Travel on Rachel Joi

a week and a half into my vacation

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:27:00 +0000

After the horror that was the bar exam, I came over to Europe to spend a month with Carl. It’s been fabulous so far. We were in England for a little over a week, and now we’re in Munich until Friday. My brother’s down here visiting us, and this is time to just relax and sleep in. It’s wonderful. I was looking at some of the pictures we took in England, and I was shocked by how happy I looked. I’m not sure if I’ve smiled so much in the last three years as I have in the last week. When I get back to the States, I’ll have a little less than a week before I start my new job. This has been a welcome break between finally being done with school and entering the real world. I think Cort and I will head over to the Deutsches Museum today. And go shopping. Ah, what bliss. And Carl will be working, of course. He only has off for the first and last weeks of my visit. But he’s being sent to Dublin next week, so we’ll have a grand time there - I’ll go see exciting things while he sits in a server room. :) So that’s life right now. I’ll update more later…

soon

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:11:00 +0000

I’m headed to Germany on Wednesday! I’ll land in Munich on Thursday and spend a couple days with Carl. I’ll leave on Saturday for Eisleben, where I’ll meet up with some friends from LCM, and we’ll do a Luther tour, following his footsteps, so to speak. Then on the next Thursday, I’ll head up to Berlin to stay with my brother until Monday. Carl is meeting me up there, so he’ll get to meet those friends. I’m excited. Also have a job lined up for next year, wedding plans are coming along, and I graduate in two months. Life is so good.

Manila

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:33:00 +0000

My brother and I are in the Philippines, visiting my dad and his family. We’ve been in Manila so far, but we’ll head to their house in the provinces tomorrow. I’m typing this on a tiny keyboard, so this won’t be long. It’s good being here, and I definitely like having mango and papaya for breakfast. Being here has made me think of India on more than one occasion, partly because of the architecture (especially churches). Also, the idea of personal space, or lack thereof, is similar. Granted, I haven’t been to India for many years, but this is what I remember. My dad’s family is great, very kind and even fun. I’ll write more when I steal my brother’s computer.

stuck in Story City

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:41:00 +0000

The only good thing about Iowa is Luther College, and that’s basically in Minnesota. Iowa is a terrible place. Terrible. A friend of mine is getting married tomorrow in the Twin Cities, and I was going to drive up from Lawrence today. I almost got to Des Moines when the serious fog rolled in. North of Des Moines, I couldn’t see more than 100 feet in front of me. For far too much of it, I could see a maximum of three stripes on the highway. I was excited when I could see the taillights of the car in front of the car in front of me. Decided I couldn’t keep going, so I pulled off in Story City. And now I’m bitter towards Iowa. It’s supposed to sleet tomorrow morning. Can’t wait to drive in it.