About Me

To make a long story short, I love to travel. I enjoy exploring new and exciting places, experiencing different cultures, and envisioning myself as a local. Ever since I first visited Europe in 2010, I have been infected with the travel bug, which although it can be a good thing, can be a real pain in the butt because I constantly have itchy feet. Aside from travelling, I have a passion for teaching and working with childen. In writing this blog, I hope to share my travel experiences with family, friends, and anyone else out there who may happen to come across my blog. My moto is that you only live once and that you should take advantage of every opportunity thrown your way. Life is too short to sit around doing nothing, and with that said, I am off to see the world!

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool
To weep is to risk being called sentimental
To reach out to another is to risk involvement
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self
To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss
To love is to risk not being loved in return
To live is to risk dying
To try is to risk failure.

But risks must be taken
Because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The people who risk nothing may avoid suffering and sorrow,
But they cannot learn, feel, change, grow or really live.
Chained by their sevitude they are slaves who have forfeited all freedom.
Only a person who risks is truly free.
- William Ward

Monday, 18 June 2012

Gypsies, and more gypsies, and one freaky gypsy!

Yesterday was byfar the best day I have had on the camino...even though I was livin it up in my own private hotel room and wasn't really a "true pilgrim". But, I had an amazing evening of delicious food, a comfy bed, and a Criminal Minds marathon was on all night. I knew that I probably should have gotten a good nights rest, but it's Criminal Minds!! I couldn't turn the TV off. So, I was up until 1:30am watching my TV family catch serial killers. But I did sleep until 9am and had one of the best sleeps I have had my entire trip. This morning I decided to take it easy and enjoy the few hours I had left in my hotel room. I checked out around 11:30 and then checked into the albergue right after. Because it is a Monday, everything was closed, well the castle and evolution museum were closed, but I did spend a few hours touring the inside of the cathedral. It was incredible! I thought the outside was amazing, but the inside blew me away! It is so hard to believe that 700 years ago people actually constructed this masterpiece! After a light lunch and a failed attempt at window shopping for souvenirs (I ended up only buying a little something), I found a cafe with chocolate and churros. The only reason I "ran" into this cafe was because I was being followed by a gypsie...she followed me from the cathedral, down a few streets, and then she sat outside the cafe I am sitting in at this very moment. SHE IS STILL WALKING BACK AND FORTH OUTSIDE THE WINDOW!!! Ahhh! She's going to eat me! And the freaky thing was that when I was walking away from her and walked down the street leading towards the cafe, she started singing and moaning....freaked me out! But she isn't the only gypsy I have come into contact with today. They are everywhere in Burgos, so everytime I walked past one I would clutch my belongings tightly and walk fast! And there was this one gypsy who came up to me while I was eating lunch and airing my feet out (when I was most vulnerable) and she started asking for money...she wouldn't leave until the store owner shooed her away. Why? Why do these people like me so much...Anyways, tonight I am gonna go to bed early, another busy day of walking tomorrow...thankfully my feet are almost completely healed. I enter the meseta tomorrow as well. This is where the camino is almost completely flat and there is nothing to see for miles and miles. And from reading my guidebook, on tomorrow's walk, fox's make quite common appearances. Guess I'll be carrying my pocket knife with me tomorrow. I am excited to start the second leg of the camino. And again, since I took a rest day today, I am a day behind all of the fantastic people I met...so, I have to meet new people which isn't a terrible thing. Oh, and I am nearly finished reading "One Day" so I will get to start a new book tomorrow!!! Yayy! Okay, bye for now :)
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