So, uhh... travelling?

I don't really know what to talk about, but I guess I'll talk about travelling today! (I looked on some other blogs and this is what they were talking about) Let me first say that I live in the middle of the U.S. and the closest thing I have reached to going out of the country is North Dakota. Most of my vacations are spent in Minnesota and South Dakota, which is were most of my family lives. I have been to Washington D.C., but I was really young and I can't remember it. I've also been to Disney World, the Black Hills, Las Vegas, and the Rocky Mountains, but other than that, my vacations haven't been very exciting.

Travelling has always been a dream of mine. My grandparents have been just about everywhere: Asia, all over Europe, Russia, South America (and they always bring back gifts :) ). They are currently spending two months in Hawaii. It's so cliche, but my dream trip is to Paris! I'm taking French at my school - probably in college, as well - and I really hope to become good enough to actually talk to people. I also really want to travel all around Europe, especially London, Ireland, and Italy.

My favorite place that I have visited was Sanibel Island in Florida. We left in early March, when it was gray and cloudy everyday in Nebraska. Florida was so green compared to where I live. We had to fly to Dallas and then hop on another plane to Tampa. I really don't like flying, my ears plug and I become half deaf for several days. After we arrived in Tampa, my family rented a car and drove up to Sanibel.

Anyway, we rented a little condo that was right on the water. The beach was gorgeous, with soft, white sand and tons of shells. My family and I collected so many shells, that we had to start going through them everyday to put some of them back. We found a little starfish and picked it up. You're not supposed to pick up living things off the beach, but, I swear, we thought it was dead! I sat in the sun everyday and came back without the slightest of tans (like always). Sanibel is really cute and there were plenty of places to eat and we biked to some really nice beaches. The only bad thing was that I missed a week of school and it took forever to make up all the work. :(

If you want to continue talking about travelling, you can, but you can write whatever you want. I just thought if you can't think of anything to write, you can write about this! Do you guys think we should establish a theme for each week? I think that would probably be easier - at least for me - and that's what my sister's blog is doing, and it seems to be working fine.

DFTBA (by the way, what's your favorite substitute for Don't Forget To Be Awesome? Mine is, Darling, Fetch The Battle Axe) :)