tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42226001992517227572026-09-11T13:13:44.139-05:00"Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion." ~HegelSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04677553699728569660noreply@blogger.comBlogger189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222600199251722757.post-81552108050534770242016-07-01T01:44:00.002-05:002016-07-01T01:44:43.744-05:00

Hello everyone! For those of you who have been following this blog over time, thank you! That being said, I will no longer be posting to this blog, as I have a different website now. You can check out my new website, Abundantly Minimal. At this site, you will find content related to minimalism, plant-based recipes, travel journals, videos, and more! There are also social media accounts available

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Hello! The school year is up in full swing, and Jake and I have been pretty busy, but I just finished the Italy video! Feel free to take a look!

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Hello! I know it has been a few days since I last posted, as Jake and I are getting into the swing of the new school year! We start teaching next week! Anyways, we loved our stay in Venice! There is something so magical about Venice since it is so peaceful, there are no cars, so much water, and beautiful views! This was actually Jake's favorite city of the whole trip! It was incredibly hot while

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Hello! This post is one of the posts that I am most excited about! It is time to talk about the World Fair, Expo 2015! When Jake and I were first planning the trip, it was sort of a coincidence when we found out that we would be visiting a city that was hosting the world fair, and we were pretty excited. I was even more excited when I found out that the topic was Feeding the Planet, Energy for

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Hello! Since Jake and I have been back home we have been catching up on some of the things we missed while we were gone. For me, some of these things include youtube videos! Upon seeing this video, titled "Everything Wrong With Environmentalism", I was immediately intrigued and wanted to see what it was about. Little did I know, this video really impressed me with all of the excellent facts and I

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Hello! We are ready for Part 2 of the Barcelona post! As I was uploading the pictures, I am very happy I made this two separate posts, since we did a LOT during our 3 day stay in Barcelona! Also, some of the pictures in the second half may be a little out of order with how they uploaded, but it shouldn't be too much of a problem! Look at this happy lobster! On our first full day in Barcelona

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Hello! I was thrilled to be back in Barcelona! Out of all of my previous travel, Barcelona was my absolute favorite city in the world, and I am happy to report that after our trip this summer, my opinion is the same! I LOVE Barcelona! Hopefully you will feel that way after checking out some of these pictures :) We got excited to see the Mediterranean Sea from our bus to Barcelona! We were

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Hello! After a goodbye with a tearful Carmen, we were off to Valencia! During my time in Spain several years ago, I actually had never made it to Valencia, but it was on my list when we came back! I have heard others refer to it as the Paris of Spain, so Jake and I were really excited! Our main attraction in Valencia was the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, or the City of Arts

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Hello! Granada was perhaps one of the most anticipated (and most nerve-wracking) destinations of our summer, so I could not believe we were already arriving! I was super excited to return to where I had studied abroad for six weeks back in 2012 and was looking forward to sharing Granada with Jake and taking him to my favorite places in the city! Also, I was excited to reunite with my host mom,

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Hello! After five days in London, we were ready to head to Spain! Unfortunately, we had a little bit of a hiccup on our journey as we missed our flight from London to Sevilla. We made a few mistakes along the way while getting to the airport, and although we arrived in time to the airport, our flight was with Ryanair, which is Europe’s budget airline, and some of the extra steps involved with the

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Hello! I know this is my second post of the day (which doesn't normally happen haha), but I had some extra time to work/blog while on a bus today, and finished the Spain video! Feel free to check it out below!

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Hello! It is time for our last UK post! To pick up where we left off in the previous post, Jake and I visited Kew Gardens, which are the Royal Botanic Gardens of London. They were absolutely beautiful and not very crowded, as they were a longer underground/metro ride outside of the London city center. After being in city after city, we definitely appreciate the green spaces we encountered.

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Hello! After our first day in London on our day trip, we had a blast exploring many other parts of the city! On our second day in London, we began our trip to the British Museum, which includes a huge collection of artifacts from the Ancient World, essentially perfectly linking up to Jake's curriculum of his 6th grade Social Studies class. We saw a variety of exhibits ranging from Ancient

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Hello! It has been a few days since I last posted, but Jake and I are currently waiting at the Rome train station for our train to Naples. Unfortunately, there was a strike this morning so our train is now in 3 hours, but at least there is an internet connection and I can blog! On our first day in London, we did a day trip sort of tour to visit some sites in the western part of England, such as

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Hello! I have just finished making the United Kingdom video of some of our trip photos and video. You will certainly recognize about half of the photos from previous UK blog posts, but as I have not currently posted any London posts, those pictures will all be new! Hope you enjoy!

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Hello! The next step on our trip was to spend a couple days in Liverpool! We had beautiful days full of blue sky and a lot of Beatles related activities, as you will be able to tell from the upcoming pictures! One general trend that Jake and I mentioned several times during our stay in Liverpool was its similarity to Chicago. Take a look! We stopped for dinner at a burger place and had the

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Hello! It's been a few days since I have posted, but during some of our travel time today I had the chance to do some writing and blogging, so there will be several posts in a row! :) After our time in Edinburgh, we took the train to two smaller UK destinations, both in England, and we spent one night in each place. Carlisle, our first stop, is most famous for its Roman history and connection

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Hello! After our stay in Iceland, we were off to Edinburgh, Scotland! Our flight was relatively late, so we didn't see any of the city the night we first arrived (we got to our hotel around 1am!), but bright and early the next morning we were ready for some sightseeing! To continue the trend of hiking and visiting natural landscapes, we first visited Arthur's Seat, which is a large landform that

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Hello! As you might have been able to tell from the Iceland video I recently posted (you can view the video here), there were a few photos included that have not shown up yet in any posts. Many of these came from our last few days in Iceland as we finished heading back towards Reykjavik from the south coast. Before we headed back to Reykjavik we stopped at another famous black sand

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Hello! I haven't finished blogging all of Iceland just yet, but while Jake and I were at the airport yesterday (going to Spain already!) I finished a video/photo compilation! Feel free to check it out below!

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Hello! Happy Independence Day! Just a few more Iceland posts left before we move on to the UK! Our day started out with a few images from the organic farm we were staying at! There are more sheep/rams than people in Iceland, and the farm had quite a few. I just think they are adorable, so Jake was very patient while I took a few pictures of them before we started our daily adventures!

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Hello! After our time in the Golden Circle, we headed south on Route 1, or the Ring Road. We drove to Vík, which is a beautiful small town with black sand beaches, and on the second day, continued all the way to the east part of Iceland to see the Glacier Lagoon. On the way, however, we kept seeing a variety of national parks to check out, and many of these we had never even heard of before, but

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Hello! I don't have much time to write at the moment, but wanted to share some more photos from our Golden Circle adventures in Iceland. I mentioned our visit to the Thingvellir National Park in my previous post, but want to share photos from both Geysir and Gullfoss, which are the two other main sites in the Golden Circle. To begin, Geysir refers to one large geyser and several smaller geysers

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Hello! After we left Reykjavik, we headed out in a rental car for the countryside of Iceland! At first we were a little nervous, since the rental car was brand new, with only 35 kilometers on it, but Jake did a great job driving in this foreign land, even when encountering a few surprises (more on that below)! We immediately fell in love with the natural landscape. This was what we were waiting

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Hello from Reykjavik! Well, we are currently in Vík, along the southern coast of Iceland, but we have internet again and Jake and I finished going through a lot of photos from our three days in Iceland's capital, Reykjavik! Let's get started! These first photos are when Jake and I were walking around the city and the harbor. This particular image is of a statue that honors the seamen

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