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Been a while hasn’t it? yeah... ye it has... I am really sorry for that. 

However, literally has literally been chucking everything at me these last two months. Like, loss, overwork, financial issues, dismissal, ignorance, a complete feeling of apathy to even continue studying or working or doing anything besides leave my room. HOWEVERRRRRRRRR, I am not giving up, one day at a time, and I’m not gunna push away people that have been supportive, as there are several! So the phrase “When life gives ya lemons, make lemonade”, can go do one! I may not post here much but I am kicking and fighting and making sure I make those who I lost proud, either with designing, helping out those that helped me, and by well hopefully becoming a person of inspiration from them!

Enjoy the Sae I made with a technique I’ve been using a lot, specifically with my dissertation work (I have handed in!!!). The glitchy theme has given me new inspirations, so even if its not frequent, enjoy any posts ^^

~Mark... AKA SAE

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So you think you’ve mastered traveling huh?

After living in dreamland for 5 months and this fantasy of traveling all over Europe I had really thought I had mastered this whole traveling thing. First off, I conquered the security line at the airport; I knew how to minimize my time that I spent taking out all liquids and electronic and what to wear so I didn’t have to take anything off and never beeped. I managed to never pay for my bag even though it was way bigger than the airlines carry on limits. I always had my tickets on my phone so that there was no chances of loosing the ticket. As for other modes of transportation I always always knew how to find the best deal. And I always double and triple checked I was on the correct train/subway/boat before it started moving. And the most important thing, whenever I left any area I always double-checked the three lifelines: Passport? Wallet? Phone? Howeverrrrrrrrr, traveling is always a new adventure no matter where you are going and can snap you right off your high horse of travel queen. Such as realizing on your solo flight to Dublin, as you get to the bus station in Salamanca that you booked your ticket to the center of Madrid not the airport and as a result sprinted through the Madrid airport, making it to your flight probably only because the flight was delayed. Or leaving your phone on the over night train from Budapest to Prague because you didn’t follow your always double checkkkkk rules!

Traveling, being in and living in new cities is something that has given me memories of a lifetime, #tbts forever and friends that I don’t know how I’m going to live without. However, it also has taught me a lot about myself and the world around me. I learned whom I travel well with, who not as well, the times that I step into a leadership position with and times I’m more along for the ride. For instance, when the Gunnison clan was all together in Italy I was, for the most part, on traveling queen vacation, my guard wasn’t up as much and wasn’t doing my normal traveling routine. I know this was because my dad and probably the smartest man ill ever meet was there to be on top of everything and in my eyes never messes up (daughter brownie points deserved for that ;)). Howeverrrrrrrr we ran into a different situation in Florence. Storyyy time! At 7am the fam was getting ready to board a train from Florence to Pisa Italy and then from Pisa to Cinque Terre. My dad and I had thought that the train was leaving at 7:08am and when we looked at the board of train times and saw the 7:08 train was going to a place that started with a ‘P’ we just assumed that had to be our train, Florence is Firenze in Italian and on all signs in Italy so Pisa must have a different name too. Right? …. Welllll we got on this train and about 3 stops in the woman came to collect our tickets, looked at the ticket and then proceded to talk to us in perfect English saying “youre going to Pisa right?” “yes…” “well this train is not going to Pisa I am sorry.” Like I said when I am traveling by myself or with friends I always double and triple check to make sure I am correct but my comfort with my family lowered that a little. Opsss but we made an adventure out of it. Other trips I have found myself falling into my natural leadership patterns and using my newly found directional skills (yeah still shocked at this too) and planning to lead us in any situation.

My semester abroad and exploring Europe has not only shown me new cities and cultures of this amazing world it has taught me more about myself and how to life embrace each day and each adventure! Next blog more about this and how I am going to miss this amazing country and city I really do consider my second home <3