After finishing up school for the year (2010) I have decided to catch up on these a bit. I will start with my trip from last summer. Summer 2009, I traveled to Seattle, Washington to visit a friend that lives there. During that week Seattle had the hottest weather EVER! Of course I left Iowa's 70 degree weather for 100 degree heat in Seattle, just my luck! I spent about a week at my friend's house while she and her family showed me around the city and I also visited the University of Washington Law School. After first arriving at SeaTac Airport I was greated by Allison who immediately wisked me away to the parking garage and her car where we proceded to weave in and out of the Seattle traffic toward her house. While we ... read more

My spring break was organized through school and consisted of 3 days in Prague, Czech Republic and 4 days in Berlin, Germany. I will create two separate entries because of the amount of pictures and for organizational reasons. We left at the end of the last week in March via Birmingham airport to Prague. We left pretty early and most of us were feeling that uncertainty that comes with having just packed all of our possessions in boxes, placing them in storage and being virtually homeless for the next five weeks (of course depending on our individual plans about when to return to university). At the airport we met our tour guide Simon who, let me just say, was an interesting individual. He was very knowledgeable about what he was explaining and our destinations, but he ... read more

Here are some links to marching videos when we performed for the Heart of America Band Festival. The pre-game is incomplete, but we only did half of it for this show. I am mostly back field, sorry the films are a bit far away. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpnkxWOBr5w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4G12C-UZb4 and here is a picture link http://www.kansasdrumline.com/index/09photos.html#10 I have also added some pictures of my apartment, outings with friends, and of course from marching band. We had a senior day where all of the band seniors stood on the field and had their names announced over the loud speaker. I have been quite busy this semester and band had actually taken up most of my time. I am about to begin second semester and will be taking some new courses and working at the Study Abroad Office. Everyone, I hope ... read more

My friend Piper studied in France this spring while I was in England. During her spring break she and a couple of her friends were coming to England and they wanted to make a stop in Oxford, so I met them there as I hadn’t yet been. It was really nice to see her after all this time. I took the train to Oxford from Leicester early in the morning so we would have all day to spend together. After arriving early, I waited at the station for her while drinking a tea. Piper and her traveling friends arrived not too much later. We started our day by making our way through the quiet streets of Oxford towards the first of the Universities. Oxford does not have just one university, but several, each with their own ... read more

For those that don't know, I have been back in the States since April and have been working in Council Bluffs since May. Of course am just now getting my blog updated; mostly because I don't have internet at home to post them and also because I am a hard core procrastinator. It also takes quite a bit of time to upload pictures and videos, so bear with me as I try to finish these up! For the days before and the day of St. Patrick’s Day I went to Dublin, Ireland to celebrate the holiday in style. I left on Friday night for the airport in Birmingham because my flight left really early on Saturday morning. I spent a sleepless night in the airport; all the comfortable spots were taken by the time I had ... read more