calendar marked: normandy

rough times have been had and i'm drained. i came home tonight and just laid on my dad's side of the bed while my mother picked my brain to figure out what was going on. life. just life.

i asked her if we could get away for a bit. i asked for norway and she said, "how about colorado?" then, having realized my accumulated leave is practically non-existent, we started thinking about places a little closer to home. a weekend trip. we decided on normandy. 

turns out, normandy is a pretty big region. we plan on hitting etretat in upper normandy first and booking a hotel there for a night. the photos of the views look amazing. we'll then hit the southern part of normandy and see mont saint-michel, the american cemetary, omaha beach, and all places in between. 

i love my mother and her ideas. it's time to escape for a minute.

all my love,

E

oostende, belgium

our beach weekend was amazing. it was a much needed break from the real world. i loved hanging out with our little group and just taking in all of the smells and sounds of the little beach town. the boardwalk was huge and never ending. i had the best italian food of my life and my first taste of real greek food. weird since this is belgium and along the coast, yeah? i had a mojito for the first time in my life and, i have to say, never again. gross. 

i have a slight obsession with reflections and the trapped water from high-tide made an excellent mirror for such pictures. and check out those sail boats. is this place not beautiful?

we chased down some guys trapping crabs. it was crazy how many people wanted to be apart of this. even the kids were down in the water helping bring out the traps. apparently, it's a pretty big deal here.

dear oostende,
thank you for being exactly what i needed. you were perfect.


all my love,
E