One week from now...GRADUATION! Two weeks from now...I fly out from the Minneapolis airport on my way to EUROPE!! For the last year or so I have been planning a two-month trip to tour Europe with two of my closest girl friends--each representing a different period of my life. Megan, a friend I met in 8th grade, at Centennial Middle School, has been with me through the good and the bad in my high school years, and now my college years (though that second part has taken place long distance). We've travelled through Spain together, we've been camp counselors together, we've [View Full Entry]

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Hey- I'm just trying this out. I'm supposed to be studying for my Spanish final tomorrow, but this is the best form of procrastination I can find. I'm so excited to go. I don't really know what to expect, which makes it even better. I know I'm going to have an amazing time- I can't wait to speak Spanish, meet all of the people, see the land, ride the cable car, ride a freezing cold bus...everything just seems so different there, but in the best way possible. But that's it for now. I just wanted to see how this works. Love! [View Full Entry]

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After Chicago, we went to Minneapolis to stay with Mitzi Overland, my roommate Melanie's mom. She was such a gracious host and let us stay long enough to catch the Sox playing the Twins. The Sox lost, unfortunately, but we had a great time at the game! We bought tickets the day of, too. Who knew? Minneapolis is a really fun city and we also did some exploring before the game. We saw the sculpture garden and the Guthrie, which is this crazy building with all kinds of theaters. We had a great time. [View Full Entry]

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Well we got home last night. Everything went great on the flight; we actually arrived almost an hour early, so that was great. I thought I would just kinda sum up the rest of the trip, even though I'm home... The second day that we were in England, we went into London for the day. We drove to a tube stop a little ways outside of London and then took the tube to a stop near Buckingham Palace and started the day there. Buckingham Palace was cool, but not much different that when I was there in 2000. We then walked [View Full Entry]

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Saturday I graduated from Augsburg with a BA in Music and a BA in German! It is a very big relief and I had a lot of fun. The graduation was at 11 am, and I had several friends there, as well as my mom, sister Sara, and Fiona (Sara's long-time friend, who came with her from England to visit.) Afterwards there were receptions for each department, so I went to the humanities one first, but missed the music one; oh well. I'm glad I was at the humanities department's reception, because I got to sit with my friend Matt, the [View Full Entry]

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El: We leave in 14 days! I'm getting really excited but at the same time and worried that I'm missing something. I got my passport today, so that's something I don't have to worry about, thank goodness. Mom leaves for Tucson tomorrow so Dad is going to stop by here after he drops her off at the airport. I think he's going to help me get some stuff for Mexico too. Well, I should get going. Tired tired tired. One tanning session left. Perhaps we'll go next week. *sighs* 14 days... I can't wait. -E [View Full Entry]

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Well, we are finally home. Our day has consisted of a lot fo travel and a 7 hour time change - so we are heading to bed soon. Just wanted to drop a line to let everyone know we are home safe and sound, and to let you all know how much we appreciate the blog commnts we received. I hope you all enjoyed teh blog as much as we enjoyed the travels. Love Lyndsay & Jason [View Full Entry]

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El: Well, we leave for Mexico in 16 days. Still no passport yet! :( I have a feeling that I'm going to have to get it expedited so that I have it in time. That will happen next week if I don't get it by then. *crosses fingers* Let's pray! Off to bed. I'm tired and have lots to do before Mexico. I bought a new towel for the trip. It's amazingly comfy. I could sleep with it as a blanket. I might just do that in Mexico. lol <3 E [View Full Entry]

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As promised this prolific blogger is not quite done with his travels. I am awaiting departure in my new, but old Subaru, toward the fabled Twin Cities of Minnesota. I plan on catching a few Sox twins games, riding the rollercoaster inside of mall of America and well, I think thats really all there is to do there. For all you backpacker americans who have spent more time travelling abroad than actaully seeing our own very beautiful land of the free... well this blog is now for you because in the next 2 months I will be driving hairbrained back and [View Full Entry]

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El: Well, its now 23 days until we head out to Mexico. Luckily the exchange rate is looking delicious for our tastes. 1USD= 10.46 pesos. Cheap cheap! Not as cheap as India, but pretty darn close! Anyway, tanning has come to a halt as it's finals week. It will start again this week. A camera has been found via my brother! Thanks dude! Pre-mexico pictures will be up as soon as I get the camera! Love to all, El and Nash [View Full Entry]

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