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Jun 14 2011
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Music, Travel, Visitors

Preview of Dan’s 2-Week Visit

Rooftop of my residence overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in Juan-Les-Pins, FRANCE.
Touring around Cannes a week after the Film Festival chaos and hoopla had ceased.
Dan’s birthday celebration at Pam-Pam in JLP.
Leaving France via train – heading to Italy to experience Cinque Terre during my week off between programs.
Walking to dinner in Riomaggiore, ITALY (our town in Cinque Terre)
In Manarola, ITALY hiking on the Via dell’Amore (neighboring town in Cinque Terre)
Gondola ride our first morning in Venice, ITALY. This picture has not been edited.
Finding out that pigeons love Dan (and vice versa) in San Marco’s Square in Venice, ITALY.
On the Rialto Bridge overlooking the Grande Canal in Venice, ITALY heading to dinner.
Heineken Jammin’ Festival in Venice, ITALY to see Coldplay headlining on our last night in Italia.
“Yellow”
Back in France. Up early on June 12th so Dan can head home and I can check in more students for our second and final study abroad program, The Cannes Lions Advertising Festival.


All in all, one of the best two-week-stints of my life.
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Feb 14 2011
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Shoutout, Travel

Happy Valentine’s Day

Funny Valentine's Day Ecard: Happy Valentine's Day to someone who raised me, loved me unconditionally, and made me almost capable of having a functional relationship.

Valentine’s Day has never meant much to me – so I’m neither happy nor sad today. I do intend to have some good food for dinner tonight, but besides that expectations are pretty low/non-existent.
I DO have something to celebrate though… Dan is now OFFICIALLY BOOKED FOR EUROPE this summer!! Thanks to my expert travel-agent-via-internet skills and about 60k Delta Skymiles that Dan had accrued, he is now booked to enjoy an 18-day European getaway this summer. I’d say that more than makes up for his unfortunate absence last year.
I am extra excited because I am getting to experience new places I’ve never been to before this year – including London and Venice – in addition to sharing with Dan some of my all-time faves (like Cinque Terre and, possibly, Rome – maybe just for lunch).
Anyway, just wanted to share my excitement. Valentine’s Shmalentines……but YAY FOR EUROPE!!!
LONDON
CINQUE TERRE
VENICE
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Jun 13 2010
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Food Porn, France, Reflections

Revelation

While talking to Dan tonight using an international calling card from my favorite beachside phone booth – I had a revelation. We realized that I would be home in exactly 3 weeks (21 days) meaning that I have been here for 40 days thus far – since I am here a total of 61 days. Yes, I counted before I left.
Anyway, it dawned on me that 40 days is the same amount of time as Lent… which THEN got me thinking even further. During Lent this year I gave up bread & cheese, but had Dan with me by my side throughout that time. Now, though, during this pseudo-Lent (40 days as of today), I have unlimited bread & cheese, but I don’t have Dan.
How come I can’t have BREAD & CHEESE & DAN all at the same time?! These are only 3 of my favorite things!! Oh well. Just thought that was interesting.



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Jun 07 2010
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Shoutout, Travel

Via dell’Amore – Duffeaver Style

Took tons of gorgeous graffiti pics on the Via dell’Amore between the cities of Riomaggiore and Manarola while hiking the rocky, coastal trail in Cinque Terre, Italy. These just happened to pertain to me and Dan (aka: ‘Danna’, aka: ‘Duffeaver’).

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Jun 05 2010
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Reflections, Travel, UGA Students

Bittersweet

– Checked all the students out this morning

– Packing for my week off in between programs
– Going to Italy tomorrow (without Dan, as originally planned)
– etc etc etc
There’s lots of happy things going on right now, so I’m keeping my eyes fixed on that without forgetting about what could’ve been / what was SUPPOSED to be… Grrrr…
Anyway, off to Italy in the morning to relax during my week off. Cinque Terre first followed by Rome. Reminds me of my post-Cannes travel back when I was a student on the trip. Ah, memories.
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