Travelling adventure

Whilst in America I did a lot of Travelling I visited Philly, Washington DC, Las Vegas, LA, San Diego, San Fransisco and New York, I went to a no tax outlet and shopping centre, I went to skyzone trampolining. Me and the girls from camp went to Philly for fourth of July and it was incredible, we went to a food market, saw liberty bell, watched Rocky on an open air cinema screen whilst on the Rocky steps, we watched a fourth of July parade and fireworks, went to Hard Rock Cafe for the first time and whole foods and discovered that america has Nandos, so of course we HAD to go for one. We took a day trip to Washington DC and saw all of the touristy things, the white house wasn't as glamorous as I thought it was going to be. I fell in love with washington and Philly and could see myself living in either cities. I then began after camp travels, me and twinny (Casper) began by driving to Vegas from La, we stayed at The Linq which was on the strip and was amazing, there is so much to see in Vegas and everything is extravagant, we walked through some of the other resorts, Caesar Palace and the Venetian were by far my favourites. We then drove back to La, the night we got there we went up to Griffiths Observatory to watch the sunset and see the Hollywood Sign. Whilst in La I also cycled along Santa Monica Beach, wave catching on Venice Beach, I went to the Warner Bros Studio Tour, Universal Studios, hiked to the Hollywood Sign, went to Madamn Taussauds, did a driving tour of Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive. I spent a week in La and then went to  San Diego for a couple days. Whilst in San Diego I went to the Zoo, spent a day at a park reading and sunbathing, did a little bit of shopping, explored Downtown. I then took a thirteen hour bus journey to San Fran, which is one of my favourite cities. I met up with another two of my friends from Camp and we explored China Town, went on a whale watching tour, looked around Fishermans Wharf, I lied seeing all the sea lions, there were so many,  went to Coit Tour, mission district and Golden Gate Bridge, we also all tried a bread bowl, I got a bolognese bread bowl and it was delicious. On their last night we went to Cheese Cake Factory in Macys in Union Square, we sat on the Balcony, I ate a burger and the 30th Anniversary Cheesecake, I died and went to food heaven that night. I spent the rest of my time in San Fran going to Alcatraz, Alma Square to see the Painted Ladies, I also did some shopping, Saw the Mrs Doubtfire house and the school in Princess Diaries. I then flew over to New York, I only had two half days in New York, so in the little time I had I tried to do as much as possible. I saw Central Park, Times Square, Madison Square Garden, Empire State, Grand Central Staion, The Rockafellar and The Chrysler Building. I met up with a friend and we went to Olive Garden for dinner. I had the best time in New York and I'm so excited to go back and explore more places. After three months, 9 cities, 8 states, 6 flights, 5 greyhound buses and an endless amount of memories it was time for my final destination, home. I was devastated to be leaving but ready to see my family and start a n
ew chapter in my life. I had the best time travelling and I really do think solo travelling is healing for the soul and something I'm so glad I did.

An Open Letter To My Bestfriend..

3 years ago I met you, 3 years ago my life was changed forever, 3 years later our friendship is stronger than ever and you are about to go and fulfil your life dreams, 3 years later and your the most important person to me. I think that you are placed in peoples lives for a reason, sometimes I wonder how I got so lucky and what I did to deserve a friend like you. People come and go in your lifetime, but you never left. You came into my life at one of my lowest points and slowly without realising stood by me as I picked up the pieces, you made me smarter, happier, positive, I fell in love with friendships and myself again. You made me fall in love with life again. You know me to my core, you know what makes me happy and you know what makes me cry. You can tell when I'm not myself and when I have low confidence and your always there to boost it back up again. You understand my humour and laugh at all my jokes making me feel like the funniest person in the world. You never give up on me and that is something special. Im so unbelievably proud of you for following your heart and going to explore the world, your going to have the greatest time and make memories that will last a lifetime. Your going to discover things about the world and yourself that you never knew,  ultimately because of that your going to change. Im excited, I'm excited to see this new version of yourself that has seen the world, made new friends and discovered new cultures, I just hope in all of this you don't loose that spark that makes you you, thats the thing I cherish most about you. Im going to miss you a lot. I will miss our late night chats, drunk nights out and costa dates. Going on nights out without you will be strange for me. Having to get ready without you will be odd. I don't know what I'm going to do without you, I hope you don't know what your going to do without me, but we both have started new chapters of our lives you travelling and me at uni and even though you are an ocean away and know we are still doing this adventure together. I hope you experience all that going travelling has to offer, I hope you learn new things and push yourself out of your comfort zone. I can't wait to see all the photos and listen to all of the stories on our Skype calls. Just like when you left, I will be crying when you get back. Thanks for always being my best friend. Taking on a year without you isn't going to be easy, but I forever want the best for and this I know is whats best for you. So just remember how small in this world you are but how much of a big impact you can have. You can change this world, you can make a difference. Never forget that. Take pictures, take it all in and prepare for an endless amount of questions and tears when you come home.                                                                                                                                                    See you in a year, I miss you already. Your best friend x                                                            

9

The Summer That Changed Everything

Camp was the best decision I've ever made, I will never be able to explain the fun, laughter, games, songs and all the other amazing parts of camp life to someone thats never been to camp. 10 weeks of laughter, crying, bug bites, excitement, exploring and so much more and I would do it all again in a heartbeat. It is the hardest thing I've ever had to do, its exhausting, you deal with homesickness, injury, illness and life problems, you lose sleep, sweat but all of that is so worth it for the amazing memories i have created this summer. The first night I arrived I had know idea what I had let myself in for it was freezing, we were in tents and to top it all of I was massively jet lagged, I cried because I was sure that I couldn't do this, I woke up the next day feeling not so jet lagged and knew that I could do this and I've never looked back, the tents even ended up being my favourite place to sleep. The first week9 was training week, the week were we all developed friendships, I became good friends with three girls called Bluebell, Casper and Daisy. We all had camp names as it is a girl scout tradition and I went to a girl scout cam9p, mine was Bambi which at the time I choose because I thought it was cute, little did I know that it would discover it was an extremely fitting name, I'm basically a deer, I'm ditzy and have no road safety, now I'm obsessed with Bambi and deers are my favourite animals. The first week of kids was crazy, I had no idea what I was doing, luckily I had Twirls who helped me learn everything about this job and we quickly became an amazing team. I loved everything about camp, drama, Kayaking, swimming, volleyball, gaga ball, singing, there was so many laugh. The food was incredible, my favourite breakfast was chocolate chip pancakes with maple syrup and bacon, lunch was bbq chicken wraps and dinner was anything with garlic bread. They also in the second the last week did an amazing thing of making a huge chocolate brownie sundae and it was soo delicious. Camp is the happiest place on earth, I created so many memories from a lot of karaoke in the mom mobiles, to dancing in the gas station, meeting my australian twin, cutting my hair off and getting chatted up in dunkin donuts and so many more that I could write for hours. Leaving camp was the most heartbreaking thing in the world and I can't wait for us all the be reunited. Camp changed my life, I found myself, became more confident and laid back, I will always be thankful for this summer and the family I became apart of, I love you Camp Grove Point x