SINCERELY SHANNON

J is for Jet Lag

I was really struggling with what to write about for this letter. I haven't been to any place that starts with J (although Japan is on my list of places to visit, so maybe one day) and all I could come up with was "Jet Lag" and "Jet Setting." The two go hand in hand.

I wrot…

I is for It's a Small World

Today we're going to Disney...Disneyland Paris, that is!

At the very tail end of my summer vacation between Freshman and Sophomore years of college the parents loaded sister and I up in the car claiming we were headed to see Leeds Castle for my dad's birthday- we were less than thrilled. Th…

H is for Stonehenge

Stonehenge, as opposed to straw henge which was huffed-puffed-and blown away, stands in the middle of nowhere England about an hour from where we lived. On Salisbury Plain to be specific.  (If you travel a little bit further down the road there actually is a Woodhenge.)

You are simply driving along…

G is for Greek Life

G is for Greek life- and I don't mean the fratty kind. In the summer of 2005 my family took a trip to Athens, Greece. We were greeted with a tray of sticky sweet baklava in our hotel room and it set the tone for a week of feeling truly spoiled.

For the most part our time was spent right here, b…

F is for That First Trip

Our first trip as new expats was to Paris, France. We traveled there on Thanksgiving, literally. Thanksgiving dinner was eaten on the Chunnel train and it included foie gras, which was definitely not present at the pioneer's first feast. We had only been living abroad for 4 months and I was sti…

E is for Edinburgh

The day my family was supposed to fly to Edinburgh was the day Glasgow airport was attacked in 2007. Needless to say our flight was cancelled.  Rather than calling the whole trip off we decided to drive to Scotland instead which ended up being a happy accident. Winding roads right through the beaut…

D is for Drawing, Dali, and Dunkin Donuts

D is for Barcelona.
Because this trip involved a lot of drawing, some inspiration from Dali, and the re-discovery of Dunkin Donuts.

Duh.

In my junior year of high school I travelled with my art class to spend a week absorbing the zany, local architecture, visiting museums and enjoying the easy laid…

C is for Chamonix

My parents and sister were still living in England during the first two years I was in college.  I headed back there for that insanely long break between terms that I realize I now completely took for granted. The day after Christmas we escaped to Mont Blanc region of France, for a week of skiing a…

B is for Belgium

While living abroad we had quite a few visitors. My family loved playing tour-guide and introducing guests to our new life overseas. After sufficiently wearing them out with sights in London, we accompanied one group of visitors to Belgium for a few days back in 2004. We took the Eurostar train to…

A is for Amsterdam

Welcome to my first post in the A-Z blog challenge. I hope you don't mind enjoy this trip down memory lane!  We're going to start this off with a bang.

As as a sort of present for my 19th birthday, back in 2007,  my dad let me and a friend tag along on a business trip to Amsterdam. While my…