Adventures of a teenage nomad

so, since the last entry, lots have happened! i did get the job as a pub crawl guide- i did that for a whole week. id start by handing out flyers for about 5 hours each day and then from 8 to 4am i went out with the group of tourists and had such an amazing time! i was pretty exhausted by the end, but it was such a fun expereince! then i headed to the farm for a day, said a final goodbye to everyone in utrecht. very sad to do that.

then i headed to paris and saw the monument i missed, very pretty.

now im home, exhausted from jetlag, and im definitly going to take a nap. now....

~Maryme

What a day! Spent the morning with mom- I got a sweet day bag that fits in a poach, and sweat/jammy pants, and quality time! awww!

THEN went hiking with dad! We went up near Squam lakes in the Sandwich region (pity we didn't bring any sandwiches!!!) in NH. The weather was perfect, a little chilly on the ground but once u started moving it got pretty hot fast!

this is me at the trail head- PRE sweat. Trail was well groomed! We hiked 2 mountains, percival and morgan, per. had a better 360 view, but morgan had better lake view. Bother were nice- although getting up per. was a bit steep.

This is a cool fungus/mushroom thing. I really don't know what it is, but it was about the size of a large dinner plate. Kind of looks like a rose... anyway....

THE CAVES!! these were pretty sweet! Took me a bit to find the first one, i probably should have seen the arrows, but thats ok! dad got a good laugh out of it! Check out the boulders all around- crazy, right?

Note to self, next time i'm doing this, put stuff closer to the entrance!! again.. dad laughs...

Ya! we made it! I always get hyper when we reach the top! sweet!

I forget which one this was!

Dad and i! awww... And sweet view!

And as for the climb down- It wasn't that hard, just a bit scary- the ladders freaked me out a bit, but weren't that bad.

Sorry for the butt shot, but yes, it really was that steep! kind of fun though!

So we survived, so thats good...

After we went to the common man restaurant- it was adorable!

I ate so much- I mean, i really pigged out, i had a cuppa melon tea (i must find more of that, its REALLY good!) to drink, and we had crackers and dip and cheese to munch on until our food came. To start i had a salad with blue cheese, and an appetizer was ravioli stuffed with creamy goat cheese, and fresh relish with sundried tomatoes on top. As my entree, i had rainbow trout topped with sunflower and fennel seeds, a "medly" of veggies, and really spicy mashed potatoes... mmm! the trout was really good but the skin on the bottom grossed me out a bit, i tried to eat some, but i don't think its very edible. Dad had steak tips, i tried some (gasp! its ok- i've been starting to eat meat so i'm not a picky eater when i travel) but was thankful i was eating what i was eating!

and then my favorite part- dessert: 2 creme brulees mmm! one was traditional with a little cookie sticking out of it, while the other was white chocolate raspberry! omg! to die for! dad liked the traditional one so i scarfed the raz! delicious!

wow- 3 more days! am i ready? heck no!
SO MUCH TO DO!
~MARYme

Wow- what a crazy- non stop summer!
Almost every day i've been at York beach waitressing at Goldenrod. It was definitly a good experience. I've never waitressed before, So its a good skill to learn in that respect. Will i do it next year? hmm.. hard to tell. Although thats how it is most everywhere

I've made double what i thought i'd make- which is amazing! That destresses things just a little.

Favorite things this summer?
Vaughn island and Sky diving.

VAughn Island is my second home- I love it so much there- so peaceful and quiet yet full of crazy energy. Maybe its connected with the island from ABC's LOST... That'd be cool.

And then skydiving- Wow- i never thought i'd ever do it but its definitly my favorite thing i've ever done. standing 14,000 feet in a plane ready to drop out strapped to an amazing italian man is well... indescribable. And i'll never forget the feeling during the aff (accelerated free fall - ya i can use cool lingo) when it feels like air is holding you up- your floating but its really windy. Peace and chaos all at the same time. amazing. Next summer i'm going to learn to do it solo, than the summer after i'd like to learn how to teach it.

So now theres 7 days left before i leave, still no ticket and i'm a bit freaked out by that. It will all work out though, it always does. I think the ticket package i've decided on is boston to dublin, on sept 20, then on december 5th paris to boston. thats around 500 bucks- a lot, but i'm sure worth it.

I feel like i'm not ready at all.. oh well... thats life! if we were all ready it wouldn't be as exciting!

had a beautiful breakdown today- long time coming, all good now!

much love to all!
~MARYme