THE TRAVEL BLOG

I like to travel. This is just a fact. My parents, luckily, endorse travelling a LOT. They want me to experience different cultures, try new things, and see the world. I have good parents for my love of travel. For sixteen years old, I've been a lot of places, and travelled different ways. For the next little bit, I'm just going to ramble about the past trips I've had.

First of all, I'm going to talk about one of my biggest trips: Austria. I went to Austria for the World Gymnaestrada 2007, and it was awesome. It was the first time that I went out of North America, and the second time I ever went on a plane. We spent half the three weeks there taking part of the gymnaestrada with my team of 14 girls + coaches + chaperones, and the other half some of the families of the girls and my family rented a house jutting out of the side of a mountain in Austria. The house was beautiful, the other teams from all over the world we met were wonderful, and it was such a good experience. We also toured Italy, Luxenbourg, Germany and briefly stopped in an airport in Holland.

Another essential trip to mention is ALLL my March Break trips to South Carolina, mainly Hilton Head. These trips were week-long trips that included lots of swimming, sun, beach time, and shopping. I adore South Carolina. :D

I've also been to Vancouver. It was another March Break trip with the family, and I took my first plane ride ever when I was going to Vancouver. Ellen + First Plane Ride = Lots of handholding and squeezing of my little brother and going "OHMYGOSHTHEPLANEISCRASHING". It was interesting. The visit itself to Vancouver wasn't really that eventful. Though, it was nice to see the Rockies from the plane and see the city.

Going to the maritimes (PEI, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia) has been a frequent travel destination during the summer in my family. These trips were very fun, and involved very long car rides and lots of radio tunes. PEI is one of my favourite destination spots.

Last March Break, (MB 2008) I took my first cruise. My family flew down to Florida, then went on a cruise to the Bahamas. It was very fun, and very hot. I really love taking cruises... we went with Carnival, and everything was fun and laid back. There was LOTS of food. All the time. -drools- After the cruise, we went to Disney World and Universal Studios for the rides. That was awesome. (Excuse my multiple uses of 'awesome')

A very important trip I took was a kind of on-the-whim trip to the inauguration of Obama. I'm Canadian, so the inauguration probably wasn't as big a deal in Canadaland as it was in Americaland. But there was a lot of Canadians who were excited. We took a 14 hour trip by bus to Washington, and by the time we got there, we were deprived of sleep and very hungry. But we stood in the cold for a good 6 hours, and then listened to the speech on a loudspeaker and watched the parade. We almost saw Obama. SOOOO CLOSE. But the experience was wonderful, and I can say "I was there". :D

Other miscellanious trips I've taken include going to Maine, Delaware, Toronto (and other various places in Canada) and Quebec. Anyways, that concludes my long ramble on my travelling experience. I may add more later, but for now, I'm tired and have a horse show (it's a fun show, but whatever) tomorrow! :D Promise to update!