The Self - Love Soldier

05 | 09 | 18 A U S C H W I T Z  This past weekend I visited hell on Earth. I visited the largest mass murder sight in the entire world. It was one of the most difficult things I've ever witnessed and the most empty, sickening feeling i've ever felt in my lifetime… but I had too. Because we must not forget. We must temporarily put ourselves through a small fraction of the sorrow and somber feeling that Jewish women, children, fathers, grandparents, lovers; felt, amongst many other terrible emotions, every single day for five years.  On saturday morning our group left bright and early for Krakow, Poland. It was about a 3 hour bus ride away. Since we left so early, I slept the majority of the way there. Upon our arrival about 5 minutes out, I woke to a beautiful scenery. Lots of bright green trees and windy roads leading to cute storybook houses and cafes. Immediately we headed to the famous Salt Mines, where we'd go on a three hour tour. The salt mines are 9 stories dee

05 | 02 | 18 C R O A T I A  Hej Ljepotes! Hey Beauties!  This past weekend was my Croatian trip with Cara! It was so positive and fun and exactly what I'd hoped for since it was technically my last good trip before going home!! Going into it, I was low key kind of dreadful because i'd been back from my two week long spring break for only 5 days and I was exhausted!!! But I knew traveling with Cara, we'd make lifetime memories and I was right!!  I got to Europe on March 1st and didn't meet my UNK group until the 11th…But by the time we were finally meeting up with them in Czech, I was more than ready to be around familiar Americans again. I met Cara that first day in the airport and we hit it off instantly!! I loved how she was so selfless with her conversation, always asking people more and more questions about themselves and genuinely being interested in what they were saying, never once speaking about herself, even though she has so much to offer!! We e