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I mostly enjoyed the sitting part, as we were about the climb the castle in the background and I needed to gather my strength! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1411422515604-25TKVFZ2QQJDRT2PHK00/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cinque Terre This popsicle had chunks of real cantaloupe in it and is probably the best thing I have ever eaten in my entire life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1411421214204-BDT6I867JTGZY0KPQZQL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cinque Terre My mom in front of the ticket machine that took 30 minutes to work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1411421616421-ZR53OT81HI678QMXONXP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cinque Terre Don't forget to validate your ticket! http://www.charredlatte.com/life-as-charred-latte/2014/9/22/bonassola monthly 0.5 2014-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1411419269853-NX9G6SZNPF9AGDNRPRFU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Bonassola The vineyards up in the hills of Bonassola. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1411419838927-684NYOAX1SNO97NFFY3Z/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Bonassola Pasta, basil and sun-dried tomatoes, how Italian can you get? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1411419563280-WYNIS7GAG39DJDOZSS2Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Bonassola The view from our picnic in Bonassola! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1411418786563-9TX2QRIXBMK3G3290XXF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Bonassola Bonassola, the town where we stayed while visiting the Cinque Terre. 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I was quite impressed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1410907500192-B12YH83GU3I9BV1JXK1Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Sailing in the Atlantic Paradise. This is paradise. I am seriously going to buy a boat. Who needs college when you can buy a boat?   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1410901364450-UZDAQYV2HUFINL0PXB57/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Sailing in the Atlantic This is me on the boat in front of the little island. I've decided I need to buy a boat and go find my own little island in the Atlantic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1410985854851-FC35RVV9HY7K7WEF4B6A/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Sailing in the Atlantic Lori, Mimi and their mom try to pose for a selfie and end up distracted instead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1410901774219-2AGLQK793IBCY8BR4SQZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Sailing in the Atlantic The water was so salty that you floated without even trying, much different from the river water at home. http://www.charredlatte.com/life-as-charred-latte/2014/9/12/castilla monthly 0.5 2014-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1410562526841-M61TCP0AZC7ML342BPBM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Castilla means CASTLES!!! This is a REAL LIVE CASTLE! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1410561400530-K67GVEYPBOO1ECVEDU1C/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Castilla means CASTLES!!! One of the cathedrals at Salamanca, as seen from a balcony halfway up it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1410559730313-RHRBYWNL9D9CHNGB8PPJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Castilla means CASTLES!!! The view from the wall in Avila. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1410559158150-ZGE4TNBXRLIQBYPDUCSK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Castilla means CASTLES!!! Arroz con leche, lasagna, ensalada de queso de cabra, flan, gazpacho- it was all delicious and beautiful! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1410561653482-VUKGFSQJROJOS12B4PR0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Castilla means CASTLES!!! The spiral staircases were deceptively difficult to walk on. I'm amazed none of us fell and were added to the crypt below! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1410558399957-YWGWJADFQQKHOY00KTN8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Castilla means CASTLES!!! Our hotel had the most beautiful stone columns I'd ever seen! This lobby was also my first introduction to little European coffees, for which it will always be sacred. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1410558874953-QACVDXEFQ1S30S1HCUNM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Castilla means CASTLES!!! http://www.charredlatte.com/life-as-charred-latte/2014/9/4/madrid monthly 0.5 2014-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1409841182873-3RENHHUV8M1ITNR8U2XI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Madrid This cathedral was directly across from the Royal Palace. It was equally impressive, although it didn't have signs in English (unlike the palace) so everything in the cathedrals museum was lost on me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1409840899046-P39SY3EZAI8I61UOMDLL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Madrid Val's apartment, which she shares with another girl. That couch was my bed for the time I spent in Madrid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1409840407419-DGFKTDZ57EVCSOZMBP2Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Madrid The differences between our cultures was perhaps most obvious at chain restaurants. Lemon tea had actual lemon, jamon sandwiches were sold instead of bagels and everything came with a little bottle of olive oil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1409840705947-2UWEV28X5AKLKEF6TBDE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Madrid The Royal Palace of Madrid. I swear it was even bigger on the inside. http://www.charredlatte.com/life-as-charred-latte/2014/8/27/the-hard-part-of-traveling monthly 0.5 2014-09-04 http://www.charredlatte.com/life-as-charred-latte/2014/8/27/providence-and-mono monthly 0.5 2014-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1409176339449-GFBDHK8T3XP7VJPOLIT2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Providence and Mono The beautiful town of Providence. I didn't actually take this picture, as I barely went outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1409176872401-FC2IKXXUDNKKUMM4VSQ1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Providence and Mono My make-shift accommodations, complete with pillows made out of clothes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1409177260852-DDNKI9IYI3VJ82QK674C/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Providence and Mono Sugar and bread... how can you go wrong? Answer: you can't. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1409176706533-HZBKHHSRYERG4JCUFPXI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Providence and Mono One of seven known photographs of Eddie and me together. http://www.charredlatte.com/life-as-charred-latte/2014/8/22/travel-itinerary monthly 0.5 2014-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1408724225854-1MT14QP431LAK6N4LKO0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Travel Itinerary Bonasslola is a small village just north of the Cinque Terre. We will be staying there at a farm that rents out rooms to travelers. I want to see all the amazing little villages and go swimming at the tiny beaches! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1408722473158-ZX2CO0OVH5KRRMYD8R9N/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Travel Itinerary My exchange student Val is meeting me at the airport and we will spend a few days exploring Madrid. I want to try the famous jamón and see some of the churches! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1409179622353-062ZQKRWU2NJN3HPLJMG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Travel Itinerary I'm flying on the 10th from Santiago to Barcelona. My mom is meeting me in Barcelona and we are going to see some famous churches before taking a ferry over to Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1408725377274-YAHIF5TN2C15JLGNHQ8T/aosta.jpg Blog - Travel Itinerary Commonly known as the "Rome of the Alps," Aosta is known for its Roman ruins and gorgeous mountain views. We are staying at a local vineyard with a solar powered pool that is a short walk from the train station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1408726915699-KS8Y3TJIHJRD729J542H/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Travel Itinerary Our last destination is the city of lights, Paris. We are staying in an Air b and b right in the heart of the city owned by a young local couple. I hope to see the Louve, catacombs and spend a lazy morning people watching at a Parisian cafe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1408725014668-EB924FOAQUSBO5HSSFBL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Travel Itinerary We are staying in a renovated palace in the heart of Florence and have tours reserved to see David and some of the other art masterpieces in this magical city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1408723528923-6AOY8DVUQ8LEX890P8ZG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Travel Itinerary We are taking a 19 hour ferry from Barcelona to Livorno, then spending another night in Livorno before heading off into Italy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1408726257249-U2F6ISL2PGHKKA8SXCOR/valley_cows.jpg Blog - Travel Itinerary We're staying in a tiny little hotel run by a 90 year old local in the tiny town of Gimmelwald. The town resisted development by getting the land declared an avalanche zone and remains a picturesque mountain village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1408723161373-LMEBN2MYW7OFV6L485YB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Travel Itinerary Val's family is going to drive up to get us in Madrid and take us back to their home in Galatia. There are some old ruins I am hoping to see and they have a sail boat so, if the weather is nice, we might get out on the water! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1408725749053-WCFJB44Z8G44HY8P8MA3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Travel Itinerary We're taking a local bus over the alps and spending one night in a hostel to see this gorgeous castle. http://www.charredlatte.com/life-as-charred-latte/2014/8/17/bon-voyage monthly 0.5 2014-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1408341433746-6A37DPF942VYT31SR4YZ/photo-68.JPG Blog - It's So Hard to Say Goodbye Our good-bye dinner was absolutely delicious. He's a better cook than me, that's for sure! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1408342097817-N3UE8P5UMIC4RH1CCMG3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - It's So Hard to Say Goodbye That bag is my new life. Let's hope I manage to keep track of it for the whole trip! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1408344126969-DC5AN858T2PFLEFE90YI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - It's So Hard to Say Goodbye Maps, toilet paper and ear plugs- Europe, here I come! http://www.charredlatte.com/life-as-charred-latte/2014/8/17/gap-semester-adventures monthly 0.5 2014-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1408338162892-B38B6IK6RFS9PXGLWJ5F/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Gap Semester Adventures http://www.charredlatte.com/work-avenue daily 1.0 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1464122999344-4RFL15OZ372A41XEMRP9/BearvarianGray.jpg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1464122767086-AWFM02T9S9YPB2SK7FAX/PoppyJuneGray.jpg Work - Poppy June This girl has poppies in her hair, so I used the poppy page from the encyclopedia set. Original available, contact charlottemasseyart@gmail.com for inquiries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1481162182049-P6WGD5L9ZXMGETGUTEBR/IMG_1875.jpg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1481155420904-1V6U21T550B74M3YUCCM/IMG_9265-2.jpg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1532244291380-8L5LUAHZYQCVI1Y8VJLD/MVIMG_20180719_184541.jpg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1461328479853-OH9Q558MXF28NESNCRJA/coffee+landscape+colorado.jpg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1462413827569-EH45OV1FCELVBBVJY0CH/ChronicInsomniaGrey.jpg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1462413915318-70N0W5AIZZH23QN9YJU5/Argonaut+Grey.jpg Work http://www.charredlatte.com/acknowledgments daily 0.75 2014-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532a517ee4b0612ee31cde0a/1405507412028-EO9CHZMPUHSPDG9YTSPB/image-asset.png Acknowledgements My family has been a huge support of my dreams and goals for my entire life. 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