Filling in the Gaps

 

 Since this is both a fashion and lifestyle blog and travel is a huge passion of mine, I felt it necessary to play a little catch up in what has happened in my life since I fell off the face of the internet:

-April-

I competed in my first Boston Marathon...one of the most incredible experiences of my life. I'm signed up for 2015 as well and am sure it will be as equally amazing

-May-

Hopped across the pond with my friend Chelsie to London, Amsterdam, Paris, and Ireland. Traveling there again further instilled my need to live there for at least a short period of my life. It will happen.

-June-

Went to my first music festival in Delaware with my other travel buddy Lindsey where we danced until 2am at the silent disco in the middle of a forest.

-July, August-

Enjoyed the beauty of northern Michigan. Up North is still my favorite place in the world.

-September-

Visited a friend in Colorado, hiked Pike's Peak, and had my first experience with altitude sickness.

-October-

Vamped it up with friends for a Halloween dance party, and took advantage of how great Michigan is in the fall.

Recalling of the events from the last seven months through this post reminds me how lucky I have been to have these experiences yet also reminds me of how much more of the world is out there yet to discover. Looking through these photographs ignites this desire in me to up and leave and go wherever my gut tells me to go. Now if I could only discover the formula of how to travel the world, still keep my job, and not be in debt from all the adventures I'd be all set :)

-Meagan- 

Irish Eyes

(Images 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7)

Top o' the mornin' to ye, and happy St. Patrick's Day! A day in celebration of the patron saint who chased all the snakes from Ireland by drinking in a Guinness (or two or three..) in his honor, or a Shamrock Shake if that's more of your thing ;) 

This year I'm feeling even more love for this Irish Catholic holiday because it is a reminder of how quickly my trip to Ireland is approaching.

Yes, you read that correctly: I'm going to Europe again this spring! 

*eeeeeek!*

After the coolest vacation ever (you can read about it here, here, here, and here) , I did not expect to be taking any more big trips in the near future. But when a close friend approached me about doing another similar kind of adventure, I just could not turn down another opportunity to romp around Europe.

Our big destination is Ireland, but we will also be spending time in London, Amsterdam, and Paris. Traveling and seeing the world is a huge passion of mine, I am still pinching myself that this is happening again and so soon after the last trip. Now to remember to wear some green today so no one else pinches me :)

Happy St. Patty's Day! 

-Meagan-

'Ello, London!

London! This was our shortest visit on our trip so we barely even scratched the surface of this awesome city. Due to some technical mistakes on our end (aka: missing our train and almost getting stuck in Belgium), we only had 2 evenings and 1 day to look around. The first thing on our list? Finding Platform 9 3/4! We actually had to wait in line, or queue as the Brits say, for a good half hour to get our photo op with the cart. It was mostly younger children with their parents, so the workers taking the official pictures gave us a little bit extra time since we were dedicated and seemed to enjoy talking to someone their age haha :)

Once we were able get our pictures at King's Cross, we did all the main tour things that we could fit in our one day in London, which obviously included touring the gigantic Topshop flagship store! That thing is like the 8th wonder of the world I swear, it is amazing.

After hitting up all the main sights that our feet allowed (by this point in our trip, our feet were ready to fall off!) we met up with my good friend who was living there in the summer and went and got true British fish and chips and enjoyed some drinks at the cute pub Punch & Judy.

I was sad when it was our time to leave and fly back to the states since there was so much more to London than we could see in one day, but that just means I'll have to go back sometime soon :) I've already begun planning my next tour, whenever that may be!

TGIF!

-Meagan-