tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60814307770325809752024-03-06T01:48:27.873+00:00A Groundling's View of the WorldStephen Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431208350427876386noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081430777032580975.post-18997169793300825922012-02-23T04:47:00.000+00:002012-02-23T04:47:24.467+00:00Surrounded by Beautiful Things. (My Quote Blog)Quotes, proverbs, mantras, sayings, whatever you want to call them, we all love them. We sign off our emails with them, we scribble them in notebooks and sometimes we even hang them on our walls. They are reminders to persevere, be happy, but mainly, each of these little quotes hits us for a reason that is unique to us. They help us achieve what we want to be and have confidence in who we know we are. I love quotes. I have kept them in my shoes, I have one that I always keep in my wallet and sometimes I hang them on my wall. Sometimes they're witty and sometimes they are philosophical...mostly, they are just straight out about life. <br />
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The reason I've been thinking about this was because of a gift I received from my Mom and Dad on Valentine's Day. They gave me a book of quotes called, "The World According to Mister Rogers. Important Things to Remember." I have been reading little quotes from this book for the past week or so and I finally realize why I loved this show so much when I was little! He was such an optimist and he really seemed to grasp what was important about our emotions. Pretty great! <br />
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Reading this got me thinking....wouldn't it be cool to have a quote book of really awesome things I say. I know many of my friends have recorded some of the ridiculous things I've said and they remind me of it every once and a while. Then I thought, you know what, I did a lot of thinking in my blogs...lets see what came out of that. So, over the past week I've been slowly compiling some of the quotes from my blog that I thought really stood out. I hope you enjoy them and I hope that you get a little something out of this. Well, here we go...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">THE WORLD ACCORDING TO STEPHEN PELLETIER</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Important Things to Consider from the Greatest Blog of the Past Century that I've Kept</div><div style="text-align: center;">(You all have free use of any of these, as long as you buy me ice cream sometime in the future) </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I don't have much more insight for today's blog. Just, one thing. I talked to a homeless man who had a hello kitty hat on. It was stylish. If you are homeless wear something innocent like that, I might give you a couple pence or something. Just don't try to hug me like this one did, that sort of ruins the vibe.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Anyways, now that I have some chocolate and cheap red wine, I believe it is BLOG TIME!”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Believe it or not, I actually do attend class here in London. Sometimes I forget that I don't have the semester off, and then I am briefly reminded, and then again quickly forget.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“BORIS! Add a Green Man to Hanwell! Also, find a comb! Do it! Quick!” </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The doctor says its good to have a glass of wine and some chocolate. I think specifically it is good for the heart. This may have been the healthiest blog I've ever written in that case.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The Apples here are so small!”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“…every morning I wake up and the first thing I think about is, "Wow, I'm in London!" Not too bad.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“What she taught me that day, was that through all the diversity, and the hardships that invade our minds and cause us to just want to sit at home and give up, there is always a bit of hope that keeps pushing us out the door.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“As ugly as we may think we live certain aspects of our lives, there are always some who are still there to support us and care for us.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Now on to the next thing!”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Well, cheers everyone!”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“There will be plenty of life to grasp before I go back to America and I intend to grasp all of it.” </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“This adventure is by no means the last great adventure of my life, but it may be the last great adventure of my youth, or maybe the first of my adult life.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We decided to touch the water. Some of us touched it a bit more than others, me included. I accidentally sort of jumped in, my feet were a bit wet after that.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The next morning we went to The Elephant House Cafe where J.K. Rowling wrote the first two Harry Potter books. It was magical to say the least....haha (honestly I wrote this blog last night and decided to read it again this afternoon when I was more awake and I realize that that was a horrible joke and I apologize for it.)”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Although it was also great to escape the cold for a bit inside one of the gift shops where they were handing out free tastes of Scottish Whisky. I had a couple tastes, I love Scotch.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The important thing is to stay open to surprises, and take chances.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I love Hummus! Here they call it Houmous!”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“So, on Valentines Day, and the days surrounding it, I can't help but think about the one thing that is on everyone's mind in some form; <span>LOVE</span>. Not specifically love in the context most people think about love around now, but the sort of love that gets us through life, all of our doubts, our fears and the demons inside of us. That is the love that comes from the consistent people, our friends and family, as weird as it may come.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“All I'm going to say; for all of you love sick, heart broken, smitten people or whatever you may be out there; is something that a certain someone who knows who they are from home tells me time and time again…<span>When you care about someone, let them know... honestly. </span>I think at some point the rest just works itself out from there.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Apparently Parisians love to Riot. So we decided to riot as well.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“What I found though, is that one of the joys of traveling is going to a place and loving it so much that you spend time finding reasons to go back.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I can't tell whether he is being sarcastic or not, but I like to think I'm a relatively pleasant person. Except for when I don't get my chocolate fix.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Although, I'm happy that every time I walk into Rosebery now they get really excited because I'm going to repulsively buy things (usually chocolaty or peary) I don't (necessarily) need.” </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="sqq"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I like nonsense too. For example, back when I was in Scotland I was sitting in the Lounge and this guy walks in, walks over to the fish tank and said, "OH! FISHY FISHY FISHY! FISHY, FISHY, OH FAT FISHY!" and then turned around and walked out the door.”</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="sqq"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I love life sometimes.”</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="sqq"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> “Just make sure that when you are in London you think right first, otherwise you might get hit by a car.”</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Don't just live. Go out and really live, because when else are we going to get to do this whole crazy thing? Keep adding more, do more, feel more, relax more, appreciate more, laugh more, love more...whatever it is, do it more.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“It’s really important that you take some chances, go outside your comfort zone and do the things you imagined yourself doing.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Dr. Suess also spoke of not being able to sleep because reality is better than your dreams. Aim for that. Why not?”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“For what its worth, Good Luck with everything everyone. We could all use a bit of it once and a while.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I think that time away gives you two opportunities. The first being to make new friends, the second being to really learn to appreciate what the friends you have back home contribute to your life.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I want to run a sub 20 minute 5K again, and I want to run a marathon. I'm going to do these things.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> “ I just know that I have to let destiny just sort of work this one out for me. I like surprises anyways.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Who ever said you learn the most about yourself while traveling, they were right.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Once we reached the top, I took a minute to look out over the view. It is hard to really describe what I thought, but it was one of those moments in your life where you feel accomplished, and surrounded by beautiful things.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“As I walked up the mountain I thought about regrets and living life without them. I guess its about taking those risks and actually taking time for YOURSELF.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I guess we don't always get the chance to climb a mountain after a tough week, but if you do, take the chance.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“For the mountains we don't make it up I guess we hope to get something, anything out of it. Even if its just taking the time to lay down in the grass, close your eyes and think about all of the mountains you have left to climb and all the things you have left to do.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Every once and a while you need those sort of days where all you can do is laugh at the things around you, especially yourself.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Its one of those days you wake up not really knowing what to expect and then go to bed thinking, "hahahahahahah wow, I almost got run over by a little 'rabbit deer', chased by geese, sorted at Hogwarts, pictured jumping in front of numerous buildings, made faces at people through a burrito shop window, rioted and even got lost and found in Paddington Station with Paddington Bear."” </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Life is funny, if we choose to make it that.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Even if you are being pursued by a group of geese, it’s important to laugh.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Personally, I think every once and a while it's the best thing in the world to laugh at ourselves...” </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I think that when you are able to say that you are taking a casual weekend trip to Paris, France, you can assume that your life is going alright.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Now, I'm back in London--preparing for finals...and realizing just how great life is!”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“In the end, I realize that all I have to say is easily summed up into this one little paragraph. The last four months have been some of the most amazing months of my life, for a couple, very important reasons: the places I’ve challenged myself to go, the fun I’ve had and the people I’ve let into my life. I think that is all that really matters in the end.” </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Reminiscing is great, but living in the past too long is never that good.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“As for my future, thanks to this experience and the talk I had with Jill, I’ve learned that it doesn’t need to be so scary or terrifying…<span>because I will make it whatever I want it to be.”</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“It was funny waking up my last day in Stockholm not really knowing where I was headed, but also really exhilarating.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I guess living life in the fast lane really does have its consequences sometimes.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I'll never forget that the week I turned 21, I went to seven different countries!”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Anyways, quite frankly I'm lost.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Things just kept getting better and better.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“For those of you who know me, a walk like this really wouldn't be surprising to you, because basically what I do is walk.” </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I guess its pretty natural when you come to the end of something you start to think back to the very beginning.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Honestly, I'm going to miss traveling, I've never felt so free.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I doubt I will ever do anything like this again in my life, but the fact that I have done it is such a great feeling and I can travel to any of the places I've been in my mind anytime I want and have one of those little laughs.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Not to say of course that my traveling days are anywhere near to over! Its only just the beginning.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Not that I'm starting a new chapter or anything....it’s just another day in my life!”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“One thing I really learned while I was in Europe was how to take life a little slower. I think that when we do that it becomes a little easier to catch our second chances.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Endings are hard. We are stuck in some weird dream like state trying to figure out what just happened and what it all meant.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Really, you never know what life throws your way...we can plan all we want but sometimes it works a different way.” </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Naturally we think a lot about how we affect the lives of the people we meet on our journeys.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“You know as well as I do that life isn't about how successful we are or how we look, its about opening our lives to people who will love us and who we can love right back.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“…living your dreams actually is worth it...I'm happy I can't describe it because that is how I'm going to force you to go live yours. Feel this feeling!”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I know that as long as I have you all by my side and stay the person I am, I'm going to make this life and this world something pretty spectacular. I already have done exactly that so far...so you just all wait and see what is next...”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“For the last couple of weeks of 2011, I've been thinking back a lot, but not to Europe, but to the part back here in America. Its sort of funny, but I came to a realization: these two stories, the first half of my year and the second are really not so different.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I love traveling, having ridiculous things happen, I love turning the bad things around, I love the moments that mean so much, but we never saw coming, those really infinite moments...I really love life, and just because I'm not studying abroad or in some place new will ever stop me from doing all of this and more. So don't look back, just keep moving, and you might be surprised at how exciting life is if you decide to make it that way.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span> ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Stephen Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431208350427876386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081430777032580975.post-83200980952546778592011-12-31T02:23:00.000+00:002011-12-31T02:23:24.454+00:00The Year 2011Really, this blog only tells part of the story of my 2011. For the last entry of this amazing year, I thought it would be important to tell the other half of the story. It wasn't until very recently that I had decided that this would be anything worth writing about in this blog. It all began when I had a talk with my friend Dennis at Starbucks a day after finals ended. I asked him what the highlights of his semester were, and we started recounting all of these great moments that we each had, some moments that were really difficult and some that were just really unforgettable... none of them having taken place in Europe. For the last couple of weeks of 2011, I've been thinking back a lot, but not to Europe, but to the part back here in America. Its sort of funny, but I came to a realization: these two stories, the first half of my year and the second are really not so different. <br />
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I've celebrated even more birthdays!<br />
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</div>Made it to the top of three more mountains!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Most importantly, I spent the second half of the year doing the same thing I did in the first, having a great time, with some amazing people. </b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kenny and Claire! In Rhode Island (Ironically the same couch I was jumping up and down on during the first seconds of 2011)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and Dennis after my marathon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My parents!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still living life on the edge of course</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Its sort of funny thinking about how much time I spent wishing I was in Europe doing the things I was doing there, only to realize now, that all along I've been doing the same things...right here in America.<br />
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I like to think that says something about my life from here on out. I love traveling, having ridiculous things happen, I love turning the bad things around, I love the moments that mean so much, but we never saw coming, those really infinite moments...I really love life, and just because I'm not studying abroad or in some place new will ever stop me from doing all of this and more. So don't look back, just keep moving, and you might be surprised at how exciting life is if you decide to make it that way.<br />
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I'd be lying to you if I said I truly got everything I wanted to out of this year, and I'd be lying if I said everything worked out the way I really wanted it to...but as an old Irish proverb goes: "May you get all your wishes but one, so you always have something to strive for." I sort of like that. <br />
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So, here is to a year that I will never forget...not just part of it, but the whole of it. From the first moments of the year, when I was running full speed into the Atlantic Ocean, to the moment 2012 begins. <br />
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And here is one more cheers...to making 2012 even better than 2011! Maybe we can start with some champagne and more chocolate! Chocolate always makes a situation a good situation. <br />
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Happy New Years Everybody. I hope you enjoyed meeting me, travelling with me, drinking with me, climbing with me, hanging out with me, reading about me or whatever else we may have done together in 2011...we should do some of that stuff again in 2012 and forever past that.<br />
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CHEERS!<br />
SPStephen Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431208350427876386noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081430777032580975.post-25298533300976435082011-12-30T17:20:00.000+00:002011-12-30T17:20:24.881+00:00This guy obviously never read this blog.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Z-_sLDgEDE/Tv3ygI1XCkI/AAAAAAAAAqw/uhosEQHXk4g/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-12-29+at+3.21.06+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="141" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Z-_sLDgEDE/Tv3ygI1XCkI/AAAAAAAAAqw/uhosEQHXk4g/s400/Screen+shot+2011-12-29+at+3.21.06+PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Having been to sixteen countries, to the top of four mountain peaks, and completing a marathon (along with my first intramural playoff win...hell yeah!), this year it is really easy to realize what I'm thankful for. <br />
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Thanks to all of you who contributed to this! <br />
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ALSO! Thanksgiving Fun Fact: Abraham Lincoln was the President who declared the last Thursday of November a National Day of Thanks in 1863. So technically he created the holiday of Thanksgiving as it is today. Seriously, what has that guy not done, seriously? Stephen Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431208350427876386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081430777032580975.post-61835459090342827982011-07-27T09:21:00.002+01:002011-07-27T13:48:27.658+01:00The Dreams We Are Awake ForWell, here it is, the last blog...I've decided to include a lot of pictures to try and sum up a lot of the experiences and to put into visual proof how amazing my year has been since I decided to leave for London back in June 2010. (If you want to skip down to my thoughts, go to the bottom of the pictures!) I hope you enjoy this look back: <br />
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I immediately chose London. <br />
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In October I was told I was going. In November, I changed my plane ticket so that I would not come back until June. I was definitely going backpacking.<br />
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On January 1, 2011 I didn't make any resolutions. Instead I just ran full speed into the Atlantic Ocean at midnight. That is how this year began, and it really set the pace.<br />
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On January 8th I said good bye to my family and headed to JFK in NYC. That is the day that I met all of my new London friends for the first time. It sure does feel like yesterday. I remember all of the fears and all of the anticipation sort of went away once I met them. I was excited to get to know these people!<br />
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When I arrived in London, the experiences began: I wrote about them, so here are just a few pictures to jog your memories.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ah, London Citizens!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greenwich, Dennis promised to teach me how to be smooth, I promised to teach him how to drive. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Felt like the center of the world...sort of is. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remember when I destroyed those fish and chips...and then attempted to eat the world's largest doughnut in Brighton? </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dennis' Birthday was such a great day. That stood out to me for some reason. I think its the first time I felt settled into London. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Went to Wimbledon!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our first trip outside of London. We went to Edinburgh. It was my first hostel too! Here we are in The Elephant House Cafe where JK Rowling started writing Harry Potter! That was a really amazing weekend. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Going into Frankenstein's on the Pub Crawl! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wont forget this club in Edinburgh. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All of a sudden I'm on spring break. Brussels was interesting, but had Delirium! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dennis and I in Brugges. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On a walk around Brussels, so cold that day, hopped on my first European bus this day to Paris!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left Paris...headed to Amsterdam....then Back to London...then to Cardiff!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saw some clowns....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Became some clowns</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back in London, my family came...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was an awesome dinner party! Hanging spoons! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course you all remember this...I'm so happy that I climbed this mountain. That really rejuvenated me. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Always on the way to a Pub. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back in Paris...in the spring with my friend Laura!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh yeah...almost forgot...Martini Night..."Dirty Onion" Don't loose.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Got chased by Geese in Oxford</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hastings with UIL. Bangers and Mash Party in style</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course there was prom. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last night out at a Pub!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All of a sudden I saw my friends go off and I was on the second stage of my journey. It started in Dorset. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then went on to Dublin, Wicklow Mts, Kilkenny, everywhere on the N11, Cork, Blarney, Newgrange and even Swords in Ireland. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Went to Stockholm....then went to Copenhagen (first night bus), then to Hamburg, Germany, down to Freiburg...got a little sick, but I survived!Then off to Berlin...then to Riga, Latvia, Tallinn, Estonia, and Helsinki Finland (where it never got dark!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Riga!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Warsaw with my friend Emily! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frieberg, visiting my friend Susie! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helsinki...these stairs were so steep!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Berlin! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prague! So beautiful!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Krakow, Poland. The old palace. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Suddenly I found myself back in England...I felt home. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last night in Europe. Went to a party in Crawford House. Really full circle. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and Konstantin the night before I left. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Endings are hard. We are stuck in some weird dream like state trying to figure out what just happened and what it all meant. For me, I've been realizing that this experience may have been bigger than I ever even expected. Really, you never know what life throws your way...we can plan all we want but sometimes it works a different way. In the end it comes down to accepting this and taking some chances and grasping opportunities, most of the time these opportunities pop up unexpectedly. For example, I always dreamed of going to the Lake District and hiking there. When I met Jill's husband at a dinner party I was invited to I told him that the Lake District was one place that I had always dreamed of going and that I was planning on trying to make a trip there. Immediately he said he would bring me and some of my friends, and suddenly everyone at that table was off to hike a mountain a month and a half later, that experience in some way actually changed my life, you remember that post!<br />
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Endings are also a time to evaluate whether you achieved the goals you set for yourself. Honestly I didn't have too many concrete goals besides staying alive (yay! Made it!) and having fun! The good thing is that I also gained so much confidence from this trip. It feels so good to wake up in the morning, even when I'm not in London and know I'm me and that I've done the things I've done...made the best of the good things and the bad things, done everything I can to make others happy and make my life fun and hopefully the lives of those around me just as fun. Naturally we think a lot about how we effect the lives of the people we meet on our journeys. I like to think that my decision to come to London back in June 2010 not only changed my life but in some ways the lives of other people in a positive way. <br />
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I know for sure that other people's decisions changed my life. I'm really thankful for that. <br />
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You know as well as I do that life isn't about how successful we are or how we look, its about opening our lives to people who will love us and who we can love right back. Sometimes I don't express that to everyone who deserves it, but really you all mean so much to me. <br />
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So, here we come, to the end of the last blog post.<br />
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I have to thank a lot of people so I'm not going to try and say names but I know you all know who you are. Honestly I am the person I am because I come from an amazing family, an exceptional group of friends and because I have an amazing dog (WAGGERS!). We can never live our dreams without support, never, so thank you.<br />
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I really don't have anything to ask of anyone except for one thing: if you get a chance please email me or post a final comment on the blog! Just say hi, say anything really...let me know you are there so I can say thank you to you personally! (sfpelletier524@yahoo.com)<br />
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One other thing, just wanted to say that living your dreams actually is worth it...I'm happy I can't describe it because that is how I'm going to force you to go live yours. Feel this feeling! <br />
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Well, after I finish typing the last words to this blog, I really have no idea where this world will take me, or for that matter where I will take this world. I know that as long as I have you all by my side and stay the person I am, I'm going to make this life and this world something pretty spectacular. I already have done exactly that so far...so you just all wait and see what is next... <br />
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Love, SP<br />
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Before I stop writing on this blog I thought I would talk a bit about how my training for running the Hartford Marathon is going, since I decided to run it while I was in Europe, I think that it deserves a mention on this blog!<br />
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One of the best things for me in Europe was being able to run without pain again. I basically hadn't had that since the pre-season time trial my second year of high school, only a couple of days before I injured my foot and the day I made varsity. I had always had that one regret, that after having made varsity I was never able to really be a great high school cross country runner, especially after having come so close. I know I made numerous mistakes, like trying to run the day after I injured myself, and on into the season and still running even though doctors told me not to exert myself as much. I just always needed to run. <br />
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One thing I really learned while I was in Europe was how to take life a little slower. I think that when we do that it becomes a little easier to catch our second chances.<br />
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I say this because two weeks ago I injured the same foot, the exact same way during my marathon training. This time, I took it slow, and I recovered and I'm back out there. <br />
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This really in a way does feel like a second chance for me. I suppose its up to us to decide how to react differently the second (or third, or fourth,....) time around.<br />
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I think I love running because it is romantic and in a way heroic. A runner is above all things a master of perseverance. Even when you have run two miles and you feel like your shoes are full of cement, your legs ache and you are grasping for air, you dig in and you run another 1.2 miles with all you know you have left. Your heart.<br />
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Running really is life. <br />
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I have a feeling what happens on October 15th in the Hartford Marathon is going to be really special. I can thank a lot of this to my experiences in Europe. <br />
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I'm going to end this post with a quote that I've been keeping in my shoe during training:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"The music of a marathon is a powerful strain, one of those tunes of glory. It asks us to forsake pleasures, to discipline the body, to find courage, to renew faith and to become one's own person, utterly and completely."</span> -George Sheehan<br />
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Out there, I am utterly and completely my own person, I have a renewed faith and somehow I have found that courage I used to have out there, that would fuel the unbelievable sprints I used to have at the end of a 5K race and everything else. It is back and it feels amazing. <br />
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I really feel like a runner again.<br />
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I'm so happy I went to Europe and I'm also so happy I'm back and doing this. <br />
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Love, SP<br />
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Honestly, I'm happier, more confident and more excited about life than I have ever been. Not that its been easy being back, but seriously, I just spent six months gallivanting around Europe. I did that! <br />
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I still am stuck in travel mode...I've been to Pearl Lake in New Hampshire, Narragansett and Providence in Rhode Island, Stamford multiple times to visit my friends, out to Chicago to visit my family that I hadn't seen for six years and this afternoon I'm leaving for Portland, Maine to visit a friend of mine there and I'm planning to go climb a mountain with my friends in August as well as go to NYC, and I'm going up to Boston to spend Saturday and Sunday with my cousins! I've also been spending lots of time with my friends who I missed while I was gone! <br />
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When I'm back, I'm going to write that last blog, and finally move on to my life post Europe. <br />
Not that I'm starting a new chapter or anything....its just another day in my life!<br />
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In the mean time if you see me around town, stop me and say hi. <br />
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Anyways, get ready for the last blog. I'll write it when I'm back. <br />
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Love, SP Stephen Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431208350427876386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081430777032580975.post-89669924964806052142011-06-26T19:08:00.000+01:002011-06-26T19:08:54.139+01:00WOW! VLOG! THIS IS CRAZY! 4!Two words is all Stephen Pelletier needs in his last contracted perfomance in the VLOG series. Pelletier returns to the screen one last time in this award winning post, with a special guest star. Some really famous movie critic guy stated, "Its just so moving, so emotional, never before have I ever felt so inspired." <br />
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The last couple days I had in London were perfect. I spent time walking along the river, eating ice cream, and just seeing all the sights. The best part was the last night when I was invited back to Crawford House for a party with the Summer program students. It was really great to spend my last night of my amazing time in London in the place where I lived. Leaving was hard, but I was ready. <br />
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So, this is the last blog from Europe. Its crazy to think of all the things I've done here and all the places I've been. Honsetly, I'm going to miss traveling, I've never felt so free. I was talking to Josephine Page (Rosalind's Mum) about her travels and she said something that really struck me as I came to the end of this amazing couple of months. She said, that although she couldn't travel as much anymore, the best feeling is being able to look back and "have a little laugh at all of the times you had in all of the different places you have been." I doubt I will ever do anything like this again in my life, but the fact that I have done it is such a great feeling and I can travel to any of the places I've been in my mind anytime I want and have one of those little laughs. <br />
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Not to say of course that my traveling days are anywhere near to over! Its only just the beginning. I'll be back to London, and I'm really excited for that day! <br />
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But now I can say, I'm coming home. <br />
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I'll blog when I'm back in the USA. <br />
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Thanks for reading, and thanks for doing what you all do<br />
-SPStephen Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431208350427876386noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081430777032580975.post-26260541405429948132011-06-22T23:18:00.001+01:002011-06-22T23:20:43.771+01:00I got my bags back!!!!!! (Dorset Part II)The past week, I left London, after staying with Jill and Nick for two days and headed to Dorset. I first arrived at Ringwood where I met up with Sarah Osborn and eventually went back to their house and saw the whole family! They are such amazing people! Although all the kids where in the midst of exams, we had a great time!<br />
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The next day I headed to Brian and June's house, where all of my bags I had left behind in late April were. It was such a great feeling to have all of my clothes and stuff back, although I was getting really used to living out of a backpack. It sort of hit me for the first time at that point that...whoa...I'm coming home really soon.<br />
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The week with Brian and June was great. Brian and I went golfing twice, and we also went on a five mile walk on the Coastal Path near Swanage. Of course Auntie June cooked enough food to have fed me for the two months I was backpacking. I also had a great afternoon with Josephine and Norman Page, where they had plenty of chocolate cake waiting for me! As the weekend progressed I was amazed at how quickly I had suddenly acquired the lifestyle of an eighty year old, after having lived in a house with two of them. I woke up early every morning, went down stairs had breakfast, walked into the living room and read the paper, then went and played golf, then came back ate lunch, went back to the living room and read, did some gardening, have tea, go back to the living room and read/watch cricket (I'm not going to lie but I think I actually understand it now), five o'clock (on the dot) have gin and tonic (maybe 2), have dinner, go into the living room, watch tennis or posh murder mysteries on BBC, go to bed by 9:30, 10:00. It was a great way to slow down after two months of going all out. <br />
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Well, I'm back in London, I'll make sure to blog at least once more before I head home. I just wanted to check in with you all.<br />
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-SPStephen Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431208350427876386noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081430777032580975.post-6806506577344059352011-06-14T01:59:00.003+01:002011-06-14T02:13:55.860+01:00"We Got Him."Well, it is 1:15 AM in London, but I've been trying to fill out some job applications, and now I can't sleep, so I thought that I would blog!<br />
So, I went to Canterbury for a couple of days. I didn't really know what I wanted to do there, but why now. I've read the Canterbury Tales, or at least part of it, so that is a good enough reason.<br />
When I arrived in Canterbury, I met two locals, Reese and Cathy (although when she said her name I thought she said Cafe, which I thought was unique and I was a little disappointed that she corrected me.) With in a few seconds of our meeting, which was initiated by me saying, "excuse me" because they were blocking the sidewalk to my hostel, and then them saying, "Are you headed to Kipps?" I stopped and said yes! Then Reese said, "You are an American! We love America!" I said that is great. Then Cathy, who by this point I realized was swaying uncontrollably back and forth and would fall into the hedge about every five seconds, said, "can we ask you some questions." So I said, "shoot." Then they asked me about what it was like in America, so I tried to describe it. Although what they were really interested in was CSI, which I don't watch so I wasn't much of a help. Then when they asked me what I thought about someone named "Cheyrl Cole" or something like that from the X Factor and I said, "I have no idea who that is." Then they both did that thing that british people do when they are amazed at something, where they puff out their cheeks and go "pppwew. You haven't heard of Cheyrl Cole." She is all over the news. This effectively ended our conversation. I learned two things from Reese and Cathy, 1) that Canterburians like drinking early in the morning and 2) love the X Factor. <br />
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Canterbury was nice. The Cathedral was big. Here are some pictures!<br />
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My second day I decided to go on a walk from Canterbury to Shepardswell, about an 11 mile hike. So, I went and had a huge English breakfest and set off with a lunch. It was exactly what I needed, it was so relaxing and great to get out of the city and into the beautiful countryside. Here are some pictures:<br />
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For those of you who know me, a walk like this really wouldn't be surprising to you, because basically what I do is walk. This was nice though, because I didn't feel like I was trying to clear my head or anything, I was just walking and really enjoying it.<br />
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When I got back to town, I was a little tired as you can imagine. So, I decided, "I WANT ICE CREAM!" So, I sped walk down the city center to a McDonalds where I planned on getting some ice cream. When I walked in I went up to a cashier and started to order, at this point a guy came up right next to me at about the point I started ordering, and I thought I had taken his spot in line so I sort of stepped aside, but when I stepped aside I stepped into another guy who was dressed very similarly to him. So I stepped back again to let these guys order, but then they stepped back as well, and all of a sudden one of them grabbed my arm and said, "You need to come with us." At this point the other one pulled out a walkie talkie and said, "We got him."<br />
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Ok, freeze for a second.<br />
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I just wanted Ice Cream...I went on a long walk and all I wanted was Ice Cream, and now two guys had grabbed me out of line and said, "We got him."<br />
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I wouldn't say I was angry though, I was just sort of confused. They took me outside and said, "Where you just in the Marks and Spencers?" and so I said, "No, I was just out walking on the trails, I never went to Marks and Spencers." So then they talked into their walkie talkies and I could hear them say something like, "I guess we got the wrong guy with the black bag." Then two things went into my head, "Did they stop me because I had a black bag, because almost every European has a black bag?<br />
The second thing was, "well since every european has a black bag, they must have been looking for the craziest, most bad ass person in Canterbury...I think I fit the profile, especially after meeting Reese and Cathy. So after allowing them to check my black bag, they let me go with a small apology and I strolled back into McDonalds and ordered a McFlurry, as planned.<br />
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After this long day of walking and being a fugitive if only for a short while I was very tired. I met two Aussies (everyone over here is Australian by the way) and I hung out with them for a while, then I headed to sleep. I woke up after a crazy dream of me moving into my room at UConn and couldn't remember where I was, and then thought, OH! Canterbury. So, I got up and left...for Dover.<br />
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Dover was nice, although I didn't stay long because they wouldn't let me leave my bag locked anywhere because of "High Security Alerts." Based on my past successes with the M and S security and my close call with UK Boarder patrol after I forgot my return info, I decided that anything that had to do with security was worth avoiding any confrontation with. So, I walked to the shore, because I wanted to see the White Cliffs of Dover, which I did. I'll post pictures later.<br />
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Then, I hoped a train back to London, arrived, and walked out of the train. I went for a walk along the Thames and watched as two women cops tackled some huge drunk guy! It was awesome!<br />
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Jill and Nick Fenton invited me to stay with them Tuesday and Wednesday night. Thursday Night I'm headed to Dorset to stay with the Osborn family and then Friday through Wednesday I'll be with Brian and June! Then Thursday morning I'll head to London for the last two nights, and then Saturday night I'll be in Mansfield, CT staying with...WAIT....I'm coming home really soon. <br />
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My life is pretty awesome right now, you all only make it better...trust me. <br />
Thanks for reading guys!<br />
-SPStephen Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431208350427876386noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081430777032580975.post-59660086740844774782011-06-09T18:26:00.001+01:002011-06-09T18:55:09.278+01:00Woke up in London yesterday...When the plane landed in London yesterday I was so excited to be back. I knew that everything would start slowing down finally and I would be able to really enjoy the end of my backpacking adventure in my favorite European country.<br />
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Things just kept getting better and better. I found an oyster card on the ground with some money on it. I found a great hostel right near where I used to live, I walked to Rosebery to top up my phone and the Rosebery guys still remembered me (they even had Kit Kat Caramels again!). I knew for sure I was back in London when I still saw of the Kate and William merchandise in windows (this time the same flags, plates, underwear (pants), shirts or whatever with there faces on it, but with pictures from the wedding. Also I loved the fact that the headline in the papers was how Pippa Middleton lost "Rear of the Year" after her appearance at the wedding to Carol Vorderman. Oh man, I missed London. I went to FSU and met up with Konstantin who took me back to the flat and made me dinner! The next morning I met up with Jill and Konstantin and then left FSU and adventured around London.<br />
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I even went on a walk along the Thames yesterday night and walking back I thought about how great it was to be back, and how although I was afraid it would be too nostalgic, it really wasn't. I would walk by places and laugh or think about things, but overall, I am just really happy to be back! It is a good feeling! <br />
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As I walked back I walked over Millennium Bridge and down Farrington. At some point I realized I was heading back to Crawford Passage, laughed at myself and then changed direction back to the hostel. <br />
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Today I spent the day in Richmond. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These deer were not afraid of humans at all, it was crazy how close you could get to them. </td></tr>
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In the meantime, you should listen to this song, I heard it for the first time after I left London, but I like it even more now that I'm back and it makes me happy!<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZhQOvvV45w">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZhQOvvV45w</a><br />
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Talk to you all soon! I'm not going to start a countdown for my arrival home, but, I think we all know that that is coming up very soon.<br />
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AH! It feels so good to be back here.<br />
I miss you all! Thanks for reading!<br />
-SP<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIknJleKXYRDsQSfVDttSgvBDqkdiMFLf1nnwnJGjpJ4C9xLcPUNaxN75E5lBbZ82lLC3Lo_2EZMdIX_sfUEGb0ocNdNmBcWuKfZTSQh7Fge664V-NY-wtG56YS_waB1zgxFju67azUrU/s1600/IMG_2366.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIknJleKXYRDsQSfVDttSgvBDqkdiMFLf1nnwnJGjpJ4C9xLcPUNaxN75E5lBbZ82lLC3Lo_2EZMdIX_sfUEGb0ocNdNmBcWuKfZTSQh7Fge664V-NY-wtG56YS_waB1zgxFju67azUrU/s400/IMG_2366.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>Stephen Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431208350427876386noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081430777032580975.post-80468764077309446932011-06-08T00:16:00.000+01:002011-06-08T00:16:50.571+01:00Hot ZonesFor some reason I've been thinking a lot about this book I read back in 8th grade called, "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston where scientists are dealing with an Ebola outbreak amongst some quarantined monkeys near D.C. (great book by the way). My guess, as I sit here chewing on a nice fresh cucumber and some great sprouts, is that it has to do with the fact that I visited the Warsaw Zoo the other day, or maybe because there is a massive Ecoli virus going on all over Europe.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Could this monkey that I took this picture of really be a deadly Ebola carrier? He does look a little sinister.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Anyways, for those of you that know me, especially after that Oprah special I watched in 9th grade on food safety (R.I.P. The Oprah Winfrey Show), that I have been staying as far away from vegetables in Europe as possible. Honestly, this is getting really annoying because I don't mind vegetables, and they are healthy and a lot of food include vegetables.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My friend Emily and her dad who I visited in Poland couldn't even get me to eat my greens. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Initially when I first started hearing about the Ecoli thing going around in Europe, I was in the process of recovering from being the sickest I had ever been in my life before. I didn't start really thinking about it until they started saying that the epicenter of the outbreak was in Hamburg, which is where they think I contracted whatever I had. Then I started seeing that many of the symptoms I had were similar. So, I can't be 100% sure, but I may be, as my friend Emily puts it, "A cucumber survivor." Anyways, enough about that.<br />
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Last time I wrote I was in Helsinki with my dad amazed at how light outside it was. The next day in Helsinki we went around and saw more of the older parts of the city, went to the outdoor market, traveled around the parks and just relaxed and had some great Italian food (Italian food cooked in Helsinki, Finland, by an Asian chef that is). The next day we got up, took the ferry back to Tallinn, then we got on a bus, which strangely enough actually had a "bus attendant" that walked around and gave us refreshments and stuff while we sat there. It was really weird. But also really nice.<br />
Here are some exciting pictures!<br />
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The next day I flew from Riga to Berlin. There I met up with Garrett, which was really exciting! We walked around a bit, went to the Brandenburger Tor, the huge radio tower, and went and met up with some of his other friends and went and had some great kebabs, ice cream and then some beer. It was a great night. We went back to our hostel which was great. The funny thing is that we stayed in this room with one of those crazy religious fanatics who holds up the signs and yells stuff at people while you walk by. He was reading a book on Hitler and had another book on "Jew Hate in the new Age." He was also missing a finger. I was a little afraid.<br />
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The next day I had my first currywurst which was exciting. Garrett and I also went and walked around, went to some parks and saw Checkpoint Charlie and the East Side Gallery, a famous part of the wall that is left standing that many people have painted murals on. The day after that we walked around some more and went to a new hostel, with a swimming pool! There were also bunnies in the courtyard. Of course this was really exciting. We decided to catch the bunnies and pet them. I thought this was a great idea, but the staff at the hostel didn't.<br />
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That night Garrett and I had some beers and then went to sleep. The next morning we woke up and went to the airport where Garrett met up with the Willowbrook gang. After another day wandering Berlin, I went to bed early because I had an early train to Warsaw the next morning.<br />
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The train ride to Warsaw was fun. I made some new friends from the UK and met a Canadian couple who had moved from Warsaw to Vancouver. They were really helpful in giving us information and talking to us about stuff. It was fun. When I got off the train I met up with my friend Emily, who is staying in Warsaw for the summer with her grandma and taking polish classes. Her dad was also there visiting for a bit. After dropping my bags off we went straight to Old Town and had some Polish beer. Then we walked to an awesome ice cream place...and they piled that ice cream on! It was amazing! It was great to have the two of them there because they were able to point a lot out and make great suggestions. They even pointed out the plaques that were randomly throughout the city that indicated where "16 people had been killed" during WWII. Some plaques showed where hundreds were shot dead. Unsettling, huh. We found a really great beer garden and sat and relaxed while I told them my tales from Europe.<br />
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The next day included a lot of eating, mainly because Emily's grandma likes feeding people apparently. She didn't really speak any English though so she would just say something in Polish, everyone would laugh, I would feel left out, and then food would appear. Weird, but rewarding. Then we went to Emily's dad's friend's house. He gave us lots of beer and he was a really animated guy, so it was fun.<br />
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The next day, i met Emily's dad and he took me to a museum while Emily went to her Polish language class. The museum was on the Polish Uprising during WWII. It was really intense, but good. After that we went to the Warsaw Zoo. Emily's dad knows people who work there, so we were given a private tour, it was really great!<br />
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After that we went back to a beer garden and then parted ways. I decided to leave for Krakow the next day and booked a train.<br />
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Krakow was really great, I spent most of my time there relaxing and having ice cream and beer. Here are some pictures. (My hands are getting tired from typing, sorry for the lacking descriptions, but I guess you will all just have to talk to me when I get back, if you want to know more....) <br />
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I took a night train to Prague, which was really weird, especially because of the guy who kept trying to speak to me in Czech, or maybe Polish. Anyways, Prague was really beautiful! I ended up hanging out with an American girl Katie while I was there, she is from South Carolina, but is working in South Korea now. We had an awesome time!<br />
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This morning I went back to London...but that is its own blog post in its self. I'm headed to the shore tomorrow to spend some much needed time laying on the sand and resting. <br />
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Love you all and miss you!<br />
-SPStephen Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431208350427876386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081430777032580975.post-37662549036238065182011-06-06T07:53:00.001+01:002011-06-06T07:54:52.279+01:00Finding my way.Well, I'm sitting in a cafe in Prague right now, drinking a coffee and trying to figure out how much I just spent on a coffee that cost me 120 Czech dollar thingys. Anyways, quite frankly I'm lost. I forgot to look up where my hostel was and decided that by just wandering about Prague I would happen to come upon it (refer to Edinburgh post if you want to think...hmmm, he should have learned this by now). Now after all this wandering and the overnight train I just took with some guy rambling at me in Polish (seriously every fifteen minutes he would say, "Do you speak Polish?" and I would say no. Then he would just start talking to me in Polish) I've finally hit a wall. But its nice to sit and relax a bit.<br />
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I have a lot to catch you all up on: Helsinki, Berlin, Warsaw, Krakow and now Prague. I promise I will later today, but for now I want to find my hostel and take a nap.<br />
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It is my last full day in mainland Europe and I'm excited to be spending it in Prague. Tomorrow, I head to the airport and take off for London, then I begin the final leg of my backpacking tour around the UK.<br />
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I miss you guys! I hope you are all doing alright wherever you all are in the world.<br />
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</tbody></table>Stephen Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431208350427876386noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081430777032580975.post-10344192548112228222011-05-25T22:56:00.000+01:002011-05-25T22:56:51.747+01:00Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland. A.k.a. the week I turned 21.So, I turned 21 this week. I'll never forget that the week I turned 21, I went to seven different countries! I didn't realize it until tonight, but it was only six days ago that I left the Black Forest in Germany and headed to Basel, Switzerland. Then I headed back into Germany and went to Berlin for a day. Then I went on a bus ride which took me from Berlin to two different stops in Poland, and a lay over in Kaunas, Lithuania. Soon enough I was in Riga, Latvia. Two days later I was in Estonia and now I'm in Finland. Yep, seven countries. Whoa.<br />
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Since I last wrote, I had been recovering from being sick, which has been going relatively well, although, I've definitely realized that it has taken a toll on my ability to just wander around aimlessly through Europe. Although, my exhaustion could be from the fact that the longest I've stayed in one bed besides for when I was sick was the three nights I spent in a hostel in Hamburg. Otherwise, I've been on the move constantly for a month now. Its a great feeling! Also, its pretty amazing to think of how fast the last month has gone. Today marks the exact half way mark of my back packing journey! <br />
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Anyways, on to what I've been up to.<br />
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So, I'll start with Switzerland. Right after I wrote the last blog, I left the cafe I was sitting in in Basel and headed out to explore. I really liked Basel, it was an easy city to walk around, although suddenly a huge thunderstorm hit and I was right back to that cafe. After the rain let up I left and went out to a park bench and just read. It was nice just relaxing and not worrying too much about stuff. After a while, I headed to the train station, bought some Swiss chocolate...of course, some fruit and a sandwich and boarded my first over night train. <br />
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The train took me from Basel to Berlin. I left around 9:30 PM and arrived in Berlin around 7:00 AM. The train was fine, smelled a bit weird, but I was able to sleep a bit. Once I arrived in Berlin, I walked out of the train and immediately saw a Dunkin Donuts, which of course made me extremely excited and I literally ran up the escalator to get to it. I had a bus booked to leave Berlin the next day, and I knew I would be back in only a week or so, so I decided to take it easy in Berlin as well. I walked around the city a bit, and sat in a cafe and read a lot. I booked a relatively cheap hotel room to avoid hostels for another night, especially since I knew I would be spending the next night on a bus and since I had spent the previous night on a train. I went to bed after I had a drink with some Canadians who were down in the lobby. I went to bed relatively early, which was great!<br />
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The next day I prepared to get on the bus to get to Riga, Latvia. As a present to my dad for father's day and his birthday my mom bought him a ticket to come see me out in Europe, which has been great! It has been good to get away from hostels for a bit and spend time eating in decent places with my dad! It also felt great to slow down a bit. We decided Riga, Latvia would be our starting point for one specific reason. Many years ago we met Ilga Pogulis, a Latvian immigrant who we came to love and learn a lot from. <br />
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My first memory of Ilga came when I was in elementary school standing at the bus stop and seeing this old woman just staring at me through her window. I remember being sort of terrified and unsure about her. Eventually over the years our neighbors Janet and George introduced us to this woman and immediately we fell in love with her. By the time I had met Ilga she was in her mid 80s and had lived quite an amazing life. She was born and raised in Latvia. She was a small child when Latvia ended fighting for their independence around 1920, and would see her country be attacked by Russians, then Germans and Russians again. She eventually left her country in the 1940s and never was able to return. She ended up in Mansfield, CT where I was fortunate enough to meet her and get to know her in the last few years of her life. I knew she cared a lot for her home, and we promised her that one day if we had the chance we would go to Latvia and see where she had come from. It meant a lot to me and my dad to be able to go to her home, where she had left in the 1940s. It wasn't only great to feel as if we had fulfilled a promise, but also because it enabled us to remember a lot of the times we spent with Ilga, which was really important to us! <br />
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So, the trip to Latvia begins with me boarding the bus in Berlin and preparing for the long journey. The bus left around 8 PM and stopped twice during the night in Poland. Otherwise, we were just driving. Sleeping on a bus is very hard. I slept only about two hours, or so. The guy across from me kept yelling in his sleep and that made it a bit difficult to sleep. Literally, every five minutes, he would just scream. I was scared of him.<br />
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I arrived in Kaunas, Lithuania around noon the next day. I had one hour where I just sort of meandered around the bus station. I didn't see much, but got a sense for the differences in the town. There seemed to be a lot more poverty than any other place I'd seen. There were still a lot of soviet era buildings that needed to be renovated as well. By 1 we were on our way to Riga, where I arrived and walked over to the hotel where I was going to meet my dad. After we met up, we explored Riga. <br />
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Personally, I loved Riga. The old city was beautiful. It was very simple, but really had a character to it. You would walk down a small side street with cobble stone, lined by little shops and restaurants and come to large "court yards" where there would be large out door restaurants and outdoor shops. Many of these shops sold amber jewelry and such, which is popular in the Baltics. We had a great time walking through the parks and the city and finally settling on a great place to eat. It was really awesome to have a great dinner with my dad!<br />
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The next day, we walked around, found a great bakery and went to the Opera house, where in the 1930s my great grandmother, Gramp Rose, actually sang! We met with a lady who worked there who ended up taking us for a tour of the entire place, it was really nice and really special to see. Then, we walked around, went and got some lunch and later some more coffee. We went to a really huge meat market and also bought our tickets for the next day to leave for Tallinn, Estonia. After walking around some more, we decided to take it easy and have a relaxed dinner. It was a great night. <br />
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The next day, I turned 21! Yay! We woke up, got on the bus and four hours later we were in Tallinn, Estonia. We walked around the old city and had a great lunch at a traditional Estonian restaurant. We took a lot of pictures too...<br />
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That night, we found a great restaurant! We had great wine, and great food and a really relaxed evening. I also got free cake which was awesome! <br />
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The next morning (this morning) we boarded a ferry for Helsinki, Finland. That is where I am now! We mainly just walked around today, saw the city and had a relaxed dinner with some great Italian wine! Tomorrow, we are planning on doing some stuff around the city and eventually making our way back to Riga the day after tomorrow. On Saturday my dad heads home to the USA and I head to Berlin (hopefully...depending on whether or not this ash cloud delays my flight or not). I'm really excited to head to Berlin to hang out with Garrett and have an awesome week/weekend in one of the greatest cities! Then I'm off to Warsaw to spend a couple of days with my friend Emily. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">out the window in Helsinki at 11:25 PM...its still light! </td></tr>
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I've been feeling great about my travels lately! I'm here for another month and I'm making it count! <br />
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Thanks for reading everyone! <br />
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-SP <br />
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Stephen Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431208350427876386noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081430777032580975.post-45736627709719098012011-05-19T11:58:00.001+01:002011-05-19T11:59:36.159+01:00Right back at it.So, I was planning on just doing touristy back packing stuff today, but it turns out that I'm still a lot weaker than I used to be, meaning that I can't just walk around a European city for eight straight hours, instead after two hours of walking I realized that I was extremely tired (probably because I've spent the last couple of days in a bed). I'm just not used to not having as much energy, but I'm making due. So, I thought since I need a break, I might as well blog whats been up the last couple of days. <br />
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At the moment I'm resting in a cafe in Basel, Switzerland. I'm happy I get to spend a day here since I was going to spend more time in Switzerland but couldn't because of the virus I came down with. Its a nice little city and has a really nice main street that you can walk down with cafes and shops. The River Rhine goes right through the city and it felt great just to sit next to the river for a while this morning. <br />
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About a week ago, I left Hamburg for Freiberg, Germany to visit my friend Susie who is studying there. It was fun visiting a smaller German town and meeting some other Americans who were studying abroad there. The town had amazing side streets and great beer gardens. At night many students sat out in this one court yard just drinking and hanging out. It was pretty crazy. The next day Susie and I went for a hike in the hills near Freiberg. That night we went to a friend of hers in her program's birthday party and it was fun just being able to be back in a place that reminded me so much of the flats in London! It was a really great time!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Side street in Freiberg...apparently if you accidentally step in the little streets on the side of the roads you need to marry a Freiberger. </td></tr>
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</tbody></table>So, the next morning I took the train to meet up with Katja and Dieter, two friends introduced to me by Tom and Rosalind who were willing to take me into their home for a couple of days. They run a brewery called Waldhaus and Katja is also a teacher! They have two kids, Janinna and Yannik who were great to meet as well! The night I got there, we went to a town fair and climbed the tower of an old church were there were 600 bats! It was crazy! I got to meet a lot of the people in their town, which was a lot of fun! That night we all had pizza that we made ourselves! It was great to be in a home for the first time since leaving Dorset!<br />
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The next morning Katja brought me to the school she taught at to talk to each of her classes about America. It was the first time I had really been with a bunch of people who had never actually met an American before, since many of the students come from poor families and have never really had the chance to go to America. It was fun talking to a lot of them, and listening to their questions. A lot of them asked about University life, sports, American Football (which of course I know everything about), my home and more. It was fun being able to talk about where I came from to people half way across the world. It also made me feel really proud to be American. You could just tell how much they adored our country and what it meant to them. That was really cool.<br />
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Anyways, after some of the teachers heard I was in the school, I started getting pulled around all over the place to a ton of classes. I talked to kids who were 12 all the way to 18. After we left the school we went straight to their brewery where they gave me a tour and I got to meet some of the staff! They even gave me beer straight out of the factory! Next we drove into the black forest a bit so that I could see some of the classic homes and one of the largest domes in Europe at Janinna's school.<br />
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After a bit of a rest we Katja brought me to the kid's tennis practice. While they practiced we drove across into Switzerland for gas (its cheaper there)...so that was my first time in Switzerland! Yay! After that we walked along the Rhine and then we met up with the Dieter and the kids at the tennis courts. Then I played doubles tennis with Dieter, Katja and the tennis instructor. It was pretty awesome playing tennis on the Swiss/German boarder, I felt like Roger Federer! Sort of. It was great playing tennis, I hadn't played in such a long time! <br />
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So, that night I got really sick. I don't think I've ever actually been so sick, which was a bit scary, especially because I was so far away from home. Luckily I was with Katja and Dieter who took really good care of me and made sure I had everything I needed. After talking with the doctor at night, Katja told me he thought I had some virus that has been going around and just knocks you out for a while, but with all of my traveling, it made it worse. After the worst part was over, I was finally able to sleep and I passed out for an entire day almost, only waking up a couple of times. The next day I just laid outside for a while and then slept some more. I could easily say that that period was the most home sick I've been, I couldn't stop thinking about home, but being with a family definitely made it a lot easier. It was a bit weird, because I can't really say I've been home sick yet this trip, but immediately once I started feeling better, I was ready to hit the road and get back to it, especially because I had ground to make up. So, this morning, I left for Basel, Switzerland...where I am now. Tonight, I'm getting on a night train to Berlin, staying there for a night, then headed to Riga, Latvia, via Lithuania by bus. There I will get to see my Dad, which will be really great! <br />
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So, I'm back at it, and feeling a lot more healthy!<br />
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The pictures below are from out the window of the room I was recovering in: I think you can see why I recovered so fast!<br />
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You could see France, Switzerland and Austria! Not so bad. And as you can see the Alps are amazing! Not a bad place to recover.<br />
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Anyways, I just wanted to let you all know I'm back on my feet, I miss you all and I wish you could all be sharing this with me! Thanks for reading, as always I really appreciate it! <br />
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-SPStephen Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431208350427876386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081430777032580975.post-83888476574521035722011-05-18T10:14:00.000+01:002011-05-18T10:14:02.596+01:00Recovering and my modified journeySorry, but this is going to be another short blog.<br />
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I went to Freiberg and had a great time with my friend Susie and her friends. Then I headed into the Black Forest to stay with Katja and Dieter and their two kids. <br />
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I was planning on leaving yesterday for Zurich and then on to Italy, but that did not happen. Unfortunately I came down with one of the worst viruses I've ever had and have been two weak to travel anywhere. But Katja and Dieter have been so amazing in taking care of me. <br />
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So, this means that Italy and Switzerland will have to wait. Im hoping to be strong enough to move soon, and the German doctor said I should be ok, so don't worry Mom and Dad! I'm hoping to head north tomorrow at the earliest. <br />
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I guess living life in the fast lane really does have its consequences sometimes. I'll try to write more once I've recovered more. Until then, I hope you are doing alright.Stephen Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431208350427876386noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081430777032580975.post-17185205021262481192011-05-12T13:51:00.000+01:002011-05-13T21:56:15.289+01:00Today is my Mom's Birthday!Today I'm taking a bit of a brake from telling you about my journey. Today is a special day! It is my Mom's 50th birthday! Yay Mom! Anyways, just wanted to send a shout out because I love my mom. <br />
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In the meantime, I'm leaving Hamburg tomorrow afternoon and I'm going to either Munich, Freiburg, Frankfurt, or Zurich, maybe Luxemborg, not sure. But I'll know tomorrow. Oh the suspense! <br />
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In the meantime, here is a painting I saw at a museum I went to here in Hamburg: it is a Monet and its of my favorite city in Europe: LONDON!<br />
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-SPStephen Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431208350427876386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081430777032580975.post-52246584960101989592011-05-10T09:35:00.003+01:002011-05-10T09:37:57.393+01:00Waking up not knowing where you are going to fall asleep<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"></div>Hi Everyone, I'm on a Eurolines bus somewhere between Copenhagen and Hamburg and discovered that you can use the internet so BOOM! Blog time. <br />
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I owe you all a very long blog, since I have been to four different countries since I last wrote in this blog. I have a lot to cover, so I am going to use mainly pictures. <br />
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My first couple of days on the road began in Dorset, England with my friend Brian and June! They are both really amazing people and I was really happy I was able to spend sometime with them and wind down after all of my friends from the UConn in London program had left. I was able to meet up with Garrett who has been living in Germany and travel with him to Dorset which was really great! We spent Easter there and the next day met up with Tom Murphy. That night we had an amazing dinner that Auntie June made for us (she fed us WAY too much, I literally couldn't move by the end of the three days.) Ok, time for you all to look at some pictures:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With Brian in Portland, Dorset! He was stationed here in the navy in the late 1950s! We went for a great walk here! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Auntie June in her garden! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom and Garrett are really excited for Auntie June's cooking! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me, Brian and Garrett at Lyme Regis</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me, Brian and Tom </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me, Brian and Garrett</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course we needed to get Ice Cream. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Auntie June and her henchman</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Competition: guess where this was and what its referring to.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our first champagne cocktails: oh god. </td></tr>
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So, the next morning we left Dorset, and headed to the airport. Garrett met up with his host family later on that day and Tom and I headed to Dublin.<br />
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Upon arriving in Dublin we found ourselves a bit lost in Beelzebub (our hot red Opel Astra rental car). After driving around Dublin, mainly on the dreaded N-11 for about an hour, we found our hotel "Harrington Hall." However, our nerves quickly went away when we realized somehow that we ended up in this room:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our living room area/ my bedroom : no big deal</td></tr>
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</tbody></table> So, anyways, we went to a pub that night then turned in early.<br />
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The next day Tom and I explored Dublin. We went on a sight seeing tour, saw the Book of Kells, visited Patagonia (of course), went on a tour of the Guinness Factory (best Guinness in the world is right at the factory), and capped the night with a dinner at a pub in a hotel along the river with live music and Irish Dancing, it was great!<br />
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We then decided to go to Blarney and stay in a Bed and Breakfest, the house we stayed in was amazing and made it pretty easy to get to the Castle. Here is another sunset for you guys:<br />
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</a></div>The next morning we went to Blarney Castle and I kissed the Blarney Stone. According to legend, kissing the stone gives the kisser gift of great eloquence or skill at flattery (the gift of gab). Anyways, we will have to see what happens. Afterward we went on a great walk around the area. <br />
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After Blarney, we decided to head back north towards Newgrange, where there were some pretty great 5000 year old burial grounds. So we decided to head there. We spent our last day touring around those sites and then relaxed before Tom headed back to the USA and I headed to Stockholm.<br />
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It was an amazing week as you can tell and it was great that Tom was able to come out and go around Ireland with me. It was great to see him and spend time together, thanks Tom!<br />
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So, then I was off to Stockholm. I arrived and met up with my friend Alex at the bus station! Then we went to his host family's place in Taby outside the city. The next day Alex had class so I went into Stockholm and walked around. Then I met up with him for lunch and then we went into the city for a bit. That night we ended up meeting up with my friend Katie from UConn in London as well.<br />
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</div>The next day we just hung out and walked around Stockholm some more. We spent a lot of time in Taby and played on a trampoline and I tried unicycling, which didn't go over too well.<br />
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The next couple of days I just hung out with Alex, which was great! It was good to not really feel like a tourist, but just have a place to stay and hang out! Alex and I went swimming on my last day there, it was funny thinking that my first swim of the summer was in Sweden. Then we went fishing, it was a great way to spend time in Sweden. The Marcko family who Alex lives with were all great and made me some great food!<br />
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It was funny waking up my last day in Stockholm not really knowing where I was headed, but also really exhilarating. I found a cheap bus ticket to Copenhagen that night and took the night bus from Stockholm to Copenhagen. I arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark around 8:00 AM, brought my stuff to a hostel and toured the city. It was really good to just walk around and relax. Then, I got to talk to my mom for mother's day which was great! <br />
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The next day I met up with my friend Brenna who is studying in Copenhagen! It was really cool to see another person from home in Europe! I also went to Christiania, which is a self proclaimed autonomous neighborhood. Brenna was telling me that the government has been cracking down on them more, so they march around Copenhagen all the time and protest. There was also apparenlty a protest where 300 teenage girls walked around the streets chanting "Justin Beiber" trying to get him to come to Copenhagen...anyways... It was really funny to see. The residents don't want you to take pictures because they sell weed there all the time, but it was basically like a communal village tucked away. It was hippyville, it was really awesome!<br />
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So, now, here I am...on a bus on my way to Hamburg! I think I'll be here for a couple of days, we will see though, I'm aiming for Italy, not really sure where I'll go in between though.<br />
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I hope you are all doing alright! Thanks for reading I really appreciate it everyone! Also, it appears that this bus might be getting on a ferry, that is cool.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Stephen Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431208350427876386noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081430777032580975.post-37159088731363501612011-04-29T23:16:00.000+01:002011-04-29T23:16:10.375+01:00Sunsets!Hi everyone!<br />
I don't have much time to write now, so I'm just going to post this picture I just took during a walk I just went on.<br />
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Its from Kilkenny in Ireland. <br />
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I wish you could all be here to share it also!<br />
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I'll write soon!<br />
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</style> </div><div class="MsoNormal">Tomorrow, I’m leaving Crawford Passage and headed to Dorset, the first stop of a very long, exciting two months that will undoubtedly change my life. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I’ve been trying to figure out how to sum up my experience in London in this blog. I’ve written out a whole blog on what it meant, the people that were here, the moments that I will never forget. I’ve re-written and re-written it a million times. But I've decided instead just to settle with this short post. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I really came to terms with the ending the other day when I had a meeting with my advisor Jill. She talked to me about moving on and how she had thought that this experience had changed me, including the people I’ve become friends with, the things I’ve done for myself and the chances I’ve taken. She helped me realize the positive things I’ve done and how I have so much more to do beyond here, and so much more to offer to other people. She helped me realize that the places my life will take me from here will be equally as amazing, because I can make it what I want it to be, as long as I continue to take chances, and continue to care about people the way I do. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In the end, I realize that all I have to say is easily summed up into this one little paragraph. The last four months have been some of the most amazing months of my life, for a couple, very important reasons: the places I’ve challenged myself to go, the fun I’ve had and the people I’ve let into my life. I think that is all that really matters in the end. Now, although this has all been great, and amazing, I realize that it has to end, so that I can go to the next thing. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Tomorrow, my friends board a bus at 6 AM, and they will be on their way back to America. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">As for me, I’ll be there to say good -bye, put on my backpack, and head to Victoria Bus Station. I'm sure memories of the last four months will be racing through my head. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Reminiscing is great, but living in the past too long is never that good. As for my future, thanks to this experience and the talk I had with Jill, I’ve learned that it doesn’t need to be so scary or terrifying…<u><b>because I will make it whatever I want it to be. </b></u> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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-SP</div>Stephen Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431208350427876386noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081430777032580975.post-33553684466232857642011-04-19T14:26:00.001+01:002011-04-19T14:27:59.313+01:00A Hasty One on Hastings!Don't you love the title of this blog post...because I do. <br />
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Interesting fact to start off the blog: The Battle of Hastings in 1066 did not happen in Hastings, it happened in Battle, a town very close to Hastings. So, in fact the Battle of Hastings should be the Battle of Battle. Anyways...lets get to my life: <br />
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UConn in London went to Hastings to have an afternoon Bangers and Mash Festival at our program director Jill’s Hastings House. It was such an amazing day in Hastings. When we got there we walked through the town. It reminded me a lot of Narragansett. You could see where the fishermen sold fresh fish caught daily as well as all of the sea side attractions, much like Brighton. To get to Jill and Nick’s house we had to walk up this large hill that was lined with gardens and really great pubs. <br />
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We got to their house, which had an unbelievable patio and nice view down the hill. It also had a courtyard with a really cute husky dog! Once we got there some of us went to a pub with Nick. It was a really great place and we sat out on patio and had a great time. <br />
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When we got back we had Konstantin’s famous bangers and mash with gravy. It was really great and extremely British. After that, we had a beer judging contest of different British beers. Surprisingly, the judges all seemed to give the beers progressively better scores as the judging went on, hmmm? <br />
After a great afternoon, we left their apartment and went to the beach. We frolicked a bit near the water, then we hung out and got some ice cream...which was great, obviously. <br />
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Then, we boarded the train back to London, saw the most amazing sun set...then fell asleep. So, that was Hastings. It was a great trip, but it hasn’t quite been the thing that has been on my mind the most lately. That is right: The program here ends in FIVE DAYS...but my backpacking adventure starts in FIVE DAYS. Right now, its pretty bittersweet...but I’ll talk more in the next blog. <br />
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I promise to get up one more blog before I leave London. For now though, I have to get back to booking travel stuff for this summer and studying for my finals. <br />
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Thanks for reading everyone, I really appreciate it. <br />
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</tbody></table>Stephen Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431208350427876386noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081430777032580975.post-51873387590617500362011-04-12T18:29:00.007+01:002011-04-12T22:46:50.616+01:00WOW! VLOG! THIS IS CRAZY! 3!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The long awaited VLOG 3 is here. We find our hero removed from his natural environment at the kitchen table and in a more relaxed position on the couch with some really exciting announcements! The goatee is back and better than ever in this one staring two time VLOG emmy winner Stephen Pelletier (<i>WOW! VLOG! THIS IS CRAZY!</i> and <i>WOW! VLOG! THIS IS CRAZY! 2!</i>). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/sfpelletier524#p/a/u/0/_xkoxHiwHwo">WOW! VLOG! THIS IS CRAZY! 3! </a></div>( click on the link to watch!) <br />
Also: enjoy this complementary short video that has had me laughing all day:<br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTRkRHAMkfI<br />
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-SPStephen Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431208350427876386noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081430777032580975.post-53678617946821095282011-04-11T17:28:00.001+01:002011-04-12T13:17:00.674+01:00Paris in the Spring!I think that when you are able to say that you are taking a casual weekend trip to Paris, France, you can assume that your life is going alright. Well, that is exactly what I did this past weekend!<br />
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My friend Laura and I decided to head to Paris a couple of weeks ago, and little did we know at the time that we had literally picked the best possible weekend to go! Every single day we were there it was in the seventies and sunny! It as amazing!<br />
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In the four days that we were in Paris, we crammed a lot in, which left us really tired at the end, but it was completely worth it! So, here is what we did:<br />
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The first day we got an afternoon flight, which worked great! The flight was only about fifty minutes. During the flight we sat next to a girl from Washington, USA who happened to be staying at the same hostel as us! So, once we arrived in Paris, the three of us went out to dinner together. Rachel (the girl we had met) had been in the UK for a wedding and was going to Paris and Denmark to do some traveling and to see family. Then, we went on a long adventure to find the Eiffel Tower, which we kept seeing in the distance but never could quite get next to! Finally we got there and sat and looked at it. On the hour the Eiffel Tower sparkles, so we saw it do that twice! It was amazing! After that we walked on the river a little and then finally found our way back to the hostel. In the hostel, Laura and I were staying with another two people, Dean and Shelly. Shelly is teaching English in Spain and Dean had come out from California to visit her and they decided to have a trip to Paris. They were really cool people that we hung out with throughout the weekend!<br />
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The second day, we got up and walked to the Louvre! With our student visas we were able to get in for free, which was amazing! We went and saw the Mona Lisa (which is really small!) and then wandered parts of the gallery near it. After this we wondered through the gardens in front of the Louvre. As we were walking towards the Arc de Triomphe we saw police officers blocking traffic on a street. Suddenly we saw a huge motorcade go by with the French President Nicolas Sarkozy. I guess he wanted to see Laura and I in Paris. So, we got to the Arc de Triomphe, then decided to head to the Eiffel Tower again. It was great to see it during the day, also with all the beautiful gardens and trees. We got some crepes and little bottles of wine and sat out under the tower for a while (maybe even napped!). We got a little sun burnt, but it was completely worth it! After that we headed back towards the hostel. We got some sandwiches at a grocery store and then found a little park to go eat and people watch. It was a beautiful night. That night we hung out with our new friends and the others at the hostel at the bar in our hostel. It was a good time!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love sitting in Parisian Gardens</td></tr>
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The next morning, we got up had breakfast at the hostel and headed to <span style="font-size: small;">Jardin du Luxembourg where we walked around and sat and had some coffee, and did some more people watching. It was such a relaxing way to start the morning. After that we walked around a bit and then found the nearest train station to head to the </span>Sacre Coeur. It is such an amazing view from there! After that we went and got some amazing gelatos! SO GOOD! After this we walked and yet again decided to relax under the Eiffel Tower! It was great! When we finally realized we were getting a bit burnt in the sun we headed back to the hostel to get ready for dinner with our program director Jill and her husband Nick who had offered to take us to a real French Restaurant near Notre Dame. Before hand Laura and I decided to walk up the river. We went to the Pont des Arts were couples go and attach locks to the bridge and throw the key into the water together. We walked all the way up to Notre Dame and hung out there for a while. We met Jill and Nick there and then went and had the greatest meals, as well as one of the greatest times of the trip! It was great to sit and relax in a real french restaurant where the waiters and waitresses all for the most part only spoke French (luckily Jill was able to translate for us!). The food and the wine was simply amazing! It was such a great night!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the signs on the fence were for the Paris Marathon, which was on Sunday</td></tr>
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By the fourth day, the sun and the long weekend was starting to get to the two of us. We woke up, had breakfast and headed to Moulin Rouge and then took our own little tour of the Red Light District. After this we walked to a place that Jill and Nick had recommended called the Centre Pompidou. It is a Modern Art Museum, but for three euros we were able to go up this clear tube thing and get some unbelievable views of the city. After we climbed up, we left and got some food and ate on the bank of the Seine. After this, we were so tired! We made our way to a little park and rested on some benches for a while before going to the bar at our hostel and having a drink. Then we spent our last hour in Paris relaxing in a park near our hostel. It was a lazy end to a busy trip, which we were both ok with!<br />
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</a></div> Then another adventure began--getting home from Paris. We started around 4- by getting on one metro--then getting on another metro--then getting on a train (which we couldn't figure out how to buy tickets for, until about 10 minutes after getting into the station)--then we got onto a bus (because the train to the airport wasn't running)--then on a train to our terminal--then we went on the plane (I also set off the airport security buzzer for the first time so that was fun)--landed and got on a bus to the airport--went through customs--got on a bus (after the one we were waiting on broke down)--got on a train to King's Cross--then got on the bus to Clerkenwell a little after midnight. I'm tired just writing that all out. <br />
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Overall, the weekend was amazing. All of the other trips I've been on have been great, but this one really seemed like a true vacation. We did a great job just finding time to relax and enjoy the city, which is exactly what we wanted to do! It was a great last trip before the program ends. Now, I'm back in London--preparing for finals...and realizing just how great life is! Stephen Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431208350427876386noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081430777032580975.post-6044861870994008892011-04-04T22:17:00.001+01:002011-04-04T22:35:26.919+01:00Why I Love the Playoffs!So, if you haven't all heard already on ESPN, the Spiking Sphinxes Intramural Volleyball team is going to the playoffs for the first time ever. I'm so proud of my team, I wish I could be there with them, but I still have no regrets since I'm in London instaed! Anyways, congratulations Captain Mo and team!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Spiking Sphinxes after our big win last year. This year we did what we've been trying to do for two years: we made it to the PLAYOFFS! </td></tr>
</tbody></table>You can all read some exciting commentary on the games at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=70839777941 Anyways, Go Sphinxes!<br />
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Also, I just thought you all might be interested: here is a link to the UConn in London newsletter that I contributed to along with some of my friends. I hope you all enjoy! <br />
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http://www.uconnlondon.org.uk/life-in-london_newsletter.html<br />
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I have to say this too:<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">GO UCONN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For kicks: a picture of me with the game ball after my first intramural win a little over a year ago. It was a big moment for me. I may or may not have taken the Intramural jersey home with me. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>Well, this blog made me feel really athletic, so I'm going to sign off by calling you all sports fans.<br />
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Thanks for reading sports fans! <br />
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ALSO! New reason to check my blog daily: even if I don't post something, there will be a daily puppy picture on the right hand side. Check it. They are adorable. Stephen Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431208350427876386noreply@blogger.com6