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Kathy's Blog
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| Santa Maria della Salute Church-Jan 2008 |
"Traveling let's
me see the world
through my eyes!"
Thank you for stopping by!
Kathy
"Twenty
years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines,
sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore.
Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain
CLICK HERE TO READ MY LIVE TRAVEL BLOG!
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Monday, June 27, 2005
Here's a thought!
Well, today I'm driving home from work. Stereo is blasting a Prince
Ballad and I'm in one of those moods. Now that I'm done with my Website. Well, almost done! I'm still making
some spelling corrections as I find them. I'm a little embarrassed with some of the mistakes I made, but what can you
do. I wanted to get the creative juices out before they dry up.
Anyway, one of the difficult challenges that I had when I was creating
my website was having to pick only a few pictures. Some of my pictures were interesting, but they didn't quite fit in
the context of my narrative. I stuck some of them in "Best Visuals" or "Interesting Moments" etc. But
I have tons more. So what to do?
A thought comes up. I will create a "Picture of the Month" section
on my Blog. Here I can post some of the pictures that didn't quite make the cut. For example, the Flowers that
I posted to represent the three remaining days in June were taken at St. James Park in London. It was
so pretty I just had to find a way to share them.
Each month I will change my picture to fit my mood for the month!
Let's hope I stay in a good mood most of the time or it could get ugly! Just kidding . . .
Saturday, June 25, 2005
Finally!
I finally finished my Grand European Adventure Web site after working on it for the past month. Now I can move
on to other things in my life. Really, getting it done was so important before I forgot some of my impressions.
It was fun but it was also difficult and time consuming going through all my information and photos.
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
What Music do you listen to?
Today, while I was running, I thought about an episode that happened during my Europe trip. On one of our long bus rides
with my group tour, I was listening to my IPOD. Our TD was going around the bus
getting information from us. When she came to me, I pulled my earplugs out. She asked me what I was listening to. And
when I said Barbara Streisand, she started laughing and laughing and really couldn’t stop laughing. I guess she’s not a fan!
I started to think. What makes people like certain kinds of music? Looking back,
I think I hesitated to answer my TD, because I felt a little embarrassed to admit that I was listening to “Streisand.” I thought why couldn’t I have been listening to Prince or some other cool band when
she asked me this question?
I love music, but I don't view it in
terms of genres. I enjoy music because of how it moves me or makes me feel. I definitely have an eclectic
taste: I’m a huge Prince Fan (He’s brilliant - saw three concerts this past year
including his first LA show, his San Diego Show and his 2nd Las Vegas Show); I also like some classical and
opera, smooth jazz, blues, R&B, new age, rock and the list goes on and on. I
guess the only music that does nothing for me is Heavy Metal .
Whether it’s the music of Streisand or Prince that
moves me or whether it’s heavy metal that moves you - so be it. Just
go with it and forget about what others think. It didn’t upset me that my TD laughed and laughed quite hard, I might
add. In fact, I’m glad that I gave her such a good laugh! I’ll admit that it did come out pretty funny at the time. I
think that I’m more annoyed with myself for feeling embarrassed in the first place.
I shouldn’t have been.
Saturday, June 11, 2005
Oranges and Apples!
A thought just came to me yesterday, while I was organizing my pictures. In my opinion life in Europe seems
so small and simple to me. They drive small cars, they serve small portions for meals and their hotel rooms are tiny. Cars
are small and simple. No SUV's or big booming car and home stereos to pollute the quiet calm of the neighborhoods.
Instead you hear laughter and conversations on the street below.
Here in America, everything is big. We have supersize meals, we have all you can eat buffets. I'm talking
the kind of overindulgence that requires you to unbutton your jeans and lean back. Our car stereos have 300
watts and we have 60 inch plasma tvs that take up half of our living rooms.
Funny thing is . . . Europe is simple in living but big on Art and Architecture. Their water fountains around
the neighborhood are like works of art. On the other hand our water fountains are simple. You turn
a knob and water comes out of the faucet. Their churches are grand, artistic and meticulous in detail.
For the most part, churches in America are streamlined and simple. For this point I think of the Duomo in
Florence. Enough said.
Okay, I admit to being spoiled. There was definitely one thing that I missed having while in Europe. I missed
having a nice ice cold drink. I missed the Ice machine that you see on every floor of your hotel. Most
of the time my drinks while anywhere in Europe was served barely cool to the touch. There wasn't even that wet condensation
dripping on the outside of my glass. I'm not sure why that is? Just one of those things you think about.
Funny how it is!
Well, I'm back two weeks now and I am still sorting and organizing my pictures. Each time I see them I think back
to that moment in time. I can't hlep but smile and even laugh whenever a memory comes flying back to me. I can
almost taste the gelatos that I devoured in Italy.
I played some of the movie clips that I took and they had me in stitches they were so funny! Its amazing
the candid statements that are caught and appear so much more entertaining now then when they were made.
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