Trips @ MindSay

Okay SO. Plans get changed and re-changed. We all know how that goes. We basically had to switch our trip from the one we originally wanted to take. Even though we have been planning for a year, stuff just comes up. Tara didnt have all the money together, (which I didnt either, but my uncle was willing to loan me a small sum) and she was looking into getting a loan.. BUT she doesnt have much credit and her parents could not cosign for her (they are refinancing their house).

However, I am pretty pleased with how things turned out, I dont like to borrow money anyways, even if it is interest-free and from a family member. The trip we booked (which we booked TODAY!) was a lower price, and I have all the money already together. Sooo thats a huge stress factor eliminated! :D

Our trip will be around 23 days, possibly more. Which is still going to be incredible.

Countries visited will be: Spain, France, Italy, Greece, and England.

We will spending 7 days in Spain, 4 days in Madrid, 3 in Barcelona. From there we will transfer to the French Riviera, spending 2 beautiful days in Nice. From there we will be headed to Italy for 6 days, visiting Pisa for 1 day, Florence for 2, Assisi for 1 day, and Rome for 2. Then 4 days in Athens, Greece. We are switching our flight back location/day to transfer to London and spend a few days (not sure exactly how many, yet) with Tara's friend who is living over there. Which will be wonderful to do all the local stuff, not to mention we have a free place to stay! :) We will probably head to Paris for one of those days as well.

SO that is the plan, thus far. We fly out JULY 7TH, and I am SOOOO excited!! July better hurry up and get here. That is all my news for now, but I will keep you guys posted on travel plans as they progress! :)

But Im going to take a nap first.

The islands were amazing.

My best friend is amazing.

And my car now has a new radiator.

Intrigued?

I haven't travelled in a long time, but I did go to some neat places.  I will post:
- city (place)
- what I liked
- what I didn't like
- what was neat and unique

When I get the time.

It has been raining and storming these past couple of days. It is a nice change in comparison to any blizzards or snow we usual have.

Thanksgiving went great. Food was good.


I dressed up. :D This is how I looked after I took that video in my previous post. Yes, only a couple hours of sleep lately. Ive been so tired!

Then on Friday Josh drove to Indiana to visit our friend ReadBooks. We needed to return her two kitties that we were helping raise.


Here they are in their cages on the way down.


The drive down was relatively not busy for being a weekend after a holiday. We tried to drive at night if we could.


We didnt get lost except for finding the road where her house was! The next day she had to work so we decided to drive around and explore the area.

We drove to a nearby town after exploring her town. We found a neat area we started walking around. The buildings were very neat. Here are the pictures from the area.







We saw that they had carriage rides. Josh and I have never taken a carriage ride. Lucky for us that day had been in the 70s and the evening was not too chilly. Good thing too... I forgot my jacket. The video above is from our ride.

We arrived home yesterday at 6am and slept in. Im still kinda tired.

I have more pictures for tomorrow.

.One of the more expensive things in life is a relationship. It's right up there with an antique Rolls-Royce and a castle in Switzerland. But the most expensive thing in life, above all else--more expensive than diamonds of the rarest breed and exotic animals of the finest cut--are relationships that aren't relationships at all.

.Sometimes I wonder if the location is worth the price I pay to take their extra baggage on the flight.

.And then they smile. And I pay for the tickets. The gentleman always pays no matter how much it hurts the wallet in his breast pocket.