Friendship

I woke up this morning with so much excitement built up inside me. Today is a day of new beginnings. From what i've experienced, i believe that true friendship can never be completely destroyed. Yes, you could distance. Yes, it could be lost for a long time. And yes, you could get in a blowup fight and not talk for a year. But in the end, everything works out. If you have had a very strong connection with that person then i feel that there will be always a part of your heart for them. No matter what. I think many times people try to hide that part of their. They try to pretend like they aren't hurting at all. I believe its impossible. Friendship is such an important thing, something to never take for granted. I think after 3 years now i've finally realized the importance of it. Everyone needs someone to lean on.

So here's my encouragement for today. Be a friend. Show someone some extra love today. :)

Goodbye Blogger?

Hello! Okay so i just recently got a really nice journal in which i have been sharing all my thoughts. For some reason i haven't felt like blogging because i feel like no one reads it so its pointless. I loved having this blog but i feel like if this isn't bringing any benefit to someone else then why have it online?

So, if anyone actually reads my blog then please comment me and tell me! I might not delete it.

If not, then, well, bye bye blogger.

L

The past couple of weeks since being home have been very inspiring. I'm becoming more and more aware everyday of how much i have to be thankful for. Photography and music are sitting in my head waiting for a good time to sneak up on me. I can't remember how long it's been since i've picked up a guitar and that makes me sad. But i know its a part of me and it will come back. Photography is taking up most of my artistic attention right now.

Last weekend i went to Santa Monica to visit our relatives Dave and Cheryl. It was such an amazing, relaxing weekend full of inspiration. Dave took me to Venice beach and we just sat on the grass watching all the crazy people walking around. We took pictures of anything and everything that caught our eye. We ate some REALLY healthy food that pretty much tasted like grass and we got henna tattoos to scare my mom a little bit ;). Dave puts off such a good vibe which everyone around him is aware of.

This weekend i'm going to spend my time with the people i love most. Yesterday i went to the spectrum with C. We had so much fun walking around, being silly, and lots of laughing. One time, we walked past these "green peace" people and one of them said to us "there's nothing more romantic then saving a whale." We couldn't stop laughing. He's been going through a hard time recently so i am so glad that i can make him laugh in some of his hardest times. Today i am going to breakfast with my mom and shopping with Jenn. I haven't seen Jenn in way too long and i am so excited to catch her up on my crazy life! Tomorrow is going to be amazing. Simple as that. All my family is coming in town to celebrate "Christmas". Since most of us were gone over the holidays, were having our holiday tomorrow! I just love these family get togethers. My cousins are the cutest things ever and my aunts and uncles are so uplifting.

So there's my life at this moment. :)

x

Friends here, friends there, friends everywhere

Wow. Well these last few days have been such a blur. I love London! The people here are so nice and even if they aren't trying to be nice, their accent makes them sound nice! We've met so many cool people here, i have at least five new friends. The ones we got closest too were these two boys from australia...

You know when you make awkward eye contact from someone across the room and then end up talking and then becoming best friends? It was sort of one of those moments. :) Me and my mom were on an all day tour bus going to Windsor Palace, Stonehenge, and Bathe England when we met them. I'm not sure how but my mom just started talking to these two young boys, Michael and Nathan. They've been mates since they were little and are just now starting to travel around europe. On all the stops in our tour we would just hang out with them and i guess after spending 8 hours of your day with someone you barely knew, you get close. They invited me to hang out with them all day the next day so i did and it was a blast! It was good spending time with people who were closer in age to me, we related more. Michael is 24 and Nathan is 22. They also brought their friend along, hannah who was so sweet. We became close as well.

They left this morning to go to Ireland for New Year's. Nathan is coming out to L.A later this year though and he is going to stay with us! Good bye's are weird for me though. It's funny how the soul keeps no time. You could know someone for a day or a year and still have a connection with them. Who knows, i could never see them again and they could end up being a big part of my life, time will tell.

Today we met a family from Greece! There are two girls close to my age who barely know english but we exchanged facebook information anyway :). We met them while we were on the Thames river, touring the city one last time. They even invited us to come stay with them if we ever come to Greece! I think it's great how you can meet someone and find at least one common interest with them. It's like we all are connected and have a common thread in some way, even if you live on the other side of the globe.

Those are my thoughts for today. Tonight we are seeing Les Miserables and then heading to Trafalgar Square for New Year's! I can't wait to see whats in store for me this upcoming year. :)

x

Pictures on Facebook :)

I added all the pictures i have taken on the trip on my Facebook. Well not all, but most of the better ones. I can't write more for now. But more adventures will be shared tomorrow!

http://www.facebook.com/laurennzzski?ref=profile

London!

We're in a place they speak our same language! Yes! I'm very excited to be in London and have very high expectations for it. Some of my family on my dads side is from England so i have grown up with english breakfast tea, yorkshire puddings, and Cadbury chocolate! The style and vibe isn't as great as Paris but it's still more unique than our conservative style in Orange County. Our hotel is in the best location. It's not even a block away from Trafalgar Square! My goals while were here is to have a tea party, goto The Water Rats (A cute coffee shop that plays local indie bands), walk through Hyde Park, take lots of pictures, try to avoid as many history museums as possible, and see Stonehenge! I'll actually be seeing Stonehenge tomorrow. We're taking a bus tour to Windsor Palace, roman baths, and Stonehenge. I love being on buses or trains because i get to sleep! I have been so tired this whole trip. I still don't think i'm fully on european time.

Our new hotel is in a good location but hardly as nice as our quaint, eclectic, Paris one. The beds are little, the tv is small, and the breakfast here is "cold continental"... whatever that means. We will be here less then we were in Paris though so i guess it doesn't matter much.

My internet connection is much better here so the photos are uploading faster! Here are some that i took our last days in Paris. If your wondering who the random blonde is, she's one of our friends from Arizona that we met!

Goodbye Paris... Hello London!

I'm sitting here in the lobby of our quaint little hotel, watching the people pass by. Paris never sleeps! I'm sad to say that i will be leaving tomorrow. I will miss the amazing style, culture, crepes, and vibes. I hope i can come back some day and stay for a longer period of time...

Today i slept till one in the afternoon! I was so unbelievably tired. I have no idea how the people here do it... we walk like five miles a day! My feet hurt, my back hurts, i feel like an old lady!

My christmas was good but very odd. I missed everyone back home and the things i normally do on Christmas. It was sad knowing i was so far away from the people i loved the most. It just felt like an ordinary day and that made me sad. I can't wait to come home even though i still have a week left!

Londons next. We're taking the English Chunnel tomorrow morning. The same one that broke down last week... cross your fingers for us! I'm excited to go somewhere that actually speaks our language. I'm tired of getting weird looks after i mispronounce a street or french word i'm trying to learn. I told my mom that i absolutely needed to do one thing in London, have a tea party! I love english food: fish and chips, yorkshire pudding, english breakfast tea, and Nutella!

Regarding pictures... It takes so incredibly long to upload them here. I have so many i want to post! Hopefully it will be better in London and i'll keep trying to post a few here or there. I will also try to put them on Facebook.

I hope everyone had a great christmas!