Blogs from Orlando, Florida, United States, North America - page 86

Rumi once sang, Don't look at my outer form, take what is in my hand. Midway into CraniOcean® Mini Intensives, based on CranioSacral Therapy and other cutting edge modalities, one likes to ask, what is the theme of the sessions? Have you been able to discern a theme continuing throughout the session work? Okay, what is the theme of this trip to India with Carolyn Myss? First, why is it that so many people think the spiritual path has nothing to do with being human? Spiritual people are supposed to have everything on the instant, just with a wave of the hand, things manifest and tra la la. If you look at it, this makes a spiritual person into an arrogant slob who doesn't do any work, once called, sloth, if memory serves. They just sit ... read more

Marce's mom, Mashenka, drove us down to Orlando last night to the sounds of Coldplay, Maria Carter, and Steph Taylor. We would have been listening through our old speakers, but Marce's brother, A. J., helped Allen install new speakers in Sirius (our car) on Monday night. Without them, we'd still be in Gainesville packing - thank you two so much! We quietly crept out of our hotel room at La Quinta to let them keep sleeping, and we arrived at Orlando International bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Well, maybe not bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, but at least we're awake! Interestingly, we've already seen some of the "usual" holiday characters. Our shuttle driver, Carl, was like a breath of Christmas cheer. We're hoping it wasn't eggnog, but his warm wishes and anecdotes were an unexpected break from the usual ... read more

It is almost time to go home. I have stared at these pale yellow walls for way too many years now. My time here is limited. Only another 2 months to go. I am working overtime to save as much money as possible to begin my journey. I am heading for the Keys the day after tomorrow. I am looking forward to that. Four days in the Keys with my youngest daughter. She has never been. She is the only true native Floridian in the bunch, and the only one not to have seen the Keys. It's a shame, I tell you. Four days of riding a bicycle, watching sunsets and laying in a hammock. Life doesn't get much better than that. Plus FREE happy hour from 4-5 daily!! Sunsets in Key West...ahhh. Sunny and mild ... read more

Our cruise ended today, and we immediately made our way back to the airport. We checked in our luggage and figured out that we had hours before our flight. We decided to take a taxi to International Drive in Orlando. It looked like an interesting place to go that wasn't too far from the airport. We didn't really do anything there. We just walked around and looked at the sights. There were a lot of interesting buildings along that street. We saw the Ripley's Believe it or Not! It was more expensive than we wanted to spend, so we decided not to go inside. Another interesting building was WonderWorks. It was pretty cool to see an upside-down building. Even the McDonald's there was cool. Inside, it looked like a nice restaurant. There were flat screen TVs ... read more

So I have decided to take advantage of a second trip to Romania to once more work with the Gypsy (Roma) people there. This time we will be taking 34 people. We will be spending 10 days in Northwest Romania (Transylvania)! I will also be taking every opportunity available to update this journal with our adventures in Eastern Europe. Stay tuned for more wonderful stories. We leave in 12 days. Amy :) ... read more