Trip 1: Mom and Jillian head to Florida to visit family.
Sad fact - I have very few pictures of this trip. The first photo is of us the day we left for Florida...
And the second photo is of my mom and her brother Fritz on the day we left to return home.
Nevertheless, it was a fun trip.
Trip 2: Meghanne and Jillian venture to PA for a friend's wedding.
Meghanne and I got to the airport a good 2.5 hours early, so we took advantage of the unexpected opportunity to sit and hang out to look at her engagement pictures!
Once we got on the plane, we got the added bonus of a gorgeous sunset.
Travel tip no. 1: As it turns out, it's NOT ILLEGAL to rent a car if you're under 25. They just charge you an extra $25.00 per day for being a "young driver," regardless of the fact that you have a spotless driving record.
Travel tip no. 2: Flying into Baltimore is so cheap that it completely negates any extra fee you might have to pay for said rental car. Ergo - if you need to go to York, PA, fly into B'more and rent a car.
Moving on.
Best part of this trip (other than the wedding)? Seeing Diana! It's always a glorious event when we get the rare privilege of a best friends' reunion, and this was no different. Plus she brought her brother along, so we had a whole contingent of awesome people.
Amber was beautiful...
And so was the setting.
The day after the wedding, Meghanne and I got up at 4:45 to get ready to leave the hotel. I've always considered myself a morning person (which might seem strange to some, I suppose), but after going to bed around 10:30, 4:30 felt like the middle of the night. Nevertheless, we got ourselves up, ready, packed, and out the door by 5:15. We drove the hour back to the airport, returned the rental car, went through security, and got on the plane. From there, I got home, took a 2-hour nap, got back up, and went straight to work for a 2.25-day conference.
Trip 3: After a week of work, Chaz and I took off for San Antonio for a business training trip. Hello, 106-degree weather.
San Antonio is probably one of the coolest US cities I've visited. That isn't really saying a whole lot, because I've really only ever been to Boston, Ft. Lauderdale, D.C., and Providence. (Lest you think I am extremely un-traveled, note that I have left out all international cities. Also, note that I am missing NYC from my list, which is honestly pathetic as it's only 4 hours away.)
In my opinion, the most interesting thing about San Antonio was that it had a very unique cultural flavor that made it almost feel like visiting another country. Between the huge old-world Spanish style cathedral in the heart of the city and the gorgeous river walk beneath the hubbub of city traffic, I felt like I was walking in some city in Europe. Plus we got to see the Alamo, which was something I had always thought of as some sort of mythic place that lived in a textbook and that I would never see.
Having grown up in the North and currently living in Boston, it's easy to forget that the nation has more history than just the Revolutionary era. I think it's funny how certain parts of the US are so inextricably tied with different eras of history: Boston and Philadelphia claim the Colonial days; Gettysburg is tied with the Civil War; and San Antonio is linked to the oft-neglected Texas Revolution.
Trip 4: Leaving on Monday for Washington state!
1 comment:
You have loved to travel since you were a little girl. So glad you are having the opportunity for these adventures. Perhaps Mongolia will be on the list?
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