tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22821558206201248302024-02-19T07:38:35.866-08:00WickedBlogger20wickedblogger20http://www.blogger.com/profile/17286022385638354173noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282155820620124830.post-760786044556298042016-07-10T08:50:00.000-07:002016-07-10T08:50:14.051-07:00Mount Mansfield + the Winooski River <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">During the July fourth weekend, I visited idyllic Vermont. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On July 2nd, my boyfriend and I climbed Mount Mansfield, which is the tallest mountain in the state. It was my second mountain and it was by no means a walk in the park. Last month I started working full-time in an office-they say sitting is the new smoking- and it had been nine months since I completed my first mountain. As we were nearing the top, I actually broke down crying. I truthfully believe hiking is more of a spiritual experience than anything else. There's no better activity to learn mind over matter than climbing a mountain, and</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> though my boyfriend gave me the option to turn around, I couldn't be happier I didn't. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We climbed Sunset Ridge Trail, which is 3.3 miles. The amazing perk of this route is you get to see above the tree-line half of the way. Another fun fact about Mount Mansfield is it has 200 acres of rare Arctic Tundra. The first mountain I climbed, Camel's Hump (<a href="https://wickedblogger20.blogspot.com/2015/10/camels-hump.html" target="_blank">read about my experience there</a>), has a few acres of Arctic Tundra as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The next day, July 3rd, my boyfriend and I rested our sore muscles by tubbing down the Winooski River. This watershed drains 1,080 square miles in central Vermont, encompasses multiple counties, is the largest tributary to Lake Champlain, and is approximately 10% of the land area in the Green Mountain State. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was my first time tubbing and I didn't know something so relaxing and fun existed. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For the special occasion, we got a lounger that fits four, has a place to dip your feet, and two coolers, which were perfect for the delectable Vermont craft beer and cider we bought. </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_1_1_hso_sc_smartcategory_1?rh=n%3A166443011%2Ck%3Awater+raft&keywords=water+raft&ie=UTF8&qid=1468162618&sr=8-1-acs" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Here's where you can purchase it</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Even though my boyfriend and I ended up spending the fourth of July indoors applying aloe, chugging water, and popping Ibuprofen because we got sun poisoned from four hours of tubbing, I still had the time of my life. Because when you start full adult-ing, any moment you get to be in the place you love is always ideal. </span><br />
<br />wickedblogger20http://www.blogger.com/profile/17286022385638354173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282155820620124830.post-16192883963722975232016-02-13T15:16:00.004-08:002016-02-14T03:57:48.563-08:00PEM's Native American Fashion Show + Intersections <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When I was attending Salem' So Sweet Chocolate & Ice Festival last Saturday, I also hit up the Peabody Essex Museum to check out two of its' exhibits- the Native American Fashion Show and Intersections. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Peabody Essex Museum is considered one of the oldest continuously operating museums in America with its' roots dating back to 1799 with the founding of the East India Marine Society. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Native American Fashion Show included fashion spanning the last 50 years of both Native American designers as well as non-Native American designers, who have been inspired by the culture.</span></span><br />
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wickedblogger20http://www.blogger.com/profile/17286022385638354173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282155820620124830.post-58803272749239684512016-01-30T09:37:00.003-08:002016-01-30T09:37:47.692-08:00Missing Burlington <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today my boyfriend texted me a picture of Church Street in Burlington, Vermont that he took on Christmas Eve. Sometimes when he takes pictures on his phone they look like paintings. This gem was too pretty not to share here. </span><br />
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<br />wickedblogger20http://www.blogger.com/profile/17286022385638354173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282155820620124830.post-82088087654529924242016-01-22T19:45:00.001-08:002016-02-02T04:33:28.414-08:00Life Alive<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After much deliberation, my boyfriend switched his minor not only to graduate early but to set his trajectory towards the right career path for him. Though I knew right away I would miss doing homework with him on Sundays and talking about classes, I was over the moon. In celebration of his academic achievement, we got lunch at Life Alive in Downtown Salem. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Life Alive was packed that day with the lunchtime rush. Every time somebody came through the entrance, the cashier had to ask them to file at the back of the line. </span></div>
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wickedblogger20http://www.blogger.com/profile/17286022385638354173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282155820620124830.post-6576869932961593262016-01-17T09:44:00.000-08:002016-01-25T17:16:36.911-08:00First Celtics Game! <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If there's one thing people from Massachusetts collectively love it's sports. In fact, if I were to personify the Bay State as a person in a bar, they would be bragging about their prestigious teams. On Friday January 15th, I went to my first ever Celtics Game and I couldn't have asked for a better time! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Basketball was actually invented in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, but the NBA wasn't founded until 1946. The Celtics have the most NBA titles with seventeen championships; they won in 1957, 1959,1960,1961,1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968,1969, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1984, 1986, and 2008. The Celtics banners are proudly displayed up by the rafters and they always have one pristine banner blank to motivate the team. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The home of the Celtics is the TD Garden. It opened in 1995 and it puts on about two hundred events per year, including games and concerts. It was second time at the Garden this past Friday having seen Katy Perry there in 2014. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Celtics were facing the Phoenix Suns that day. I purchased the tickets as a Christmas present for my boyfriend, a massive fanboy of both the sport and the team. There wasn't any particular reason why I had us go to this match other than I thought it would be fun for us to see a game before heading back to college. After my boyfriend gave me a historical background on the team, I was happy with my choice. The Celtics and Suns faced each other in the 1976 NBA Championship and many basketball enthusiasts consider Game 5 to be the greatest game ever because there ended up being three overtimes! Additionally, fan-fave Isaiah Thomas played for the Suns just last year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Celtics won 117 to 103! They acted fast and never allowed the Suns to get ahead. Guard Marcu Smarts made his first triple double of his career at this game, which was the first Celtics triple double to come from a non starter since January 16, 1971! A triple double is when a player makes a double digit number in three of the five statistical categories- points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots. Smarts earned ten points, eleven rebounds, and ten assists as well as making two steals and two blocks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whenever the Celtics win by a landslide, the TD Garden plays a clip from <i>Dick Clark's American Bandstand </i>where a group of people are dancing to the Bee Gees' "You Should Be Dancing." Fans go nuts when when this dancer clad in a Gino Vannelli t-shirt comes on. This tradition is known as "Gino Time" and it is not uncommon to find people wearing the shirt at games. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My goals that night were to appear on the jumbotron and win a t-shirt thrown into the crowds by one of the cheerleaders and they both happened! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'd say this January's theme has been that of love and basketball. Not only have I started watching the Celtics for the first time in my life, my boyfriend and I have started playing together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Attending the game, I discovered a person can learn a lot about happiness and perseverance by taking a page from a Celtics fan's book. They have literally seen basketball giants come and go and consecutive championships followed by decades with no titles, yet their passionate for the team is unwavering. </span><br />
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wickedblogger20http://www.blogger.com/profile/17286022385638354173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282155820620124830.post-55281024418122105962016-01-16T18:47:00.002-08:002016-01-16T18:47:53.821-08:00Gulu-Gulu Cafe <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My heart broke when I learned the news of David Bowie's death this past Monday, January 11th. I am an Anglophile- my favorite musical genre is British pop- and so far, 2016 hasn't been a good year for beloved entertainers from across the pond. To help me cope, I went to a place I knew would know how to throw a tribute to the icon's passing- the Gulu-Gulu Cafe in Salem, Massachusetts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Gulu-Gulu Cafe is a hispter-esque yet unprentious restaurant that serves rare beers, coffee and fresh food. It is situated right next to its sister restaurant, the Flying Saucer Pizza Company, which I reviewed last year (<a href="http://wickedblogger20.blogspot.com/2015/01/flying-saucer-pizza-company.html">http://wickedblogger20.blogspot.com/2015/01/flying-saucer-pizza-company.html</a>), and was named after a cafe in Prague where the owners met and fell in love. Aw, how cute! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Everything the Gulu Gulu offers uses delicious ingredients, including all of the craft beers they have. This past year, they won the North Shore Magazine's Reader's Choice for their beer menu and recently they started their own beer membership. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I ordered the Essjay on a spinach wrap-hummus, red onions, greens, strawberries, apples, and cranberries. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My boyfriend got the Orange Walnut salad; mixed greens and arugula with oranges, spiced walnuts, cranberries, feta cheese & pickled onions. For $2, he got to add bacon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Gulu Gulu isn't just great at night, but for breakfast too! When I have a sweet tooth craving in the morning, my favorite thing to make is a waffle sandwich with peanut butter, Nutella, strawberries and bananas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just like the Flying Saucer Pizza Company, the Gulu Gulu's mascot is a pug. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I sat right near this drawing. Bowie's bewildering body of work was heavily played that night on the sound system above. If you're a big music lover, the Gulu Gulu is a must as they feature live acts five nights a week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are many lessons one can learn from David Bowie; he created anthems for the alienated and for musician had a rock-strong marriage to his second wife, Iman. However, what I admire most about him right now was his ability to make art until the end of his life. My aim is to be like Bowie, which is to never stop doing what I'm passionate about, even when I'm under pressure with other areas of my life, and one of those things is this blog. </span><br />
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wickedblogger20http://www.blogger.com/profile/17286022385638354173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282155820620124830.post-39832641688681454262016-01-10T07:06:00.000-08:002016-01-10T07:06:32.893-08:00Dobrá Tea <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's always hard getting back into the swing of things during the first week of every new year. I was having such a hard time I ended up giving in to another road trip to Burlington, Vermont mid-week! Just kidding- I went back to Vermont for my first freelance gig- coverage of the protests at the Thursday Donald Trump rally! During some down-time earlier that day, I went to Dobrá Tea- a gluten free and vegan teashop that offers over 100 varies of Eastern loose-leaf tea. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dobrá</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Tea was founded by a group of tea drinkers who had smuggled rare Indian, Chinese and Japanese teas into Prague towards the end of Communism. At the time, the tea they were secretly brewing was only consumed by the highest ranks in the government and military. Three years after the fall of Communism, the group opened their first tearoom in the capital, and in the past decade, nineteen more opened across the Czech Republic. The Dobr</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">á </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tea in Burlington was the first US Dobr</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">á.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After browsing their ten pages of my green tea (yes, you heard me right; they have TEN pages in their menu devoted to this one type!!), we ordered Dian Lu Eshan, which is touted as their best green tea. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I find the winter to be the best time of the year to reflect due to its' slow pace. After my boyfriend poured each serving, I stared at my tea leaves and mused about what 2016 would hold for us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Germany isn't the only place I've been to in the past six months that has a love of beer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Vermont has more craft breweries per capita than any other state in the US and on my ride home to Massachusetts on January 3rd, I got to check out one of its newest ones- the Stone Corral Brewery! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Stone Corral is a micro brewery that originated on a family horse ranch in Huntington, Vermont before moving to its current tap room in Richmond.They utilize local, seasonal flavors and their beers have roots in Germany, Belgium, and Britain. In 2014, they competed against 710 global breweries and cideries in the Great International Beer & Cider Competition and their 'Black Beer' won them first place for Dark Lagers: Bock-Schwarzbier-Other; their 'Latigo' awarded them second for English-Style Bitter/Scottish-Style Ale; and their 'Illusive Traveler' earned second for Fruit and Spice Ale. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My favorite beer was their <span style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">Kölsch- a German pale lager. </span></span></span></div>
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wickedblogger20http://www.blogger.com/profile/17286022385638354173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282155820620124830.post-69979216336977911932016-01-04T21:23:00.002-08:002016-01-30T09:38:07.223-08:00Happy New Year! <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Happy New Year, lovely readers! </span><br />
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January started with a walk through Red Rocks with my boyfriend, his mother, and friends. You can read my first blog post about Red Rocks here: <a href="http://wickedblogger20.blogspot.com/2015/12/red-rocks-park.html">http://wickedblogger20.blogspot.com/2015/12/red-rocks-park.html</a>. </span><br />
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What made this recent passage through Red Rocks different than the one I took back in early December was the blanket of snow. It was fun watching groups of kids and my boyfriend and his friends throw snowballs at one another; you're never too old for that! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My boyfriend's mom told me that January 1st was the first day since Christmas there wasn't a cloudy overcast burying Red Rocks and when she said that I couldn't help but smile and think of that as some kind of metaphor for the new year. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Though I am excited for it, 2016 will probably be the most unpredictable and anxious year of my life since I am graduating from college in May. It's important to accept the true realities when I'm on deck for a major lifestyle change, but it's also a necessity I stay hopeful everything will work out on its own just as the murk eventually broke its' spell, unveiling sunshine that looked like heaven had aligned it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's easy this time of the year for our heads to get misty, but if you ever need a prescription for a clear head, I'd suggest going on walk with some good company. Also, snowball fights aren't a bad idea either. </span><br />
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<br />wickedblogger20http://www.blogger.com/profile/17286022385638354173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282155820620124830.post-26462543004031118552015-12-30T12:54:00.000-08:002015-12-31T04:49:09.079-08:00Coffee Time Bake Shop <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yesterday, it snowed for the fist time this winter. Though it is normal in most places for snow to fall in December, it was especially surreal to see it happen Tuesday as four days earlier on Christmas it was 65 degrees! It was that slushy, wet kind of snow that qualifies the shoveling I did that day as a workout. I was in Salem that morning, but before I drove home, I went to Coffee Time Bake Shop to enjoy my favorite meal of the day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm one of those people who gets mushy on New Year's Eve because it means I have to wait another year for Christmas so appreciated all of Coffee Time's decorations, especially these frosted, gummed dropped gingerbread houses. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Coffee Time uses only the finest ingredients and time-tested recipes in their muffins, hand-cut donuts, bagels, scones, bismarks, cannolis, eclairs, tiramisu, and cakes. Their coffees are just rich as they are strictly brewed from Swiss water processed Columbian beans. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another thing to love is it's a family owned and operated bake shop that has been serving the North Shore for over thirty years. You can feel that sense of community and endearment in the way the employees take customers' requests and thru the holiday cards they receive, which were displayed on their counter. Though I have no knowledge as to what the winter of 2016 will bring (living in New England means expect the unexpected in terms of weather), I know that I can rely on Coffee Time to keep me satisfied. This eatery not only leaves every customer happy and satisfied, but it is also "open early...open late." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The climb to the top was a little longer than the Heiliggeistkirche in Heidelberg with 305 steps (read all about my trip to Heidelberg here: <a href="http://wickedblogger20.blogspot.com/2015/09/heidelberg.html">http://wickedblogger20.blogspot.com/2015/09/heidelberg.html</a>). I climbed it with my friend Jesse and I don't know how he survived it. He is an avid photographer so his backpack is always stocked with a tripod, lights, and various lens. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Though there was two way traffic on the stairs, there was more breathing room on the St. Peter's stairs then on the Heiliggeistkirche staircase, and an equally dynamic vista. I got to see the New Town Hall’s famous glockenspiel. Every day at 11am and 12pm (and at 5 o’clock May-Oct), the tower chimes and colorful figures come out of the balcony and dance. The spiel of the glockenspiel tells the story of a noble wedding that actually took place on the market square in 1568. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At night, I went swimming in Munich's Isar River. The most recognized strip of the Isar River is the Eisbach, which flows into the English Garten. Just like the Garten, the Isar River is a popular place for having a picnic, rafting, and drinking a beer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was a significant moment swimming in it during the wee hours of July 14th, as it was the first time I ever hung out with my boyfriend, Michael. It was his idea, Mr. Spontaneous. During my first class on the History and Geography of Germany, which was three days before the departure, one of the professors and I were taking about how we both need to work on being more spontaneous. I feel since meeting Michael, I am not so nervous when it comes to confronting the unexpected. Though I was unsure then if it was legal or not to swim in the river, I took the dive anyways. We had to walk over some sharp rocks to get to the mainland after our swim, but once he put his arm around me, I never felt more stable on ground. Little did I know then, but Michael was laying down the solid foundation that would pave the road for the strong, healthy relationship we have now. </span><br />
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wickedblogger20http://www.blogger.com/profile/17286022385638354173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282155820620124830.post-23004739080281345122015-12-26T12:43:00.000-08:002015-12-26T16:07:24.135-08:00Munich- Part One <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Before we drove to Munich from Heidelberg on July 12th, my travel group had an hour long pitstop in Augsburg. I ate at a traditional German restaurant and my waiter was a true country boy. I noted in Augsburg that the Germans from the south regions posses the same hospitality and charm that US southerners have. Though my waiter told me that he didn't drink, he declared Munich as the most beautiful city in the world. His high regards of the Bavarian city were not overhype; of all the cities I visited in Germany, Munich was the one I wish I spent more time in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first place I went in Munich was their newest museum- the Nazi Documentation Center. I had been excited to go there as I was curious to see how the Nazi Party would be represented. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Nazi Documentation Center is located in the former site of the Nazi Party headquarters. It opened on April 30, the 70th anniversary of the liberation by the US troops and Hitler's suicide. <span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The museum had four floors of rich content that covered the rise and fall of Nazism with a focus on Munich’s role. </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Inside, I noticed that the Germans that were there were reading the panels intensely. It was nice seeing them show such interest in their country’s history as Primo Levi- a chemist, writer, and survivor of the Holocaust- once said: “it happened, therefore it can happen again.”</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After the Documentation Center, I went to my hotel to freshen up and then walked around the English Garten. <span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The English Garten is the</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">largest park city on the European continent. Everyday you can find this place packed with locals and tourists, as well as surfers and nude sunbathers.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The English Garten is four times the size of New York City’s Central Park. I stayed in there till midnight and never felt unsafe. </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">It was Sunday that day, and across the Atlantic Sundays are a day devoted to taking it easy and spending time with loved ones. Walking through the Garten, I saw a group of friends having a picnic with candles, blankets and wine; crowds salsa dancing in a gazebo;</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">middle aged couples playing bocce under fairy lights; and people in their finest clothes attending an outdoor Mozart and Bach tribute concert.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Munich is a dream city for bikers. The strip of pathway closest to the street on a sidewalk is reserved for bikes. Bikers ring their cherry bells to warn pedestrians when they are in the way. If you don’t get out of the way, you can expect to be hit and receive no apologizes. No, this didn't happen to me, but it did happen to a drunk British tourist who wounded up with a gash on the top of his head. It was quite a sight before I went to bed! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">To add to my fist night in Munich, it was </span>also<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> Gay Pride Day! In the Marienplatz, the central square in Munich, there was an ABBA cover band performing and rainbow flags waving. Although same-sex marriage is not legal in Germany, seven decades ago it was a terrifying time to be gay in Munich. It is unclear how many of the 5,000 to 15,000 of homosexuals enslaved in concentrations camps perished, but scholar Rudiger Lautmann believes that the death rate of homosexuals in concentration camps may have been as high as 60%! Having visited the Documentation Center hours earlier, it was beautiful seeing Germans not only own up to their past, but be fully embracive </span>of a group that was severely ostracized by members of their country not too long ago. As 2015 comes to a close, I know I will look back on it as the gayest year. Having experienced less than a month before the trip America legalizing same-sex marriage, I could only hope that the rest of Germany would one day be able to celebrate those rights. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On my boyfriend and I's first road trip to upstate Vermont, it was a long weekend, and because of that it took us twice as long to get to the Green Mountain state than it normally would. We were on our fifth hour of driving when we arrived in the town of Waterbury. Our bodies were so tired and our stomachs empty, we didn't even check out the reviews of the restaurant we went into, the Blue Stone. In today's world, it's a rarity for millennials to put their money towards anything without probing the internet for its' ratings, but my boyfriend and I were merely looking for a place to eat before we had to hit the road for a final hour. So how was this restaurant you ask? Well, I'll tell you; the Blue Stone offered up some of the best comfort food my boyfriend and I ever had, and since that first trip, we have made it a tradition to eat there at least once while we are north visiting my boyfriend's family! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Blue Stone is a rustic pizza shop and tavern. This restaurant received its' name after a well stone that was located in a 1770's farm house in Rutland, Vermont, which is an hour and a half away from Waterbury. Today, that stone makes up one of the tables in the eatery. Photograph courtesy of the Blue Stone's Facebook. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Something that the Blue Stone knows how to concoct is appetizers. My boyfriend and I</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">love munching on their Barn Board-pickled veggies, roasted garlic humus and the best golden, crispy flatbread chips I have ever tasted. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Of course the best beverage to drink with pizza is beer! The Blue Stone has nine draft beers from Vermont, six from the northeast, and four from California. My boyfriend, whose favorite pastime is brewery crawling, ordered Focal Banger, which is an IPA style beer brewed by the Alchemist brewery in Waterbury.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The pizza we ordered was the Bio Dome- basil pesto, mozzarella, spinach, roasted tomatoes, red onion, feta cheese, and artichoke hearts. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Blue Stone's dough, bread and sauce are made by hand every day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What will make future trips to the Blue Stone exciting for my boyfriend and I is that their menu will change each season to accommodate for "whatever's fresh, local and in season to create new farm-inspired variations on what pizza used to be." Though I have only eaten at the Blue Stone during the fall, I know I will devour whatever comes out of their ovens any season because their motto is-"changing the world one slice at a time." </span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first time I ever walked the Marblehead Rail Trail was back in August, which was the first time my boyfriend and I hung out together Stateside. I met my boyfriend on the Germany trip I went on with my college back in July, and we spent hours along the Marblehead Rail Trail talking about anything under the sun. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">I am a senior at Salem State University, and every year I make it a goal to find new things to love about Salem because I've had moments during my fours years where I have taken my historically rich and cultural city for granted. It is that reason I started my blog last year-to prevent myself from falling out of love with my home. I never want to forget the hidden gems that are around me even though I've now been to Europe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">For my boyfriend and I, going new places is one of the ways we keep the spark alive. We both love the outdoors, and in particular, being by the water. We like to describe our relationship as being aquatic as many of the first milestones in our relationship have taken place by the water; the first time we hung out in Germany was when we went swimming in Munich's Isar River, the first time we kissed was by the Boston Harbor after we went on a Duck Tour, and he asked me to be his girlfriend after a day spent on Plum Island (read my blog about Plum Island here: </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://wickedblogger20.blogspot.com/2015/01/plum-island.html">http://wickedblogger20.blogspot.com/2015/01/plum-island.html</a>). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Marblehead Rail Trail not only provides views of the Atlantic, but it is also one of those secret places along the North Shore just waiting to be unearthed by you and a person you wish to be close to. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Camel’s Hump is Vermont’s third highest mountain and its' highest undeveloped peak at 4,083 feet. It is called Vermont’s best mountaintop because on a clear day you can see Mount Marcy, the highest in New York State; Mount Washington, the highest in the Northeast; all of Lake Champlain; Burlington, Vermont’s largest city; and quite a bit of Vermont's countryside. Camel's Hump is also situated on the famous Long Trail which stretches from the Appalachian Mountains to the Canadian Border.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Native Americans use to call this mountain, “Tah-wak-be-dee-ee-wadso”, which means the “mountain like a seat.” The French navigator Samuel de Champlain and his exploration team from the 1630’s named it “lion couchant” or resting lion. “Camel’s Rump” was assigned on a historical map made by Ira Allen in 1798 and in 1830, the mountain became known as “Camel’s Hump." Camel’s Hump is the largest park in the state and one of the oldest pieces of public land. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">It was given to Vermont in 1911 by Col. Joseph Battell,who </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">didn’t want to see the summits logged. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">In October 1944 during World War II, a B-27J Bomber plane on a training mission crashed </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">into the side of the mountain near the summit. Most of the wreckage has been removed, but parts of a wing still exist on the Alpine Trail just about 0.4 miles from the summit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Camel's Hump is a popular destination for hunting, hiking, Nordic skiing, and </span>snowmobiling. It is also not uncommon to find researchers here as s</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">ome of the most important studies detailing forest damage due to acid rain have been conducted on this Huntington mountain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I would recommend hiking to anyone because life is a hike. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">It wasn't a walk in the park climbing my first </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">mountain. As my veteran hiking boyfriend promised, there were times along the five hour journey that I loved hiking and other moments not so much. As with life, hiking can be disorientating at times, but what blew me away the most, besides the breathtaking view from the top, was how encouraging all the other hikers were! Words of 'don't give up, you're almost there' were as constant as the sounds of our feet crunching down on crisp, burning leaves (Vermont is famous for having the best foliage in the world!) This support helped me especially during the descent, when my hands were numb from the cold and I just wanted to cry. I never felt judged for my lack of mountain hiking experience, even when I had to do some crab shuffles or get on all four. In fact, hiking gave me confidence because it made me admire my body for how strong it is! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I think every couple should hike at some point in their relationship. Hiking not only helps you connect more intimately with nature and yourself, but with your other half as well. It reinstalls three of the most important traits necessary for a healthy relationship- communication, patience, and support! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you thought Salem, Massachusetts was just famous for witches, think again! In the bewitching downtown you can hunt for not only witches, but ghosts as well!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Voted the #1 thing to do in Salem in 2009 by NBC’s Official Best Tour of Massachusetts, the Salem Night Tours conduct 75-minute tours into the supernatural world of our historic New England city. Guided by a licensed tour guide, you will journey through cemeteries, former sites of the 1692 witchcraft trials, and famous locations of folklore and legend. The use of flash photography is highly encouraged as many visitors have had spirits appear in their pictures. As a resident of Salem for the past three years, my favorite thing about the Salem Night Tours was that they offered information I had never learned before!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For example, next to the Dunkin Donuts on the corner of Washington Street and Norman Street, lies the Joshua Ward House, one of the most haunted houses in America. The house was originally owned by George Corwin, a former High Sheriff of Essex County, Massachusetts during the 1600s. He was a belligerent man who earned the nickname ‘The Strangler’ because many accused witches died at his hands. Giles Corey, the well-known victim who was eventually pressed to death, was the last to suffer under Corwin’s hands. Corwin passed away at the age of thirty, but at Corey’s sentence, which you get to see on the tour, he cursed Corwin and all the Sheriffs of Essex County. Because many people had ill feelings towards Corwin, he was buried in his house until it was rebuilt in 1784, the foundation of the original house is all that remains. After the house was completed, George Washington actually stayed there during a visit to Salem. This is why Washington Street is named Washington Street.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But it was in the 1980s when Carlson Realty made the house its headquarters, that people started discovering its haunted happenings. Doors would shut on their own, objects move, lights turned on and off by themselves, and burglar alarms would continually go off. The grizzliest paranormal activity that has occurred there has been the apparition of two women. One of them is an old lady sitting by the fire and the other is younger women who stalks the upstairs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These women are believed to be two of the women Corwin brutally murdered. In the 1990s, a man named Dale Lewinski captured them while trying to take a picture of the Carlson Realty staff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Joshua Ward House wasn’t the only place I enjoyed visiting, I also liked the Gardner Pingree House, which is the house the American board game, <em style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Clue</em>, was based on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On the outside, Gardner Pingree is an idyllic Georgian house, but its skeletons would shock you! But don’t worry, I didn’t ruin everything for you! The greatest thing about the Salem Night Tours is that no two tours are the same!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Hofbräuhaus</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> was founded in 1589 by the Duke of Bavaria, Wilhelm V, when he and the city council were not happy with the local beer. ‘Hobrau' means royal beer and ‘haus’ translates to house, but in 1828 King Ludwig opened the </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Hofbräuhaus</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> to the public. This beer hall’s history is just as rich as its beer.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Hofbräuhaus </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">saved Munich during the Thirty Years War when the Swedes occupied it in 1632 and they agreed to not destroy the city in exchange for 1,000 buckets of beer; Mozart claimed to have written his opera ‘Idomeneo’ here;</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">it was the headquarters of the communist government of Munich in 1919;</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">the first meeting place of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialists in 1920; and Vladimir Lenin frequented the hall in the years leading up to World War II. Sadly, the </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Hofbräuhaus </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">was almost entirely demolished by the Allied bombs in April of 1944 and only a small section of the original remains. The </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Hofbräuhaus</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> was rebuilt to its original style and reopened in 1958 in honor of Munich’s eight hundredth birthday. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Mark Twain was so besotted with Heidelberg, Germany when he </span>lived<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> there for several months in 1878 that he </span>devoted<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> a chapter in his work, <i>A Tramp Abroad</i>, describing why it is </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> most ideal city and though I only spent a fifth of my trip there, I would 100% agree with Twain! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Heidelberg is a city situated on the River Neckar in southwest Germany.</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">It is the longest city in the country and a popular destination because of its romantic and picturesque landscape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">On our second day in Heidelberg, my university and I were provided a walking tour of the city by a woman named Sonja, who also went by Mary Poppins because she habitually wears a boater hat and gloves as well as carries a parasol. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left;">The first stop was at the Jesuitenkirche, a</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left;"> Catholic church that was built from 1712 to 1751 for the Jesuits who arrived in 1698. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One of the things I was most excited to see in Germany was Heidelberg Castle and it definitely exceeded my expectations. I was the secretary of my drama club in high school, so it was awesome discovering the Castle has a stage where it regularly puts on productions. My only wish during the trip was that we arrived a few days earlier so I could have seen their recent production of <i>Romeo & Juliet</i>. Another part of the Castle I enjoyed was the Heidelberg Tun, the world’s largest wine barrel. Back when it was constructed in 1751, it held 221, 726 liters. Today, due to the drying of the wood, it can only hold 219,000 liters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">After Sonja's tour, I toured the University of Heidelberg’s student prison. Founded in 1386, this university is the oldest university in Germany and is basically the nation’s Harvard. From 1778 to 1914, the University of Heideilberg could imprison their students from 24 hours to 4 weeks for any rule breaking. The students were still allowed to attend lectures, so the prison was more like a restrictive dormitory, and those in residence would occupy their time </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">grafting</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"> the walls to </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">immortalize </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">their stay. It was not uncommon for a student to create mischief just to be sent there so they could be with their friends. I thought touring the University Prison was a unique </span>experience<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> because prior to it I had never heard of a university prisoning its students. Overall, I was impressed with the way the University had preserved the prison. With the pristine graffiti and the smell of urine lingering in the air, you would have had no idea that the prison has been out of service for a hundred years. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My stay in Heidelberg went out with bang.There are three times every summer when the well-known Schlossbeleuchtung and fireworks display happens and they are the first Saturday in June and September and the second Saturday in July, which was when I was there. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The castle lighting is done in memory of the three times when the castle went up in flames (1689, 1693, and 1764). The first two times were due to wars with the French, and the last time by lightning. After the flames in the Castle gradually faded, it was time for part two- the fireworks launched off of the Old Bridge.These fireworks symbolized when the Elector-Palatine, Friedrich V, first brought his newlywed bride, Elizabeth Stuart (daughter of James I of England), back to Heidelberg in 1613 and he arranged for her to be greeted with a fireworks display. It was the best fireworks display I'd ever seen, even surpassing the ones in Disney! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Ever since I was nine years old, I have dreamed of studying abroad. It was at this age, my older cousin, Stephanie, spent a semester Down Under. I had never heard of study </span>abroad<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> prior to her departure, and I thought it was the coolest thing in the world that while a person was still in college they could spend some time in another country, absorbing its culture, for credit. I can still vividly remember gathering around the computer with my family and reading her e-mails detailing her adventures. One picture in particular that stood out is one of her feet just before she jumped out of a plane to sky dive. I wanted nothing more than at that moment but to reach through the screen and take the plunge into the unknown. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I started research on programs during my freshman year, and the past two years have been a discouraging time trying to find one that wouldn’t cost me one of my kidneys. Just when I thought all hope was lost, my best friend, Angela, went online and found a two week trip to Germany through my university. Last July, she went on a faculty led trip to Italy with her university. Suffice to say, she was determined to not see me miss out on an unforgettable opportunity.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Our first Deutschland destination was Worms. We were here for an hour long pit stop before we made our way to our first stop in Heidelberg and here is an assortment of pictures I took while I was there. Be sure to stay tune for September 1st, which is when my post on Heidelberg will be live.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">This Rhineland-Palatinate </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">city's most famous visitor was Martin Luther, who was the leading figure in the Protestant Reformation. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">He came to Worms in April of 1521 when he was asked to appear before the Imperial Diet. It was here he refused to renounce his views and the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, declared him an outlaw. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In my previous blog post, I talked about summer bucket lists and recently I got to check off one of the items on my personal bucket list by visiting my high school friend, Jen, in her adoptive home of Amherst, Massachusetts. It was my first time visiting this Pioneer Valley town and I completely fell in love with its quaint urban setting,literary history, and prestigious academia. Since it was National Doughnut Day during one of the days I was there, Jen and I hit up Amherst’s fun and creative doughnut shop, Glazed! I apologize in advance if you are participating in Junkfood-Free June!</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Glazed Doughnut Shop produces delicious doughnuts with a variety of glazes and unique toppings. They are made by hand everyday, nice and fresh for you. Though I don’t have any dietary needs, I like that this place also carries an assortment of gluten and vegan-free doughnuts. If you have a minimum order of $10 you can have your doughnuts delivered for a $2 charge! </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here are some of their flavors I brought home for my family and friends- cookies ’n cream, peanut butter, caramel, and coconut. Some of their other signature items include orange ginger, maple bacon, and lemon raspberry. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Owner/operators Nick and Keren Rhodes grew up in Amherst, Ma. In fact we are Amherst High School sweethearts. After living in New York, and Conneticut, a stint in medical school, several businesses, and two children later, we find ourselves back in our hometown sharing what we love. High quality, delicious, gourmet doughnuts.” </span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">This fall I will be a senior in college and I still have no idea what my dream job is. There are just too many things that excite me and make me curious. A question I’ve grown to hate lately is “what do you want to be when you grow up?” because you're asked that </span>question<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> from a young age, and everybody always expects you to answer it with a type of job, and it just shatters people with this idea that your worth and identity is measured </span>solely<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> through a career. We need to take ourselves as seriously as the act of eating a donut.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> I really like that Nick and Keren Rhodes are the type of people who believe in the idea that our lives can be multi-purpose because I don't believe that each person has a one, true calling. To quote Oscar Wilde, "between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll.The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!" </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While I have been catching up with high school friends these past couple of weeks, the one topic that has come up in every conversation has been that of summer bucket lists. Hearing more people talk about making lists doesn't surprise me because I know for me at least I never feel so energized, motivated, and positive when the sun's rays hit me. I think creating a summer bucket list is something everyone should do because A) this season never lasts long enough and B) it will encourage you to live out your best one yet. But before you grab your nearest pen and pad, I feel it is important for me to emphasize why you shouldn't become too attached to your list. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am a chronic over-achiever, so for me lists are my best friends, but sometimes being that way can have negative repercussions- I don't have enough time to accomplish everything I set out to do, stress knots in my shoulders, and I am forced to write out even more to-do lists that would make even the most organized cringe. The lesson to learn here is while it's good to have items on your bucket lists, it's even more important to be adaptable because we're only capable of what we're meant to do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A place I'd recommend all of you to put on your summer bucket lists is the New England Aquarium in Boston. It receives 1.3 million visitors a year, is a global leader in ocean exploration and marine conservation, and can be enjoyed by people of all ages. And if you can't find the time to visit the Aquarium, just keep swimming! Happiness isn't about accomplishing everything you have on your to-do list, but how much fun you have along for the ride. </span></div>
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<br />wickedblogger20http://www.blogger.com/profile/17286022385638354173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282155820620124830.post-46436712549388099352015-05-15T03:29:00.000-07:002015-08-30T11:36:06.940-07:00Creations Cafe, One Year Anniversary, and Big News <b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">May 15, 2015 </span></b><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The sun has come out to play- this time for good- and so is my return to this blog! </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This past week I completed my junior year of college, and one of the ways I rewarded myself was with a breakfast trip to the best cafe in my hometown of Wakefield, Massachusetts- Creations. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My recent visit at Creations was my second one. During my first time, I went for lunch and I ordered their Mandarin chicken salad. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Despite it being a favorite for many locals, it offers up a relaxed atmosphere and is never too congested. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This right here is the strawberry smoothie and in total Creations has twenty different kinds. For $0.39 you can add protein, immunity, fat burner, multi-vitamin or energy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz8WtWDunrMvdB5NE16HIbmmN5EXSYnbtQPDr8Xs-izInhsx9H6kTxaM6ZaPGry6WVlIqIHn4VJu1GBM_BGEkvRdQE-ItTvPYI6mVj2cnXqAyOr_Q1RMGf1fmSx_CFTKc14AdIuDijTJvL/s640/Aloha+Wrap.jpg" width="640" /></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Aloha Wrap: 2 eggs, honey ham, pineapple slices, and Swiss cheese. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Creations is the perfect place to go for the healthy pick me-up. I'm sure my waistline was thankful I started commuting this past semester as it was the best semester for me in terms of my diet, but during finals week I derailed and crashed on junk food. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Summertime is my favorite season to blog, and I couldn't be happier the sun is starting to bleach New England. There's something magical and infectious when the weather gets nice. I personally feel that the summer, unlike any other season, really gets my muscles pumping, both my actual muscles and creative ones<span style="background-color: #f8f4f1; color: #2f2213; line-height: 21px;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This month marks a year that I started blogging and it's been quite the adventure. This blog has published thirty-five posts and received a makeover in January. So what is the big change coming up soon? <i>*Drum roll, please*</i> I'm going to Germany in July! I know it's not somewhere in New England, but this trip will mark my first time going to Europe and I've always wanted to expand this blog to feature international destinations. I will be visiting Heidelberg, Worms, Munich, Nuremburg, Dresden, Potsdam and Berlin. Be sure to stay tuned for more info! </span></div>
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