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dyingtoseehowthisonends · 6 years ago

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My Rep Room Story (Meeting Taylor Swift)

ITS FINALLY HERE! YES THIS IS REAL HAHA.

I also filmed a video and in that you can see what Taylor did and the way she sounded more than just me describing it so you can find that here. The video is more general and this has literally every detail that happened haha. (xx)

I bolded the part where I meet Taylor and Chicago night two. So if you don’t want to read the details and don’t want to watch the video, skip to the bolded parts.

This is really really really really long so be prepared.

So I woke up on Friday at 7:00am which is so unusual for me because I like staying up and sleeping in but I was just so excited for the show. I only got maybe 5-6ish hours of sleep. I stayed on my phone for maybe an hour and started getting ready by 8:00-8:30am. I first curled my hair and then ate something and did my makeup. I also fixed my nails. I had done them the night before but it was sparkly gold polish and I put these little star glitters on them that weren’t necessarily meant for your nails haha so some fell off by that morning so I just replaced them. I also ordered gold star tattoos from amazon to make a 13 on my hand (you can see it in my picture with Taylor). That was the last thing I did before Adia and her mom came and picked me up at around 3:30-3:40pm. Honestly it felt like it took us a while to get there but when I look at the time stamp on my pictures we were already in line to take pictures with the throne by 4:40pm. When we got to Solider Field we parked and the two people who parked next to us recognized Adia from Twitter which was crazy! We took pictures with them and stayed in the parking lot for a little bit just getting everything together and ready (Adia and I had two posters and her mom had 1 so we had a lot to carry with us). While this was happening a security person asked if she could take a photo of us because she loved everything we had on! We also asked if she could get one on Adia’s phone which she tweeted and TN later retweeted once we were in the stadium around 6:00pm. So we walk to gate 0 and that’s where the getaway shop was and surprisingly there was no line whatsoever. The workers actually looked bored. I just wanted to get a rep Chicago patch to take pictures with inside the stadium so that’s exactly what I got. I planned on getting everything else I wanted after the show online because you get a 20% off discount code in an email and it takes it off each individual item. Also if you buy more than $50 you get free shipping and I knew I’d be paying more than that so I ended up using that and getting the tour book, the poster, the flag, and the black long sleeve shirt with the cut outs on the arms. Anyways, so at the getaway shop we met up with David and Jords who I only met a little bit before that week from a groupchat on twitter but Adia had been friends with them for a while now and so they saw us and ran and hugged adia first of course and slightly cracked the top of her icee poster but it’s okay because it was out of pure joy and love and it still looked fine lol. Kaitlyn also came up to us and everything and we talked and then David and Jords were like, “we need to go check out the line,” and we were so confused and reluctant but let them go of course. And I thought about how Taylor liked David’s post on tumblr that week and I thought “I think he’s getting pre show right now” so we then got in line for the throne which wasn’t too long but we still had to wait but so many of our friends were in line or people from twitter so it was fun and David and Jords came back and they had the pre-show m&g paper with them and we all started freaking out saying we knew it and we were so happy for them and congratulating them. It was amazing. So then we met Darcy and Rafael and my friend Chloe and so many others and we took so many pictures and we finally got some with the throne as well and then we went to wait in line to get in because at that point it was almost 5:00pm, the time the gates opened. While we were waiting Last Kiss started playing and we were singing along to it and ow my heart. So we finally get in which was around 5:30pm and we went straight to the field and as soon as we walk in and I saw how big the stage was I literally started crying. Guys the stages are so big and I really didn’t expect it and our seats turned out to be so close and the closer we walked towards the stage the more emotional I got because I had never been that close and our seats were so good. If you’re wondering, we were in the section on the side of the stage behind the side pit. It was on the same side as club Meredith and we could see it and the people in it from our seats. We were in the last row so we had so much room to dance and it was where everyone from backstage walked from. I highly recommend these seats for anyone especially if you want to dance all crazy and what not. We actually didn’t go straight away to our seats. We took a lot of pictures and we also met a bunch of people so we were just walking around at this point. HERE’S WHERE THE ORDER GETS FUZZY. I swear everything happened I’m just not 1000% sure in what order after this point. We did eventually check our seats but it was just for a bit and I think we started walking around again and we met more people. This was around the time when Taylor Nation retweeted that picture of us from the parking lot that said WE ARE HERE. We started freaking out and going through the rest of their retweets and noticed the girls dancing a few rows ahead of us had been retweeted too! So we went over there and told them and they knew but we all talked and took a picture and they actually flew from Texas. They were really nice. After a bit more of walking around we went back to our seats and stayed there pretty much the rest of the night. So like I said I don’t remember the order this happened but it all happened before/during the opening acts. We saw papa swift thousands of times. They first time was when we first walked in and he was on his Segway. We think we scared him off because we kind of screamed and he turns around and goes backstage again haha. The next time, I think he came out to take a picture with some girls who had been waiting there for a long time and Adia actually took the picture and I was standing next to her and he had to go (so no pics with him for us) but he gave the girl in the picture like 800 picks to pass around to everyone who basically crowded the area. I saved two picks for myself and gave the extra ones to those who didn’t get any. Throughout the rest of the night he kept going from backstage to club Meredith a lot so one time he waved at us, another time he high fived us, and other times he just smiled. We also met Paul and Adia got to tell him that she first saw him and Taylor perform together 8 years ago and we both got a picture with him. He was super nice and took his time with all the fans. We also ended up seeing Melanie and we said hi and waved at her. We also saw Tree! The first time she just walked past us and smiled because she was on the phone but then she went backstage and she saw Adia’s icee costume and pointed and said “I love that.” We kind of freaked out because she wasn’t stopping to talk to anyone. I also spotted Martha Hunt and Ashley but I wasn’t 100% sure if it was her and I wanted to say hi but they were kind of far and not looking around them so I just left it alone. The last person we met who walked past this area was Andrea! It was during Bad Reputation right before Taylor came out. I was filming myself to get my reaction before Taylor came on so I had my camera out already and we went up to her and Adia gave her the no it’s Debbie shirt and she laughed and it was so adorable so that’s the video I got that I posted. I then took a picture of her and Adia with the shirt and it was taking a long time cause my phone kind of froze and I showed them and I thought no she won’t have time to stop and get a picture with me but she actually came up to me after and asked if I wanted one and I said yes and she was so patient and nice to every fan and I just love her a lot okay? By the time we met Andrea it was already 8:55pmish. During the opening acts we waved the go go go signs around a lot and Charlie actually pointed or waved at us and the entire time we were dancing and standing and talking to people who were coming up to us. I didn’t sit down in my seat the entire night. So then Taylor comes on around 9:05ish and we all lose our shit of course. And during I did something bad Taylor pointed at us and broke character a little and we freaked out. Everyone was saying how they could see our signs the whole night so I have hope Taylor saw it more times as well and it made me happy people could see them cause that was our intention and we were scared that without lights no one would notice. But the rest of the night we just danced like crazy and it was perfect because like I said before our seats gave us the room to do so. I cried like an actual baby during DWOHT because it’s my favorite song and really meant a lot that I was hearing live for the first time. Oh I almost threw up during Shake It Off because I was dancing so much no joke. She played Our Song as the surprise song and it was so much fun and I really wanted her to play it sometime this tour so I was really happy I was there to hear it. Omg I also did the 1 2 3 lets go bitch thing during delicate BUT I MESSED IT UP AND WAS TOO EXCITED AND DID IT TOO EARLY WHY AM I LIKE THIS. It’s okay because I did it right the second night haha.

Getting Rep Room

Okay so then Taylor is walking through the crowd or about to play the second b-stage and we couldn’t see any of that from our seats so we were kind of waiting for what’s next and Jords runs over and whispers something to Adia and I knew I needed to be ready for something and then Adia and I start running, following him. I thought for a second he was taking us to the b-stage but he was also saying stuff like “You’re going to meet Taylor tonight” to us earlier and we were like no stop we can’t get our hopes up but I was like maybe it’s going to happen now. So he takes us to Andrea who was like behind club Meredith and he puts his hands on Adia’s shoulders and says something along the lines of this girl deserves to get rep room or meet Taylor. I couldn’t hear it very well so I don’t entirely remember what he said. And So Mama swift asks Adia how long she’s been a fan but Taylor’s singing blank space and so I go and record myself singing my url and I danced a little with Jords and David then I heard Adia call my name and she said go get my mom and so I ran and didn’t even stop to tell her anything I just made a hand gesture saying come here and she saw and she was like oh no but what about the bags but she came anyways and I started running but stopped to look back and make sure she was coming and knows where to go. We get back there and mama swift is talking to someone else and Adia’s mom goes and talks to Adia and I do the blank space loop with Jords and David again haha and then I saw mama swift was talking to Adia again and went over and she said to Adia’s mom, “you’re her mom? You look like you could be her sister” and I died because mama swift just said that to my friends mom and it’s true. And then she asks again how long Adia’s been a fan and Adia says 12 years and then she says some stuff and adia replies but I couldn’t hear it but then she goes have you ever met Taylor? And we go no and she asks again you’re never ever met Taylor and we go no never and I don’t remember what she said but something along the lines of well you are tonight or give them the wristbands you are now or something like that haha. So then the girl from Taylor Nation puts the wristbands on all of us and I ask if I could give her a hug and she says yes which I was really happy about and so I did and after that oh man we were just freaking out and everyone was hugging us and congratulating us and we didn’t go back to our seats right away and Taylor had finished dress and was leaving the b-stage but apparently there was something wrong with the snake skeleton that night and so she had to walk through the crowd to get back to the main stage and once I realized what was going on I jumped to the side and held my hand out and Taylor touched it and I lost it again because she just touched my hand and I was meeting her after the show. So we don’t remember anything about don’t blame me or bad blood and should’ve said no and when she started playing long live and new year’s day we were absolute messes and I think I kept saying stuff like I get to meet her after this I get to actually meet her. So the rest of the show was crazy and we sang go go go so loud and shook the signs a lot but taylor was on the opposite side of the stage but anyways I cried a lot and when the show ended we immediately found stairs to go to the 100 level to find the section we needed to be in for rep room. We were basically on the opposite side of the stadium so we were running and pushing through the crowd to get there. Once we did there was almost everyone there already and I noticed that a lot of the girls we were talking to earlier in the show were picked too which was amazing! A lot of people told me later that they walked past us and were really happy to see that we got rep room but the first person to come up to us was Kaitlyn! She asks “why are you standing here” and Adia answers “because we’re meeting Taylor!” and she gives out the loudest yell and hugs us and was so supportive and I love her haha. Then they had us sit down at the top of the section on our slip of paper. This guy came over and said “if you don’t have a wrist band or an orange slip you should leave now you are wasting your time.” Then we had to basically show them our wristbands and they would move us to sit down further in the section with our groups. I think they wanted to see who was with who and obviously confirm if we have the wristband. I think this is when these girls in the row in front of us asked the girls next to us if they could join their group because they weren’t chosen and the girls were like no we don’t want to get in trouble which I fully supported and the girls gave them a dirty look and later left. We end up getting moved down of course and then someone from Taylor Nation passes an iPad around and you put in your email, zip code, name, and phone number. After its almost gotten to everyone the girl from Taylor nation who put the wristbands on us started telling everyone the rules. I knew them already because I have a lot of friends who were chosen at other shows and I love reading stories about people who have met Tay so I just sort of knew haha. But at one part she was trying to emphasis how each group can only get one photo and she points to 4 of us because there was a girl on the end next to us who we had made like mini friends with who sat with us and we said no its just us 3 and she goes oh yes I remember you 3 and smiles and then right away goes back to like strict I’m-being-all-serious-while-telling-you-these-rules mood and was like 1 picture and goes on. So after that she goes up to the top and repeats it to those who couldn’t hear and we were fixing our makeup and stuff and I was on Twitter and Julia was DMing me advice which I appreciated so much. She’s so kind. And all I did was wipe off my smudged eyeliner and mascara because I didn’t want to have raccoon eyes in my pic lol but I didn’t try to reapply anything because in that moment I was the happiest I’ve ever been and I wanted that to show in my picture with Tay.

Inside Rep Room

So then they start taking us to the rep room and we go down to the floor and I don’t remember where through the stadium we went because we were discussing what we wanted our pose to be and all agreed on one. It was a super short walk and when we got there, there was a table where we had to put all of our stuff on besides a phone or camera. So all I had with me in the rep room was my phone. Then we started going in. It was 11:37pm at this point. I immediately started taking as many pictures as possible because I knew this was a once and a lifetime opportunity and never wanted to forget any of it but we walk in get a picture on the couch in the middle with the two snakes wrapping around the pole with the lights. Then we went and got something to drink. There was room temperature water, cold water, coke, diet coke, sprite, and I thought I saw a Gatorade or some fruit juice as well but I could be wrong. I was still taking tons of pictures and Adia and her mom got in line for the original LWYMMD snake throne. I was taking all of the pictures because my phone camera had the best quality. There was pizza and cookies (but like normal cookies not the rep decorated ones) and I used to always say if I got picked for loft or whatever I’d totally eat pizza and what not, but guys I couldn’t eat anything. I found out this weekend that when I’m in shock I can’t eat. Adia’s mom stays in line while Adia and I go back out to take pictures in front of the entrance and of the costumes which were the delicate dress, rainbow dress, the fuzzy black rep one piece from LWYMMD, and the red dress from LWYMMD. I got a really good picture of them so I was really happy. And guys like if we haven’t gone and taken pictures of other things during that time we wouldn’t have been able to because we weren’t in there for that long before Taylor came and started meeting everyone. I checked and we had 10 minutes to do all of that. So we got our pictures with the throne finally and we got Polaroid’s of them too. And then I sat down on one of the couches. There was 3 of them not including the circular one in the middle. And it was like next to the curtained area where Taylor would be and where we’d meet her but I didn’t realize that and I was all the way on the other end of the couch. I just sat down and honestly in my brain I was thinking back to when Taylor posted those Instagram videos of the rep room and I couldn’t believe we were actually in it and that it was all real. A little while after that someone from Taylor Nation said okay guys no phones, put them away and so we did. But guys I was in so much shock I put my phone down for a bit and LITERALLY FORGOT I wasn’t supposed to have it out anymore and took some more selfies. That was at like 11:58pm. I was just in this mode to be as productive as possible to not forget anything but then I stopped and put my phone down and realized omg I wasn’t supposed to do that and was so thankful no one saw or at least didn’t say anything lol. I genuinely didn’t mean to do it. So before I go on I need to explain the state I was in. I was in so much shock that I couldn’t process anything in the moment and I couldn’t really plan a reaction or think through a reaction. So everything I was doing at this point was like my first instinct and what my brain told me to do right away. I had like hoped for this moment and daydreamed about it for so long that I knew I should say everything I can and be present in the conversations. So that’s how I was feeling and reacting and not processing anything. Maybe a minute later, a girl from Taylor Nation says okay guys and a moment pasts and I remember seeing someone hold the curtain and it was Taylor but there was like a moment before she opened it but was still holding onto it and then when she did she does like a dramatic open of it and this cute little jump or lean and goes, “Hey guys!” with a big smile on her face and people claps and stuff but like I was in so much shock I didn’t react at all. Oh and keep in mind I was sitting down for this part okay. Then she goes on and says, “My mom tells me we have a really good group here tonight” and she moves on and introduces Martha and Ashley. “This is Martha Hunt she was in the Bad Blood music video and this is Ashley,” and when she’s introducing Ashely she like messes up her hair in the cutest way cause Ashley is a lot shorter than her and says “we’ve been friends for a really really long time,” and is looking at her and sort of laughing as if they have some inside joke and it was so cute. And she continues and I don’t remember who did it but they pull all of the curtains back and show us these people and Taylor says, “and like my whole family is here, uncles, aunts, cousins, everyone came and so I’ll unleash them to you guys and..” said something about seeing us later or inside the curtained area. And guys remember how I was sitting down I was somehow standing by that point. I don’t remember standing up at all and when I was watching her, she still didn’t seem real like the best way I could describe her, because she’s literally so perfect looking and flawless in real life, is a moving wax figure like no joke so I was in so much shock in that moment. But then right away Taylor Nation calls out FIRST GROUP and we were close to the curtain but not right in front of it. So Martha was like directly in front of me and I wanted to say something and this was just the first thing that popped into my mind, “Oh we saw you guys earlier I wanted to say hi but you were kind of far so I just left it” and she goes “oh was it at the beginning of the show or the end” and I like couldn’t think in the moment so I was like “ummmm I’m pretty sure it was in the beginning” and I don’t know where Adia was at that moment but Adia’s mom was next to me and Martha goes “oh you’re the one who dressed as champagne” and Adia’s mom goes “yeah!” and says something else and Martha goes “oh we were talking about you backstage” and Adia’s mom goes “really?” And my mouth dropped because I don’t know why it never occurred to me that they didn’t talk about fans backstage until this moment haha. And Martha goes “yeah we were like someone dressed up as champagne” and I think she got cut off or something happened where mama swift comes up to us and Martha moves on so no I didn’t get a picture with her but she was awesome and so willing to talk to us like you could tell she liked meeting everyone in the room. But anyways Mama Swift comes up to us and there’s a coffee table next to the couch we were just sitting at and she’s trying to get to us and she goes, “I need to move this, let’s move this, I need to be closer to you” which number one QUEEN for just moving the coffee table and number two she wanted to be close to us and ow my heart hurts I literally love Andrea so much. So then Adia’s mom says something like “Thank you for your daughter..” and I don’t remember what else but I added “she’s done so much for us” and I put my hands on my chest and Andrea goes “Well to be fair, Taylor made it easy for me” and I died again cause like Taylor really is self-made. She really does pride herself in holding herself accountable for what she does and her character and that’s something I’ve loved so much about her for so long. I still don’t know where Adia is right now but Andrea asks if we want a picture and Adia shows up lol and we were like yeah and someone from Taylor Nation was there already with a polaroid camera and took it but something was like wrong with it so Andrea was like here take it on her phone and so I hand her my phone and we got it on there too cause our polaroid did end up coming up haha so yeah. But right after that Taylor Nation calls out NEXT GROUP and mama swift goes you’re next and sort of pushes us into the gates of heaven haha jk but seriously. And apparently mama swift asks Adia if she wants a selfie right before going in and she does but I had hugged Taylor already at this point so I don’t remember that but Adia has the selfie so yeah that happened too.

Meeting Taylor

And yeah so Adia’s mom walks in first, then I do, and then Adia went in last and she hugged each of us. I need to stress this again, especially the moments when we met Taylor, I really don’t remember the order that well but I’m going to try and say it in the order I think it happened in. So Adia brought her icee sign in to show Taylor of course and Taylor looks at it and does this cute like “ohhhhh” sounding thing. Watch my video you’ll totally get it. linked at the bottom of this. And she goes something like “that’s great” and then adia takes it off cause she didn’t want it in the picture right and Taylor says something like “oh is this a 1989 look we have going on here” and Adia goes “yeah and you know the top is from my prom dress” and Taylor says something which leads to her saying “you cut your prom dress?!” all innocent and cute and me and Adia kind of hesitant for a second cause we don’t want to tell Taylor she’s wrong haha and it was like a delayed reaction right and we go “no it’s a two piece, it’s a crop top” like hello Taylor you’re the queen of crop tops you should know this haha. And she goes “oh oh okay” and then I tell her that my prom dress was wall sparkly gold and that I used this eyeshadow called snakebite and she goes “Wow you’re so detail orientated” I’m DEAD at this point and then I think Adia says “oh by the way thanks for planning all of this on the weekend of my graduation” and we all kind of go “yeah she graduates on Sunday” and Taylor goes “well we did that on purpose, people tell me I’m very calculated about these things” AND I FREAK OUT CAUSE YES BITCH YOU ARE and I think I laughed my reactions were so dumb to be honest. Like a lot of it was just me reacting to stuff in my head how I would online or something but my face probably looked surprised or stupid haha. And then I think Adia’s mom mentioned songwriting and then Adia said something about it and then I segwayed into the song I wrote for taylor and said, “I wrote a song for/about you” and I stop to say “I don’t write them to be anything I just write them for myself” and the look on her face you guys she looked so appreciative of that and was like “that’s amazing” and I go on and say “yeah I wrote one for you. it’s on my tumblr and I say dyingtoseehowthisonends and they share the e” BUT I FORGOT TO SAY WHICH WORDS SHARE THE E AND SHE LOOKED CONFUSED AND OMG I WAS A MESS and I continue like “oh if you ever want to check it out it would mean a lot to me and she says thank you in like the cutest tone and wow I never thought I’d live to see a day where Taylor Swift thanked me for writing a song about her like what???? But yeah I don’t think she’s seen it lol so if y’all want you should reblog it for me but anyways. Then I think Adia’s mom goes and says something like “oh my son got a grand slam tonight” and Taylor says “wow everything is happening for you guys isn’t it” and she goes and high fives all of us and I swear guys I thought she was only going to high five Adia’s mom but when she came to me and I realized it was happening I like just shot my hand up really quick I didn’t even have time to clap back haha. So yeah Taylor Swift high fived me moving on… then Adia and her mom asked about the cats! And Taylor goes “oh you know their really fluffy (or fuzzy I don’t remember which one she said)” and I go “that’s important” cause I’m lame and my brain was like REACT. Adia’s mom also says “this one,” she points at Adia, “got me into to you by listening to Breathe. I thought it was going to be some high school musical stuff...” and Taylor goes “Well it very high school and VERY musical” and I die and say something dumb like “no but we love it!” which why would I say that I don’t know but I did haha. And I don’t remember how we got into it but I go “Taylor” to like get her attention because I was going to tell her about how much DWOHT and CIWYW mean to mean and I don’t know why I did this but I put both my hands out facing down and she starts FREAKING PLAYING WITH THEM LIKE CLAPPING THEM LIKE A PATTY CAKE SORT OF THING AND I DIED INSIDE CAUSE THAT WAS THE CUTEST THING EVER. And I like look at our hands and I’m like omg what is she doing I was in so much shock at literally everything she did. And I have this moment where I almost forgot what I was going to say but my brain was like NO YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS THIS IS THE ONLY CHANCE YOU GET DON’T BLOW IT and so I remembered and I said “I love DWOHT so much” and she goes “well I’m glad I sang it tonight” with a cute little laugh and I don’t even know how I reacted I was just focused on what I was trying to tell her and I continue on “I love it so much and it helped me get through a lot this past year” and that’s the only time I looked away from her was when I said a lot cause I was trying not to cry and to emphasis it and I keep going, “and CIWTW” and I like show her my dress and like hold it out to be like see this is the reason for my dress and say “gives me so much hope that I can be happy like you one day” and She fucking starts giving me advice and like this whole tour speech okay it was like a clean speech no joke and she goes “you know we’ll never feel one emotion all the time, there’s still days when I wake up and go ugh everybody hates me” and Adia’s mom points at Adia and says “omg that’s her” and Taylor like looks at both of them and nods her head like yeah I totally relate to that and she looks back at me, and y’all she’s looking right at me meaning every single word that’s coming out of her mouth and at this point she grabbed my hands and is holding them and goes, “but you can be fulfilled. Like right now I’m fulfilled with my life” AND Y’ALL SHE REALLY IS DOING BETTER THAN SHE EVER WAS. And this means so much to me now and after it all happened I just kept thinking about this and thinking about how fulfilled I was that night and it literally changed my view of life I can’t believe this. Also I’ve decided I’m getting the little heart she makes on her signature as a tattoo with the word fulfilled on my wrist bye. I think I said something like “thank you” after that even though it doesn’t make sense to but I did and I’m pretty sure then she goes “okay let’s get a picture?” and guys I didn’t realized it cause I was so focused on Taylor and trying to remember everything about her and memorize what her face looked like and everything that I never acknowledged Taylor Nation in the background this whole time going “let’s get a picture” and Adia’s mom said they really only asked twice so hopefully I didn’t seem rude lol. But yeah we go to pose and somehow Taylor just did the pose we wanted. We really didn’t need to tell her and I asked if I could hold her hand and she said sure and she grabs my right hand and she warns us like “guys the flash is really bright be prepared” and I was really thankful she did cause otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to prepare and make sure I kept my eyes open haha cause I have really small eyes that are sensitive to light so I’ve taken some bad pictures with flash and I wanted my picture with Taylor to be perfect and OMG GUYS SHE THEN LEANS HER HEAD ON MINE (which is all I ever wanted and I would legitimately get anxiety thinking about if taylor didn’t lean her head on mine in our picture together like what I would do) BUT SHE DOES and her hair falls in my face and I have this mini panic moment cause I was like no her hair can’t be in my face for the picture haha and so I like gently move it with my face lol and they took it and right after she hugs Adia like a hug goodbye and I was kind of behind her cause of how we posed and the face she made when she hugged Adia was so precious and guys her face was literally inches from mine and I just starred at her and she had this really pretty gold eyeshadow on and I just starred and if she had opened her eyes in that moment she would probably think I was really creepy haha. But then they pull apart and Taylor Nation said we need to get another one and Taylor says “oh guys it was probably me, I probably blinked it wasn’t you” and I was like NO TAYLOR YOU’RE FLAWLESS STOP IT in my head right. So we go to pose again but this time it was a lot faster and all I remembered about taking this second picture is she was holding my other hand that actually had my 13 on it (so I’m like really glad we got to take another one) but it was fast so she wasn’t holding my whole hand she was like grabbing it with her two fingers and guys it meant a lot that she even did that. She knew I wanted to hold her hand and she made sure to do so in some way and that meant a lot to me. I think my other hand was on her shoulder and hers was on mine but I don’t remember I can only guess based on my picture. But yeah so then we’re leaving and I was the last one out and I’m like stepping out the door and I look back and I didn’t think she was going to say anything else and she goes, omg I cry every time I think about this, she goes, “You’re so beautiful” in the most genuine and sincerest tone I’ve ever heard in my life and she’s like nodding her head and I don’t think I even said anything back because I wasn’t expecting that and just kept walking but omg. Adia and her mom didn’t even hear it cause they were already out of the room and it was like this little moment we shared together and wow I seriously was like I’ll never think I’m ugly ever again because Taylor Swift just called me beautiful, mind you I had glitter all over my face from holding the posters over my head all night and I completely cried off all my makeup and ugh omg I still can’t believe she said that to me. And I think either I was handed the autographed prints or Adia’s mom was but she handed them to me so she could give all of us our phones and the polaroid’s and what not cause when you’re in there someone from Taylor Nation takes it for you. And so then I distributed the autographs and they realized Adia left her polaroid from the throne in the rep room and they asked someone when the next person came through (which wasn’t that long after like we definitely had a good 5 minutes if not more with her cause there was no way we said all of that and took two pictures in less than 5 minutes I swear) and he said he would try and find it but later he just said he couldn’t even though Adia knew exactly where it was which we understood. He had a job he was doing and Taylor has to get out of the stadium at a certain time and it was good because we also took photos on my phone on of her on the throne so she could always print that out on a Polaroid. But anyways yeah when we got back out to where the table was with our stuff Scott was talking to a fan who had went before us and we went and grabbed our stuff and when I started picking up the posters and my bag that’s when it hit me that she called me beautiful and I just met Taylor Swift. I like didn’t want to cry in front of the security guards so I just like breathed rapidly a lot trying to keep my cool. This whole time I was in so much shock. And we asked how to go to the parking lot and it was like a real quick walk to the getaway shop which was on our way and we took a picture with it closed and kept going. So for a time frame this all happened in the spam of 15 minutes. When I look at the time stamps on my phone we took that picture with mama swift at 12:05am and we were at the getaway shop by 12:20am. It literally felt like an hour though I’m not kidding so even though we didn’t have that much time with Taylor it felt like we did and I’m so happy about that. But yeah so I’m thinking we had like 7 minutes with her and like maybe 8 to leave something like that. But anyways we drive to Adia’s Aunt’s house because it’s close to the city and the whole time and the whole night we were just in so much shock and we just kept talking about what happened and it helped me remember everything and Adia would say something and I would be like oh yeah she did this or said this! I also posted a picture of me with my rep room pass on tumblr and TAYLOR FUCKING LIKED IT AND I DIED I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW SHE WAS ON.This is also when I got locked out of my twitter account and I’m still waiting to get it back so there’s that as well. But yeah we stayed up till 4:00am because we just couldn’t sleep and kept talking about everything thing.

So that’s it for the night we met Taylor and technically we met her on June 2nd but I’ll still be staying June 1st because that’s the show we got picked for. I wanted to include what happened at night 2 or the Chicago rain show though cause like that happened right after and was equally amazing and had a direct influence from meeting Taylor.

Chicago night 2

I think I woke up at like 9:00am or 10:00am because I like couldn’t sleep I was so happy and excited about everything that happened. And then I stayed on my phone a lot and I still couldn’t eat anything and at one point I did eat a cookie but that was it and I drank a lot of water. PLEASE STAY HYDRATED IF YOU’RE GOING TO THE SHOWS I ALMOST THREW UP A COUPLE OF TIMES BECAUSE I WAS DANCING TO HARD AND NEEDED WATER AND A LITTLE BREAK. Anyways I went and talked to Adia’s aunt for a bit and thanked her for letting me stay over and what not and we just took our time getting ready and deciding what to do with our posters/what we wanted to wear cause we knew it was going to rain and so that’s why I decided to not wear my dress again cause its floor length and when I would walk up the stairs I would trip on it lol so I didn’t want to ruin it especially because I had met Taylor in it but also because I still wanted to wear it to my other shows (which are Louisville, Cleveland, and atlanta night 1 come say hi to me!). So I had brought leggings with me and a normal t-shirt and since Taylor was wearing her own merch when she met us which by the way WHAT A QUEEN FOR DOING THAT also saved me a lot of money lol I waited and bought the sweater she wore at the show and put that on at the stadium. We left probably around 3:30ish and we ended up getting our picture in the car on our way to the show and guys I didn’t even see it but I saw it was loading and I was already tearing up but I had done my makeup so I could take pictures and look decent in them so I would like fan myself every time I looked at it and thought about everything like I couldn’t look at it lol. It was like 4:00pm by the time we got the pic and so we got their around 4:45pmish cause the doors hadn’t opened yet to the stadium. But we got there a lot later the second day and at that time the getaway shop and line for the throne was a lot longer than the day before (I’m thinking its cause night 1 was a Friday and night 2 was a Saturday so it had to do with availability and traffic and what not). But we just go straight in line to get in and guys we met so many people and we gave Jords and David extra tight hugs for what they had done for us and wow I’ll never have enough words to express my gratitude for what they did for us. But yeah we met so many people waited in line with some and everyone was congratulating us and it was so nice and once we got in we saw Kaitlyn again and took pictures with her and talked about everything and then we went and got a picture at this polaroid booth thing and I don’t even have it and haven’t even seen it so there’s that haha. And then we went and got the sweater for me and GUYS I FIT INTO A MEDIUM it’s that oversized in case you were wondering. I normally wear a L or XL and sometimes if it runs small I’ll get an XXL but a MEDIUM fits perfectly and is still sort of oversized so yeah. And I put it on and was really happy and around 6:00pm we went to our seats and again walked around the stadium and people were coming up to us and were so happy for us and we found out like half of our friends met Taylor that morning at the at&t event and it was all so magical I was so happy and I couldn’t believe the amount of people who we had known from online who got to meet Taylor, so many people who we were rooting for and it was just so crazy. So then I finally eat a pretzel but I couldn’t eat the whole thing cause I thought how close we’d be to her when she was on the b-stage cause we had front row and I couldn’t stomach anything else haha. So we danced again to the opening acts and we actually met this guy who’s been a fan of Taylor’s since the Myspace days and he was pretty chill and he told us that he became a fan of hers because of her CMA performance in 2006 where she plays Tim McGaw to Tim and she plays the very last note in front of Tim and Faith and she holds out her hand and says Hi I’m Taylor and he said it was the most powerful thing he saw and that’s why he became a fan and WOW GUYS WOW IT REALLY IS POWERFUL GO WATCH IT IF YOU NEVER HAVE. I love her. Later that night he saw me like bawling my eyes out and was telling me “don’t ever change” and man the people I met night 2 were SO incredible and I’ll never forget them. And so yeah we talked to the people around us and then Taylor came on and we were dancing having the night of our life and during you belong with me I actually saw the triplets and Maggie get rep room which I was so excited and I KNEW would happen! then she came to the b-stage and sang 22 right in front of us and I’m pretty sure she made eye-contact with me but I don’t remember and my video is SO shaky but yeah we all lost our shit and EVERYONE WAS SO ROUGH GOODNESS SAKES. But then she went and played DWOHT and that’s my favorite song and I got to tell Taylor how much it meant to me the night before so I was a fucking mess and apparently the girls in front of me were laughing at me crying and Adia seriously goes “are you really laughing at her right now” YALL GET YOURSELF A FRIEND LIKE ADIA SHE UNDERSTOOD HOW MUCH THAT MEANT TO ME AND SHE STOOD UP FOR ME AND WOW I’M SO GRATEFUL FOR HER. And they go no no and continue listening and this guy next to me grabs my hand and starts singing with me and swaying while holding my hand and he holds it so tight for the song and afterwards he gives me a huge hug and says I hope everything is okay and if it’s not it will be and I can’t tell you how much that meant to me and you can have nasty Taylor fans but then you can find an Adia or a random guy who will hold your hand during your favorite song while you are absolutely sobbing and those are the ones who I remember and cherish most. But yeah when it ended and everyone run over to the second b-stage I said sorry guys to the girls in front of me and I was like that’s just my favorite song and you know I met her last night and they all went YOU MET HER and I was like yeah and I walked away. THE BEST REVENGE IS HAPPINESS. So then it was blank space and dress and it was officially 24 hours since we got chosen for rep room I was again a MESS. And the girls next to us now were so nice and dancing with us and saw how emotional I was and one was dancing with us and what not and she actually met her at Pasadena and the other one kept saying you’re making me cry and she was so sweet and I gave them both huge hugs and thanked them and we went back to our seats and then we actually got to experience bad blood should’ve said no and don’t blame me and YALL WE MISSED OUT ON A LOT HAHA. But then long live happened and I didn’t even notice it was raining till Taylor said it was and went straight into the song and I started sobbing and it was exactly what I needed. Like I NEEDED THAT RAIN SHOW YOU HAVE NO IDEA. And during New Year’s Day Adia looks over at me and says “we met Taylor at midnight” and I SOBBED y’all Taylor has our midnights. and then the show goes on and the rain is pouring and I get soaked and it was the best night of my life and after the show ended it literally stopped raining so we took pictures and what not and then when we went up to leave and it started pouring again and we were right in the section we had gotten rep room in the night before and saw the people who got picked and Maggie says my name and she says congrats on meeting Taylor and I say thank you and give her a hug and then I was like omg are you.. and she nods her head yes and I freaked out and hugged her so so many times so tight and gave as much advice as I could and I saw the triplets again and they said they remembered me and I said I saw it happen and that I was so happy for them and I was like to Maggie THREE YEARS AGO WE SAT IN FRONT AND BEHIND OF EACH OTHER AT THE 1989 TOUR AND NOW IN ONE WEEKEND WE BOTH MET TAYLOR. It was a crazy moment that I will never forget. And so then we left and that’s basically it. That’s the story of me meeting Taylor Swift.

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timaltman · 8 years ago

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rules: once you have been tagged you are supposed to write 92 truths about yourself. at the end, choose however many people you want to tag!

tagged by: @hsinlvegas who has gotten me addicted to pinterest aesthetic boards and i’m mad at her for it but she’s still p rad.

tagging: whoever wants to do it lmao idk it’s 2:30am here idek whats up or down rn i should probably be asleep but also like.... no.

LAST… [1] drink: water (i’m so exciting /sarcasm) [2] phone call: my mom called me while she was driving home from work [3] text message: “oh my god no. not the kidz bop. pls no” - to my sister [4] song you listened to: reaching by audiomachine (which is so good pls go listen to it) [5] time you cried: last night thinking about steve irwin and how i owe him my entire life and career bc in 2 weeks i’m starting my first official zookeeping job and he was a huge inspiration for me as a kid

-REST UNDER THE CUT-

HAVE YOU EVER…

[6] dated someone twice: no [7] been cheated on: no [8] kissed someone and regretted it: no [9] lost someone special: yes [10] been depressed: ☜(ﾟヮﾟ☜) all the fuckin time my dudes [11] gotten drunk and thrown up: no but i’ve gotten so anxious i’ve thrown up??

LIST 3 FAVOURITE COLOURS: [12] teal [13] pale yellow [14] silver

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU… [15] made new friends: yes! [16] fallen out of love: no [17] laughed until you cried: yes [18] found out someone was talking about you: yeah i mean i’m sure there are like three people who bitch about me all the time lmao [19] met someone who changed you: yes~ (in a good way) [20] found out who your true friends are: (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧ -bitter fucking laughter- [21] kissed someone on your facebook list: ye - my wonderful girlfriend~

GENERAL… [22] how many of your tumblr friends do you know in real life: i mean, i’ve met a lot of them after becoming friends on tumblr, but then i have some old high school friends and some internship friends on here, too.... so like 10 or so? probably a few more than that. [23] do you have any pets: my asshole cat, robin: the cat wonder, lives with me in my apartment. at home i have a beagle/terrier mutt named copper and a gray tabby named dusty. i’m hoping to maybe get a ball python this summer but i’m not sure yet! [24] do you want to change your name: yeah, i’ve considered it b/c trans but i’m not entirely sure what i want yet.... [25] what did you do for your last birthday: wielded a chainsaw, ate shitty walmart cake and watched step brothers with some classmates in a remote cabin in southern illinois? not my first choice but not terrible, all things considered. didn’t lose any limbs that day so i can’t complain. [26] what time did you wake up: robin woke me up at like, 5:30am to get fed, but then i went back to sleep again until 7:30, text billy to have a good day at work, and then i went back to sleep again until 9:45 b/c i didn’t have my 9am class today hell yeah [27] what were you doing at midnight last night: uh, pinterest-ing for my character aesthetic boards.... >_> [28] name something you cannot wait for: graduating college and being the fuck done with schoooooool. also mother fuckin wonDER WOMAN. [29] when was the last time you saw your mother: april 23rd [30] what is one thing you wish you could change about your life: how far away all the ppl i care about are :(((( [31] what are you listening to right now: more audiomachine but i was watching friends in the background earlier [32] have you ever talked to a person named tom: ye my old neighbor was named tom he was real nice [33] something that is getting on your nerves: not in the angry way but in the anxious way- i have to give a presentation on my research project to the college board in like... 6 hours. [35] elementary: yes? [36] high school: done [37] college: sO CLOSE TO DONE I LITERALLY HAVE TWO CLASSES LEFT [38] hair color: brown.... it used to have a white patch and be fun, but i dyed it for superboy and now i’m battling with myself debating if i should dye it back bc “””professional””” for jobs but that’s so boring i want to look like shiro again :((( [39] long or short hair: short god please short, regardless of what gender i present, short is so much nicer since my hair is so thiiiiick [40] do you have a crush on someone: ye my a m a z i n g girlfriend uwu [41] what do you like about yourself?: noncommittal shrug emoji? i like my eye color i think that’s pretty radical since it’s like a gray-teal color. i guess i’m a pretty good resource for random ass animal facts too [42] piercings: mmmm i mean, i don’t care for them or about them that much? [43] blood type: literally no idea which is probably bad [44] nickname: sunshine, sam, sammy, teddy, timmy, timtam, dad [45] relationship status: -heart eyes emojis @ billy- [46] zodiac sign: aries i think? idk all i care is my celtic zodiac is a fox, so [47] pronouns: he/him [48] fav tv show: f ri ck en brooklyn 99 [49] tattoos: not yet, but after i get top surgery and no longer run the disk of mutilating or stretching it, i wanna get tim’s robin symbol on my chest [50] right or left handed: left!

FIRST… [51] surgery: wisdom teeth were my first surgery, i think? [52] piercing: got my earlobes pierced when i was like, 12? idk i don’t wear them anymore so they’ve all but closed up [53] best friend: this girl on the playground in preschool named asya but after her was this girl named natalie that i was friends with from kindergarten all through junior high. she just got married like, a month ago and i feel old [54] sport: like to actually continue with was soccer - i started at 6 i think [55] vacation: that i remember? disney world b/c my dad had drill down in florida so my parents dragged my sister and i with bc we didn’t have to pay for the hotel lol [56] pair of trainers: wut

RIGHT NOW… [57] eating: nothin [58] drinking: water [59] i’m about to: sleep maybe, hopefully? [60] listening to: still audiomachine since they just asked this question like 10 questions ago..... [61] waiting for: my anxiety to calm tf down so i can go to sleep [62] want: foooood. i ate dinner really early (5pm) and now it’s 10 hours later so i want food again. [63] get married: -super noncommittal and also confused, disgruntled noises- ?? [64] career: dream career is a zookeeper, honestly. it’s what i’m doing, i’ve worked really hard to get to the place where i am, and i’m happy with it

WHICH IS BETTER… [65] hugs or kisses: hugs [66] lips or eyes: eyes [67] shorter or taller: no preference [68] older or younger: usually i get along better with ppl older than me- all my closest friends are older by 2 years or more except like..... amy [69] romantic or spontaneous: anxiety and spontaneity don’t mix lmao [70] nice arms or nice stomach: either or both or neither is fine idrc [71] sensitive or loud: sensitive [72] hook up or relationship: relationship [73] troublemaker or hesitant: hesitant only bc troublemaker makes me anxious lmao

HAVE YOU EVER… [74] kissed a stranger? nope [75] drank hard liquor? ye i’ve had like. one whole vodka and lemonade in my entire life because i am a raging party animal /sarcasm [76] lost glasses/contact lenses? i lose my contacts in my eyeball sometimes [77] turned someone down? ye kinda. my ~best friends~ have this bad habit of ~falling in love with me~ and then getting pissed when i don’t return the feeling and treating me like crap :)))) [78] sex on first date? nope [79] broken someone’s heart? sure maybe idk. not on purpose. [80] had your own heart broken? no [81] been arrested? nope [82] cried when someone died? i’m a monster and have no feelings so no, not really. i usually go into emotional shock and stop processing everything [83] fallen for a friend: kind of

DO YOU BELIEVE IN… [84] yourself? noooope [85] miracles? listen on friday i catered an event and the idiot who packed it up for us on their shift the day before forgot to put matches in the gathering. and the truck drivers loaded it onto the truck before i could check that everything was there. so we got to the location and couldn’t light the sternos for the hot food but somehow we found a box of matches in the kitchenette we were serving out of so yes i believe in miracles [86] love at first sight? maybe? idk not really i really don’t understand how anyone could love someone without knowing a bunch about them first [87] santa claus? billY AND I SAW SANTA ON OUR WAY UP TO C2E2 ON SUNDAY OKAY HIS CAR WAS RED AND SAID “MY OTHER RIDE IS A SLEIGH” AND HIS LICENSE PLATE SAID KRINGLE AND HE HAD A BIG WHITE BEARD IT WAS AMAZING OKAY. [88] kiss on the first date? maybe for ppl who aren’t like. super anxious about everything all the time [89] angels? no

OTHER… [90] current best friend’s name: marble, emma [91] eye color: teal-gray, which sounds pretentious and White Person af but like..... that’s the best way to describe them [92] favorite movie: i don’t knowwww that’s a hard one ;_;

#about me #gekkers;;

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daniella-the-travella · 7 years ago

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Machu Achoo

Now for the post you have all been waiting for... my trip to Machu Picchu!!

Let’s start where I ended off in my last post. After returning from Ica, I was very worn out and started coughing. I ate some dinner and went right to bed. The next morning, I felt awful. My head was hurting and my throat was scratchy. I saw white spots in the back of my throat and knew I was done for. Camille, another girl in my house, had the same symptoms the previous week, so I knew I had her virus. She got better eventually, so I knew I would make it. I got up and found out that Morgan and Camille were both sick as well!! Morgan had the same thing I had, and Camille got traveler’s sickness. Traveler’s sickness is common when you venture to new places with different bacteria in the water. The water in Peru is not safe for us United Statesians (technically we are all Americans here). The cure for traveler’s sickness is an antibiotic that was very easy to find. Together, all three of us skipped school and had a sick day. We shared vitamin C and compared the amount of fluids we drank. I think I won with 4 liters.

Sick day party! It only lasted about 5 min before we were all tired and went back to our rooms.

All of the lovely beverages I drank to try to flush out the sickness.

The next day, Tuesday, was pretty much the same deal. All three of us stayed home sick, mostly sleeping. How exciting, right!?

I enjoyed walking around the house with my comforter. You could say I found it... comforting. It was the perfect length, so it didn’t drag along on the floor.

Wednesday. This day was miserable for me. Camille and Morgan were feeling better, thank goodness, but I certainly was not. We woke up around 4:30am to get ready! At this point, I was actually feeling good! I thought there was a chance that I was better! We were picked up by our private bus and taken to the airport. I was cracking jokes most of the way there; it was a great time! We even came up with the idea that there is a group of people called the night runners. There were a lot of people running on the streets, and we decided it was because they were part of a club. Now that I think about it, we were very tired, and it isn’t that funny anymore.

At the airport, we checked in our bags and went through security. It was strange to me that I was allowed to have fruit and a full water bottle through security without getting yelled at because it was a domestic flight. Then, Morgan and I napped until the plane was ready for us. I waited to board the plane until the boarding line was only 5 people long, so I didn’t have to stand for a long time. I had a fever and my headache was back. I tried to sleep on the plane. When we landed in Cusco, I wanted to cry. I had a fever, headache, sore throat, and then suddenly I could feel the altitude. At 11,150 ft, there is a lot less oxygen in the air. When I was breathing, it felt like my lungs were shivering. When I took bigger breaths, it went away. Upon entering the airport, there was a basket of free coca leaves. We were told not to take them because they could be unsanitary, but only after I was already sucking on a couple. Oops. Coca comes in the form of leaves that can be held in your cheek, or it is made into tea, caramels, chocolate, and, yes, after processing, cocaine(however, cocaine is a very concentrated form of coca, and it would require a LOT of coca leaves to actually “get high”). The purpose of the coca is to help with altitude sickness and to improve digestion. Digestion is much slower at high altitudes. The coca works as a stimulant and gives you energy to power through. Once we all had our bags, we SLOWLY went to a little store to get “mate de coca” (coca tea). Keyword: slowly. Take it easy when you jump from pretty much sea level to the middle of the mountains. I don’t actually enjoy drinking tea very much, so when one of the girls in my group dropped hers, I gave her my cup of tea. Don’t worry! I did not spread my sicky icky germs. The tea was so hot, three people had burnt their tongues, so I hadn’t taken a sip yet.

My first coca leaf. I did not like the taste very much. My tummy also got upset any time I had any form of coca.

The next goal was to get to a lower elevation. We got on a bus, and drove down. We made a couple stops along the way. The first was to visit alpacas and llamas! There was a little museum, and then we got to feed and pet the animals. We could also watch people weave using alpaca wool. I perked up enough to walk around a little because one simply does not sit on the bus when there are alpacas to pet. The second stop was to try cuy. Cuy is guinea pig. I was a little hesitant at first, but then I ended up really liking the skin. I got tired of eating the actual meat because there were so many little bones to eat around. The drive through the sacred valley was gorgeous! The reason why it is called the sacred valley is because the soil is very fertile. There were many terraces and fields of crops as we drove by.

My new llama friends.

It’s hard to eat a guinea pig when there is an adorable painting of one playing a... some sort of string instrument... right next to the table.

This is a plate of potatoes and cuy. The lowest piece in the picture is the head, mouth open. You can see its teeth poking out. Its leg is right next to the head.

Danny (the guy in the picture) took a selfie with me eating my first bites. He is the main academic coordinator dude that helps organize the trips. He also constantly asked how I was feeling during the trip. Thank you for looking out for me, Danny!

Look how pretty the Sacred Valley was!!!

Finally, we made it to the hotel in Ollantaytambo. I ventured out to get water and then slept. I started getting scared that I wouldn’t be able to go up to Machu Picchu.

Thursday morning, everyone went on a tour of an Incan grainery except me. I stayed back to sleep. I still felt iffy. My throat was less sore, but I was coughing a bunch. Around 11 am, we got on the magical train that took us up to Machu Picchu town. I felt horrible the whole way, but could not get myself to close my eyes for a nap because the scenery was beautiful! I was riding in a backwards seat. To my right, there was a winding little river that sparkled in the sun, and to my left, there were snow covered mountains in the distance. At a certain elevation, the few plants and grass, turned to lush vegetation. This is because we entered the cloud forest. There were orchids and other colorful flowers and bushes and vines and trees... The cloud forest eventually leads to the Amazon. At the end of the train ride, we pulled into the station, got off the train and marched up a hill to the hotel. Some of the people in my group stopped to take breaks as we went up the hill, because elevation, but for the first time, I felt great! The more time we spent in Machu Picchu town, the better I felt! After missing lunch, we were hungry, so Morgan, Camille, and I went to a little restaurant. As we walked through the streets, people, mostly men, were shouting cat calls and trying to get us to go to their restaurant. There were many to choose from, but the fancy table clothes and outdoor seating drew us in to this particular one. I ordered chicha morada and a fruit pancake. Both were delicious. Chicha morada is purple corn drink, and I say it tastes like mellowed down purple grape juice. I love it!

Machu Picchu Town

My yummy pancake with papaya, strawberries, and pineapples.

Then I took a short nap before checking out the hot springs. The hot springs were really cool (or should I say hot). There were a bunch of baths filled with water of different temperatures from the river (the same one along the train tracks). The first one we tried had no people in it, and we quickly found out why. It was freezing cold. Then we tried another. This one was a strange lukewarm temperature. It was really uncomfortable, so we quickly left this one as well. We finally went to the crowded big pool. This pool was the warmest and felt really nice. There was a gravel bottom, which we did not expect because the other ones had tile bottoms, and we met some interesting people from around the world. It also smelled like pee, but oh well, I guess. There was a list of benefits of bathing on the wall right next to the list of alcoholic beverages you could order while enjoying your soak. Some of the benefits were releasing toxins, relieving stress, and helping with altitude sickness. Turns out, it also gets rid of your nasty virus that has been bugging you all week! I felt great afterwards! I was also very hungry.

This is the pretty little river/spring.

This is what the bathes looked like.

This was one of the carvings in the wall along the path to the hot springs.

Some of our friends told us about a yummy pizza place right next to our hotel, so we decided to try it. When we got there, they asked us which country we are from. We told them we came from Canada because why not. While we waited for our pizza, we sang along to the music and played a little jenga. The jenga blocks were signed by people all over the world. We decided to write on a jenga piece of our own. The wood-fire pizza was amazing! Nothing like the greasy pathetic crap they have in the US. At the end, they started playing live music. When we went back to our hotel, I could hear it from my room the rest of the night.

Here is our Canadian flag with our own Jenga block. We wrote “No hay drama” because our professor, Carlos, always says it. Directly translated, it means “there is no drama,” but he says it sort of like “no biggie.”

To be continued because Tumblr is having a panic attack from all this writing!

#Peru MTU Machu Picchu Study Abroud

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