http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Brittney/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Brittney en-us Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:03:34 +0000 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:03:34 +0000 Skydiving So spring FINALLY came to Minnesota...it's about time Let's see...what's been going on not a whole lot. Like I told you Emily I have been training for a 10mile race. And the race was yesterday. It was along the Mississippi River in St. Paul gorgeous run And the weather was perfect running weather Her friend Christina ran the race too It wasn't bad at all considering http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Wisconsin/Hudson/blog-280578.html TexasIt only took being back in Minnesota for a couple of weeks in the winter until I was ready to leave again....to a much warmer place I went to Texas for a few days. Got to see my mom's new place hang out with friends and my dad came in town from Enid. Then my mom nana I headed down to Houston to see my bro. He recently moved there. Was so fun We ate out at some amazing restaurants http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/blog-267780.html Beginning of Trip Italy Switzerland Rome Bellano Milan Venice Lugano Swiss And then...Western Mediterranean Cruise So after the BelizeJamaica trip I went back to MN for 2 days. Enough time to do laundry repack head out again. This time...purely for holidayvacation One of my roommates Becky I started our journey mid Feb headed to Italy. We landed in Rome on Feb 15th. I have http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Grand-Casablanca/Casablanca/blog-255552.html 11908 So 2 days ago was officially the coldest day I have ever experienced... the same has been true for each day that follows. In some parts of MN it got down to 40 F That is just insane Now I absolutely can't wait for Belize Jamaica in a couple of weeks About a week ago I got back from Belize. We had an amazing trip in Bermudian Landing...a village that I have become so cl http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Jamaica/Negril/blog-238057.html MINNESOTASettling in to life in the midwest....in MinneSOODA Sounds pretty random huh Never did I think I would move here The idea of going to MN never even crossed my mind in the past... now I'm living here...crazy although I'm really not here all that much. But I love it Every where you turn there's a lake. And the trees in the fall are gorgeous So much nature wild life he http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/Minneapolis/blog-211889.html So my brother I turned 26 NO It sounds SO old I don't like it at all I feel like I should be 22. You're only as young as you feel right I'll just keep telling myself that No it's cool I love where God has put me what he's doing in my life right now. So my mom treated my brother I to New Orleans for our 26th bday. My Aunt Pam joined us. I had never been before so it w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Louisiana/New-Orleans/blog-203476.html I don't even have the words to describe how amazing my last week was in Belize. I spent the entire summer in Belize it was all incredible but the last week was completely the work of God. So I'll try to make a long story short of what happened last week then I'll fill you in on the summer of missions in Belize Last week's trip was a group of dentists a doctor that came to serve in a vill http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/blog-194607.html Better late than never. I had absolutely no time to update my blog this summer in Belize. It was crazy busy Anyway started off the spring in Belize with 2 trips one in Bermudian Landing the other in my favorite village Hattieville. Got to serve with Pam Dyer who is from Hattieville who is becoming one of my good friends She brings so much energy to the church It was an amazing wee http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/blog-192163.html Belize...home...so familiar...so welcoming...I can't tell you how happy I was when my feet stepped on to Belizean soil. Not that I didn't like Honduras because I truly did. I was just ready for friends fellowship English So I had a couple of days to relax and do a little trip set up before Jennie and Jason my coworkers arrived. The village we were ministering in was Dangriga. A qui http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Stann-Creek-District/Dangriga/blog-131172.html First Week 1907So Im here in La Ceiba Honduras. After being on the road the past week I feel like Im now on the home stretch Its nice to settle down and unpack my things. Although it's the 3rd largest city in Honduras the city itself doesnt have a lot to offer but its surroundings do Just outside La Ceiba there are tons of beautiful sites 11407I finished my first week of spanis http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/La-Ceiba/blog-120113.html Oh my gosh these past few days have been crazy Ive been jumping on a different bus heading to a different city and country every day constantly changing hotels some pretty modest hotels and thats putting it gently. So as some of you know Im spending about 2 months in Central America this winter. Im starting my journey off in El Salvador then Honduras Nicaragua back to Honduras t http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/El-Salvador/San-Salvador/blog-116535.html Nothing like spending New Year's in New York....besides it being overly crowded. I've never been during the holidays so it was quite a treatMy friend Adrian I arrived in NYC the day after Christmas. By the way I spent over 6 hours in Atlanta on a layover due to so many travelers bad weather. Nevertheless I made it. I took an expenisve cab to my best friend's apartment in Brooklyn. She http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/blog-115275.html Although domestic trips may not seem as exciting as international travel I have to tell you I'm discovering beautiful places a little closer to home. Travelling to different states coasts timezones I might as well be travelling abroad. I am realizing how dramatically unique each state is. I feel like I've taken for granted all these years of living in the states not seeing it's beauty. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/blog-105717.html World TravelsThis is long over due. I have been back in the states for several months now. I've been able to tell some of you what it was like travelling the world for a year a half. Of course words pictures stories do not do justice. Some of you have no idea what I was doing overseas. Hopefully this will give you a glimpse of the countries I saw the people I met the job I did the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belgium/Brussels-Capital-Region/Brussels/blog-83543.html My goodness what can I say about Armenia village It's in the mountains surrounded by green palm trees. The church we're working with is nestled on top of a hill the view from the church is spectacular. You can truly see God's beautiful creation in Armenia. It's a spanish speaking very poor village so it's been a challenge for our group to communicate w all the people but we're all man http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/blog-79279.html These last few weeks have been amazing We had a group of over 120 people from Houston of course everything is bigger better from Texas. They had a fun mission trip in Belmopan Belize's capital the smallest capital in the world. Then I took 1 week off went to Guatamala loved it Spent a couple days in Placencia Belize where I went scuba diving at Laughing Bird Caye went ziplinin http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Belize-District/Belize-City/blog-77306.html Guatamala is PERFECTO Been able to practice my espanol. Flores is an amazing island town with cobblestone streets these little tiny gocart type cars really good food very friendly people. Went to Tikal the largest Mayan Ruins in meso America breathtaking. I really needed this rest gotta get ready for 1 month of mission trips. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Flores-Tikal/blog-73152.html Back for the 2nd time in Belize. It's been great reuniting with the staff. I've only known them a short time but it already feels like they are lifelong friends. We've been setting up the past couple of days for the trip coming in today. There are 126 people coming from Houston. It's gonna be crazy amazing We'll be staying in Belmopan the nation's capital with only 2 restaurants Bea http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Cayo-District/Belmopan/blog-71028.html So I spent the past 3 weeks doing mission trips to Belize. We went to Belize City Crooked Tree Orange Walk. We several different ministries with the locals from Belize. Everyday spent in Belize continues to amaze me. The color natural beauty of the country people are breathtaking. It's the poorest country I've been to yet the people are so generous loving. I had the opportunity to g http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Belize-District/Crooked-Tree/blog-67545.html