Eurail Passes are in Hand!

As it gets closer to the big adventure it becomes harder ad harder to sleep and tonight will be even harder. Ashley and my Eurail passes came in the mail today!

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Paper Chains

So anyone who has been in a long distance relationship knows it is not easy. It takes a lot of patience, trust, and understanding on both ends. It requires strength and commitment to keep a relationship alive and strong despite the distance and time apart. It's not easy being away from those you love.
Even though I have thoroughly enjoyed being in France experiencing the culture and language, living in a foreign country does have it's lonely moments. So to help with the time apart I decided to make a paper chain from a couple of old bird watching magazine's my parents left behind to count down the number of days til Dustin comes to France.
It's silly but being such a visual person, seeing the time and distance become shorter creates a greater appreciation for my experiences in France while getting excited to travel throughout Europe together.

I started out with 86 days and am now down to 34 days! Bottom line I can not wait til April 13th for Dustin to get here so, we can start traveling around Europe together.

Fête des rois

One of my favorite French traditions is the Fête des rois (Celebration of the Kings) or L'Épiphanie (Epiphany). The official holiday is on January 6th but the French celebrate it throughout the entire month. The holiday recognizes the day the wisemen saw the baby Jesus. Below is a picture of a galette a thin buttery cake with an almond cream inside and like all French pastries it's delicious. The tradition goes everyone takes a slice of the galette and inside is a little figurine or bean and the person who is fortunate enough to find the piece is the king or queen of the day!

I celebrated this holiday on two separate occasions and was the queen of the day for both. Might be a sign...

Eurail Pass

Today I bought the Eurail Passes for our adventure! Im really excited to get outta here! This past Friday I got my International Driving Permit, it basically looks like a cheap passport and translates your American Drivers License into 11 different Languages.