It's official...

I officially have my plane tickets and travel plans for my BIG European adventure...

Figured I should post my plan...the itinerary is as follows...


Feb. 8th-March 8th, 2008...living in Barcelona while getting my TEFL certificate (Teaching English as a Foreign Language if you aren't up on this acronym;) I will be living with two other students of the program. I'm SO excited!!


March 9th-March 27th...Traveling around Europe with my friend Brian...going to Rome, Florence, Venice, Dublin for St. Patrick's Day (So fricken pumped!), Scotland, Amsterdam, Germany and Switzerland. (Not sure what cities yet in Germ. and Switz. let me know if you have any suggestions!)


March 29th-April 6th...taking a Contiki tour of Egypt!!! Yes Egypt....I decided to go BIG. Figured I was already over there, might as well make the most of it.


April 7th-April 10th....sleeping all day, haha


I will be updating my blog while I'm abroad...can't wait to share pics and stories, I'm SO EXCITED for this adventure.



This is me on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon after reaching the top...and this will be how I feel in Feb. when I step off the plane in Barcelona!!! Yessssss!!! :)

-Danielle


“Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.”-Miriam Beard

Summer in Seattle

In July 2006 my whole family and I traveled to Seattle to see my cousin DJ get married. The trip was a blast!! I had been to Seattle twice before, but the beauty of it is there is so much to see you really need multiple trips to take it all in.





Highlights include the wedding and reception of course, our family had a blast and DJ and Emily were so cute!! Also taking a road trip to check out the San Juan Islands. We took a ferry ride to Orcas Island...also shopping in downtown Seattle, going to the Fish Market, having their Clam Chowder, so good, taking a boat ride with my dad to take in the unique Seattle skyline, and of course going to the top of the Space Neetle to check out the great view.



Here are some pics to share...





View from the reception, how cool is that!




The Bride and Groom:)



View from the boat while riding to Orcas Island




My bro and I, haha



Beautiful Seattle Skyline



The Brownings:)



distant skyline view, love this pic.




My cousin Kaitlyn and I at the reception




My dad I went on a boat ride to catch a view of the great Seattle skyline...the last time my dad was in Seattle (1964) the little building behind him was the only one there.



w/ my Sissin Kelli (cousin that's more like a sister, get it?;)



The cousins at the wedding



My parents all dressed up, so cute!



Dad and the view, he was so cute, he knew I would love to take pics of the view so even though he took the cruise the day before he went again with me. What a good dad:)




w/ Nana, Mom and Aunt Gina on the boat ride to Orcas Island



w/ my dad on the boat:)



View from the top of Orcas Island, so beautiful!!



If you look close you can see the skyline in the distance just past the trees.



DJ and Derek singing their classic karaoke song "Man I feel like I'm a woman", too funny.



DJ, Nana and I at the rehearsal dinner



Derek and I...having a blast at the reception:)



w/ my nana:)

You know you have a great family if you enjoy traveling together:)...we need to do it again soon!

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. -George Burns

(haha, couldn't resist including this quote, perhaps this is DJ's strategy;)

-Danielle