Ok so I have been a bit slow about doing this. But I have been thinking about it since Uncle Tom posted that we, who have been away, should post what we did during that time period. So here is a very short summary of my year abroad in Florence.
The highlights include, but are not limited to: attending Oktoberfest in Munich (craziness!),visiting Dachu, sights from the Sound of Music in Salzburg, swam in the Mediterranean, slept on the beach on Elba (right below the house where Napoleon was exiled), explored each of the 5 cities of Cinque Terre in the pouring rain, swimming in one of the 7 natural wonders of the world, the Blue Grotto, exploring Pompeii, celebrating the cannonization of 5 new Saints with thousands of people from all over the world and attending Pope Benedicts mass and receiving his blessing, gazing at the Sistine Chapel, seeing the Pieta up close, pilgrimaging to the top of Apperation Hill in Medjugore, seeing the (still) war torn city of Mostar in Bosnia, walking along the Charles bridge in Prague, seeing the Cliffs of Moher and the city of Galway, the vangogh museum in Amsterdam, attending Christmas mass in the 2nd largest catherdral in the world, seeing an authentic flamenco show in Sevilla, walking through the Alhambra, spending New Years Eve in Fez, Morocco, walking the streets of the market in Marrakesh, visiting Mozarts house in Vienna, Seeing the Mafia in Sicily, attending the Olympics in Turin, visiting Juilets house, going to carnivale in Venice, attending St. Patricks day in Dublin, Guiness in Ireland, Seeing the Guell park in Barcelona, seeing the French Riveria, attending a huge Easter celebration in Florence, having the David be my next door neighbor, walking to school and seeing the Duomo everyday, the ponte Vecchio, the paintings in the Uffizi, a six day safari in Kenya, working in an orphanage in Tanzania and being able to do it all!
So that is what I was busy doing all last year. I hope this is what you meant Uncle Tom!
Hope all of you are doing well! Cant wait to see you at Thanksgiving!
Love you all,
Lib
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What a great year, Lizzie...you didn't make a big point of it in your write up, but I know that studying took up a lot of your time, otherwise you would have gotten to a lot more places.
See you this weekend at Fall Family Weekend and we get to play with the Walla Walla Roaches...good times, good times.
Love ya,
Dad
Holy Sh**!
(Sorry for the profanity, Aunts and Uncles, but you've got to admit that it's warranted!)
Lib, well done! A lifetime's worth of experiences packed into an incredible year. We, in our family, are truly blessed to have the opportunity to see the world at an age where our eyes and hearts are most open to wonder.
Can't wait to see you and talk about Praja........
--JRo
Lordy-Lordy!!
That is an incredible list Lib! I am impressed...
Next time you should post some of your pictures!
xo,
Shannon
You definitely win the prize Lizzie!!!!
What a great summation of it all.
I bet it's tough to be in Spokaloo after reminiscing on last year! Come to Pasco and see us. We'd love to have you.
Katie
Once again, it brings home how blessed we all are to live in the greatest of times, in the greatest country in the world. What a drag it would have been, (even to have been King of England) to have lived 500 years ago, when you compare it with what we can do today. You've lead a very rich life, Lib, as have all of us!! Which, I guess should make us all contemplate even more the Gospel from last Sunday about how tough it is for a rich man to get to heaven.
On to lighter stuff...We'll see some of you Chambers on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in River City for lots of fun and laughter. Looking forward to it and to Thanksgiving in Pasco.
Dan
Did you happen to say there was a museum in Amsterdam? Shoot, I must have missed that.
^^^ Best Blog post ever!
Great observations, Dan, I think that you are right on the mark...although being King of England might have been a pretty sweet gig. Can't wait to see you all this Friday in Spocompton.
Brian, I hear ya, you wonder what cool things we all may have missed while focused on other pursuits. Why, I hear that some people are actually awake and functioning in Barcelona before 2 pm. You experience things differently at different times in your life...all are legitimate just different.
Bill
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