Category: personal
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Pumpkin Challenge 2017: Days 21 – 25
Each year, I endeavor to consume one pumpkin thing per day for the month of October. This is my 7th annual Pumpkin Challenge – welcome! **** Day 21: Pumpkin Spice Chai, Starbucks You can still try this seasonal treat! While it may scream “autumn,” this can add some visual and physical warmth throughout the winter…
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Pumpkin Challenge 2017: Days 16 – 20
Each year, I endeavor to consume one pumpkin thing per day for the month of October. This is my 7th annual Pumpkin Challenge – welcome! **** Day 16: Pumpkin Cheerios, Cheerios My eyes LIT up when I saw these at the grocery store! They are made with real pumpkin and tasted like it, too! They definitely…
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Pumpkin Challenge 2017: Days 11 – 15
Each year, I endeavor to consume one pumpkin thing per day for the month of October. This is my 7th annual Pumpkin Challenge – welcome! **** Day 11: Pumpkin Praline Dream Cone, Eva’s Original Chimney We took a wander down to a new spot for me in the city: Eva’s Original Chimney! This establishment has an…
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Pumpkin Challenge 2017: Days 6 – 10
Each year, I endeavor to consume one pumpkin thing per day for the month of October. This is my 7th annual Pumpkin Challenge – welcome! **** Day 6: Pumpkin Chocolate, Lindor Arriving late off a flight, I was not sure what my pumpkin item would turn out to be, but I was pleasantly surprised to…
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Munich, Frankfurt, Home
Finally – it is time to go home! My last stretch of airports is upon me as I fly from Warsaw to Munich. My flight in Warsaw is delayed by almost an hour and I sprint across terminals trying to catch my critical connecting flight – and I miss it. I stand in line for…
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Poland: Katowice
An incredibly stressful sprint to the airport took me from Brussels to Warsaw, where I stayed for the night before heading to my final major destination: Katowice! I will admit to having lost my emotional composure multiple times between Brussels and Warsaw, and then again more intensely between Warsaw and Katowice – misinterpreting which airport…
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Brussels
I tiredly landed in Brussels after an amazing last meal in Dublin and 2 hours of sleep. I lugged my luggage across the city, which I found to be a bit… Browner, than others I had landed in (the splashes of colour would come). I found my way to G.M., who was working, so I…
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Dublin, Malahide, Howth
There wasn’t a particular vision I had in mind when I made my way to Ireland, but I was blown away by its natural beauty when I arrived! … And funky bars. I did not realize just how much I valued how the ocean feels until I was standing on a coastline again and seeing…
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London
After my brief stay in Prague, I made my way over to the U.K. to visit family friends! I stayed in a quiet village outside of London, but made my way into the big city twice for full day trips. One of those days resulted in the worst blisters I have ever dealt with and…
In a Tizzy 