The Self - Love Soldier

04 | 23 | 18  G R E E C E  &   R O M E Blessed and Obsessed. Two words that perfectly describe my spring break!   Seriously though I've been asking myself for the three days i've been back now, how the hell I got so lucky in life?   My mind has been racing with an overwhelming amount of joy, positive thoughts, and memories. I'm almost emotional writing about this because I cant believe its already over. If  you thought I was overjoyed when reading my venice blog...hold your breath … Here we go!      Bai and I flew out of Venice late saturday afternoon and landed in Rome about an hour later! It was quite the pricey Uber ride into the city, but rolling up to the contemporary Tribune Hotel (It was a breath of fresh air to be in a new and modern place, since all of Europe is so historical) knowing I was about to see my mama, (who I hadn't seen in 2 months) and my grandma, (one of my fav people ever) nothin...

04 | 14 | 18  V E N I C E.  (with a little bit of Austria)  Ciao Bella!!! To say living my life to the fullest right now is honestly an understatement. Currently my day to day involves doing and seeing things I never knew could give me such a high. It’s a feeling I haven’t ever felt in my life but one that i’ll never forget...  This past week on Tuesday our whole group plus our professor Jan and his 12 year old son Damian, hit the road to Vienna, Austria. After our 3 hour bus ride turned into a 5 hour one due to heavy traffic, I was more than ready to hop on out and see what the city had to offer. We finally got to our hostel (this one was better than prague, but still not great. At least it had clean sheets lol.) and we dropped our bags (soooo heavy because we had to pack  2 weeks worth of clothes) to go find food. Some girls  and I found an awesome place called “Bros Pizza” and we definitely indulged! After lunch we visited a church and then broke ...

04 | 03 | 18  B A R C E L O N A.  HOLA MI AMIGOS!! Wow!!! I had theee bestt weekend and I cant WAIT to share it with you!!! *enter a million heart eye emojis*  Out of all the places I've traveled in my life, I think Barcelona takes the cake. Funny enough, when Bailee and I were originally planning out our itinerary, Barcelona wasn't even on our list.  I'd had a few friends on snapchat that were studying in Spain and it looked beautiful so I figured why not?!  After getting to school a few weeks back and sharing that Barcelona was apart of our plan, there were 4 other girls that were interested in coming with us. They did and im SO thankful for it! Traveling with a big group of girls is really fun!  Early Friday morning us 6 girls hopped out of bed in Olomouc, grabbed our duffels and headed out the door to catch our train to Prague. After arriving there 3 hours later, we bused to the airport where Bai and I waited 4 1/2 hours to bo...

03 | 27 | 2018  P R A G U E.  Ahoy BABES! Oh Boyyyyyy! Do I have lots to catch you guys up on! Can I just say before I start in on my past weekend, that all of you have been SO amazing! I've received so much positive feedback on these blogs. So, i'm glad you're all enjoying reading these entries as much as i'm enjoying writing them!  This past weekend on Thursday morning we left bright and early from the train station in Olomouc to ride 3 hours into to Prague. I'd never taken a train before (subways dont count) so this was actually a lot better than I expected. The trains were nice and clean and roomie. A short 3 hours later, our big ol school group was hopping off the train one by one to start our field trip in Prague and Dresden, Germany. Only problem, right when we got there our head count was one short because Hannah got off the train too early and tried to rush and get back on! She couldn't get in before the doors closed. Dont worry, she figured ...

03 | 20 | 18  O L O M O U C.  Dobry Den. (That's Hello in Czech!)  Currently, I'm sitting in "Cross Cafe" in the heart of my college town. Olomouc. It's located about three hours east of Prague. We arrived here 10 days ago, but given the never ending roller coaster of emotions I've experienced, this feels like a circus ride i'll never get off of…this is culture shock.  The night we pulled in to Olomouc, we checked in to our dorms and received a key to our door, and handed a set of old, orange, striped sheets. When we finally got all of our bags up 5 flights of stairs, we unlocked our pod door and were surprised to see we'd be sharing a bathroom and kitchen with 6 other men. Oh, and to top it all off, we also shortly came to the conclusion that had zero internet access. I was trying not to think about the Paris high I was coming off of, and the discouragement I was feeling. I knew I had to focus on the positives, which w...

03 | 10 | 18  P A R I S.  Bonjour aime.  13 Rue Richard Lenoir, Paris, France. What a magical address to have!? This was our charming little airbnb we stayed in while exploring Paris last weekend. Though Richard Lenior came with its own set of challenges, like the washer/dryer that did not in fact dry our clothes, only make them smell like feet. Or spiral wooden staircase we had to drag our suit cases up 4 flights of. Or the rule of no streaming on the wifi, which meant no Netflix, only french soap operas..  After getting acquainted upon our rainy arrival in Paris on the 8th, we grabbed a BLT and french fries (duh) at a cafe and headed straight back home that afternoon because we were exhausted! We woke up bright and early friday and hit the ground running! We headed to the Latin quarter and met Harry, our tiny elf like tour guide for the free walking tour we signed up for! We were so shocked the tour was free because other ones comparabl...

03 | 08 | 18  L O N D O N. 2.0  Hey babes, self - love soldier here. I wanted to fill you guys in on the tail end of my london trip! I’m currently sitting in Gatwick airport, reflecting my last few days spent here while waiting to board my flight to Paris this morning!  On Tuesday  Bai and I were super pumped to wake up because we found out late Monday night our luggage was finally on its way!! In the morning we popped right up out of bed and headed back across the river to grab some coffee and breakfast before going to get our bags. After we got them around 1p.m. we couldn’t head back to our airbnb fast enough to shower. I felt like I went from Mia Thermopolis pre-princess lessons to Amelia Thermoplis Renaldi Princess of Genovia after I was finally able to do my hair and makeup again. LOL. Kidding. In all seriousness though, the pep was finally back in my step. Post glam session, we headed back down on the town to visit Buckingham Palace. It was a lot big...