Globe Trotting

Tomorrow my global adventures begin! Well I guess they kind have already started, since I live in Sweden. But the vacation travels begin tomorrow with the wonderful ESTONIA!! I will be spending almost a week in Tallinn visiting the lovely Mari-Liis. The good times will be filled with sauna, water pipe, nerdy tourism, night club and more! I can't wait to see the land where many of my friends back home have never heard of :) Then I will be off to Dublin to meet Lauren for 5 days. Can't wait for all the guinness and to learn to pour the perfect pint and kiss some stone. Next stop is Madrid for a couple nights where I will be flying solo. Nerve racking, but I'm putting on my friendly face and turning up the charm so strangers will want to explore with me. Hopefully I will make a trip to Sevilla to see where my cousin lived for 6 months, but if not the rest of my time in Spain will be spent in Barcelona where I will meet up with a college friend and her sister. Then after almost 3 weeks with only a BACKPACK (and not one of those crazy big as a person bags, but like the kind you take to school) I will return to my lovely Sweden for a couple days to enjoy some time with my Swedish bff. Final euro destination will be Vienna for 2 nights before I catch my flight back to the beautiful U S of A! This all seems like a dream. 

Sad face

Mari left today :(...big sad face. But we had a wonderful send off in Malmo yesterday filled with lots of touristy fun! Walking by the beach and visiting the giant Turning Torso.

Find the bright side

I guess the title says it all. But finding the bright side can be so freaking hard sometimes.

Quotes

Like most individuals, I love a good quote. Especially when it is combined with a stellar picture. I have been stumbling upon some goodies lately and don't feel like making EVERY status update some motivational cheesy quote, so I will mark these favorites via this blog post.

We don't remember days. We remember moments.
NUNC EST BIBENDUM (Latin for Now it's time to drink)
Like sands through the hour glass so our the days of our lives.-days of our lives
My diet starts tomorrow-every person

March Madness

Yippee Skippy it's March!! I actually doubt there will be much "madness" this March, but I really hope so. Last league game is this Sunday and then that night we will find out who we play in the first round of playoffs! Ready for some hard fought battles and good volleyball. I can actually say that I will be satisfied with just playing well. That is a definite first for me. I have never been satisfied with a loss no matter how we played, but I guess that is part of growing up. I am now at the ripe age of 23 so I think I am much wiser and am trying to see beyond my volleyball obsessed bubble. Maybe it is because the sooner we end the sooner I get to travel more of the world and then finally head home! I am ready to end this season with some awesome volleyball and hopefully with some more 'W's than 'L's in the final tally.