWD-9MxwohqXsj5sBiNBeAg6MzN81uMlcQ8zapYUX9Z7yiNSPIJNsRpLDBxKVTCVA7rHjheYV8zrgxIWp9SR_EeYoDLK8_SlbniYEdfuQu0BN6pWL3-XFsmMNXSp9_I/s640/blogger-image--1959083321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0EsJS-FRD-2SRWD-9MxwohqXsj5sBiNBeAg6MzN81uMlcQ8zapYUX9Z7yiNSPIJNsRpLDBxKVTCVA7rHjheYV8zrgxIWp9SR_EeYoDLK8_SlbniYEdfuQu0BN6pWL3-XFsmMNXSp9_I/s640/blogger-image--1959083321.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I'll try to keep posting!! I do have a big and exciting, and life changing year happening so ...:). </div><div><br></div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-42461462030899278272016-09-23T13:00:00.001-05:002016-09-23T13:00:12.355-05:00Really?Is it sad when you realize the high point of your day at work is when you can evenly coat a new tile with blood? <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipq9P6myNh10BIwXIGcGzg8XVx5Xa54xR5qXbagqrEeOfZioQRcSBDiGaAzaADoZf-5MYhB0-i9qi8HxiSaHmIiEqc4GDQia7-8gg5lUL-ziBrLeEuOWLMeMuYCGutDvQLY8pi9wD14d0/s640/blogger-image-16684329.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipq9P6myNh10BIwXIGcGzg8XVx5Xa54xR5qXbagqrEeOfZioQRcSBDiGaAzaADoZf-5MYhB0-i9qi8HxiSaHmIiEqc4GDQia7-8gg5lUL-ziBrLeEuOWLMeMuYCGutDvQLY8pi9wD14d0/s640/blogger-image-16684329.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>(I'm not revealing whose blood this is...):)</div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-13485881893301997232016-09-13T17:40:00.001-05:002016-09-13T17:40:12.402-05:00A Relaxing Day In Sveti StefanRight down the road from where were staying theres a village and an island called Sveti Stefan. Technically, in English it's Saint Stefan but we like to call it Sweart Stephen!:)<div><br></div><div>So our last day we wanted to relax and have another beach experience. I'd heard all of these bad things abort Sveti Stefan but I still wanted to go. And being that it was close to home we decided to check it out.</div><div><br></div><div>What an amazing experience! Seriously almost the best day!</div><div><br></div><div>We got there about 11 and quickly and easily found FREE parking. And then walked down stairs to a public beach - instantly being blown away by the view we saw as soon as we came to the beach!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQUfLtBSGf2MAomKoA5Y4hMqWdssFLBXnm9w_BmDcDBTYb47HWjbVhj_3JsEYFSS9CBU5eA-itr8M8nMJEmFfSAj0i4BAUyZSEzZ1cBv8Ch7CD2M1Zk-VRtDVJKF5nHUMXK7s5Njg4gk/s640/blogger-image-1217536558.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQUfLtBSGf2MAomKoA5Y4hMqWdssFLBXnm9w_BmDcDBTYb47HWjbVhj_3JsEYFSS9CBU5eA-itr8M8nMJEmFfSAj0i4BAUyZSEzZ1cBv8Ch7CD2M1Zk-VRtDVJKF5nHUMXK7s5Njg4gk/s640/blogger-image-1217536558.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Sveti Stefan is actually a privately owned island ... It's owned by the Amman group and so its all hotel properties going ar around 800 euro a night! The only way to get on the island is to stay there and they've got guards posted on the bridge going over to make sure you don't go!!</div><div><br></div><div>But - it doesn't stop people from sunning on the beautiful beach looking at the island!</div><div><br></div><div>We ended up paying about 25 euro for two really comfy beach recliners and an umbrella - it was so worth it!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisI0UBqGKj97aLmrNHJq1i2fQbD6gPT0ZaWOlZpQLUbpiv7R9Y5p9Me8p7rR_0NwX-zf9WPNfdKyutjq04f2ScsIBiWZ8DiKqOxkCzm9FVFK7-HmyPQ5HEz7lp2F_KfYOuaXJ0XLBWRWo/s640/blogger-image--424491897.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisI0UBqGKj97aLmrNHJq1i2fQbD6gPT0ZaWOlZpQLUbpiv7R9Y5p9Me8p7rR_0NwX-zf9WPNfdKyutjq04f2ScsIBiWZ8DiKqOxkCzm9FVFK7-HmyPQ5HEz7lp2F_KfYOuaXJ0XLBWRWo/s640/blogger-image--424491897.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>And the rest of the day we spent sunning and then going in the, honestly frigid, but totally refreshing water! God seriously has given us such amazing weather! And today was one of the best!</div><div><br></div><div>The water here is crystal clear! You can swim all the way out to the ropes and it way deep but you can clearly see to the bottom! So crazy!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9oPfiyNIWWUex5OAL6ZsEnzNuhgDgPJBrkdrbWOPjYpA1RCaE_CDiMDhPdBSULfIc5BnYjrIA_Qis6ydzHT_orbOQDUEzVdFaAfITuE1l6mcClaM9syI3gwp2jGLgVPLjyNBvrtso3s/s640/blogger-image--1926468237.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9oPfiyNIWWUex5OAL6ZsEnzNuhgDgPJBrkdrbWOPjYpA1RCaE_CDiMDhPdBSULfIc5BnYjrIA_Qis6ydzHT_orbOQDUEzVdFaAfITuE1l6mcClaM9syI3gwp2jGLgVPLjyNBvrtso3s/s640/blogger-image--1926468237.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>And as you swim you have this amazing view of this ancient island...</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfyBS8YUnfn6qfjS5SNbUXZ9ALNeo_62fB1sIF0mdrOSnjs5SqxU82mO9WvAiUiIhEVQVc6RpKrar8qyIQyfuq179xwRCE3IZVRjJDy7UEFSU2Wv81JNMHd7GhfoLMvkQKFI3KWLXFnWo/s640/blogger-image-775404870.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfyBS8YUnfn6qfjS5SNbUXZ9ALNeo_62fB1sIF0mdrOSnjs5SqxU82mO9WvAiUiIhEVQVc6RpKrar8qyIQyfuq179xwRCE3IZVRjJDy7UEFSU2Wv81JNMHd7GhfoLMvkQKFI3KWLXFnWo/s640/blogger-image-775404870.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Needless to say by about 5 pm we had browned up nicely and decided to change and then take a stroll and look for a restaurant.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqckka_WOmfdLkAUUVUfrbpBF9OOZ8w_wIjyPxmz2lRbVBxSerUQDosRKrLGPXLBpSccZauoZdRpQ2BFl_hzuMlARG3NAkqngocay1Js67pVVHMWFwEhndF1DbANquQn0APOnYtTXCbJo/s640/blogger-image-1020460139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqckka_WOmfdLkAUUVUfrbpBF9OOZ8w_wIjyPxmz2lRbVBxSerUQDosRKrLGPXLBpSccZauoZdRpQ2BFl_hzuMlARG3NAkqngocay1Js67pVVHMWFwEhndF1DbANquQn0APOnYtTXCbJo/s640/blogger-image-1020460139.jpg"></a></div> There's a path alone the sea that runs all the way from Budva a few miles down to Sveti Stefan. So we leisurely strolled he path being swept away by the amazing views!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWBVaMptBN8fF6oaeVby0-URwh9rtlnBwu5jwtexQVMpS7n7QkzZdCmeCP-rslEb5lcOIEiRGI1k2sxnpe6huW-l7YL-NXN6wm5yb_EsvqT15o59-sVaReeK1A0VFenh40jnEgHbikjc/s640/blogger-image--1467881847.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWBVaMptBN8fF6oaeVby0-URwh9rtlnBwu5jwtexQVMpS7n7QkzZdCmeCP-rslEb5lcOIEiRGI1k2sxnpe6huW-l7YL-NXN6wm5yb_EsvqT15o59-sVaReeK1A0VFenh40jnEgHbikjc/s640/blogger-image--1467881847.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Look at how incredible the water is! Pictures don't do it justice!!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWF2n2Yv4cAfeZIuMpNVkmc-SHSKKtdvORA9mCoa-8L_GUQfdlbSKkQriJ42UDf10T0iPbHbMsE3fF4IUs8G1wrD7fDKj6JZnU6ikAVKAiL70vw9uFLkc9jdzOEo4yN4FcC1pxdYJNPOw/s640/blogger-image-698943463.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWF2n2Yv4cAfeZIuMpNVkmc-SHSKKtdvORA9mCoa-8L_GUQfdlbSKkQriJ42UDf10T0iPbHbMsE3fF4IUs8G1wrD7fDKj6JZnU6ikAVKAiL70vw9uFLkc9jdzOEo4yN4FcC1pxdYJNPOw/s640/blogger-image-698943463.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ok this is crazy... The Adriatic Sea is salt water - and here's a swan by the water! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_H6m27jTQlxjkYHqymPsdPGUv17dcQ0SQ7xkuuYXLFNv6wo9LUspnsDHw4NR5ELnEZu8Fp7eOc1UgKuA3W3L_r4v9KTCcoUleAxwM30A-G-Oe7VCGTtPnggT2jJB2X2saL1_ovoyt7w/s640/blogger-image--295167967.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_H6m27jTQlxjkYHqymPsdPGUv17dcQ0SQ7xkuuYXLFNv6wo9LUspnsDHw4NR5ELnEZu8Fp7eOc1UgKuA3W3L_r4v9KTCcoUleAxwM30A-G-Oe7VCGTtPnggT2jJB2X2saL1_ovoyt7w/s640/blogger-image--295167967.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8l0TVS7owO8Y8ueeTBwsiBz3nY6-lEwqDslTFFiwFv4LlVdNZJ_5-ye86GyZ2ceBgDWxGL9pl2kLiyzcMzXPIOgClJRCxMfdBGW5464gkEdIQiKVC4yIa69Ys7u_HM39JsygQ4DR3XaU/s640/blogger-image--2144498440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8l0TVS7owO8Y8ueeTBwsiBz3nY6-lEwqDslTFFiwFv4LlVdNZJ_5-ye86GyZ2ceBgDWxGL9pl2kLiyzcMzXPIOgClJRCxMfdBGW5464gkEdIQiKVC4yIa69Ys7u_HM39JsygQ4DR3XaU/s640/blogger-image--2144498440.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNLqf_-d6VN9hpErUvgjq-eq4ovMq2BrQTmvKU7An4-Xl0BSDFE8euCBBeQ1cLnTG52zt2-tGK4ou79aGIHOLZ9-GBZuA4leQeZ6ODZfiIKYlFaM-Noy54VXH4BzxPR9giZOW3da6vvM/s640/blogger-image-2144641749.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNLqf_-d6VN9hpErUvgjq-eq4ovMq2BrQTmvKU7An4-Xl0BSDFE8euCBBeQ1cLnTG52zt2-tGK4ou79aGIHOLZ9-GBZuA4leQeZ6ODZfiIKYlFaM-Noy54VXH4BzxPR9giZOW3da6vvM/s640/blogger-image-2144641749.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7tPXrFOj9dytSJBV6wGlcrtPxre8EuTK7M2M2m2Yb9fLg6w9W5Av_mBsKuDUJ3I_rgrbd-8U_fMfu1w0sph44utgBS8ymyW0Z19yYyKKsQLWfI_kXkJBxogQ2tf4QXs0rM-cbozvcQG8/s640/blogger-image-713390938.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7tPXrFOj9dytSJBV6wGlcrtPxre8EuTK7M2M2m2Yb9fLg6w9W5Av_mBsKuDUJ3I_rgrbd-8U_fMfu1w0sph44utgBS8ymyW0Z19yYyKKsQLWfI_kXkJBxogQ2tf4QXs0rM-cbozvcQG8/s640/blogger-image-713390938.jpg"></a></div><br></div>We walked back and found a restaurant ... It was called Olive Restaurant. We stopped here and there was a wedding going on and the food looked good - so we stayed!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheOScqmAp44axwZO3qrzbtJVWUOry-8MtdOem1OHFarnCeaNBYuWnOHYoQMSa5h6AwNG-mNxBIBaxFgtB33pHAMY22vwi21Qxjl3-Cz5FYnb3PB9dxx9szfHFzlO1PILqZtOKZ47GdNYc/s640/blogger-image--296814012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheOScqmAp44axwZO3qrzbtJVWUOry-8MtdOem1OHFarnCeaNBYuWnOHYoQMSa5h6AwNG-mNxBIBaxFgtB33pHAMY22vwi21Qxjl3-Cz5FYnb3PB9dxx9szfHFzlO1PILqZtOKZ47GdNYc/s640/blogger-image--296814012.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbINE7-HVGJdzBeaOLmmX6jShMDwwlU69wDDCkA2gz4MuFOqGq4oIr8WcoyIXszQJSL0LMDtp3xRl9L6vzSmNuza9xCBSmmPbN2mRADx9HO-piBVpI1SDn5ZKAtdW0T6sWcxO3goPJn4/s640/blogger-image--1790330404.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbINE7-HVGJdzBeaOLmmX6jShMDwwlU69wDDCkA2gz4MuFOqGq4oIr8WcoyIXszQJSL0LMDtp3xRl9L6vzSmNuza9xCBSmmPbN2mRADx9HO-piBVpI1SDn5ZKAtdW0T6sWcxO3goPJn4/s640/blogger-image--1790330404.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>We ordered some shellfish stew... And then she came back and said they were out of the stew and they were so sorry - could they fix us soemthing with shellfish in it and kind of make up for it. She explained something in a broken accent and we agreed to it...</div><div><br></div><div>Then we watched the sun set some more.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5fehonyLpMxXDzAHtagCSYlXiB-4zjQQlTD_J77_eUMIDn6vn6sv11ZXJr-HO3CoM93ekkxttbNok1LT-N9CRInz36cFvZa88LWDyssST_nugvj3Ub5lmBvmY1bAfOK7PEIWlcNS0KPY/s640/blogger-image--2090698269.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5fehonyLpMxXDzAHtagCSYlXiB-4zjQQlTD_J77_eUMIDn6vn6sv11ZXJr-HO3CoM93ekkxttbNok1LT-N9CRInz36cFvZa88LWDyssST_nugvj3Ub5lmBvmY1bAfOK7PEIWlcNS0KPY/s640/blogger-image--2090698269.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>And then they brought our salad...</div><div>Mine was an amazing Greek salad!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFixWsdQWZOfG4t1yOxS_OteJi5t9L9WnTq4HsQ80sYbs2R9frfqwZWi61LEniiZb1SDX3-LnBO2tFkPbd_NXpcNg8moph8ybnA3VgQl0wHiE5yOICZIeKgaTyFD6LmgTFrGuK4H2SRQs/s640/blogger-image--417294795.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFixWsdQWZOfG4t1yOxS_OteJi5t9L9WnTq4HsQ80sYbs2R9frfqwZWi61LEniiZb1SDX3-LnBO2tFkPbd_NXpcNg8moph8ybnA3VgQl0wHiE5yOICZIeKgaTyFD6LmgTFrGuK4H2SRQs/s640/blogger-image--417294795.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>More sun setting.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKVEl3RkloF7HiWkyskWBKHD0S4niYvm1OoqFgwu_eS3XDyCtTK_5WAp-rw4jJUtyXTGI5D9YRe36ZBG3YupMte5Ghqf6m1bKOIyKi5w10lOnRaFE3lfHd7G8S3XWbTPsq1JlfILYGUhY/s640/blogger-image--1642040887.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKVEl3RkloF7HiWkyskWBKHD0S4niYvm1OoqFgwu_eS3XDyCtTK_5WAp-rw4jJUtyXTGI5D9YRe36ZBG3YupMte5Ghqf6m1bKOIyKi5w10lOnRaFE3lfHd7G8S3XWbTPsq1JlfILYGUhY/s640/blogger-image--1642040887.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>And the we jumped in shock when she finally presented our main course!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTUWBRfuQiwmDlMfIxKyhSZvBtr-2kOfJTq2Q5MJtSv5hS_nmsxVTHjfYdHSjUW0DpmpLAjnBWDDCbXtjbv8p52k9gJsqHEVcBR6EiN9XDgL00L4r1tGX_3OCWZzgrAlTFJSJ0POrclc/s640/blogger-image--1957460841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTUWBRfuQiwmDlMfIxKyhSZvBtr-2kOfJTq2Q5MJtSv5hS_nmsxVTHjfYdHSjUW0DpmpLAjnBWDDCbXtjbv8p52k9gJsqHEVcBR6EiN9XDgL00L4r1tGX_3OCWZzgrAlTFJSJ0POrclc/s640/blogger-image--1957460841.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Wha????...</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeN5ZEEwBL_DqM4Bv3njWLgNvWGpZuqiHvJiJI4D-1JQreHcVQoDeLfNfvInUDvObuzYQV8LR5GqWwKipbcTJA_jpsJDfiGoDxV175s9oc7r9710e4pCwwKEUDgMHB4q9EaLEI8KkEMg8/s640/blogger-image-1414393875.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeN5ZEEwBL_DqM4Bv3njWLgNvWGpZuqiHvJiJI4D-1JQreHcVQoDeLfNfvInUDvObuzYQV8LR5GqWwKipbcTJA_jpsJDfiGoDxV175s9oc7r9710e4pCwwKEUDgMHB4q9EaLEI8KkEMg8/s640/blogger-image-1414393875.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Massive! But delicious!</div><div><br></div><div>And finally we went to leave and</div><div>More sun set!!!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ra_6PR9oy00UiEMPSW4ODYwSX-X6XKHuYoS9BsZhvRonZEA-HKuNyFU_RrjrcPEXr2Q871rKJr_7QeBeXMXvZbZLtmHn0cu2djdxAhi10wZCy7kN5Y856vUrK9eVxPgRk4LRmvHPWmc/s640/blogger-image--82639914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ra_6PR9oy00UiEMPSW4ODYwSX-X6XKHuYoS9BsZhvRonZEA-HKuNyFU_RrjrcPEXr2Q871rKJr_7QeBeXMXvZbZLtmHn0cu2djdxAhi10wZCy7kN5Y856vUrK9eVxPgRk4LRmvHPWmc/s640/blogger-image--82639914.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Amazing sun set!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimQ3H0Ak8keJhcfROcaUUDhO7Q2lfjgYvbtB3ZWdBDk4GjKyJ0FGepEUsD2k62A8fDHS43CodWbB6H1yBC0ctomMK8XemDmwESazCUR1rJh2hlxJ_pNLNrPj9f4zYL5Nn-ZU1d44mKvf0/s640/blogger-image-1295167972.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimQ3H0Ak8keJhcfROcaUUDhO7Q2lfjgYvbtB3ZWdBDk4GjKyJ0FGepEUsD2k62A8fDHS43CodWbB6H1yBC0ctomMK8XemDmwESazCUR1rJh2hlxJ_pNLNrPj9f4zYL5Nn-ZU1d44mKvf0/s640/blogger-image-1295167972.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXYrg_yjnaN2_vHiutwwvJzEsuMbhbPl8QtWXdT5wKYo7Z6VDyvT6iSZNGyrfIWA_CbfIDzPoLAWV5izoz1I4EHoJyqN_z_uUYYEpsx7y4elvZSGYV5_GAadyUNoMiLYbeM0d_DXfGdlo/s640/blogger-image-266137129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXYrg_yjnaN2_vHiutwwvJzEsuMbhbPl8QtWXdT5wKYo7Z6VDyvT6iSZNGyrfIWA_CbfIDzPoLAWV5izoz1I4EHoJyqN_z_uUYYEpsx7y4elvZSGYV5_GAadyUNoMiLYbeM0d_DXfGdlo/s640/blogger-image-266137129.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And then we started walking back to the car... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And the opposite way there is the moon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0O3k-5UVXPSzwjh3dXy_QTPeXsZaGgT5jXgY0IAh799YXQHGe7LxmP5JUt6W1KJyDWBcSlA6tvtEdGagQmrTV9UN_VJDV3LW9HsFwPDhxpVl2CZIdFBdL37gFotOn1kpEWLA2fby44Qg/s640/blogger-image-1052330843.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0O3k-5UVXPSzwjh3dXy_QTPeXsZaGgT5jXgY0IAh799YXQHGe7LxmP5JUt6W1KJyDWBcSlA6tvtEdGagQmrTV9UN_VJDV3LW9HsFwPDhxpVl2CZIdFBdL37gFotOn1kpEWLA2fby44Qg/s640/blogger-image-1052330843.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Beautiful day! Beautiful sun! Beautiful sky! Beautiful evening!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzOAW4uTnLqxRl3I92258kJamwdPcv554JOKIDlYpJcfz3lGA7ACm9kWkfyFkwo_ggv1MABh4a40O35uVNtlbgu8Rpd7ASqUIbGbfnOeTWZgHQeO68aq4oSb9QpeBp8CgL2Hu0VtHJEnM/s640/blogger-image-1152305482.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzOAW4uTnLqxRl3I92258kJamwdPcv554JOKIDlYpJcfz3lGA7ACm9kWkfyFkwo_ggv1MABh4a40O35uVNtlbgu8Rpd7ASqUIbGbfnOeTWZgHQeO68aq4oSb9QpeBp8CgL2Hu0VtHJEnM/s640/blogger-image-1152305482.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-34985608979339071392016-09-13T04:33:00.001-05:002016-09-13T04:33:44.105-05:00Bye Ioana:(. Hello Dubrovnik!:)Sunday came and we were sad to realize that it was already time for Ioana to leave us to get to a conference back in Romania. We begged and pleaded and tried to find a way to get her to stay - but to no avail. <div><br></div><div>With her bags packed, we loaded into the car about 8:30 in the a.m. in order to get her to Dubrovnik for her 3 p.m. flight.</div><div><br></div><div>So here's the thing if you drive from Budva to Dubrovnik. First of all, check the map before you go - even if you have a GPS, just check things out to be sure.</div><div><br></div><div>And second, if the GPS tells you to go across the water on your route, and there's a ferry there - do yourself a favor and don't think that you can find some magical path that the GPS didn't think of. Just don't fight it, get in line for the ferry and get on it.</div><div><br></div><div>As it turns out, we are your life lesson! </div><div>We passed the ferry and said - it's just taking us to he other side and we can see a road going around the mountain there - which we proceeded to take through small winding roads in villages that butted right up to the water. Turning and twisting and shifting up and down and pulling over when another car came towards us. And then after about 30 or so minutes we got to a village by Kotor and we know - we were going a very very long way out of the way and he next urn would bring us back to the road that would bring us back to the road that would bring us back to the ferry... And so we gave up and we took that road and headed back to the ferry.</div><div><br></div><div>And we got to the ferry - and we got in line and got on the ferry for the quick 20 minute ride across the water to the other side...</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht__QTCbDU7wQh1orIO7ldRzTTCwq3g9rZo5t1tgYJtNEtxd9Sn1Q_tHBFP0Pkb6uJMrrlDH0aVPqqq2n2npJ3HD6fAl44p2FdfZGCD-9HfTo6oS-4J0dwr6R9all8AX9E3yi8uypYeUw/s640/blogger-image--1903737404.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht__QTCbDU7wQh1orIO7ldRzTTCwq3g9rZo5t1tgYJtNEtxd9Sn1Q_tHBFP0Pkb6uJMrrlDH0aVPqqq2n2npJ3HD6fAl44p2FdfZGCD-9HfTo6oS-4J0dwr6R9all8AX9E3yi8uypYeUw/s640/blogger-image--1903737404.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>And we were happy ...</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBsL3RVwtUzK4q6rsBrLpMHscxZ10xIk3Qj4vyUeYWUwq_0I99RjEd6hjsme01-yZ91H-T4UvbP1vVG7_xwaKQM17Xla7cfaL4KNua-zigtwrQjBG6ach0_cUiDYibX5LfzOOmncrWMEs/s640/blogger-image--1073828408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBsL3RVwtUzK4q6rsBrLpMHscxZ10xIk3Qj4vyUeYWUwq_0I99RjEd6hjsme01-yZ91H-T4UvbP1vVG7_xwaKQM17Xla7cfaL4KNua-zigtwrQjBG6ach0_cUiDYibX5LfzOOmncrWMEs/s640/blogger-image--1073828408.jpg"></a></div><br></div>And we smiled...</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6kreYb89FxL4-j6NFq3glo3ysCWsCG_ja2P8LHhQTRXNVx18_MKvsbe5QupE6N3mDfIHafnI02DiYRUWbj483ZAm6523m99UMG5kRzwa0NHqjaUkRIUgFf0V0xpU30wCOHklhmwmPcE/s640/blogger-image-592816375.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6kreYb89FxL4-j6NFq3glo3ysCWsCG_ja2P8LHhQTRXNVx18_MKvsbe5QupE6N3mDfIHafnI02DiYRUWbj483ZAm6523m99UMG5kRzwa0NHqjaUkRIUgFf0V0xpU30wCOHklhmwmPcE/s640/blogger-image-592816375.jpg"></a></div>And we peacefully watched the town we had passed through twice, pass behind us! And we were never so happy!</div><div><br></div><div>So because we are coming from Montenegro into Croatia, we got to two borders we had to cross - which took us forever! We had to go through Montenegro...</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBU0D67P9TpuWPxuoIhdIJqz5NFKEa_NNM9xxqzTAtKwM6PKx34hwlyFEddxtvE_s3C4kv8SRolyrDp6wFVrZrbqZaTxIN0RjivnhZNxqWkZG9tu4SeCQGu1v_dbrD-Pm_Rrvx-eHpc7I/s640/blogger-image-474120328.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBU0D67P9TpuWPxuoIhdIJqz5NFKEa_NNM9xxqzTAtKwM6PKx34hwlyFEddxtvE_s3C4kv8SRolyrDp6wFVrZrbqZaTxIN0RjivnhZNxqWkZG9tu4SeCQGu1v_dbrD-Pm_Rrvx-eHpc7I/s640/blogger-image-474120328.jpg"></a></div>And then Croatia which just looked like another of he above border controls. Even though Croatia and Montengro are part of the EU, neither country is a Schengen country which means that their borders are not open. There are 26 Schengen countries where you can freely go through what used to be old border controls. Hungary, Austria, Poland - those are some of the open border counties within the EU. So once I change planes through Frankfurt or Munich, I'm free to roam 26 countries without having my border checked again!</div><div><br></div><div>So anyways - two long lines at two borders and then about 30 more minutes and we were dropping Ioana at the Dubrovnik airport.</div><div><br></div><div>And I said goodbye to Seans blue suitcase that had carried photos, memorabilia and many other things back and forth between home and Jacksonville. One last pict of blue and one last pict of Ioana! (Well for now:)</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgna5PHQjQrwWgIl_gVhjt11h2KVjXoR-AjzmgNuiWvlU0-jmxeeNOu4n2jOB1oCL3XqpachGbKfUKJn02R7EQkyepCtwLsEO2TipQC7YlyJC-3IKUwO64W1Ha-wWG6s4yWS4v3ZfVPQUs/s640/blogger-image-103885718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgna5PHQjQrwWgIl_gVhjt11h2KVjXoR-AjzmgNuiWvlU0-jmxeeNOu4n2jOB1oCL3XqpachGbKfUKJn02R7EQkyepCtwLsEO2TipQC7YlyJC-3IKUwO64W1Ha-wWG6s4yWS4v3ZfVPQUs/s640/blogger-image-103885718.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>And then Mel and I drove the remaining 40 plus minutes through the mountains to Dubrovnik! One of my favorite cities! I was so excited to introduce Melissa to it!</div><div><br></div><div>We walked through the old city and went to a restaurant on the water that I've eaten at before - a quick snack before we did some more wandering.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XArDQ7hdTcPfBBe9RisOGK4-DphvYZibpQpLaA37CylaDLumruCj63rA6J2Onp35o7DMAhQCdZyAlN5zpsiieApIFpIcc5S_aLWvrS_pa6-F8OqaW-UrO31pITIgJmoQ8dZ3N8FVECE/s640/blogger-image-1623879632.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XArDQ7hdTcPfBBe9RisOGK4-DphvYZibpQpLaA37CylaDLumruCj63rA6J2Onp35o7DMAhQCdZyAlN5zpsiieApIFpIcc5S_aLWvrS_pa6-F8OqaW-UrO31pITIgJmoQ8dZ3N8FVECE/s640/blogger-image-1623879632.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigHUXX57bJNIAxD29-ZXbZ6R8OCt5Rdt7VpXIYEJKbUNt5PGd7gHgZP1fiMRv2c_r-hW-FoKy3P7B7ZXPk9IL9A6N5jwO0eEzWfPWkFZnvyujLSVmhyphenhyphenbN2mmOlCqEpnYqGRsvrqDr6rc8/s640/blogger-image-1934334530.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It had taken us like 3 hours to get here and we weren't sure what borders and ferries were going to look like so we headed out.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDCaeU6z6AHt2x5ctZhaW1j5V9FS2ATrQDUbSkPUyur2_fKYEcgNAJToLPlr6SLGNTKZLUXVWlZpBURjAQJtLRtT52TjX8MV1uVNYlOoa-l0EdBNceW4xyDb1mOIc6ZwpRs7o6bsuiiY/s640/blogger-image-986899681.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDCaeU6z6AHt2x5ctZhaW1j5V9FS2ATrQDUbSkPUyur2_fKYEcgNAJToLPlr6SLGNTKZLUXVWlZpBURjAQJtLRtT52TjX8MV1uVNYlOoa-l0EdBNceW4xyDb1mOIc6ZwpRs7o6bsuiiY/s640/blogger-image-986899681.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>And stopped up at a pull out at the top of the mountain to take one more look out at what was now a city that Melissa loves too! Dubrovnik!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg30VXkYXHayjTwWhVRUlgu8OzcRFcktyzm-MccFnPtaTycEFxHfMhcHHctqX-iWkUrA823AuDok6Q0WTESkgxymAVK1WMtr743riHOJ2GTiLCFdlco6HEClStSuO6CDXDng8XYxGJCROo/s640/blogger-image--453806552.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg30VXkYXHayjTwWhVRUlgu8OzcRFcktyzm-MccFnPtaTycEFxHfMhcHHctqX-iWkUrA823AuDok6Q0WTESkgxymAVK1WMtr743riHOJ2GTiLCFdlco6HEClStSuO6CDXDng8XYxGJCROo/s640/blogger-image--453806552.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-40511194019661284142016-09-13T02:07:00.001-05:002016-09-13T05:17:14.662-05:00What I Came To Montenegro For! Kotor!So to be honest - the whole reason I came to Montengro - Kotor! <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Everyone is talking about Kotor and everyone starts talking about a place you better get there soon before it's completely overrun with tourists!</span><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">So we got up Friday morning, used up the Mexican leftovers with my version of Huevos Rancheros...</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSPrsBp7VmHlTkyE5OJ_eFPWjuH_mJ57YEK4EWvdE34n9efadT2CtiegxJB5-Nn1DR-p9uXRdLA1nPPCRBkRgT5434vEzYaMeF_wEKo6ZcQWONPLaePPqyTj76iB3WEfv_WVrrj4s-O4g/s640/blogger-image-1417244539.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSPrsBp7VmHlTkyE5OJ_eFPWjuH_mJ57YEK4EWvdE34n9efadT2CtiegxJB5-Nn1DR-p9uXRdLA1nPPCRBkRgT5434vEzYaMeF_wEKo6ZcQWONPLaePPqyTj76iB3WEfv_WVrrj4s-O4g/s640/blogger-image-1417244539.jpg"></a></div>May I add... Yum!:)</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Then we got dressed, piled in the car with our running shoes on, and took off on the 40 minute drive inside the mountains to the inlet from the sea where Kotor resides.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">We found parking pretty easily, paid and then set off down the sidewalk following the signs that pointed to old town. Going inside the city walls, he familiarity is very real - like so many other local old towns it's so very Venice feeling...</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2pYv4ABeCc9F4TrKA-Ns1CddO0kQki6RNkdgB3iWkO3ElNiXOLbUa9jMSZKUVBaqGs1b14vK_Agh9pW4oGIoO7ZHk_fNjtKTEyya5UzqSBQj2u-JXaDtLooh-92DK-Jdx0E8EuESXVk/s640/blogger-image-288579200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2pYv4ABeCc9F4TrKA-Ns1CddO0kQki6RNkdgB3iWkO3ElNiXOLbUa9jMSZKUVBaqGs1b14vK_Agh9pW4oGIoO7ZHk_fNjtKTEyya5UzqSBQj2u-JXaDtLooh-92DK-Jdx0E8EuESXVk/s640/blogger-image-288579200.jpg"></a></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div>And right when we walked in a local folk dancing group greeted us...</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQVJl0HiWWTbVFgkI0dqZF85cEEIoDyO6epWQHgFcf3VZVC9V9LY7MlNm8apmWwG9JOc4Oyz9zgDPo1UedKrKClAVCK8B3RgQAU3Ufnq4a6JU6b_Q6nUGY8ImSr47gjJq9DRobe6n9zk/s640/blogger-image-408455718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQVJl0HiWWTbVFgkI0dqZF85cEEIoDyO6epWQHgFcf3VZVC9V9LY7MlNm8apmWwG9JOc4Oyz9zgDPo1UedKrKClAVCK8B3RgQAU3Ufnq4a6JU6b_Q6nUGY8ImSr47gjJq9DRobe6n9zk/s640/blogger-image-408455718.jpg"></a></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div>But we couldn't be distracted! We had a mountain to climb! Literally! </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">We were aimed for the starting point at the back of the city where the steps start up to the fortress at the top of the mountain, 1350 steps up 1200 feet - and the reward - well from what I'd heard the reward was well worth it!</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Ok we did get distracted looking for a washroom... We were warned to make sure to go before we started our ascent so Mel and I were pretty frantic in looking for one! We wandered around and got distracted by a giant Pippi Longstocking looking doll hanging over one of the back walls so we went out to check it out. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">I also discovered something...</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">I love Conan O'Briend and one of the bits he does in Albania he does "the old razz ma tazz" and all of the locals loved it. </font></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">https://youtu.be/wWnKSTNYtcU</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So we were telling Ioana about it and I started doing "the old razz ma tazz" and dog gone it if they didn't encourage me by laughing. So I was doing it - and I've discovered that apparently when Americans do "the old razz ma tazz", non Americans laugh! Now I'm not sure if this is from true entertainment, or perhaps pity? But if you want to be the funny American - well, if it worked for Conan!</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBLBOwO05jmaRvLnWC8jMzIEEfj7SEgxUtdTAIdRE_iqsRU-ATzc0bl3YnByWOKmEEqYZIIWen8PhAv89HLTUNNm9nUN_4c44JmDHEt9FHduPElagm11bMKyCZ8LwQqEfbhJYARLGbySs/s640/blogger-image--173726643.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBLBOwO05jmaRvLnWC8jMzIEEfj7SEgxUtdTAIdRE_iqsRU-ATzc0bl3YnByWOKmEEqYZIIWen8PhAv89HLTUNNm9nUN_4c44JmDHEt9FHduPElagm11bMKyCZ8LwQqEfbhJYARLGbySs/s640/blogger-image--173726643.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjM6Vov_Q5eeylUzpMx3OkmhDaxFNzfr1e1ONW87y9GYv_RoZMx8yicOvDGFMLmCSW_AAqd-I8XzJ57cmI5LoBQMZMhCRZMWa1NQ4duMP3nCoSm3MJmsG846z57HDL5jJfUH5egdtEgo/s640/blogger-image--793762614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjM6Vov_Q5eeylUzpMx3OkmhDaxFNzfr1e1ONW87y9GYv_RoZMx8yicOvDGFMLmCSW_AAqd-I8XzJ57cmI5LoBQMZMhCRZMWa1NQ4duMP3nCoSm3MJmsG846z57HDL5jJfUH5egdtEgo/s640/blogger-image--793762614.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Anyways - we finally razz ma tazzed our way back to the center of the town where we paid a euro (Montenegro uses euros whereas the neighboring countries still have their own currency) to use the well maintained bathroom:)</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And then we started back to the back and paid our 3 euros each and started up the steps!...</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The long and zig zagging steps...</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Aiw9uk6ZpTWwwsZWcCq2YEnEZdSXWfBjpkgXeA1ZjHYgLi4ZaCOWipZ8uug7JvW-QkoB1cZ5NBzqzWSqV8QRDnuQN0H3z4zmJeu6Kms-Kz5kO-Qw4fgf4nWkFPn4bUPj9o3-DtaTu9I/s640/blogger-image-253358178.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Aiw9uk6ZpTWwwsZWcCq2YEnEZdSXWfBjpkgXeA1ZjHYgLi4ZaCOWipZ8uug7JvW-QkoB1cZ5NBzqzWSqV8QRDnuQN0H3z4zmJeu6Kms-Kz5kO-Qw4fgf4nWkFPn4bUPj9o3-DtaTu9I/s640/blogger-image-253358178.jpg"></a></div></span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">It was not the best time of day to start climbing - it was about 11ish by the time we started up and everything Id read said to start early. So the sun was beating down and there were a lot of ill equipped tourist with their flip flops and pretty sandals on... Do NOT climb to the top in flip flops or pretty sandals! I was even slipping in my well used running shoes. But at least wear running shoes!</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">It took us about an hour to get to the top (I think it's like 3 miles or something).</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">And as you climb up you look down - and you're wowed!</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOSF5RwFvxlBqeh9OWYW450NLkd0vQjFRBfOReLtbxJwM3fZ6TEhSoZVBykh8_6De6Gn7DFEQmh0ZvaoovOv2WUSYzFxqRvrS0J_rRn1536QK4voCni0WsCcD_7dnHV4Tj84IDHDVHx0/s640/blogger-image--864736005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOSF5RwFvxlBqeh9OWYW450NLkd0vQjFRBfOReLtbxJwM3fZ6TEhSoZVBykh8_6De6Gn7DFEQmh0ZvaoovOv2WUSYzFxqRvrS0J_rRn1536QK4voCni0WsCcD_7dnHV4Tj84IDHDVHx0/s640/blogger-image--864736005.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ozoggoXBRrD214nkz-PI54w1bDJkIQBCFNmYBeA4sOsjZgb5xwGURSMtjnuEqVpUj-RIx3EUJGHiCa7HIlc7YfTefViup_O4drunZhVxqGBbfYjn9JW0c7nB_O3rupstxggquyN0PW0/s640/blogger-image--1482713507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ozoggoXBRrD214nkz-PI54w1bDJkIQBCFNmYBeA4sOsjZgb5xwGURSMtjnuEqVpUj-RIx3EUJGHiCa7HIlc7YfTefViup_O4drunZhVxqGBbfYjn9JW0c7nB_O3rupstxggquyN0PW0/s640/blogger-image--1482713507.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2B_1n9WUW4PLUh-8vSyBc-64xXDqIT80H96on3KWVMLcpQdk0nUiqbXALZaI-_8B2zvehE0xsp2swYP5QexYHHiK9lhE-pDaXQA7TTrXVhOTnZfMjvgpDnm7dKt1nGrR7tpllCQc59Vc/s640/blogger-image-1725436075.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2B_1n9WUW4PLUh-8vSyBc-64xXDqIT80H96on3KWVMLcpQdk0nUiqbXALZaI-_8B2zvehE0xsp2swYP5QexYHHiK9lhE-pDaXQA7TTrXVhOTnZfMjvgpDnm7dKt1nGrR7tpllCQc59Vc/s640/blogger-image-1725436075.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And then you to the top - and the wow is more wow then when you were climbing up!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELIOwCHcvZ1RTOldIrncx2hRYSTLwTb3QryC566qcCc0d632xp5vO-XPVz-MJS3AEx96t__8tuduoJcCcF2c4-XNeVOXPUiWiL4jy7R5Z3Pg-SI1KaMA12TCu1rUrSX04rTYaZ0kg64Y/s640/blogger-image--868328231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELIOwCHcvZ1RTOldIrncx2hRYSTLwTb3QryC566qcCc0d632xp5vO-XPVz-MJS3AEx96t__8tuduoJcCcF2c4-XNeVOXPUiWiL4jy7R5Z3Pg-SI1KaMA12TCu1rUrSX04rTYaZ0kg64Y/s640/blogger-image--868328231.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPBfsRKt9eog-A_ydNln37zi1xwo81z6BjRRyWEQkV0A3eIz2DIpbux4dHcoeZWuWTC4GJqcBdCdOTIPCKwGr9JZANUCIpIF2aU18Eu3UqPtt4_Q4uOfclxtEHjB1-URmaNbim8nLMBM/s640/blogger-image--1392379942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPBfsRKt9eog-A_ydNln37zi1xwo81z6BjRRyWEQkV0A3eIz2DIpbux4dHcoeZWuWTC4GJqcBdCdOTIPCKwGr9JZANUCIpIF2aU18Eu3UqPtt4_Q4uOfclxtEHjB1-URmaNbim8nLMBM/s640/blogger-image--1392379942.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_C7XW6fCNOLSoOnOhr6HTBQSHTi_S7FWPe_C6HeYgEmp8WnN4LaJU_HKRg_xEn8wUnmQv-npOzeOcX59Cisdsutoz7bviEbMW3rgYuzDtAmWjqkblklIa2Q34SYMha3zkC0COhdPwo-U/s640/blogger-image--606304459.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_C7XW6fCNOLSoOnOhr6HTBQSHTi_S7FWPe_C6HeYgEmp8WnN4LaJU_HKRg_xEn8wUnmQv-npOzeOcX59Cisdsutoz7bviEbMW3rgYuzDtAmWjqkblklIa2Q34SYMha3zkC0COhdPwo-U/s640/blogger-image--606304459.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">But enough with staring at the view! It's time for some gal shots! Me and the friends at the top of an exhausting trek!</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiC7WuMwHPY2eN48WLy9ILGwP1-JgSgNxeycHitlDv4nmqEhCc6nnOVZ1qOqC4D6OKLw35r0EdbSfcOXtGDDRldpEzyMp6eVFYgSG4GOXVQGifKZtv-W5SKyZeSMTHiED1u7sIAgspNQU/s640/blogger-image--1718721002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiC7WuMwHPY2eN48WLy9ILGwP1-JgSgNxeycHitlDv4nmqEhCc6nnOVZ1qOqC4D6OKLw35r0EdbSfcOXtGDDRldpEzyMp6eVFYgSG4GOXVQGifKZtv-W5SKyZeSMTHiED1u7sIAgspNQU/s640/blogger-image--1718721002.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCqsnVjYNyaLFggGBgy8PYtrMU-CVhFNp848T69TE_vnvZnNZuHXP3zVi1Ev6tllKtgYdGqTairawKw3HdtqL4Zln93wxof-jKyhh7EspS7Z1vRry7r4E3x-cHSx16u_Q7VG5IeizQeQ/s640/blogger-image--634577987.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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But one last look at the mountain we trekked up!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3C-oUNOoHehaVrrcg2lSoI0Y3TFM9fnNjuOf0mT0GlaAUVyWhnDLosYGahlhIKGFZxoNXZ46eF8iENUfB76B91htpv6kXwklbPl2dfIdVtKvlY8DIU_s2jaF-H67wQaiptxiphjqfV_Q/s640/blogger-image--1070337398.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3C-oUNOoHehaVrrcg2lSoI0Y3TFM9fnNjuOf0mT0GlaAUVyWhnDLosYGahlhIKGFZxoNXZ46eF8iENUfB76B91htpv6kXwklbPl2dfIdVtKvlY8DIU_s2jaF-H67wQaiptxiphjqfV_Q/s640/blogger-image--1070337398.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And one last look at the city walls!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50j776LTfpCUs7CCjSNGsBNWgE3wIi7BHT3r7wU4Kn99jSkC6Vj9CjmRw1Ql9yw7-cLhYhbQAISFRk6CEiKFQMjCkb-moV2hTku0sA0XhJfo8CWx6sCEMXfjL0raZS7HfmeTJmXcsy7g/s640/blogger-image-1647369594.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50j776LTfpCUs7CCjSNGsBNWgE3wIi7BHT3r7wU4Kn99jSkC6Vj9CjmRw1Ql9yw7-cLhYhbQAISFRk6CEiKFQMjCkb-moV2hTku0sA0XhJfo8CWx6sCEMXfjL0raZS7HfmeTJmXcsy7g/s640/blogger-image-1647369594.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And then in the car and on the road through the mountains for a quick 20 minute trip to a little city called Perast!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Perast is an awesome small town with only like 400 citizens. And the attractions are these two little islands off the mainland. If you go down to the water, you can just ask someone with a boat how much to take you across - a 5 minute trip. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBs6uIyWp67M2gxRDowjdNp_hVtOOwhC56x17WQ7_FxbFaktSriGEjWLkNnvyAJzNDReUezpKzKJIyWcZKd60ySGeV-xwsVs3rKNLqqtOup6w16alDUabt3jjGfx9L2GBGu0U0odxpBo4/s640/blogger-image-240330472.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBs6uIyWp67M2gxRDowjdNp_hVtOOwhC56x17WQ7_FxbFaktSriGEjWLkNnvyAJzNDReUezpKzKJIyWcZKd60ySGeV-xwsVs3rKNLqqtOup6w16alDUabt3jjGfx9L2GBGu0U0odxpBo4/s640/blogger-image-240330472.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mLyN43IELOGAqu1Q1bpcJq652NTIc474UjBF_DJyGjUJHrUIznUKpRbQ2TpHDXpzaUnlu1hXzCvQCswiJ2RL39SCHbjyFpifR-YD-uPysolNp8oW9ubTSB-XNmXVduC8NaBCdWVnGNk/s640/blogger-image-1722368002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mLyN43IELOGAqu1Q1bpcJq652NTIc474UjBF_DJyGjUJHrUIznUKpRbQ2TpHDXpzaUnlu1hXzCvQCswiJ2RL39SCHbjyFpifR-YD-uPysolNp8oW9ubTSB-XNmXVduC8NaBCdWVnGNk/s640/blogger-image-1722368002.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The island you can go to has his church on it called Lady of the Rocks. The legend is that someone made a safe journey home and threw a rock in he water here and then it became good luck and all the fishermen would throw rocks in and this island was creates from that. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4jTmhV3VguUaq_RZ-9jRAOJW_DD5h727MBs2tzPDtpFF6Q48HaFYRme01YtxcajH_4ndjyTgEPM493_BWj7O2gpRZvXtsyK7qekoeE_6dMNeOH3SiJAprT2R9anXhaMURT7LEyheWzY/s640/blogger-image-1699712976.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4jTmhV3VguUaq_RZ-9jRAOJW_DD5h727MBs2tzPDtpFF6Q48HaFYRme01YtxcajH_4ndjyTgEPM493_BWj7O2gpRZvXtsyK7qekoeE_6dMNeOH3SiJAprT2R9anXhaMURT7LEyheWzY/s640/blogger-image-1699712976.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We walked around and sat on the island for about 30 minutes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPh3NF4cDJGqFYL0vKAuBUAGIyK9I33VO5UXPX5mpN-0mvCSPZfCqRkXaz4jYxj0s_zKqHDvsYZoasbzdV101Mk5zLY3z7g5xGijO3c47DNXzyJdkCIdoc3AKymN7ZVHpc3BI1eKWuYrU/s640/blogger-image-534824314.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Oh my word so good!!!</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnstX9WDaHFCtyBo0D0_LKzovlFUAkUjUbP-PYp7wO6ceiZ57IYfbhQ2j9QPfKrWeS8V3kkd0Lc7Ifq_R0BPjf5d0AxfNpPl1DbLnQyzTbOF2pQyOgjoziHuWesVB5GUgz63J0ig_leM/s640/blogger-image--536352068.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnstX9WDaHFCtyBo0D0_LKzovlFUAkUjUbP-PYp7wO6ceiZ57IYfbhQ2j9QPfKrWeS8V3kkd0Lc7Ifq_R0BPjf5d0AxfNpPl1DbLnQyzTbOF2pQyOgjoziHuWesVB5GUgz63J0ig_leM/s640/blogger-image--536352068.jpg"></a></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div>And then we just walked around and enjoyed the town.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR77PxniSp3yoaoFsBZ0sZ8N4_gGsBnQdUjW3BwbKFkpK9cDkZHF5eHwbl0Px38W6hTLaio3LOuq4cdz5jml9axDbcslxFmWlIplajQl8u39Rv2TgCv-PLSm1clscE4KzT10rHLyQDks8/s640/blogger-image-1330243181.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR77PxniSp3yoaoFsBZ0sZ8N4_gGsBnQdUjW3BwbKFkpK9cDkZHF5eHwbl0Px38W6hTLaio3LOuq4cdz5jml9axDbcslxFmWlIplajQl8u39Rv2TgCv-PLSm1clscE4KzT10rHLyQDks8/s640/blogger-image-1330243181.jpg"></a></div><br></font><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCxO691WyRqVN6Yk0s8znIrLoWaHaYZNeeyZmnSnk1BJ8UTz8LHsOzaq3sTxY51-VPGrIwfBKEma1QJ4JjCNOkDenFWdxDZ-8Cmm2l-X0gWqaKwDfWrfHO4FuGKnJK3AYnXRt69NW86A/s640/blogger-image-1986964317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCxO691WyRqVN6Yk0s8znIrLoWaHaYZNeeyZmnSnk1BJ8UTz8LHsOzaq3sTxY51-VPGrIwfBKEma1QJ4JjCNOkDenFWdxDZ-8Cmm2l-X0gWqaKwDfWrfHO4FuGKnJK3AYnXRt69NW86A/s640/blogger-image-1986964317.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-KNTw4yKMyt3qlkRu1fV3Ld88Z2kZ9M7gH42i_D1QS-8O1U5oh9MMR6HTkDIJfXj1E1DIS1oAtmSoQoDdGFKR41WKTspRvk6ymizXm8vSM7O_wP0cawba2yN3Tqw6RTXF7yJdBV5JgI/s640/blogger-image--257238052.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-KNTw4yKMyt3qlkRu1fV3Ld88Z2kZ9M7gH42i_D1QS-8O1U5oh9MMR6HTkDIJfXj1E1DIS1oAtmSoQoDdGFKR41WKTspRvk6ymizXm8vSM7O_wP0cawba2yN3Tqw6RTXF7yJdBV5JgI/s640/blogger-image--257238052.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCaCFzC69eVqNK3KpVLEzzjuxK-PJjf7KDP3XPfoUOppPIa0c7HvwpVGBGdHdPyuehrorAyxOXOC3az8emhWkCOcaq7A_zxIK1rR7kNdRa0KsBCL7RKXl1pFA3H44xM4PSwB08oyvGFC4/s640/blogger-image--1238765237.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCaCFzC69eVqNK3KpVLEzzjuxK-PJjf7KDP3XPfoUOppPIa0c7HvwpVGBGdHdPyuehrorAyxOXOC3az8emhWkCOcaq7A_zxIK1rR7kNdRa0KsBCL7RKXl1pFA3H44xM4PSwB08oyvGFC4/s640/blogger-image--1238765237.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJX1avIAwHRBQewIcsYPvPwvQXzZmjslOelelpuroj5kHW2jfNZuwqpG5fN_hJQuA8yuW_kqMrEujXozOKHXnuh2EzC9V65OwkEzCLAYskEz_Tn3hY_6gbaIDddZHFbkj3pPT4kuLW9KQ/s640/blogger-image--82174529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJX1avIAwHRBQewIcsYPvPwvQXzZmjslOelelpuroj5kHW2jfNZuwqpG5fN_hJQuA8yuW_kqMrEujXozOKHXnuh2EzC9V65OwkEzCLAYskEz_Tn3hY_6gbaIDddZHFbkj3pPT4kuLW9KQ/s640/blogger-image--82174529.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Loved loved loved Perast! Would definitely come back! So quiet and peaceful!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We left in enough time that we made it back through the mountains in the daylight and home! What an awesome travel day! And thank God - once again beautiful weather!!</div><div><br></div></div></div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-5228372198146504282016-09-12T03:01:00.001-05:002016-09-12T04:19:30.274-05:00Beach Day! Jaz!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Now that we're all happily together and in the beautiful Montenegrin coast, we decided we needed a totally relaxing day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So we took the suggestion of our house hosts and we went to a beach about 20-30 minutes up the coast in Ploce at a beach called Jaz.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">First of all, I can't even describe the massive mountains were staying in and driving through, and then you get down by the Adriatic Sea and you're just surrounded by these peaks! And you can see their blue shadows miles and miles away in the distance as they go on and on!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So the beach itself - very crowded with restaurant after restaurant hosting a multitude of beach chairs and umbrellas and people upon people piled up in those chairs. So we walked way down to the end of this beach area and went to an open beach area that was more gravel than sand. But the view as you laid there looking out was amazing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxHlgehEQGG70yzRmMSN-oVgZNMF1VykrIRIwKS-NnIt1lhnt0DucNHD3fyS4bIBqeLINDpa25qTmYiFVTb2X_NK50yV3I-K94ZD279EIIH211Y-8o115Pww6YPDcyixp2EWPtf46jN4/s640/blogger-image--74880075.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxHlgehEQGG70yzRmMSN-oVgZNMF1VykrIRIwKS-NnIt1lhnt0DucNHD3fyS4bIBqeLINDpa25qTmYiFVTb2X_NK50yV3I-K94ZD279EIIH211Y-8o115Pww6YPDcyixp2EWPtf46jN4/s640/blogger-image--74880075.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So the picture above is Mel and Ioana standing looking for a beach area for us...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And the picture below is what I thought was a really cute zoom in of the two of them...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTmkXYlIygOByfKoIGdBUwEknIcQJ0bCTq8T4Pp2GQ0njvrF020DSyUDPp6A3fB5FnsZjeJGOe_I9oId5X7e__1zlT2J2ajoWlxxMO8H-vSdsToHQznE8J4PjCd8GNAdUoGqJbhT0mlUQ/s640/blogger-image-555672014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTmkXYlIygOByfKoIGdBUwEknIcQJ0bCTq8T4Pp2GQ0njvrF020DSyUDPp6A3fB5FnsZjeJGOe_I9oId5X7e__1zlT2J2ajoWlxxMO8H-vSdsToHQznE8J4PjCd8GNAdUoGqJbhT0mlUQ/s640/blogger-image-555672014.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">However as you can tell there are three of them and none of them look like Mel and Ioana... It's called - the sun is so beautifully bright that I can't see what I'm actually taking a picture of!:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHeyPsF48a248SQRm4bi5JAIfDfG8Sl5PN5oDk1RKd1CXysBzsQ31ud4YFFANbSBM4XGo0q0eH3ifrj14pG4gZvo2NBiHMAgRewu0szA0fRkHaiyxkN7QMxvwm2pIZB6_Xg9POXKZJ7CM/s640/blogger-image--762708708.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHeyPsF48a248SQRm4bi5JAIfDfG8Sl5PN5oDk1RKd1CXysBzsQ31ud4YFFANbSBM4XGo0q0eH3ifrj14pG4gZvo2NBiHMAgRewu0szA0fRkHaiyxkN7QMxvwm2pIZB6_Xg9POXKZJ7CM/s640/blogger-image--762708708.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY00_Mk1Kt2ex1sGcwkNU8cjN3NMYPGLNPpG42u31KGT5KcEUdoV4l0cuFi3EgSh_Z7o4pjhI_qy3_81JMqiIc7AE1KVx95OoQ1qCMNMx9XPHDDnT1_FHgLWu62s3kUZbnQcQUIUf-de0/s640/blogger-image--1884038705.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY00_Mk1Kt2ex1sGcwkNU8cjN3NMYPGLNPpG42u31KGT5KcEUdoV4l0cuFi3EgSh_Z7o4pjhI_qy3_81JMqiIc7AE1KVx95OoQ1qCMNMx9XPHDDnT1_FHgLWu62s3kUZbnQcQUIUf-de0/s640/blogger-image--1884038705.jpg"></a></div>And here's brave Ioana out in the water! It was seriously the most frigid water I've ever felt but everyone was out swimming around! I don't think Melissa or I got past our waste!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But even though the water is cold - it's as clear as glass! You can see right to the bottom with these beautiful blue hues!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkU-_K9e9KjLX8hFRvytfw0Ng80TOGv176X9boorFbriCq9etvs8akDMoZwOj8frA1CG7uaIC3sMuH6Ow1cZoHWTMe6gbnruomH-TQwbAexrB9EBHmq_oodhm_m_oydnoUJofYJsbiZs/s640/blogger-image--1605993268.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkU-_K9e9KjLX8hFRvytfw0Ng80TOGv176X9boorFbriCq9etvs8akDMoZwOj8frA1CG7uaIC3sMuH6Ow1cZoHWTMe6gbnruomH-TQwbAexrB9EBHmq_oodhm_m_oydnoUJofYJsbiZs/s640/blogger-image--1605993268.jpg"></a></div>This was my basic view almost the whole time:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyEABAT6EmV8pN_NcyXL9Iofi10wCeebvIkhshx4IkV7SwRYVifX6M-SIH97BPIZNLhZdlHtSEsOCRFW9PRh0WKkhZZEAr6rTIUZrrfQ98W395yAuQemsunNfXvEPZuLrD1kcNVzQJsZI/s640/blogger-image-1280358711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyEABAT6EmV8pN_NcyXL9Iofi10wCeebvIkhshx4IkV7SwRYVifX6M-SIH97BPIZNLhZdlHtSEsOCRFW9PRh0WKkhZZEAr6rTIUZrrfQ98W395yAuQemsunNfXvEPZuLrD1kcNVzQJsZI/s640/blogger-image-1280358711.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRr67tJtRX2GHG6n3F8QOCcYLX6LnV9_baL9wFOl_ZW70t_U2jqMfDQD_xUYjO-piMCaLE4e8ZbVcG7DN7bgQc6z3V3D_2C5fNnIbqmaG3P8otbeVoi-HzBB-v9X0OAiIhp3F5easoy5w/s640/blogger-image--143547582.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRr67tJtRX2GHG6n3F8QOCcYLX6LnV9_baL9wFOl_ZW70t_U2jqMfDQD_xUYjO-piMCaLE4e8ZbVcG7DN7bgQc6z3V3D_2C5fNnIbqmaG3P8otbeVoi-HzBB-v9X0OAiIhp3F5easoy5w/s640/blogger-image--143547582.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So relaxing! And then we went later on the way home and walked around old town Budva which was quaint but very small. So what I have gathered is that Dubrovnik (where i was last year) is this giant fortified city on the water. Kotor is a smaller version of Dubrovnik and then Budva (where were staying) is a smaller version of Kotor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This was our drive back to Budva. A look out that let us see where we were!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSN7n6qQKoq3MmyTa5yFBS3sZFZMAUMYKjeu7U5oxBjEmFlqr5cO07-qt9hc6UaNCMZwYi2uRyELoqUQdKUQ-pWwXecU28t6ZMgH9vFHbc9t9mCU1EPWf7crsV4gvkmfOu4q1D_t4P7BE/s640/blogger-image-130513676.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSN7n6qQKoq3MmyTa5yFBS3sZFZMAUMYKjeu7U5oxBjEmFlqr5cO07-qt9hc6UaNCMZwYi2uRyELoqUQdKUQ-pWwXecU28t6ZMgH9vFHbc9t9mCU1EPWf7crsV4gvkmfOu4q1D_t4P7BE/s640/blogger-image-130513676.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijV3kCLwN_Vwvciv_4qWFbdUtu-PqHHOU50Nv6vU037YutbB2MGWGF4l4D1FAylyPp0SqE00XfyiPt_dLJHyzMTFI54bTb0lZTrcwCAO57l513NMhiy7hFT6z8Ce7-o4HI_LSc0iSz5TM/s640/blogger-image--2089278579.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsdn9EQOER1Coh07hFuWBmbxM5L9JF1v56CHwzbYEd9REuKwklGaIhK8nSMZbhHcVQY9yuRS0ZEv42Gn-ZNDswLBYN7EO8B1WETdHGUIpcdrGE_Pp4HylcfVKHAtb04WdymjGSnzNoEs/s640/blogger-image-184484365.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And then back home for Mexican food that Ioana requested! We have all the fixings for authentic including chips and taco shells and guac and all that stuff! Bet not a typical local meal! But a great way to end a relaxing day! With bellies full of Mexican food!</div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-30666546063677155032016-09-11T00:38:00.001-05:002016-09-11T15:05:19.326-05:00Landed! Stop Two!The next morning we got up quite refreshed! And after some breakfast on the rooftop in the executive club we got dressed and packed some bags to go and headed back to the airport.<div><br></div><div>We got checked in and through security and had time for a quick coffee and the boarded another plane - first stop Vienna! But that was for a quick plane change - and then onto our real flight for ...</div><div>Podogorica, Montenegro!</div><div><br></div><div>We landed in Podogorica around 2 pm and got off the plane on the runway and headed for the small terminal.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXOLCrI4aInjAsNEaqsOanwTG9ArtBKJmXBl_i4IpCsZdH8YSsSU40Htm1VxCu1pD4Gf2Pkt2vO59N_mMriLhxaVcnAM3S2bp0b9eZW2X6xxdJp1LeLUr251Vkyfikke2JoMj8hfLTNv8/s640/blogger-image-792723730.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXOLCrI4aInjAsNEaqsOanwTG9ArtBKJmXBl_i4IpCsZdH8YSsSU40Htm1VxCu1pD4Gf2Pkt2vO59N_mMriLhxaVcnAM3S2bp0b9eZW2X6xxdJp1LeLUr251Vkyfikke2JoMj8hfLTNv8/s640/blogger-image-792723730.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcABPs-7ICNHnEU5im8hEIIF1OpuBUS32b3mBP47vRiWdNM-KHdo-KZGnHEwYFf50fMgM68K0thi3WX-n8aoCzm7oqIeQhujjW58dngza6rZ7jeU2J24Luj3jzzfCY8J-DvKlA-7spnzk/s640/blogger-image--798064146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcABPs-7ICNHnEU5im8hEIIF1OpuBUS32b3mBP47vRiWdNM-KHdo-KZGnHEwYFf50fMgM68K0thi3WX-n8aoCzm7oqIeQhujjW58dngza6rZ7jeU2J24Luj3jzzfCY8J-DvKlA-7spnzk/s640/blogger-image--798064146.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Then we grabbed our bags and headed to the Avis rental car counter and got all signed in and then went and got our junky little worn out car! Seriously this thing is beat up and sad and we can do almost anything to it and they'll never notice!:)</div><div><br></div><div>About an hour later, our drive took us to our house in the town of Budva.... And what an amazing house it is!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKqh9MscUZviqRneyrYZ5_oE8unfDkKY3E9eEV3etRHXJTpGJJB0pohy9Ny2U69Ka-FOnW45yICoELP616NPPtAI41f-J7EO1EqrHW07FyJz94N4QKjI6dMY4vsLY4hC9KV-AHdplSiug/s640/blogger-image-875392579.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKqh9MscUZviqRneyrYZ5_oE8unfDkKY3E9eEV3etRHXJTpGJJB0pohy9Ny2U69Ka-FOnW45yICoELP616NPPtAI41f-J7EO1EqrHW07FyJz94N4QKjI6dMY4vsLY4hC9KV-AHdplSiug/s640/blogger-image-875392579.jpg"></a></div>Nestled in an old olive grove. With everything electric! The whole house is controlled by this iPad! Amazing!</div><div>And even more amazing is the view...</div><div>We can sit ...</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8W4_A6wYEijO2bSoxhLBYTokSGjpOP2Z4mPIc_dzYUdrGMSJEgfkHkXBoMdKAKUzLs5qJr6hKybTaFkUptaAOasWuteoFXkymLrpskHb9l707QY8epjhJ9qyd4cea_M3qUFPw4W4Gx8/s640/blogger-image--536855821.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8W4_A6wYEijO2bSoxhLBYTokSGjpOP2Z4mPIc_dzYUdrGMSJEgfkHkXBoMdKAKUzLs5qJr6hKybTaFkUptaAOasWuteoFXkymLrpskHb9l707QY8epjhJ9qyd4cea_M3qUFPw4W4Gx8/s640/blogger-image--536855821.jpg"></a></div>And look out over the Adriatic!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-icWNKdpgcu8ZO6UNfKY7wMyF8Xe6CRN3A6BJGJ99AOPeqEfAqR2hIKn58G-NAzY1HN_HELq4nG9bAOtNoeAS0uxoXoFnJi9rLl5ecvceDALRB97wquZdGK08XWSDPC4eLte_OGHWUko/s640/blogger-image-1544145741.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-icWNKdpgcu8ZO6UNfKY7wMyF8Xe6CRN3A6BJGJ99AOPeqEfAqR2hIKn58G-NAzY1HN_HELq4nG9bAOtNoeAS0uxoXoFnJi9rLl5ecvceDALRB97wquZdGK08XWSDPC4eLte_OGHWUko/s640/blogger-image-1544145741.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ySoHI9ZX93jTGB4zbaI_T8eEhTAaXLDCNuqmsHOTkYp1FBZXprtS5hjWkeP_AFht1MfsxQUNQeSLvOpXv4WPrjxNQaoQ5zE0iIYINkKCjuJcj7dXxz2Q9KJMSPjinUisD1jVwFYrJGA/s640/blogger-image-2049552176.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ySoHI9ZX93jTGB4zbaI_T8eEhTAaXLDCNuqmsHOTkYp1FBZXprtS5hjWkeP_AFht1MfsxQUNQeSLvOpXv4WPrjxNQaoQ5zE0iIYINkKCjuJcj7dXxz2Q9KJMSPjinUisD1jVwFYrJGA/s640/blogger-image-2049552176.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Such a great house and such amazing hosts! This house I would LOVE to come back to!!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixwINRg8-vfRlmyXyTgvD04UXu9whyJZEahyphenhyphenzdfpAh2mcWw0XC5AEVGIRRYSdfFIOTIRYNj2scDRbAoEbdrUcaIISpAm2S2YWAgjBpQ-rWizOg8DPDjAnj3Uwsql0HdbqoBSEQkwnukgQ/s640/blogger-image-1293094155.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixwINRg8-vfRlmyXyTgvD04UXu9whyJZEahyphenhyphenzdfpAh2mcWw0XC5AEVGIRRYSdfFIOTIRYNj2scDRbAoEbdrUcaIISpAm2S2YWAgjBpQ-rWizOg8DPDjAnj3Uwsql0HdbqoBSEQkwnukgQ/s640/blogger-image-1293094155.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Anyways - we were waiting at the house until about 8pm for my beloved friend, Ioana, to make her appearance! Which after a grueling trip... 6 hour layover in Belgrade, 4 hour wait for bus in Dubrovnik, 2 hour bus ride to Kotor and 30 minute taxi ride to the house... She finally got to us!!!</div><div><br></div><div>And now we're set for a nice couple of days girls vacation!!!!</div><div><br></div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-89086474078425996432016-09-09T03:55:00.001-05:002016-09-09T03:55:53.823-05:00Landed! Stop 1!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'm sure you're not surprised when I tell you our destination was Budapest!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">However it's not our final stop!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But for today we'll just say - we landed in Budapest!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It took about an hour total to get our bags and then get a taxi and get to our hotel. Once we got there we ran up to our room, grabbed our swimsuits, ran up to the executive lounge and grabbed a quick light dinner to go. And then - I'm so excited! We went to Gellert!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Gellert is a fancy old hotel in Budapest, but it also has one of the many famous baths in Budapest. Last year, for the first time I went to one of the baths, Szecheny. But Flora, my Hungarian friend, said that she and Atti thought Gellert was the most beautiful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We got to Gellert, bought a pass and a locker and found out way down and changed into our swimsuits.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-ZQuDVWDCV7dO0P-02OMEgm-n3oLQXhFDX19O7ZKrRIKoHOw7I5c9cRscTVMChKlx_84gku310S0HaCWBs2PnTa6BSdgpaiwXA7295Rp_ICcudntaq5N0ExBKh6zOZ_JeM-Eoez8ioE/s640/blogger-image--408562102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-ZQuDVWDCV7dO0P-02OMEgm-n3oLQXhFDX19O7ZKrRIKoHOw7I5c9cRscTVMChKlx_84gku310S0HaCWBs2PnTa6BSdgpaiwXA7295Rp_ICcudntaq5N0ExBKh6zOZ_JeM-Eoez8ioE/s640/blogger-image--408562102.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The way these baths work is that they're a labrynth of halls and locker rooms and then different pool. All of the baths are mineral water and they'll say somewhere a. in them what they're temperature is, usually anywhere from 27 to 40 degrees Celsius. You'll do the hotter pools and then the cool pools and they're usually always larger plain old swimming pools . The mineral baths are usually gorgeous with tiles and statues and glitter and lights. I had seen pictures of Gellert and you can bring your camera in and take pictures but I don't like carrying my phone around water... And it's awkward taking pictures when people are in them that you don't know. Weird:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here's a link to Gellert so you can see pictures yourself!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here's one of the pools ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVloI20KYHbdgG-sQN7Qj3tO7yH9fKcqjbKtWIMKGMFY7iIdIPEBgDVgtj6ES20I07HIHBauLK87XPH8a7hLOgYspwJ7eiQNwwnrz0M8HgwroDH3U8Ni_4rxtem25SHPkscPmo1yxRc0/s640/blogger-image--437463429.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVloI20KYHbdgG-sQN7Qj3tO7yH9fKcqjbKtWIMKGMFY7iIdIPEBgDVgtj6ES20I07HIHBauLK87XPH8a7hLOgYspwJ7eiQNwwnrz0M8HgwroDH3U8Ni_4rxtem25SHPkscPmo1yxRc0/s640/blogger-image--437463429.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ok a photo of it!:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdzowBoV15p526ctmrsQjNl5FmquZ2Gb75mENCQrW_0Mho8Qjzgtk_5SXk32vBmSpW5FaSkghkjuyxBuY_VAWExygvqAR8vtBpGyPUxJcBpHvR319K1KBVfNmAGv3tRS1FhfqPhLpZQk/s640/blogger-image-1096195149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdzowBoV15p526ctmrsQjNl5FmquZ2Gb75mENCQrW_0Mho8Qjzgtk_5SXk32vBmSpW5FaSkghkjuyxBuY_VAWExygvqAR8vtBpGyPUxJcBpHvR319K1KBVfNmAGv3tRS1FhfqPhLpZQk/s640/blogger-image-1096195149.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">At Gellert they had these two wings with pools and then showers by the saunas and steam rooms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXtKW-bEQZlZCnDOPhzuU27IulrhoZI841zLk1OAuOuEJDHAyJZeyLbl21dPtlL3Avh6AD1lEjH3L46W3t7LphVk_l8HxJeqj5CbQGCUac9EJlFMgIrbX-Tr7WSyI_lUJGbkg-66N1Ak/s640/blogger-image--1151091996.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXtKW-bEQZlZCnDOPhzuU27IulrhoZI841zLk1OAuOuEJDHAyJZeyLbl21dPtlL3Avh6AD1lEjH3L46W3t7LphVk_l8HxJeqj5CbQGCUac9EJlFMgIrbX-Tr7WSyI_lUJGbkg-66N1Ak/s640/blogger-image--1151091996.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">They also have all these cubicles all over where they do massage. And during prime times in the day they'll just have people walking around asking if you want a massage (which you do have to pay extra for). But the mineral waters do help! As Mel testifies, her back was aching and after the mineral baths it felt totally better!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The baths are definitely worth it if you're in Budapest. And I would agree that from my experience so far, I prefer Gellert. It's usually more convenient and it's brighter and more open feeling.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Anyways - we walked back to the Marriott...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuK09m_5BP6nL4RUYMSuO119VeCue9d3gpo-VUBgwLOFYYL_lmnTdvd9r90Ff5q4Qmt37y9y__30AZg_fOmoGuQScMOwlv57RdegwfW_3l_GgvTjeR24uOHX-I1pTxpG9wWVLCmjaUgWA/s640/blogger-image--143694119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuK09m_5BP6nL4RUYMSuO119VeCue9d3gpo-VUBgwLOFYYL_lmnTdvd9r90Ff5q4Qmt37y9y__30AZg_fOmoGuQScMOwlv57RdegwfW_3l_GgvTjeR24uOHX-I1pTxpG9wWVLCmjaUgWA/s640/blogger-image--143694119.jpg"></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwOtQmV1hW-2QF-oLtC2H6Kib-PeLfSLfNCjDJbfRn7LujBR_M_qXCWV5lgnSG3L907oN45rNvbNSLfHl2d2237QiTq18dXW6qqG1sVeF90gBeRa6OC2mn7zggowm__e30Mvx1oYEFkAQ/s640/blogger-image-72276012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwOtQmV1hW-2QF-oLtC2H6Kib-PeLfSLfNCjDJbfRn7LujBR_M_qXCWV5lgnSG3L907oN45rNvbNSLfHl2d2237QiTq18dXW6qqG1sVeF90gBeRa6OC2mn7zggowm__e30Mvx1oYEFkAQ/s640/blogger-image-72276012.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">...and then went back up to the lounge for more free food and drinks:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is seriously my favorite place in the city - it's so quiet and the view is so fabulous!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijdFgYJGPURt41H1nQUlKpuekbWU1RC1NBFxeKdR-Po3wzI59MtvIsNQeqAg9PIjB3ORHwnnRgjTxdBx6GAZB89uICHVMPkhlGcUyqnlCEEOBScigia1Uut7MP-SbXiz9ZcSuArU8GPsQ/s640/blogger-image-1283281245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijdFgYJGPURt41H1nQUlKpuekbWU1RC1NBFxeKdR-Po3wzI59MtvIsNQeqAg9PIjB3ORHwnnRgjTxdBx6GAZB89uICHVMPkhlGcUyqnlCEEOBScigia1Uut7MP-SbXiz9ZcSuArU8GPsQ/s640/blogger-image-1283281245.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The beautiful "Castle Hill".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTf8uLbWVO5tBZ6OatLkSf08QDbdMyQ42M1We0jV6Khk2dQOAuqYxPeXW__qPZF19lj3Q9L_lYXwVhPHOy-45izot-Ytb5zqR4iM0N5WgvfcFjfZXWb3YYmnaEvObuxOrxJ14_mLUAHc/s640/blogger-image-426962399.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTf8uLbWVO5tBZ6OatLkSf08QDbdMyQ42M1We0jV6Khk2dQOAuqYxPeXW__qPZF19lj3Q9L_lYXwVhPHOy-45izot-Ytb5zqR4iM0N5WgvfcFjfZXWb3YYmnaEvObuxOrxJ14_mLUAHc/s640/blogger-image-426962399.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Good night Budapest!!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Off to sleep the sleep of the weary traveller!!!!</div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-45374805119214357102016-09-09T03:34:00.001-05:002016-09-09T03:34:46.243-05:00Stop One - Day One<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tghwAtyRiv7Lrd_ku-De4-IMmNoiiu3pFoC2AjHGn8iMFu9zXy9H8wtkN1TRlibEuLGyzKU2RBZTTdYZHxXKepDPqW2LqR022mBGHlLaIFsCagJamaNqkh701pyuVRwtL5a5Sra2MBI/s640/blogger-image--812019076.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tghwAtyRiv7Lrd_ku-De4-IMmNoiiu3pFoC2AjHGn8iMFu9zXy9H8wtkN1TRlibEuLGyzKU2RBZTTdYZHxXKepDPqW2LqR022mBGHlLaIFsCagJamaNqkh701pyuVRwtL5a5Sra2MBI/s640/blogger-image--812019076.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">There's nothing like big old sausages and pretzels when you're in Germany! Especially Munich in September - the wonderful month or Oktoberfest!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Still not at our destination but we'll be there in a few hours! Well our first destination stop!:)</div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-86661647262775097232016-09-06T17:51:00.001-05:002016-09-06T17:51:34.952-05:00Thelma And Louise - or not....<img src="webkit-fake-url://ebdea4ce-3638-4b68-92a8-d06132d407e4/imagejpeg"><div><br></div><div>We're off on our big adventure - me and my bestie!!!</div><div><br></div><div>Stay tuned to see where we're going!!!</div><div><br></div><div>Day 1 - leaving Chicago....</div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-1610558783996244622016-08-21T17:48:00.001-05:002016-08-21T17:48:32.950-05:00A Great Week EndI suppose it depends on how you view it - it's either a great end to a week or a fantastic beginning to a week!<div><br></div><div>Either way - what a nice Sunday evening!</div><div>Itzhak Perlman and the CSO </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUdbTP7PUqw71BAv4jAe9-qe_-VQYs6-UGKSKwVXp2Yd06yzRdGXra43vcLk5XU1nw5VNWOz24q3gFAuB1lDDUSQhoO4ywznDPQWd8ko_FPrCC-n52nLv99Q0C5Hsaju8mJ-klawxR2aw/s640/blogger-image--27539307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUdbTP7PUqw71BAv4jAe9-qe_-VQYs6-UGKSKwVXp2Yd06yzRdGXra43vcLk5XU1nw5VNWOz24q3gFAuB1lDDUSQhoO4ywznDPQWd8ko_FPrCC-n52nLv99Q0C5Hsaju8mJ-klawxR2aw/s640/blogger-image--27539307.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>At Ravinia</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfhYni-B2Jr3bfiNHI9xxmseWnwVkbNuzsoxU8gWQy83vvKtVN2cnb-w4yix_FnZQHN-lFPmYH2aRDIg8lBEBpNuT4ssuCCz9iLHLO3Xg6CidZMx2DSZ_Kgv_Ns-CjxJvf1ZAi40SUunI/s640/blogger-image-871874409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfhYni-B2Jr3bfiNHI9xxmseWnwVkbNuzsoxU8gWQy83vvKtVN2cnb-w4yix_FnZQHN-lFPmYH2aRDIg8lBEBpNuT4ssuCCz9iLHLO3Xg6CidZMx2DSZ_Kgv_Ns-CjxJvf1ZAi40SUunI/s640/blogger-image-871874409.jpg"></a></div> Crowded but... With friends and a picnic <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACZooSNzOT7Ll1TF0j_mEMH7yw9U-mEuYdL4Z90l5F_qvy6pEbVHOQ73JxlJ5AvAq0VqPDS8vIh-r-Eik4kYnbJxtm4t3jIPAq-uJggY_QNcLNQbDo65bJJfZWbjzbLgwtoAnv9pI2iI/s640/blogger-image-514448112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACZooSNzOT7Ll1TF0j_mEMH7yw9U-mEuYdL4Z90l5F_qvy6pEbVHOQ73JxlJ5AvAq0VqPDS8vIh-r-Eik4kYnbJxtm4t3jIPAq-uJggY_QNcLNQbDo65bJJfZWbjzbLgwtoAnv9pI2iI/s640/blogger-image-514448112.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">With a glass of wine </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjj1WLUrbxmY87pQOKrO8Tlv3SKoVX1xRcqscXWq1I0OczGHm4fCwjmfhRylx-3tW3s9rGoSes3yd00vYfc47O6GLFsxqIxkJF7-ItPUJqio439peKen4o76aEPBpc4BhgJJ6c8YCKtk/s640/blogger-image--558998981.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjj1WLUrbxmY87pQOKrO8Tlv3SKoVX1xRcqscXWq1I0OczGHm4fCwjmfhRylx-3tW3s9rGoSes3yd00vYfc47O6GLFsxqIxkJF7-ItPUJqio439peKen4o76aEPBpc4BhgJJ6c8YCKtk/s640/blogger-image--558998981.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">If I'm ever ready for Monday, it would be now!</div><br></div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-1291098974626374712016-08-02T22:30:00.001-05:002016-08-03T14:14:23.860-05:00A Perfect StoryOk - I'm back! Sorry the long lull but I'm here and I have a post...<div><br></div><div>And it's all because of a perfect story that God wrote a long time ago.</div><div><br></div><div>And like so many perfect stories, it starts with...</div><div><br></div><div>Once upon a time there was a boy and there was a girl...</div><div><br></div><div>This boy was pretty special because he actually won the heart of a girl that had kind of thought she was would be single forever and was starting to be acclimated to that thought! But like a true Prince, he came in and was kind and patient and gentle and treated the girl with so much respect and so much honesty and so much care that she started to like him .... a lot! And then one day she liked him so much that, like a true fairy tale, she couldn't help but fall in love with him!</div><div><br></div><div>So there they both were, in deep like and finding love growing. And they started exploring doing life together in little ways, and really liked it. And then started diving in a little deeper, and some of it hurt and some of it was fun, and overall - it was pretty great! And then a year or so went by and great turned to amazing and the boy and girl kind of started feeling like, when one went away for a week or a day, things just didn't feel right. The boy and the girl started spending more and more time together and all their friends and family and even people that were just acquaintances started asking the boy ... So when are you going to stop saying goodbye to your girl(friend:) every night?!</div><div><br></div><div>Poor Prince Charming! How much he endured from so many of you!:)</div><div><br></div><div>And then a week ago, on a hot and bright Monday, early evening in Florida, while visiting the boys home and family - a surprise trip was planned for the girl. They both got in the car and drove from Ponte Vedra to Amelia Island and the only information given to the girl was "bring water shoes!"</div><div><br></div><div>So she did...</div><div>And as she sat holding her water shoes they drove up to a boat ramp in downtown Amelia Island and saw a truck loaded with kayaks! The girl was pretty excited:)</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The boy said "I have a private kayak excursion planned for us!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So they met Amber and her dad and they were fitted for kayaks and life jackets ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-Y_0uNV8ddET7BAsgP2Sz8FwLmFkZ_IayzkqnPPe5Um3080zXPSW05tJs4no2Z8gbr-npz36WX8ozpRzg6hgWkNGQv1KqPvpTIu2grwXxzEBxO6URhWSddftr3X0ZIirc731kxtCxZM/s640/blogger-image--1674473864.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-Y_0uNV8ddET7BAsgP2Sz8FwLmFkZ_IayzkqnPPe5Um3080zXPSW05tJs4no2Z8gbr-npz36WX8ozpRzg6hgWkNGQv1KqPvpTIu2grwXxzEBxO6URhWSddftr3X0ZIirc731kxtCxZM/s640/blogger-image--1674473864.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And then they set out....</div><blockquote type="cite"><table width="100%" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="background-table"><tbody><tr><td><table width="600" border="0" align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="device-width"><tbody><tr><td width="100%"><table width="600" border="0" bgcolor="#f5f3f1" align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="device-width"><tbody><tr><td><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwOcxtuf09MsFhmFpi2mdkP-zmsLfMYl7Sc2x0b32AA7em_hdrGZay0087SRgSrsNGvlk3nbUtYI74ob0wIhIn64gtcLRIWYAwQMVFltmjKGfO4iukVIquDfJ0Hti0Wl0CcOXhru1_ho/s640/blogger-image--739442507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwOcxtuf09MsFhmFpi2mdkP-zmsLfMYl7Sc2x0b32AA7em_hdrGZay0087SRgSrsNGvlk3nbUtYI74ob0wIhIn64gtcLRIWYAwQMVFltmjKGfO4iukVIquDfJ0Hti0Wl0CcOXhru1_ho/s640/blogger-image--739442507.jpg"></a></div><br></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And they paddled and paddled, and then Amber pointed to one side and said - "do you know what that house is? It's the house they made the Pippi Longstocking movie in!" And the girl got really excited - and the boy - not so much ... :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3J1Z1gHPnB9MVhZCiSs9usWDmTIz6D3fBaVVmNXpIgJ4MIbwix2R0sog8ao-YAneIoJys_9iSb6ga36cisYTUqCQXkX5s5r7gpwv7OYlYvojj2u8mXZ3klfoG6bL-gs8NCzAuYnog7fk/s640/blogger-image-428341986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3J1Z1gHPnB9MVhZCiSs9usWDmTIz6D3fBaVVmNXpIgJ4MIbwix2R0sog8ao-YAneIoJys_9iSb6ga36cisYTUqCQXkX5s5r7gpwv7OYlYvojj2u8mXZ3klfoG6bL-gs8NCzAuYnog7fk/s640/blogger-image-428341986.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">And they paddled some more and almost an hour after they left the boat launch they got to a little uninhabited island and Amber and her dad said "hey! Why don't we go over to that beach and you can look around on Tiger Island!"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOVepL1VFxRvpSOhan7Np2Caq6eNmN2THD6gNsNxK8kKQvepsy-qfbx0i2EJgEIMWJ9NkQp0s9wbiwa_whndF5TNH7fRoGsgf30JgprnHgNUwfPGOD-yKStzADg9W2W4H6meh09p8U3I/s640/blogger-image-2070433668.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOVepL1VFxRvpSOhan7Np2Caq6eNmN2THD6gNsNxK8kKQvepsy-qfbx0i2EJgEIMWJ9NkQp0s9wbiwa_whndF5TNH7fRoGsgf30JgprnHgNUwfPGOD-yKStzADg9W2W4H6meh09p8U3I/s640/blogger-image-2070433668.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So the three kayaks pulled up to the beach...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And the boy and the girl got out and Amber said "you should just walk down the beach there and see if you can see the wild horses."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And so the boy and the girl walked down the beach...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3DNON8RooSa0168jb5Lp5qGeLZriY9LE0ulfgjLLfHMi1ScyxKwZ9w-SmdK8FNNKiCTc8PshR_s3u0wPxzGoRJ3HGu8pVCILn91odHjZH-AEaQ3XL77kMryVpVmnVK2UR8Boi6NYgBc/s640/blogger-image--1280170346.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3DNON8RooSa0168jb5Lp5qGeLZriY9LE0ulfgjLLfHMi1ScyxKwZ9w-SmdK8FNNKiCTc8PshR_s3u0wPxzGoRJ3HGu8pVCILn91odHjZH-AEaQ3XL77kMryVpVmnVK2UR8Boi6NYgBc/s640/blogger-image--1280170346.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And then they couldn't walk any further and so they turned back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And when they got back by the kayaks, Ambers dad said "you should look over by that stick, I think I saw a horseshoe crab over there."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And so the boy and girl walked over to look and the girl thought "what's that in the sand? I wonder if the horseshoe crab was kicking up a fuss in the sand?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And then they walked closer and the girl thought "wha?...."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOK1a_tQYxNnV3_evginBFzKCmmE08Lk0g4-LmtV5l0XkI1sH7gnQSpnw0FzWmFiuWh5fqd_PC70SA49OQD11tK-bhoDkBw6duxpLY58xEzNFBgpr2cOCEyERr-R5uE27JDLZOUqKrSpk/s640/blogger-image--566230346.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOK1a_tQYxNnV3_evginBFzKCmmE08Lk0g4-LmtV5l0XkI1sH7gnQSpnw0FzWmFiuWh5fqd_PC70SA49OQD11tK-bhoDkBw6duxpLY58xEzNFBgpr2cOCEyERr-R5uE27JDLZOUqKrSpk/s640/blogger-image--566230346.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And as she was trying to figure out what was in the sand, the girl turned to look at the boy, and the boy was down on one knee in the sand...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Bt72RVi3_ZzlyFyYU7Bhi19RmIQnvNRwfZTSDigy2_H1Tzr6lz384thZDs6MkasA7kA9SMNjCiRZk8rTQ3BQMg8_mgDGXAAF6TyuQOeKyqEtRg8pBVO8tWQ3X-D1urkYnD4VzfA6rdE/s640/blogger-image--1387283901.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Bt72RVi3_ZzlyFyYU7Bhi19RmIQnvNRwfZTSDigy2_H1Tzr6lz384thZDs6MkasA7kA9SMNjCiRZk8rTQ3BQMg8_mgDGXAAF6TyuQOeKyqEtRg8pBVO8tWQ3X-D1urkYnD4VzfA6rdE/s640/blogger-image--1387283901.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And then all of a sudden the girl saw a word in the sand - just one word...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDH6uUATBytfobIgh1VMYFkLd4pubsbO-8dtaat3M6RBUs0pmxZuBDV6nO5Y4XYklYDXH6-fj978VX_tYAtrFS7Xz3hEKa-F-H8KvZysip0jaRmWvJMIvwDkXkmVM1dTMdU54jgpb_eec/s640/blogger-image-1029210201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDH6uUATBytfobIgh1VMYFkLd4pubsbO-8dtaat3M6RBUs0pmxZuBDV6nO5Y4XYklYDXH6-fj978VX_tYAtrFS7Xz3hEKa-F-H8KvZysip0jaRmWvJMIvwDkXkmVM1dTMdU54jgpb_eec/s640/blogger-image-1029210201.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>And the girl started to cry...</div><div>And the boy asked her the question in the sand...</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtX4lOLJiSYcsa1HDpFMsX4OY5xYcef61uvcjYJ4656PaqWocOsCjIjGTXGpRRbH57MioDMbxPNd5c-eFsizqlaJps0CpCD9FuGZhM-S1IuCWYxBmZt5CI6NPQhAEXJSbK9A3TVxyfLb8/s640/blogger-image--1527183338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtX4lOLJiSYcsa1HDpFMsX4OY5xYcef61uvcjYJ4656PaqWocOsCjIjGTXGpRRbH57MioDMbxPNd5c-eFsizqlaJps0CpCD9FuGZhM-S1IuCWYxBmZt5CI6NPQhAEXJSbK9A3TVxyfLb8/s640/blogger-image--1527183338.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>And of course she was so much in like and so much in love with the boy that ....</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKdG66gEermI21FktqUVPjqdf2A4kvP8s5DOFlmNdUpgHtWxPBwawS-V-MpDbTU9_UV6doytsJ5q1-weOqQgffPbFbXji23Tx-6DcK2wXOripD6Dq8vXr7EcQd3zRuzgJtapmkVApzt4/s640/blogger-image-1698386863.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKdG66gEermI21FktqUVPjqdf2A4kvP8s5DOFlmNdUpgHtWxPBwawS-V-MpDbTU9_UV6doytsJ5q1-weOqQgffPbFbXji23Tx-6DcK2wXOripD6Dq8vXr7EcQd3zRuzgJtapmkVApzt4/s640/blogger-image-1698386863.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>She said yes to his question!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfGDxoVrA35PWzZla4w3QI4cexdusxJTD_fuqBMEIGITwBblVpJngG68h2Ra8XVvzUQpO_I6qU0CWE3St8Q2xQCQVvc_xJlHAw3flN6g9TIbNs_P-3o47MYRCoiEqmU2t2b5xG6gPu5zg/s640/blogger-image-155786842.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbanSlHKS4JzF_SCVNWAUsKWocwpQ-uodNdHoxCBDaQzyJyYZTPN-4tvrhKvtTtPcFmvVxi6aMcGNQsYmmsdjM0PV6YH7wByT-73g4DdAmpWY41pO5DQkmrcIrYdhvQ-FqauPnTuVOco/s640/blogger-image-414420636.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>And as they kayaked back to their car, the girl tried to act indifferent but every time she looked over she saw the boy smiling at her with a huge smile... And she had to smile back bigger than she's ever smiled!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSK0qDmWNGEW8MWvlfpkLdeVUeg5sty6SylEFXIG60M_h8DlQ8kSB2KOHzaRvCoT7rS_VJzzFTAfxotw1QoY9y-L7jo6RRLrxdTomq-peqp5Nl_sWb_Ft1bshQaNrYB5w-M5grVQxlS5o/s640/blogger-image--272650150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSK0qDmWNGEW8MWvlfpkLdeVUeg5sty6SylEFXIG60M_h8DlQ8kSB2KOHzaRvCoT7rS_VJzzFTAfxotw1QoY9y-L7jo6RRLrxdTomq-peqp5Nl_sWb_Ft1bshQaNrYB5w-M5grVQxlS5o/s640/blogger-image--272650150.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>So there you have the perfect engagement story topped off by the setting sun ... And the most memorable evening ever!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4A-A-qcjw1Gp_L5x1leTaIphv3yb8TaKkjEJqZrI08S_iWIirze5Iljp68H09QYRBpTTmU3aok08ZvKK1qSlhz4TLv4yt4AZ4QmAAB-Cb7GbYE-RAfvq0aTV_TJqdXVopXBzjg_Mr4Ag/s640/blogger-image-87817087.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4A-A-qcjw1Gp_L5x1leTaIphv3yb8TaKkjEJqZrI08S_iWIirze5Iljp68H09QYRBpTTmU3aok08ZvKK1qSlhz4TLv4yt4AZ4QmAAB-Cb7GbYE-RAfvq0aTV_TJqdXVopXBzjg_Mr4Ag/s640/blogger-image-87817087.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCC7zZHGh4X-lhnzi5-kCZ4q6FgHuVe1704I12KplALTJ9McKY_EnDRL9V7exd9aC_h9pd-BT-n5NbZzWpK8sogl9l49jBNj2aU2e-SlwLOGBxv_8VWeGiimgKrw8iwJRghh-EsGsojE/s640/blogger-image--142252931.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCC7zZHGh4X-lhnzi5-kCZ4q6FgHuVe1704I12KplALTJ9McKY_EnDRL9V7exd9aC_h9pd-BT-n5NbZzWpK8sogl9l49jBNj2aU2e-SlwLOGBxv_8VWeGiimgKrw8iwJRghh-EsGsojE/s640/blogger-image--142252931.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpM1YIiHkOQjaFHyS09vJ-D2gOoauUAhMWmVxSvFHWnWR41wZauFgs3hghk-6-t0RoUWYYcDdNAyUTGtRnIwhd9IYHXeN_CJZUx73eyVeRrOCeYHkhYVeJpiiCIZDfq8diWAsc5jvhyLY/s640/blogger-image--1011805613.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpM1YIiHkOQjaFHyS09vJ-D2gOoauUAhMWmVxSvFHWnWR41wZauFgs3hghk-6-t0RoUWYYcDdNAyUTGtRnIwhd9IYHXeN_CJZUx73eyVeRrOCeYHkhYVeJpiiCIZDfq8diWAsc5jvhyLY/s640/blogger-image--1011805613.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ASTZrZeVjpC9znx6mV_FZZNP8lnmaYkIQffzUXwr21RObJDXTQJF3VigRdICpGVzsDOguSmZKYOblh38EcrH6wb-oUHa77VSlnOvJ0NYxnrL4OzfSRJ8DQJGYmh-4V-dOiMVMgtN4Pw/s640/blogger-image-1878666970.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ASTZrZeVjpC9znx6mV_FZZNP8lnmaYkIQffzUXwr21RObJDXTQJF3VigRdICpGVzsDOguSmZKYOblh38EcrH6wb-oUHa77VSlnOvJ0NYxnrL4OzfSRJ8DQJGYmh-4V-dOiMVMgtN4Pw/s640/blogger-image-1878666970.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTcB3AZeZ8RB7swaieYcFzUPTTFC05vjb7tUgy11w2DDUxgOF_Xmc-BhyphenhypheniLIT-_n7Mh_ABdwd3csqCUAPqQfmxnSPodnE9zuJWj0xa4a8om9Q4gflITeCQXVp8a6dj24687YnWf9hyphenhyphenuU/s640/blogger-image--311287609.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTcB3AZeZ8RB7swaieYcFzUPTTFC05vjb7tUgy11w2DDUxgOF_Xmc-BhyphenhypheniLIT-_n7Mh_ABdwd3csqCUAPqQfmxnSPodnE9zuJWj0xa4a8om9Q4gflITeCQXVp8a6dj24687YnWf9hyphenhyphenuU/s640/blogger-image--311287609.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thanks to Amber and Mark at Amelia Island Kayak Excursions (whose Facebook page you can look up and go to July 18th "She Said Yes" album to see a plethora of pictures!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And thank you to every single one of you who have prayed for us and encouraged us and loved us and have shown us how to love God and each other! You are examples and lights to us and we're so excited to share this part of our lives with you!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We're planning on having a smaller wedding down in Florida in April and then we'll come back up and have another wedding party a month or so later to share with so many many of our friends/family in IL and other places!</div><br></div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-40763505015165078512016-06-07T13:38:00.001-05:002016-06-08T12:47:24.706-05:00My Friend Flora<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-x_EkgCPW7WALQEK2PpwizsnSvdhR5bPpsqv2GyHPHFDv1ZJdBoQs4rTCC42Bqr-8-o6LPlRXraaueUuox9lwvNPLKMWTXHnoWuCgWOiC-b4pK5Uaa89DFCXJIOWtItr-03LCR1-UAI/s640/blogger-image--568032347.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-x_EkgCPW7WALQEK2PpwizsnSvdhR5bPpsqv2GyHPHFDv1ZJdBoQs4rTCC42Bqr-8-o6LPlRXraaueUuox9lwvNPLKMWTXHnoWuCgWOiC-b4pK5Uaa89DFCXJIOWtItr-03LCR1-UAI/s640/blogger-image--568032347.jpg"></a></div><div><br></div><div>I have known Flora for about 8 years now... I first met her her freshman year at University in Budapest. This was us then...</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYzH44p59A9NkZzKEEbotyrQ8ub7ceEgxT7xVIzEuQ62hDwjhos_FiTzuftVG797SPa7i5xnLRNQ5j3bv1xoU3vtOfSrbk9qtT6spU5cWqnmHVC_GhTwbOE2RaSDy8AGLZ5fL-JIDzQo/s640/blogger-image--855097275.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYzH44p59A9NkZzKEEbotyrQ8ub7ceEgxT7xVIzEuQ62hDwjhos_FiTzuftVG797SPa7i5xnLRNQ5j3bv1xoU3vtOfSrbk9qtT6spU5cWqnmHVC_GhTwbOE2RaSDy8AGLZ5fL-JIDzQo/s640/blogger-image--855097275.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>This is us now - ok well a few years ago now but I think we look pretty much like this now!:)</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQv12wb3zf8OUy9N52S5dyZK9tQtFVqd3Iesq9eaeOIHOj1mbRIyf71GhhIQgo7CuNS1fmkdvnE8G9RwCSEdvC2IQdKV4Tb8HByOstyar1kbMUGMyZYkCqnygD5SX_RpUhSCCbtVB7ZHY/s640/blogger-image--975788944.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQv12wb3zf8OUy9N52S5dyZK9tQtFVqd3Iesq9eaeOIHOj1mbRIyf71GhhIQgo7CuNS1fmkdvnE8G9RwCSEdvC2IQdKV4Tb8HByOstyar1kbMUGMyZYkCqnygD5SX_RpUhSCCbtVB7ZHY/s640/blogger-image--975788944.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>She became a believer through the CRU program in Budapest and now works with the CRU program in Budapest! It's the gift that keeps on giving!</div><div><br></div><div>She's now married to Atti...</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGNWgj9fKKiTI10nF8LHkliTd6wriZ68CuwpF-vCb2C5RNt6Es9ww0jU2ggD1AKHiCqKetphp6rSRcTnKetEUpVvwLZ20C0-CRepueOQpuJ01tlmTUgDt5s4snAztPDqAXcb0PdbC3u14/s640/blogger-image-1949715252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGNWgj9fKKiTI10nF8LHkliTd6wriZ68CuwpF-vCb2C5RNt6Es9ww0jU2ggD1AKHiCqKetphp6rSRcTnKetEUpVvwLZ20C0-CRepueOQpuJ01tlmTUgDt5s4snAztPDqAXcb0PdbC3u14/s640/blogger-image-1949715252.jpg"></a></div>(Warning this is what happens when you steal Alison's phone and put a selfie of yourself on it... It gets reused and resused:)</div><div>Ok I'll give you a more flattering picture from around the time they first got married.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWvUXScwS5jVbhbFGZXs-h-ieRX4nTeaYCo9TuqO6gnYXrkQ90-e6gcnOW3zIQLN9o_k0hY6Hk-YPxnePKh1lgPTCXQiQkuAwYBLWs8x0QzZn_zzPQdQcrKD4y7HL8EgerFz05yDcbJgs/s640/blogger-image-886289461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWvUXScwS5jVbhbFGZXs-h-ieRX4nTeaYCo9TuqO6gnYXrkQ90-e6gcnOW3zIQLN9o_k0hY6Hk-YPxnePKh1lgPTCXQiQkuAwYBLWs8x0QzZn_zzPQdQcrKD4y7HL8EgerFz05yDcbJgs/s640/blogger-image-886289461.jpg"></a></div>Cute right?:)</div><div><br></div><div>Anyways - all this to say I've known Flora a long time ... I'm bringing it up now as they're staying with me this week while they do some support raising in the area. And we met up yesterday and talked for about 3 hours and they gave me this adorable picture collage with all these pictures that I didn't even remember! So I had to look back in my pictures and, it just made me smile!:)</div><div><br></div><div>I've been not only in Budapest with her but all over the world!:). Almost:)...</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqdKXBbzGq3rT6cfv2U1vqe_1OFfh79vo9FdZawUgGw91AP3DdExjSfzaIH4kkYR6GEd1C_2d40HRcrh9EuuCDWi-uL0xqD2jE3ErA1yKP4YlanUcR3g2AMe1j1zdF8Npjv53yvGpyTE/s640/blogger-image-1960830167.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqdKXBbzGq3rT6cfv2U1vqe_1OFfh79vo9FdZawUgGw91AP3DdExjSfzaIH4kkYR6GEd1C_2d40HRcrh9EuuCDWi-uL0xqD2jE3ErA1yKP4YlanUcR3g2AMe1j1zdF8Npjv53yvGpyTE/s640/blogger-image-1960830167.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIYp5wZTqJel4Lx2f_Zzm5WWpXiZ2aStVMsyY6vtIfvs1DbUS3BTpiSKLQuRRv5rKSoLQLNDqrVS_QOF95ccduoAoLy5PVlvDpddsFa3Cxbv2wxxX-Jm7R4ZloodBJBHfUkq1UFOtgRQ/s640/blogger-image-1879133359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Complete with the forced drinking of the Palinka! Ok it wasn't forced but it was strongly encouraged:)! It's this really strong alcohol that they drink before their meal and it supposedly helps to digest food. They made it homemade so - it was STRONG:)</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgwvJqP09FxaqPJ7rmClYgpCVJKOHmrpdTBWaMwOHE3QNXyAQMqbBGAHy5UtiQCHGYpqc1bDgPxeag2Atbsq5eZ9UhpV4g77ys9r7j4hH_ZFWsvry6T1BLFtnHrK7JUm7Jjz4GQv2ig0o/s640/blogger-image--348240779.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgwvJqP09FxaqPJ7rmClYgpCVJKOHmrpdTBWaMwOHE3QNXyAQMqbBGAHy5UtiQCHGYpqc1bDgPxeag2Atbsq5eZ9UhpV4g77ys9r7j4hH_ZFWsvry6T1BLFtnHrK7JUm7Jjz4GQv2ig0o/s640/blogger-image--348240779.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>And then there's Floras excitement for their ministry there in Budapest. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEuY7dKSlFl-PdGD7hyphenhyphenDI1wNGMG-3WeBLJS4u51p-4v_R_iQrUInmRRB_TvdG8oGzOkShgHTFjPFCHd0IIzrMJpTEZwUWBrGKQ6nRhhvo0woKkBia62SUIVPMWOHPz2EKt-dbKM1rln2E/s640/blogger-image--307021513.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEuY7dKSlFl-PdGD7hyphenhyphenDI1wNGMG-3WeBLJS4u51p-4v_R_iQrUInmRRB_TvdG8oGzOkShgHTFjPFCHd0IIzrMJpTEZwUWBrGKQ6nRhhvo0woKkBia62SUIVPMWOHPz2EKt-dbKM1rln2E/s640/blogger-image--307021513.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>It's pretty cool to see a passion that started in her in high school years and that's just growing stronger now in her 20s. And to see this passion trickle into other people and make them love God more and pass her faith along.</div><div><br></div><div>I love Flora!:). She's only gotten better with age!!! </div><div>Puszi!š</div><div><br></div><div>BTW - if you happen to want to donate to Atti and Floras ministry...</div><div><a href="http://give.cru.org/0693120">http://give.cru.org/0693120</a></div><div><br></div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-14776199494909729672016-06-06T15:57:00.001-05:002016-06-06T15:58:30.873-05:00F. Scott What?!Saturday was a busy but enjoyable day spent with many various friends!<div><br></div><div>We had a wedding in Lake Forest to attend. The wedding was downtown and then the reception was out by their house. We didn't spend all day and actually left before everyone started eating. Which just means that I'll have to try Urban Barbeque on my own!</div><div><br></div><div>And then we went downtown to our friends - I had to return some stuff that I was storing for Kim - because she's getting married next week!!!</div><div>We ended up spending a good portion of time helping her move and then chatting with Steve and her and then, because we were there so late, we ended up going out to dinner with them. </div><div><br></div><div>So the super amazing thing that made my morning is that... The house we were at for the reception was across the street from this abandoned house that they were using for everyone to park at. As were talking to someone - he tells us the significance of this abandoned house and I don't think I could have been more excited!!!</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://chicago.curbed.com/2013/11/5/10179166/estate-that-may-have-inspired-fitzgeralds-gatsby-lists-for-165m">http://chicago.curbed.com/2013/11/5/10179166/estate-that-may-have-inspired-fitzgeralds-gatsby-lists-for-165m</a></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdnWrYHu_kLz3mHuXl51NiWHKdDmJh7f_quFXiY9A-TFbBaOyDFhhAW_4pqApO-Z1mSrpBOkXewe5tHfN4ghCCv2jlgmKCFymMYen7g1unQEGtPChJYPSBOPivWWlqEp68j68fCCqfbMI/s640/blogger-image-842429675.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdnWrYHu_kLz3mHuXl51NiWHKdDmJh7f_quFXiY9A-TFbBaOyDFhhAW_4pqApO-Z1mSrpBOkXewe5tHfN4ghCCv2jlgmKCFymMYen7g1unQEGtPChJYPSBOPivWWlqEp68j68fCCqfbMI/s640/blogger-image-842429675.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoF1qWwqkescpI0tYfdM9vHVb7zXB9yg3kZvIq1bu2JaLOA7w4ZZuSB8x49tTw9YSS3PY_EviPHdAJo2AK079GTThK4m76cNCWL5MbSxaqa-QpHQiPKzl1Z0CSXlerX6qsiJjtY8H6ORo/s640/blogger-image--1977700521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoF1qWwqkescpI0tYfdM9vHVb7zXB9yg3kZvIq1bu2JaLOA7w4ZZuSB8x49tTw9YSS3PY_EviPHdAJo2AK079GTThK4m76cNCWL5MbSxaqa-QpHQiPKzl1Z0CSXlerX6qsiJjtY8H6ORo/s640/blogger-image--1977700521.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_eEGUcQexQS8bMI8orkN-03s6XZwcQZZvLkS-ceiOwtArvRIIg7Ux4rinHN0x-TYypXbhDQotBht3285cqdxKuM_tcalhEUga0tBybd9-MiYv93EOvrDOiRo_gkZbDcvTyX1IDYKT28/s640/blogger-image--519410109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_eEGUcQexQS8bMI8orkN-03s6XZwcQZZvLkS-ceiOwtArvRIIg7Ux4rinHN0x-TYypXbhDQotBht3285cqdxKuM_tcalhEUga0tBybd9-MiYv93EOvrDOiRo_gkZbDcvTyX1IDYKT28/s640/blogger-image--519410109.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeKyt3uxEjwy_b6ET7MunevBImHDh-U13LgYDr3d5SJz1ZRJ7Spih88jw8qwac_FJus55LtcKki09ANUFZ5sgIVG_OJ_80JOuJ1Iw2CzeRQ-n5DMsLsu5SWqGWf95T3KvRe7GCFYjWUOc/s640/blogger-image--776568697.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeKyt3uxEjwy_b6ET7MunevBImHDh-U13LgYDr3d5SJz1ZRJ7Spih88jw8qwac_FJus55LtcKki09ANUFZ5sgIVG_OJ_80JOuJ1Iw2CzeRQ-n5DMsLsu5SWqGWf95T3KvRe7GCFYjWUOc/s640/blogger-image--776568697.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Creepy but so cool that possibly F Scott Fitzgerald walked through these doors at some point?</div><div><br></div><div>And I think my favorite thing that I learned is that F Scott Fitzgerald was told "poor boys shouldn't consider marrying rich girls"! I wonder if Mr Rich Banker ever felt stupid anytime in his lifetime?:)</div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-29332256087984976222016-06-04T22:51:00.001-05:002016-06-04T22:51:13.392-05:00Camping Catch Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Last weekend we strapped our kayaks on the car and headed up to Door County for a weekend camping trip away from the world!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmS99qHEaiPrHD2gIDOv3ElbuQM6Exg5Ckh5cviOtmYT6twDI9feK1SY23oKSWPO0EckSL_yiDf0DIxWxkxE6B_r4usoA4prhTNt0xNVCBIOEN-SJwGzyMmMHPsc8aDyG83x4-QnVEE64/s640/blogger-image-907197529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmS99qHEaiPrHD2gIDOv3ElbuQM6Exg5Ckh5cviOtmYT6twDI9feK1SY23oKSWPO0EckSL_yiDf0DIxWxkxE6B_r4usoA4prhTNt0xNVCBIOEN-SJwGzyMmMHPsc8aDyG83x4-QnVEE64/s640/blogger-image-907197529.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We drove up after a morning meeting and got on the ferry from the mainland to Washington Island! It was actually pretty calm for a holiday weekend!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxiERE6vBQqJwNchyS08nqw_6nRI9DDRaGcE2n3Yta4cuIeYghDu32KOMX1mfEAmpFmxpdLBMkMDBsldJ1eGLwiOqSp3eaT-qlCXoTL5d8u9p6jCsf8EIRFXTU-qrJfSzcDBoUb1_mIo/s640/blogger-image-36980697.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxiERE6vBQqJwNchyS08nqw_6nRI9DDRaGcE2n3Yta4cuIeYghDu32KOMX1mfEAmpFmxpdLBMkMDBsldJ1eGLwiOqSp3eaT-qlCXoTL5d8u9p6jCsf8EIRFXTU-qrJfSzcDBoUb1_mIo/s640/blogger-image-36980697.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi99CXsSq3HYs5-NNGETiIAqMpFwJ7I1025yJgPW1Msef30hyphenhyphenixoQYKZQ-rVdSMi0YSe4F3miNvyNo6FUanlmcHYaSBtZMZsdjTb2_2trdPjYr1OWW4Q_5hZoAMst3vnFgNSvMeWme6COg/s640/blogger-image-908861479.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi99CXsSq3HYs5-NNGETiIAqMpFwJ7I1025yJgPW1Msef30hyphenhyphenixoQYKZQ-rVdSMi0YSe4F3miNvyNo6FUanlmcHYaSBtZMZsdjTb2_2trdPjYr1OWW4Q_5hZoAMst3vnFgNSvMeWme6COg/s640/blogger-image-908861479.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7yTX23KJlq_8YJwll-Tkevx_gkuIwErLP3Pvz_X6OriuzXWppRrpu7NTZL-G6gU79vrZrBk4x7IMomhqZ9RSDYUDnDU8Go3dgn4wLHfoDNMHmao-xjYzx_nSm2VMkGC2apIVneum6Do/s640/blogger-image-504244638.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7yTX23KJlq_8YJwll-Tkevx_gkuIwErLP3Pvz_X6OriuzXWppRrpu7NTZL-G6gU79vrZrBk4x7IMomhqZ9RSDYUDnDU8Go3dgn4wLHfoDNMHmao-xjYzx_nSm2VMkGC2apIVneum6Do/s640/blogger-image-504244638.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ah the wonderful first site of the island! The flags of the Norsk!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqMzKFTYS7yVc3PGLafMwN91xi8czOMH4NNSDoSX3NplhS8DN0zNpinZ4MbzuNMzu-dWGc_jdwxtxycIRV_aOFNKynPIMda7hv7qPzUNE6iHqOZdjqMWllc6HW0_pgwsPOiAWo2IT8lI/s640/blogger-image--906561861.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqMzKFTYS7yVc3PGLafMwN91xi8czOMH4NNSDoSX3NplhS8DN0zNpinZ4MbzuNMzu-dWGc_jdwxtxycIRV_aOFNKynPIMda7hv7qPzUNE6iHqOZdjqMWllc6HW0_pgwsPOiAWo2IT8lI/s640/blogger-image--906561861.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I took Sean by one of my old nanny day haunts... The Holiday Inn! Melissa and I used to come here for breakfast - Irish oatmeal! Yum!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdVw7UeVRQo8XhXo-YQXyZM4jIEG2-FFuVsqd1AAbwJ9-wMM3ZZXxmwzAX3C67RHcY7ENC-HH6DjXawlFApCnipC9rfLugIobBEr1Ck1e2X7MlCXlQkKfYdGu8OFxguCat_3Vjgaon3Xw/s640/blogger-image-565501065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdVw7UeVRQo8XhXo-YQXyZM4jIEG2-FFuVsqd1AAbwJ9-wMM3ZZXxmwzAX3C67RHcY7ENC-HH6DjXawlFApCnipC9rfLugIobBEr1Ck1e2X7MlCXlQkKfYdGu8OFxguCat_3Vjgaon3Xw/s640/blogger-image-565501065.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We then headed over to the other dock to catch the Karfi, the ferry, to Rock Island.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4sRg13n8tTDlhWh64jxaYTX3lezihm5m_FE-OfvDpwzk2wrMAxUZE_26lZ7DBjm_OE8iqN36u0qxlzx5GlyzMcrT5fTDcb_VGLA996HGQt8m6LDoWey2IS42QAy_8uDKno8aOe1u5v0/s640/blogger-image-794278030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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And so being said, a little cemetary.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioo5R_PJq1XDKgc3rnHscAwhV8TWqNChY9aoULom0accg2IMOG-adUphpMf4gf0lvskmPXcW_hok_1y6QLXsui9E20FghAwYihbFQS5AVK7TOoMWO93bvzE-239iREaB7s9JTvLYMWEZM/s640/blogger-image-658043419.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioo5R_PJq1XDKgc3rnHscAwhV8TWqNChY9aoULom0accg2IMOG-adUphpMf4gf0lvskmPXcW_hok_1y6QLXsui9E20FghAwYihbFQS5AVK7TOoMWO93bvzE-239iREaB7s9JTvLYMWEZM/s640/blogger-image-658043419.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We climbed down a bank to the water.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEsue5dT3blsch3w7kycSnhXa3Q_LlXpN0OKZ0LaAuepAoMeCmEjQUSyPh6OQGCrNd4wuLEF6AoRl_lWEj55PFlgD3wtslk49VhMCt1vsmLxxo_D_ICILMMZEAOWCb9WXXDqOZp1Vzkrg/s640/blogger-image--1583713361.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj49DL_F2e6GmvmcQDrLUlxvrMtuo3NTY7mkO4UoElxQ6CROzEZCSnD2laXv0dRbml2mlQeR6aoAVmR8FixYA0i9DH1tiWVryqJBNMeNdDfPlEo0K9g9t7mbe2th0efkcczPU6s5-hYExE/s640/blogger-image-263431153.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>And then kayaking out around Rock Island in the amazingly crystal clear water with the amazingly bright sun shining!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYL8wUyMeF-YnK2zDE8Avt-IX-toFZjvbNNiaSfCpqBGjBTxdHvGk7usFCDbJCvzoJ5ZPnEoLVNmt5Fsv5GdKb_jdjuZah0_94yl2HY4GRrNg-voVQu1-gHmniETuzUvlRuTqswMq-4s/s640/blogger-image--848576371.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYL8wUyMeF-YnK2zDE8Avt-IX-toFZjvbNNiaSfCpqBGjBTxdHvGk7usFCDbJCvzoJ5ZPnEoLVNmt5Fsv5GdKb_jdjuZah0_94yl2HY4GRrNg-voVQu1-gHmniETuzUvlRuTqswMq-4s/s640/blogger-image--848576371.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The long hike up to the lighthouse where we kayaked around to. It's like 200 steps up or something and the lighthouse keepers used to have to bring water up from the lake that way!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhT1JpX1DkBRxZB93bW5zReci2WRlMSJCGYVWZgrI3usia6Yg1kL6osgoTo48inkN9k90Iw6a0h3UjYzyZhBTnOsawEeeCUxXVtvmbr0TN8BvUWy5Ou1VxgKnfSMtuCvX0jJQ8NPVAhEo/s640/blogger-image-1542357115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhT1JpX1DkBRxZB93bW5zReci2WRlMSJCGYVWZgrI3usia6Yg1kL6osgoTo48inkN9k90Iw6a0h3UjYzyZhBTnOsawEeeCUxXVtvmbr0TN8BvUWy5Ou1VxgKnfSMtuCvX0jJQ8NPVAhEo/s640/blogger-image-1542357115.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7lM1qW4iXjgtca3W1mVAnwTt3bvcYKFaqj-58XTtQURV3Txul3XGcwPotxvx2JkLWymIHxWRwYpfDGC4ZARVCsM0WiOYwqXhFZ7i_pvLY5JEW2FNx4Qjne_Bwhraf5dFhaf-4rRefSiE/s640/blogger-image-1145464971.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7lM1qW4iXjgtca3W1mVAnwTt3bvcYKFaqj-58XTtQURV3Txul3XGcwPotxvx2JkLWymIHxWRwYpfDGC4ZARVCsM0WiOYwqXhFZ7i_pvLY5JEW2FNx4Qjne_Bwhraf5dFhaf-4rRefSiE/s640/blogger-image-1145464971.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The weekend ended on Monday and we loaded up our stuff on the Karfi to head home!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ITwuGVlwnY0c0leBnQ4HRAJMJ93yAkaXbU7HncAxQJIxkkDieGPgpYJ7WOVKl-SazIWoIpXjTCoxr2TYf9GDNLd9UIYT8H_m5SEF25s3WnBm1ajDC4ljasoxHgfrzz7fk1TUJuAk9fo/s640/blogger-image--776725369.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ITwuGVlwnY0c0leBnQ4HRAJMJ93yAkaXbU7HncAxQJIxkkDieGPgpYJ7WOVKl-SazIWoIpXjTCoxr2TYf9GDNLd9UIYT8H_m5SEF25s3WnBm1ajDC4ljasoxHgfrzz7fk1TUJuAk9fo/s640/blogger-image--776725369.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Such an amazing weekend of campfires, tents, no showers, hiking and kayaking! And tons of time with Sean! Good times!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-16637904497537347242016-05-23T11:06:00.001-05:002016-05-23T11:53:59.468-05:00Color Me Impressed!I must admit I'm a little impressed and proud!<div><br></div><div>This person</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3m5wRx13hbgHOjTkYAQpR0DSZiSq7gt6irLY7vQobwL-yPZMBS3JGt5qeb3sC03X9LD1oS8KecbT-H3mhJmAdiAtG4efNxzLTcPUZ4_l97hyMt3l_xBtkWR7Mzlp_gbvt54ZmtKfsS6I/s640/blogger-image--196717773.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3m5wRx13hbgHOjTkYAQpR0DSZiSq7gt6irLY7vQobwL-yPZMBS3JGt5qeb3sC03X9LD1oS8KecbT-H3mhJmAdiAtG4efNxzLTcPUZ4_l97hyMt3l_xBtkWR7Mzlp_gbvt54ZmtKfsS6I/s640/blogger-image--196717773.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Just did this!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9VEEX8BaK7UUWxa3v4isuqHdkCNFulZlKTR7rTLj8vMpTRJcLm7eEpFvO30rmK88a_kVzQDIttsfliTPS2o5tfmC-Cr07aCnasRpoqy36WLv9bWicUi0011QhMzNET8YKe0MucBNUPU/s640/blogger-image--1526589778.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9VEEX8BaK7UUWxa3v4isuqHdkCNFulZlKTR7rTLj8vMpTRJcLm7eEpFvO30rmK88a_kVzQDIttsfliTPS2o5tfmC-Cr07aCnasRpoqy36WLv9bWicUi0011QhMzNET8YKe0MucBNUPU/s640/blogger-image--1526589778.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Yesterday morning he dragged his tired rear out of bed at like 4 am so he could get downtown at 5:30 am so that he could run a half marathon race at 8 am! SO not me! I can't imagine anything being that thrilling that I would get out of bed at that time - ok I did it once a long time ago, but - I consider myself to old and tired to do it now! Not even shopping can get me out of bed at such an hour!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So the fact that he did it after being gone an entire week and having a cold and being tired - well it pretty much impresses me!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And not to be left out - he got me involved in the </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlpe5MNVAnt0boo6iuKGNBXbEk20g6KiaTi-0eezNkPyQpp7QoccAF7mAEP6B3_dQMNsl5sKEvZ4c1k8DqtCTFl3Z2cIu3eV65oTMDmTPFCGoad5LrPyYOhrCr1ZgVuH1hG1d3EBC2VmU/s640/blogger-image-1229890315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlpe5MNVAnt0boo6iuKGNBXbEk20g6KiaTi-0eezNkPyQpp7QoccAF7mAEP6B3_dQMNsl5sKEvZ4c1k8DqtCTFl3Z2cIu3eV65oTMDmTPFCGoad5LrPyYOhrCr1ZgVuH1hG1d3EBC2VmU/s640/blogger-image-1229890315.jpg"></a></div>In October so I have a whole to work my head up to it. The fact that this is a group thing is a little more my speed though - and that he'll be doing it with me will definitely motivate me!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So! Here's to all the driven, ambitious race people who will get out of bed early just to run crammed in a throng of people! I truly respect you and your ambition!!!!</div><br></div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-28333925403595663302016-05-19T11:54:00.001-05:002016-05-19T20:49:35.541-05:00Ah Italia!Yesterday I was googling recipes for juicing and I came on one that called for Rocket. And it made me reminiscent....<div><br></div><div>When we were in Italy, everywhere we went menus would say items descriptions that would contain the ingredient "rocket". And after much searching and asking, we finally discovered it was Arugala. Crazy! (Actually since then I've noticed almost every other country refers to Arugala as Rocket).</div><div><br></div><div>So when I saw this I emailed the link to my Italian traveling buddies and was reminded by one of my bestie-nieces that it was exactly four years ago this week that we were in Italy on our gang-of-girls whirlwind tour! </div><div><br></div><div>Four years ago ... Pompeii was once again changed forever!:). </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgQLSdnv2sZrDa7hgzQuB_UXQHKtECuucSmTCSxLUO-VoaMl5jBC3w8SxGMXux1wWwp2fYmYdNyDXR13si4_bVy30v1Yzhf5cbqAyqjvp5WtyOnwWMKYUCYt94w54Oi5rCifAZxMAROg/s640/blogger-image--993803759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgQLSdnv2sZrDa7hgzQuB_UXQHKtECuucSmTCSxLUO-VoaMl5jBC3w8SxGMXux1wWwp2fYmYdNyDXR13si4_bVy30v1Yzhf5cbqAyqjvp5WtyOnwWMKYUCYt94w54Oi5rCifAZxMAROg/s640/blogger-image--993803759.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ah the memories I have!...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Our house and private beach on Sardinia! What an experience!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid72BCuurioNqQDifdT179yZ6rJOn6KKu0XnE9gGJvjkamyHbWvTvsgUGmqH7AQhaKNJh5QcPvfNMGspGcgsKPRMZ3zstJC8IOC7PXB5BaCblqGE9KVzHB1uDp-anx-SiobIZJxjIjDaI/s640/blogger-image-219110599.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid72BCuurioNqQDifdT179yZ6rJOn6KKu0XnE9gGJvjkamyHbWvTvsgUGmqH7AQhaKNJh5QcPvfNMGspGcgsKPRMZ3zstJC8IOC7PXB5BaCblqGE9KVzHB1uDp-anx-SiobIZJxjIjDaI/s640/blogger-image-219110599.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6fDJV3twzKXNLrIeALnjVeptAJ7ePTt4pIDoXasBdzmLjGK8Cl-ex61YCXt4qxj0nPzPtrPgLSJZoFvfX47EGTVEcYbbNWDh-eeqExwp_QVfPUNYbxQ2c-JrIsKHUiJau_6R1QhL5j4/s640/blogger-image-1424863541.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6fDJV3twzKXNLrIeALnjVeptAJ7ePTt4pIDoXasBdzmLjGK8Cl-ex61YCXt4qxj0nPzPtrPgLSJZoFvfX47EGTVEcYbbNWDh-eeqExwp_QVfPUNYbxQ2c-JrIsKHUiJau_6R1QhL5j4/s640/blogger-image-1424863541.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Our house and pool in Umbria... Way out of the way but pretty cool all in all!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hwNsqNSgVnmMoWCOiNm7aWedOJsxn5kkE-4H1SKmgHT6nkOmlsirP32yl-9OSrSwR9oJLpYWcUisbsnBvKhdL4TC3guhLYvELsu-bOcryR-p_n71MrI7R7fsbDczIsi8mdWJExN7bA0/s640/blogger-image--1346858288.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hwNsqNSgVnmMoWCOiNm7aWedOJsxn5kkE-4H1SKmgHT6nkOmlsirP32yl-9OSrSwR9oJLpYWcUisbsnBvKhdL4TC3guhLYvELsu-bOcryR-p_n71MrI7R7fsbDczIsi8mdWJExN7bA0/s640/blogger-image--1346858288.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAyw_EcJ21LWQ1ic0ZnJuLU0CsySSLJFLVX5HkKMaBXJPn5IcIa9qp_N5zmaGDMeBqkgeYVJnkccAp8ZRNseKID0bfWJbTEWX0m1yT7cBC7viVIdKYeb1El4o85WrJ887tkJiP6b5AeM/s640/blogger-image--1891790659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAyw_EcJ21LWQ1ic0ZnJuLU0CsySSLJFLVX5HkKMaBXJPn5IcIa9qp_N5zmaGDMeBqkgeYVJnkccAp8ZRNseKID0bfWJbTEWX0m1yT7cBC7viVIdKYeb1El4o85WrJ887tkJiP6b5AeM/s640/blogger-image--1891790659.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxFhqn-dYifftFXg6P3zEKyYHo6Eq_ABxrD5QHIWT1AQGGJryUsMhwufKY7aB1MeQMixOKwUdLD2fz91GxHMGJW21DFK-omrPSeD9EezSJGPA_H8Q1h8lOgeQBx-9Ran5eYURFN8LmNNE/s640/blogger-image-170259105.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxFhqn-dYifftFXg6P3zEKyYHo6Eq_ABxrD5QHIWT1AQGGJryUsMhwufKY7aB1MeQMixOKwUdLD2fz91GxHMGJW21DFK-omrPSeD9EezSJGPA_H8Q1h8lOgeQBx-9Ran5eYURFN8LmNNE/s640/blogger-image-170259105.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The food we ate!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Fresh Sardinian sardines!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHuoO4FoLOKJYY6diWbmrFrJpnlvaJKddje92JUKFX8yCdtmtUY8Mj0mjqKbZiJr5yjyx1o8eDz-nbTQk6nnH-1aJPZpHtwevrzzpVC4bbFwHk8Hrn1oh-T4T95cCmsXt7hPbBe6Xhy98/s640/blogger-image-542740479.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHuoO4FoLOKJYY6diWbmrFrJpnlvaJKddje92JUKFX8yCdtmtUY8Mj0mjqKbZiJr5yjyx1o8eDz-nbTQk6nnH-1aJPZpHtwevrzzpVC4bbFwHk8Hrn1oh-T4T95cCmsXt7hPbBe6Xhy98/s640/blogger-image-542740479.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Fresh fish!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZkxgOfJ9CK4n_wi6PwAAP8Eb-TUS9R9B-3LB-q1qkjcl1z2RJMPb6C2HPo2K9IIwenjCvXAW8QJYp0-ZEop_IphTRHRCR3K-8lJ57iTPRAlUjQYZjjK48CC2jNhA76cIyu5gkYv7-n0/s640/blogger-image--1241265726.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZkxgOfJ9CK4n_wi6PwAAP8Eb-TUS9R9B-3LB-q1qkjcl1z2RJMPb6C2HPo2K9IIwenjCvXAW8QJYp0-ZEop_IphTRHRCR3K-8lJ57iTPRAlUjQYZjjK48CC2jNhA76cIyu5gkYv7-n0/s640/blogger-image--1241265726.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Fresh mussels!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXDD7xRRde24zYXB9M-XjMqRiZ9VYGfVaqxOT0HztfgsUb8Il_HirpgXKrYpaMf2p30sJIZgWy0t6SlpJrFc7dZmqyaTnJKBcIV3D2K84Efzv-uQM7dYriYSlBov2ZXN_TFdSnKwJb7k/s640/blogger-image--55092843.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXDD7xRRde24zYXB9M-XjMqRiZ9VYGfVaqxOT0HztfgsUb8Il_HirpgXKrYpaMf2p30sJIZgWy0t6SlpJrFc7dZmqyaTnJKBcIV3D2K84Efzv-uQM7dYriYSlBov2ZXN_TFdSnKwJb7k/s640/blogger-image--55092843.jpg"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Italian pasta!!! Yum!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgmXY6ZjITRGQwqkQV3xIK47MMYVh2aXJ9vzCkI8oQyhsigOipDLxfpnIOQ8JNtLOonpNNSA13LpD2hk-TiQxADdiRgElX2M0O6G3AZ6LLgBTLg0zHHu9erBX6Q3kQ3o7uTqeydQYj2c/s640/blogger-image--1647561721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgmXY6ZjITRGQwqkQV3xIK47MMYVh2aXJ9vzCkI8oQyhsigOipDLxfpnIOQ8JNtLOonpNNSA13LpD2hk-TiQxADdiRgElX2M0O6G3AZ6LLgBTLg0zHHu9erBX6Q3kQ3o7uTqeydQYj2c/s640/blogger-image--1647561721.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">ROCKET! On pizza!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiP_n-c9E5b969vWqO0Ny7QGgMWmMnpJvbLb5u-6ZFU1-MQbiMgtuIj1n6j5mTceCVQAOdjA8NYS5rNmg0rxOGqoV05G5A1OqGyBb12b1esLSt14UOdGIWTj-F0nUS3lAO1R4UjA4xi8w/s640/blogger-image--1287403131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiP_n-c9E5b969vWqO0Ny7QGgMWmMnpJvbLb5u-6ZFU1-MQbiMgtuIj1n6j5mTceCVQAOdjA8NYS5rNmg0rxOGqoV05G5A1OqGyBb12b1esLSt14UOdGIWTj-F0nUS3lAO1R4UjA4xi8w/s640/blogger-image--1287403131.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Italian cappuccinos! By the boatload!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9V0aZycvMCy9ZR2L7wF1eJAhVzVp4AzilhuVZZFDrRToo4mqFezWuV-YZWVMhjp-lFzO_C1v3YMSaQEuEV-aSlnecV6TMm5DrV7eSY91lr3VDhJEzanj-Rw4370E_6nI0I81ENPmciM/s640/blogger-image--1446541540.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9V0aZycvMCy9ZR2L7wF1eJAhVzVp4AzilhuVZZFDrRToo4mqFezWuV-YZWVMhjp-lFzO_C1v3YMSaQEuEV-aSlnecV6TMm5DrV7eSY91lr3VDhJEzanj-Rw4370E_6nI0I81ENPmciM/s640/blogger-image--1446541540.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Introducing my peeps to Magnum ice cream bars!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ZtcOa_s3tQYkuUsnlCqxC63W8XcS8CHG-o3gAhtfA_IJiUC1SyRVXAnSxzJ3ba-o6NhxFA0unvd4yihZyzYBhBMLm4X32unWzxRcHP244-up4mlFu79-QFDNEVv3qn9GYTGN9eJ36j0/s640/blogger-image--604565978.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ZtcOa_s3tQYkuUsnlCqxC63W8XcS8CHG-o3gAhtfA_IJiUC1SyRVXAnSxzJ3ba-o6NhxFA0unvd4yihZyzYBhBMLm4X32unWzxRcHP244-up4mlFu79-QFDNEVv3qn9GYTGN9eJ36j0/s640/blogger-image--604565978.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Italian vino --- in bottle... With meals ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCi-n-eDT75gszCXN7V-Z3RpjtFysMM73jKx_Thece1gilow2XeUOEMBwHnvfuoGULe9-MZAWQV6BaxiNjjnYbOvG_dczhNUJj-2ugdhtF1YjchvsQ59CT0d8mR2xRfyYDBGt-QK0uPI/s640/blogger-image-100044718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCi-n-eDT75gszCXN7V-Z3RpjtFysMM73jKx_Thece1gilow2XeUOEMBwHnvfuoGULe9-MZAWQV6BaxiNjjnYbOvG_dczhNUJj-2ugdhtF1YjchvsQ59CT0d8mR2xRfyYDBGt-QK0uPI/s640/blogger-image-100044718.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">...with wine tastings!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TxWgu04tSQEOYCzrAMtExV5iSQr2kvUX1CkTJ6Bv2iXKSGpxp_ZubjQRWfsjLvYztqAW4IK3T0SXlRKzFz3lZWenUKjseWwrkoUM1m81IjziMQl84u0ZA6clbI9jHe-6d-OudqFdbJI/s640/blogger-image-876664691.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Well ... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw9j_GAZZrQqwEmE3amxRIcMcyXH1XEx9s1ZifJj1d7GzpXfyzxNbIDW0M-ERXEkCUx_C7lZncMudQbY_AxB3ld_YGbr997m5bg5ba7zuwl09fqFKOc7iAbcQxjIwL8dk1vFKvxU7CVUw/s640/blogger-image-612363980.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw9j_GAZZrQqwEmE3amxRIcMcyXH1XEx9s1ZifJj1d7GzpXfyzxNbIDW0M-ERXEkCUx_C7lZncMudQbY_AxB3ld_YGbr997m5bg5ba7zuwl09fqFKOc7iAbcQxjIwL8dk1vFKvxU7CVUw/s640/blogger-image-612363980.jpg"></a></div><br></div>And the views from our bathroom window in Ravello!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_uD4dTa8HzEEL7Qb02zSUoE4rjLDBnPimZgAK4Qywtl84ctPYVEPS2U6Updv73yy9UK0RC2i9hXZKdht1ftdhn4vQWiLWGSVb0WW8J7pI_fORf1v1P2CE0RgOOJ2nnvfGy-4_97BOCE/s640/blogger-image--951789106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_uD4dTa8HzEEL7Qb02zSUoE4rjLDBnPimZgAK4Qywtl84ctPYVEPS2U6Updv73yy9UK0RC2i9hXZKdht1ftdhn4vQWiLWGSVb0WW8J7pI_fORf1v1P2CE0RgOOJ2nnvfGy-4_97BOCE/s640/blogger-image--951789106.jpg"></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And speaking of coasts! Who can forget the brightly colored buildings and beautiful coast of Cinque Terra!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxglx9fFBcIV1sQy420NXgQ_CVTzFqgMYYzH55QMKDU4yH7gWYKxvUD0902VTgKJPCZMeU_H31rSH2D3OV7GfBY_mvwZga6VWIWPhQW-QSHWN9ky8DIBnVcPUnxlr-CExskaaAAvxfhuQ/s640/blogger-image-283855579.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxglx9fFBcIV1sQy420NXgQ_CVTzFqgMYYzH55QMKDU4yH7gWYKxvUD0902VTgKJPCZMeU_H31rSH2D3OV7GfBY_mvwZga6VWIWPhQW-QSHWN9ky8DIBnVcPUnxlr-CExskaaAAvxfhuQ/s640/blogger-image-283855579.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And one of my favorite places!!! The French island of Corsica and the amazing coastal town of Bonofacio! Probably one of the only places that I really want to go back to!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4DtonpcWZt_4umNwSy8-_acBAoxTzpZ9xUZBempdj634Mz99uTzdjCvb7JZuzqaKGiv0cQynl3SvpcwulZVSYgoGBIAwI-bwLY15DOYECSnKQbPptCLh70_ah58Y3UciObIMlgCXZlk/s640/blogger-image--1321296495.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4DtonpcWZt_4umNwSy8-_acBAoxTzpZ9xUZBempdj634Mz99uTzdjCvb7JZuzqaKGiv0cQynl3SvpcwulZVSYgoGBIAwI-bwLY15DOYECSnKQbPptCLh70_ah58Y3UciObIMlgCXZlk/s640/blogger-image--1321296495.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpnnd5mn7zChi9dozqCukDRef2iLwxsLCxm9HyHLSS12vU8vF6CDkmEp3GzC2hUwjkbV_AfVGUnm_cC5iZZfjTd5259qmZI6Fk-X7O3AI29fi8s83At4wfAQYvNQpIhpXVOnPsCHvaaUw/s640/blogger-image--166391665.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I don't think I could have a tour of Italy in any better way!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And after walking down memory lane with all those pictures!... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It's sad - but I have to remind myself....</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgch5X_PNJEJXtrXXUvVYsrE2acEDzgTOGwhFiASW9ectCg9fuFmcZrmn9BLLwjfbr9bmjmwbJEIQF124VRvwc61czWUdOhuUkXBhrPn3sIJDua9F5rgTBUOZILU23prpkUyB-nqpSYoRE/s640/blogger-image-2132513581.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgch5X_PNJEJXtrXXUvVYsrE2acEDzgTOGwhFiASW9ectCg9fuFmcZrmn9BLLwjfbr9bmjmwbJEIQF124VRvwc61czWUdOhuUkXBhrPn3sIJDua9F5rgTBUOZILU23prpkUyB-nqpSYoRE/s640/blogger-image-2132513581.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Arrivederci Roma!</div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-60885088225652652182016-05-13T12:47:00.001-05:002016-05-13T12:47:02.971-05:00Friday Fun<a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/jamiejones/ah-ha-ha-ha-stayin-alive-stayin-alive?utm_term=.crprVXk18V">https://www.buzzfeed.com/jamiejones/ah-ha-ha-ha-stayin-alive-stayin-alive?utm_term=.crprVXk18V</a><div><br></div><div>Test your disease knowledge! You might be surprised what is what! </div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-70738823837093608512016-05-12T12:01:00.001-05:002016-05-12T12:37:29.345-05:00I Can Read!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDCz2YfV4gR4JfFsJNSY0H0jW9qG2AzB-Y3v86ept-1YZWILpXLcnaU5dhMnoQKUmB8EA4HGA-YzGIRXnPzRPOegYx6iouS2yEcpSBNxSM885XALBTXGSAi_R0F_T0sYnOHRwAuLDMTnA/s640/blogger-image--1992508426.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDCz2YfV4gR4JfFsJNSY0H0jW9qG2AzB-Y3v86ept-1YZWILpXLcnaU5dhMnoQKUmB8EA4HGA-YzGIRXnPzRPOegYx6iouS2yEcpSBNxSM885XALBTXGSAi_R0F_T0sYnOHRwAuLDMTnA/s640/blogger-image--1992508426.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It's a good day when you can legitimately sit at your desk and read all day at work! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I was supposed to be doing an education piece for our whole medical division today but one thing after another came up and everyone had to cancel so - Im doing some more reading research on some really interesting stuff that actually makes me love what I do! These are my happy moments!:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And tomorrow - I get to get educated by attending a seminar on SSIs (surgical site infections) in endoscopy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">To educate and be educated! One of my favorite things! </div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-53839849938448260362016-05-09T14:27:00.001-05:002016-05-09T14:29:48.180-05:00Thanks For The Memories<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">This past weekend marked the last time I got to stay at single Kim's little city flat! For almost three years I've been heading down every so often to do Friday night drinks and dinner with one of my besties and get my air mattress on!</span></div><div><br></div><div>But alas, Steve is taking Kim and her little apartment away from my Friday night possibilities and hijacking her! No more Friday night drinks and sleep over! No more blowing up the air mattress and listening to the sounds of the city outside her window! No more sleeping and getting up late for breakfast somewhere in Edgewater, surrounded by Loyola studens and funky city dwellers. Sigh... No more quothe the raven!:)</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpKuzQJTUW0z-t4hmKSEkJEBisVXCY0VieKFgTATlK0Ez6oLZeRcURfUIkQQYBdvPY3iaVrV8cYvgAQHlaY5w8fhwOO03ExA1gmy7WtVbENvJl2HW66FfyaC2B2OULb8aV-rZB925Egs/s640/blogger-image--558103469.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpKuzQJTUW0z-t4hmKSEkJEBisVXCY0VieKFgTATlK0Ez6oLZeRcURfUIkQQYBdvPY3iaVrV8cYvgAQHlaY5w8fhwOO03ExA1gmy7WtVbENvJl2HW66FfyaC2B2OULb8aV-rZB925Egs/s640/blogger-image--558103469.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And breakfast didn't happen because I had to get back to the suburbs for a meeting with Sean. So I packed up my backpack and left Kim sitting waiting for her moving help to come. And as I closed the door and headed down the stairs, I had to turn and make one last memory of "old" life!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1YTG0J6u_-XecGQFcc0qcqnYFXRvbIJx1S0WUloPaoL0FcbVeNZ_oSQkwHF2WRMgl0CZYbMoj9sSMTSVlmkWSQyNARXAN4nJ3lVI9_ZEe0uwJH022mVEdzemOPklrfJNOX6DEutE08aM/s640/blogger-image--405144743.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1YTG0J6u_-XecGQFcc0qcqnYFXRvbIJx1S0WUloPaoL0FcbVeNZ_oSQkwHF2WRMgl0CZYbMoj9sSMTSVlmkWSQyNARXAN4nJ3lVI9_ZEe0uwJH022mVEdzemOPklrfJNOX6DEutE08aM/s640/blogger-image--405144743.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Bye Bye apartment 35!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And I then Ubered to Metropilis for one last cup o breve latte! And then Ubered (it was raining otherwise I would have walked it all!) to my car on Norwood - the last Norwood street parking I'll be doing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Back to he suburbs and our meeting and then a happy moment as the sun came it and Sean and I headed to the brand new Hansa that opened in Lake Bluff after much ado!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDppajCeWfI9W8MTeiYptPN5tEfzp7elxZkfA91UMn2iwYKd1l0TSBXvZXEbksSG8YzxXQRjp6u9OZngb_HSLICm3turHQHs-3JvTjzruviHt2yhu86AJSzzbN8QZ9hQ2X8_YDvIRBfM/s640/blogger-image--127123108.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDppajCeWfI9W8MTeiYptPN5tEfzp7elxZkfA91UMn2iwYKd1l0TSBXvZXEbksSG8YzxXQRjp6u9OZngb_HSLICm3turHQHs-3JvTjzruviHt2yhu86AJSzzbN8QZ9hQ2X8_YDvIRBfM/s640/blogger-image--127123108.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Coffee, a stop at Pasquesis to pick up all kinds of garden goodies. And the Home Depot for mulch and weed killer because I was intent on killing all those little booger weeds growing by the house!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8Ml_NtbFNnhs1svJP9RM1tG3hAhaNkC-8h19VrnJ9ttKWzX8LF2zzy46P1G6b0IJcooiEtVbkb4HuFnftM38Fg8aYyDW3BfrjZPtJ8ceCixkMEwNQeSYYigso522t8HfLuzNh5sG8Pk/s640/blogger-image--1525566416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8Ml_NtbFNnhs1svJP9RM1tG3hAhaNkC-8h19VrnJ9ttKWzX8LF2zzy46P1G6b0IJcooiEtVbkb4HuFnftM38Fg8aYyDW3BfrjZPtJ8ceCixkMEwNQeSYYigso522t8HfLuzNh5sG8Pk/s640/blogger-image--1525566416.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Got them all and mulch laid and went downstairs for something - and found a lake! One of the sump pumps had gone out a the basement was pretty badly flooded so, Sean and I spent the weekend pulling carpet and throwing everything wet and moving things around. Tonight I go back home and continue cleaning everything up. It was needing to be done anyways but - I like to think this is mom's lasting Mother's Day gift! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">What a memorable weekend!</div><br></div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-43641324500420274852016-05-06T16:11:00.001-05:002016-05-06T16:22:42.414-05:00Herpes Anyone?<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Last year we found this amazing promotional for our disinfectant product. Since our disinfectant kills a laundry list of viruses, someone at work found these little stuffed plushies that are the shape of viruses.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">There's </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ehiT_FxhkZ5SZ2Hm17R-XOCAeO3l74lujQdLRfUhKKFU1eWhOwNTQA4XBqXLgDFjKEC1Es5_lnOosCMgN6CZXc6CPahUhsdoZ3WsXuSphi20CAW_4tq3g9jCzVGVtjJITRE5chuLinY/s640/blogger-image-2002508290.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ehiT_FxhkZ5SZ2Hm17R-XOCAeO3l74lujQdLRfUhKKFU1eWhOwNTQA4XBqXLgDFjKEC1Es5_lnOosCMgN6CZXc6CPahUhsdoZ3WsXuSphi20CAW_4tq3g9jCzVGVtjJITRE5chuLinY/s640/blogger-image-2002508290.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHerQdk5IWFdroLjYcHeeWD6OhPm0jcrUFm3sNcblIw5aqZ9scqe_EDoVbswFaewIPGSs1NXHPN0bePN5gY4Pr0Eb25LbnhLm47OWWtINYDW82hVPPom5cUnJSGPjLIwl99Ynr8px7ak/s640/blogger-image--30267440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHerQdk5IWFdroLjYcHeeWD6OhPm0jcrUFm3sNcblIw5aqZ9scqe_EDoVbswFaewIPGSs1NXHPN0bePN5gY4Pr0Eb25LbnhLm47OWWtINYDW82hVPPom5cUnJSGPjLIwl99Ynr8px7ak/s640/blogger-image--30267440.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And many others .... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I personally love giving people herpes... But thats me!:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We were running low on viruses and we have a couple of conferences and vendor exhibitions coming up so we ordered 500 of them and had to put our logo sticker on them all so it was decided we should have a stickering party! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We ordered pizza!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We listened to music!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We stickered!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And we had microbe bag opening races where we talked smack and creamed each other in bag opening! Which one would you be scared of in this picture?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRwJcraHYG9AlXVv9tIMa9jQ4vzAVyd7S6zWgCT6kCIyH4YkHQONm0rhYwr2bN68yeG90vqLnXoAEAvKiAnw3UEJEucmq_iCfjlVQWL1tQLPtkpTsscJIMVWVttf9lx__DglsGYT7H6g/s640/blogger-image-1205908591.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRwJcraHYG9AlXVv9tIMa9jQ4vzAVyd7S6zWgCT6kCIyH4YkHQONm0rhYwr2bN68yeG90vqLnXoAEAvKiAnw3UEJEucmq_iCfjlVQWL1tQLPtkpTsscJIMVWVttf9lx__DglsGYT7H6g/s640/blogger-image-1205908591.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And by the time we finished 2 hours, 500 plushies later... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_H_TaJe_xQDnr389EAzXlZ7NO-E1yI6SMf1_rD3pHGUVh70ql4Qh9EvxTiEWGg4af9o6sdTpfdRs3nwAHMIlB-3pbXncxr8cejXONbqurSvnVYeROvjU0vR3IJVw4GLpm26E9WFq8rsQ/s640/blogger-image-635895414.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_H_TaJe_xQDnr389EAzXlZ7NO-E1yI6SMf1_rD3pHGUVh70ql4Qh9EvxTiEWGg4af9o6sdTpfdRs3nwAHMIlB-3pbXncxr8cejXONbqurSvnVYeROvjU0vR3IJVw4GLpm26E9WFq8rsQ/s640/blogger-image-635895414.jpg"></a></div>Some of us were way more happy than others!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It's nice to have some people you really have fun working with!:)</div><br></div><br></div><br></div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-88368118537920500812016-05-04T19:08:00.001-05:002016-05-04T19:08:40.732-05:00Flash!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It's spring!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Time for green grass, budding trees, tulips, fairly nice weather...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3Fg1_VEg7TAuzVhACqFn60UWhjf-mzgpwfHE7osBSBuAscDDQqenVTRwzTyj11AO58YZhoxeYEYmS0zg0b7_yJnlcC2ZUEKaAdMdAn3UPOmGdAHP8quvpunChujpN0XwPqdxtv4fnlU/s640/blogger-image--984309098.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3Fg1_VEg7TAuzVhACqFn60UWhjf-mzgpwfHE7osBSBuAscDDQqenVTRwzTyj11AO58YZhoxeYEYmS0zg0b7_yJnlcC2ZUEKaAdMdAn3UPOmGdAHP8quvpunChujpN0XwPqdxtv4fnlU/s640/blogger-image--984309098.jpg"></a></div>New running shoes!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I had to buy two new pair to finally find the most amazing shoes! It's like that Hans Christian Andresen story with the ballerina who put on the magic ballet slippers and couldn't stop dancing. I'm like that ballerina... But I'm not a ballerina. And my shoes are like ballet slippers, but they're actually running shoes! And - okay, I'll stop, but you get the idea. I seriously can't stop running! I've been petering in my old shoes since I started up again this spring. I get to a hill and my feet just wouldn't do it. But these shoes are like magic! I seriously don't even know im running up a hill! Btw - did you know you're supposed to changed out your running shoes like every 250-300 miles!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Anyways, since I started buying Monterails, I pretty much say this every spring. I had this pair that I got two pairs of a year or two ago because I loved them so much and thank goodness because they were discontinued! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So I'm headed to my laptop to go back and buy another pair of these amazing, magic running shoes! Besides they were on clearance which means, I get a deal - and they're probably headed to extinction so... Snatch them up while I can!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Magic shoes... Out!</div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-42952774309994784772016-04-30T12:01:00.001-05:002016-04-30T12:01:23.048-05:00She Like Freaked Out!So I'm in Minnesota again for the weekend. I just dropped Sean off kn Spring Grove, MN for a family thing with his daughters and I'm headed back to Rochester but stopped at a coffee shop that I've seen advertised off the highway and have always wanted to try but it's too far off the highway so - I was passing by and stopped and have been sitting sipping coffee and reason my Bible and getting caught up on life. And midway through a pair of teenage girls came in, sat down and counted out all their change, literally counted out change - too cute! And went up and plopped it all down and are sharing a little meal and some frappe latte whatevers that teenage girls get. And they're sitting their chatting like two teenage girls do and I can't help but laugh - but then had to cringe a little because I'm wondering if sometimes I sound like a teenage girl. <div><br><div>Girl one "and Carrie was totally like "no way" and then Becky found out and she fah-reeked out! And she was totally like so mad and then she totally like left the room and I was totally like whatever!</div><div>Girl two "no way! Seriously so like ree-dick-u-lus!"</div></div><div>And then more fast talking with like and totally thrown in and I'm not really understanding it all - but it's like totally hilarious!:). And thus I end with my teenage girl/Alison impersonation!:)..:(</div><div><br></div><div>So the drive to Spring Grove was a little over an hour and beautiful but - Ahhh! It's beautiful rolling hills and little rivers and green grass and bluffs and - all of a sudden you notice - no one lives here but this one person and maybe 15 minutes away another house. </div><div><br></div><div>And as we drove we saw a bald eagle flying around - well he was picking at a dead animal carcass and I had to yell at him because he represents our country and it was very unregal and disgusting for a country mascot that he was eating a dead deer off the road. C'mon! We're all about hard work - go out and chase your dinner down like a real American eagle would do! </div><div><br></div><div>Ah but then I realized this area is very very Norwegian - flags and ancestry research and all so - he's probably one of those carcass eating, unnoble Norwegian Eagles! Disgusting!...</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMej4e78maoOuY4jL0lxFxkOxcDdp4IICl_KzfNf3NWYybvOpiObFmcHNVPdeCvDjc8-DFx4CKVNC-UlUl_Q8bxKpWqdZAcDrkiNbdVz3LA618T6ujftMxhOgPVzn2Wk_27rRtILb1ko/s640/blogger-image--2144808476.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMej4e78maoOuY4jL0lxFxkOxcDdp4IICl_KzfNf3NWYybvOpiObFmcHNVPdeCvDjc8-DFx4CKVNC-UlUl_Q8bxKpWqdZAcDrkiNbdVz3LA618T6ujftMxhOgPVzn2Wk_27rRtILb1ko/s640/blogger-image--2144808476.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>He was so ashamed - he flew away!</div><div><br></div><div>A dreary but awesome day to spend with friends and practically family:). I'm headed back to Melisssa now!! </div><div><br></div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-13935833678407169552016-04-26T19:40:00.001-05:002016-04-27T13:48:00.823-05:00Last Day - I'll Just Give It AwayOk I started this post yesterday but then I found out I have some brilliant secret readers! Thank you for making yourself known:). I thought I had two loud and proud readers and a hidden one in a different country and that's all. And I was ok with that! But now it's nice knowing I write for a few others!<div><br></div><div>So my brilliant reader and friend has guessed correctly! Or as they would say here "Si si seƱora!"</div><div><br></div><div>San Antonio, Texas!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_N-O25pEalkxr-ZJUv5wSfUeCNUw4XK3n9ScyRcCtljoDobWLeeda1BxmCOCW3YtgGPOsdJnswzbuoo2kTnYk-jiz8Qylcbs371baecwpKtfUJ10jGTCJCrnmqV5NzAPvX1okF_UREw/s640/blogger-image-1530425555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_N-O25pEalkxr-ZJUv5wSfUeCNUw4XK3n9ScyRcCtljoDobWLeeda1BxmCOCW3YtgGPOsdJnswzbuoo2kTnYk-jiz8Qylcbs371baecwpKtfUJ10jGTCJCrnmqV5NzAPvX1okF_UREw/s640/blogger-image-1530425555.jpg"></a></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Remember the Alamo.... No that's really a question.. Remember the Alamo?:)</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">And then the Riverwalk which I've actually discovered this trip runs way longer than just the Riverwalk area!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgniNRAorIsZykgLjEhEecFqiRcOgdPhcnkmo7sbEwC_XqNjY3zJXMmwB2yRUuwYWTcR8-MSzlbdncWuw-x7-ZQvGCDjKe9gvGeoOEUcDsvaIJsZZk4DusNcI6eErXJD-iqu6Pv4wXB3rk/s640/blogger-image-1325790537.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgniNRAorIsZykgLjEhEecFqiRcOgdPhcnkmo7sbEwC_XqNjY3zJXMmwB2yRUuwYWTcR8-MSzlbdncWuw-x7-ZQvGCDjKe9gvGeoOEUcDsvaIJsZZk4DusNcI6eErXJD-iqu6Pv4wXB3rk/s640/blogger-image-1325790537.jpg"></a></div> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">There's strolling guitarists!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8nROfGW1R5z8SPnmktpQ3SrrTZ6epTJK6Hcw_P9KOWMn0FPdNonZy7ZH3azQsZ7T17VxIysaFgEEfvbhTT_qfusVsGiCcqsoDkR5duAXAlEHoeMWrqixdPua41XwEbZfxfGfMYfkph3s/s640/blogger-image--374848813.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8nROfGW1R5z8SPnmktpQ3SrrTZ6epTJK6Hcw_P9KOWMn0FPdNonZy7ZH3azQsZ7T17VxIysaFgEEfvbhTT_qfusVsGiCcqsoDkR5duAXAlEHoeMWrqixdPua41XwEbZfxfGfMYfkph3s/s640/blogger-image--374848813.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Tex-Mex food!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCelnmBsiDK0HqNjW-FAFIg0muQX6RZHALiPH9KGKX5mK56J9UjPrsWT3BBw_qn-IyGqM3CHV2yTwryLy3C2bzSMK8o6M4b5Y9jtbfT7UiTyVItaMMkWG89SAFVd4EbU5Bg5iy1OXBG8/s640/blogger-image--498927305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCelnmBsiDK0HqNjW-FAFIg0muQX6RZHALiPH9KGKX5mK56J9UjPrsWT3BBw_qn-IyGqM3CHV2yTwryLy3C2bzSMK8o6M4b5Y9jtbfT7UiTyVItaMMkWG89SAFVd4EbU5Bg5iy1OXBG8/s640/blogger-image--498927305.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And just overall beautiful weather!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But way too many people in the downtown tourist area!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ok and a bad bird problem! You sit on the Riverwalk to eat and this is what happens... The doof at the table next to you keeps on feeding the ducks so you have them sitting at your feet staring at you...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOGeLssIqjGfrDYYSAT6kC4hObYoKnMcWJ3TwoEZ051WakCS4oNv8ifENLc-grjmyLV0MEAX_fFa3gzBf-2YvPQoOMnkfD95VfYXn38-KO6sXHas561wktvnn5u9aykmod5qpJeLYqi0/s640/blogger-image--1795985217.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOGeLssIqjGfrDYYSAT6kC4hObYoKnMcWJ3TwoEZ051WakCS4oNv8ifENLc-grjmyLV0MEAX_fFa3gzBf-2YvPQoOMnkfD95VfYXn38-KO6sXHas561wktvnn5u9aykmod5qpJeLYqi0/s640/blogger-image--1795985217.jpg"></a></div>Creepy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And then people walk away from their table and the pigeons attack it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_EzS5oRj07L41q8daWbTCWNlFOjZYybgGJI7x3a79B2CkfEgGUjkiY6FWTF1oTXkPQFfK_9yLfKtcanUtEjr-_3ZyQwTjKyQLjJ1anelf1jj2EMLLkl6vgYRhXcoJLfWdfQz1PxvUU8/s640/blogger-image--1886669797.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_EzS5oRj07L41q8daWbTCWNlFOjZYybgGJI7x3a79B2CkfEgGUjkiY6FWTF1oTXkPQFfK_9yLfKtcanUtEjr-_3ZyQwTjKyQLjJ1anelf1jj2EMLLkl6vgYRhXcoJLfWdfQz1PxvUU8/s640/blogger-image--1886669797.jpg"></a></div>Ahhhhh!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The conference just finished and I'm grabbing a bite and then headed to the airport to fly home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A great conference this year! I actually learned a lot.. A lot of great speakers and topics! I think I definitely to home with more knowledge than I came with which is, let's face it, a very good thing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Adios San Antonio!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Oh - and this post is in memory of my one faithful reader who never figured out how to actually comment on my blog itself but always commented in person! My cousin Debbie! It makes me so sad knowing I have one less, not only reader, but personal fan! As of three weeks ago, we lost our family support and friend. We miss her!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZaz6YRQ5iQzEdeQMPwFrLVHlZ_7A5YpB67veJup66xNd4-rIO3qYnllf4MRado_xtNBgdDnpBC1Sm1y5WmyJ664TmEhyI0E8xKp3e052rDiQMUjTO7SRVQrSBXV0p_TTSenGvFy-t_FA/s640/blogger-image-1098869386.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZaz6YRQ5iQzEdeQMPwFrLVHlZ_7A5YpB67veJup66xNd4-rIO3qYnllf4MRado_xtNBgdDnpBC1Sm1y5WmyJ664TmEhyI0E8xKp3e052rDiQMUjTO7SRVQrSBXV0p_TTSenGvFy-t_FA/s640/blogger-image-1098869386.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></span></div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225579917127654849.post-16480322588502077202016-04-25T12:18:00.001-05:002016-04-25T13:27:05.540-05:00Don't Eat That Deer!Another day in .... I'm beginning to think that perhaps I haven't given enough clues, my one loyal reader hasn't tried to guess!:). So we'll try again. <div><br></div><div>This morning I got up earlier than I normally would have for this conference because they had an early bird presentation at 7 that I was pretty much totally excited to hear! It was called "An Updated Primer On Wasting Diseases: Humans, Animals and Ecosystem Health". Sounds complicated and tedious? Maybe - but not! It was a lecture by a Dr who is doing studies on the migration of prion diseases in wildlife, but she also focussed some on prion diseases in humans. In case you're not sure about prions diseases or TSE (transmissible spongiform encepholethopies), they're the cause of scrapie and mad cow disease and - in humans, CJD (Crutzfeld-Jakob Disease). Oh and the most interesting prion disease, Kuru, or the laughing disease (people literally laugh themselves to death!)</div><div><br></div><div>I know enough about prion diseases to know if you get them you're toast. It's a neurodegenerative disease specifically but they've found it can actually be found all over the body. Prion proteins are actually found in everyone's brains. They're very common. But when one gets a infected by this abnormal pathogenic agent, they cause these prion proteins to fold over themselves. Once this happens its only a matter of months to about a year until you die from it. The good thing is that in humans, it's when tissue matter comes into contact with tissue matter. So kuru for instance, started because there were these tribal people that would eat the brains of their dead relatives in order to get intelligence or wealth - and instead they got kuru! </div><div><br></div><div>Most cases of CJD (or vCJD) that have happened (I think according to CDC about 255 cases world wide) come from iatrogenic methods or medical methods. Brain surgery, corneal transplants, etc. And bring it down to my base level...</div><div>When someone has, most primarily, any type of neurological procedure, that's when the risk comes. Any patient suspected with CJD that has a procedure, those sets then have to be handled comptely differently. In fact, they're usually just disposed of. But - you can't just throw them away or incinerate them. There's a specific way to handle them before you incinerate them in order to inactivate the prions and - it's a really harsh and time consuming way. There's usually always certain ratios of sodium hypochlorite or sodium hydroxide that have to be used and then agressive temperatures of steam heat used for extended periods of time. And, for instance, one of the speakers yesterday was from England and he said when they have suspected cases, the instrument sets are put in certain containers and then transported to a level 3 military storage facility. Crazy!</div><div><br></div><div>So that's human prion diseases, but then animal diseases such as scrapies dates back about 600 years ago! And now the U.S. Has been the first to report CWD, Chronic Wasting Disease. And slowly other countries are showing it like Canada and most recently Norway. CWD has progressively and aggressively affected wildlife specifically through deer and elk.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWICCu4Rsixv9JlG6TcfhJ9IK1TeljH-OAOpADx5t2Vatna8SNSJnZhLjZinopnS5eb0X55lkaFXwUaO89zQTc6wo-HQcmzDzVwmXQ9awRvsiMM-feEbw9alIDkoKa0R_kVZdX-6uP47g/s640/blogger-image-1018896840.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWICCu4Rsixv9JlG6TcfhJ9IK1TeljH-OAOpADx5t2Vatna8SNSJnZhLjZinopnS5eb0X55lkaFXwUaO89zQTc6wo-HQcmzDzVwmXQ9awRvsiMM-feEbw9alIDkoKa0R_kVZdX-6uP47g/s640/blogger-image-1018896840.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It affects their brains but they've found the disease carries into tissue and their antlers and their organs. And as the disease spreads they've found that it can infect other animals that eat the dead carcasses of CWD animals. And now, the researches who are based in WI and see this disease spreading rapidly through the state, have concern with humans who might ingest deer, better known as venison. See, my life long hatred of venison is well founded!:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ok I'll stop with my blog classroom... But all that to say, if you're reading this and you have a forkful of deer... STOP! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And that's all I'll say on the matter:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ok back to where I am.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">They just finished building a trail along the river that runs down here. Well i think it was finished in 2013, but I've never had a chance to walk or run it before so to me they just finished it. So this morning I had some free time and the sun was hidden behind the clouds and so I went run/exploring this trail. It's called Mission something or other and was really pretty! There's this really strong, sweet smelling flower all over down here, I know the smell but can't place it. Anyways, it was floating all over the air. And then there are these ridiculously chirping birds who are way too happy for morning! There were about three levels of the river that I passed, it would just flow into this massive waterfall and then the landscape would dip down about 5-10 feet. It was relatively quiet this morning and enjoyable. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I got back and showered and then walked down the river area to find some late morning breakfast.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWikIhwX5TdE7_eH_BkY9c_nZger1d8YI2P-YKVlELgAUU56os6MsDiCGWpiSu7a0dT5QeqQVIIgrEPyc-cnaPKcLQwkM0DWJ8IZZpVJrWsmEOvQMiXRegy-z7QiSkdOUGj2yF0iO7C8/s640/blogger-image-819883493.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWikIhwX5TdE7_eH_BkY9c_nZger1d8YI2P-YKVlELgAUU56os6MsDiCGWpiSu7a0dT5QeqQVIIgrEPyc-cnaPKcLQwkM0DWJ8IZZpVJrWsmEOvQMiXRegy-z7QiSkdOUGj2yF0iO7C8/s640/blogger-image-819883493.jpg"></a></div>Heuvos rancheros! A little more help in the guessing game!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And I sat by the river</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6p5swc9xF7pAnXA5US9ocdKBLTIYf3mmObTq_Al8BY4yktNB-tyLPNdMd4t822AtVF34COtBFG7K7Ya8tvtFKYQSBDz0snKWHaug0-2tb2gnXuaTldd4qB1SbBrXbV6FuNXiOUNDfiDg/s640/blogger-image-603331687.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6p5swc9xF7pAnXA5US9ocdKBLTIYf3mmObTq_Al8BY4yktNB-tyLPNdMd4t822AtVF34COtBFG7K7Ya8tvtFKYQSBDz0snKWHaug0-2tb2gnXuaTldd4qB1SbBrXbV6FuNXiOUNDfiDg/s640/blogger-image-603331687.jpg"></a></div>Terrified that the birds that were swarming the patio were going to attack me! I felt like Tippi Hedron!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHIrciI23sbuFQToJ-GTr68TY2L0zXh4IM0eQINNrWWpl2e-kx0PusuW10gu286WZZhvnxDQLJimUhELIB_i1DJgDC-xerWoSbv1ucAbv0BDQockoQQJb5Q0MFvq4lb9xV9WHQeqU_GI0/s640/blogger-image--329276090.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHIrciI23sbuFQToJ-GTr68TY2L0zXh4IM0eQINNrWWpl2e-kx0PusuW10gu286WZZhvnxDQLJimUhELIB_i1DJgDC-xerWoSbv1ucAbv0BDQockoQQJb5Q0MFvq4lb9xV9WHQeqU_GI0/s640/blogger-image--329276090.jpg"></a></div>Hey! He ordered wheat toast!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ugTY0vN-FTDIe4uEj3o-vwwcs1f_zpuJPcjEasx7_iREvmLwyocHMKhU_SI1n8QM_HPNthtJOvx8Eq0VcBn8nURAokYKmH6yztuu2tIwZdIQypvjivSSQVqa2fG8Gd82-jpiyzuuAUE/s640/blogger-image-332998241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ugTY0vN-FTDIe4uEj3o-vwwcs1f_zpuJPcjEasx7_iREvmLwyocHMKhU_SI1n8QM_HPNthtJOvx8Eq0VcBn8nURAokYKmH6yztuu2tIwZdIQypvjivSSQVqa2fG8Gd82-jpiyzuuAUE/s640/blogger-image-332998241.jpg"></a></div>He was sitting on my purse and must be camera shy because he flew away when I went to take a picture!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-O6EeRYfyTFxZbd0Ddw_xbXm96mMiYJi7ThydP1XIyM1A105A5PXS_r-3BsuHc8tpb0nKuHRsVU7Zdsffeqwzn45iZsFlAMj6Bisjrq-wHPff_ldx5wPEXURdJRrlTQjB9QddYsPbnNk/s640/blogger-image--590655692.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-O6EeRYfyTFxZbd0Ddw_xbXm96mMiYJi7ThydP1XIyM1A105A5PXS_r-3BsuHc8tpb0nKuHRsVU7Zdsffeqwzn45iZsFlAMj6Bisjrq-wHPff_ldx5wPEXURdJRrlTQjB9QddYsPbnNk/s640/blogger-image--590655692.jpg"></a></div>They literally took off with my precious sugar in the raw packet!:(</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Well! Off to more intriguing sessions like "The War On Biofilm"! And "Flexible and Semi Rigid Endoscopes"... And so many more!:). This year is actually turning out to be an interesting presentation year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ok! Back to walk along the river... And keep trying to guess where I am!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div>Alison Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240757816931769341noreply@blogger.com3