I was lucky enough to be part of a family who loved to travel! My parents always wanted to take my sister and I all over the US...so every school Spring Break we would hop in the Van (later....Mini Van) and head off on a fun, but usually somewhat educational road trip adventure across the country! I had to do this map from memory, so there may be places I missed! My mom has a state magnet from everywhere we've been on her refrigerator at home...but I keep forgetting to snap a photo of it when I'm there!!
When I was older we started going on less educational, more relaxing and fun trips - starting with Disney World in Florida when I was 15, then Myrtle Beach, South Carolina when I was 16, and finally, the most wonderfully relaxing and most beautiful place I've been to date: Hawaii when I was 17! We went again when my sister was a Senior in High School and I will admit, it was equally as fun (just in a different way since I was now 21 and could taste all of those adult-only islandy beverages)!!
In college I traveled a few places with friends, including an impromptu weekend trip to New York (Freshman Year), Canada (Freshman Year for some 19-year old shenanigans), Mexico (Acapulco for Spring Break Sophomore Year), and California to visit my awesome old roomie (Summer before Senior year).
Rob and I also have been stretching out our traveler pants and going on a few adventures of our own! I surprised him with a weekend in the Chicago area to take him to Lego Land for a special Star Wars Day. We also adventured on to do several other things while we were in the City. We also took a trip to Ohio to go to Cedar Point Later in our relationship he surprised me with a trip to Florida to go to Universal Studios. I had wanted to go to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter for some time and thanks to my wonderful boyfriend, I got to see Hogsmeade, dine in the Three Broomsticks, and enjoy a sudsy Butterbeer or two (I had to try it regular and frozen, of course)! I would recommend visiting to any fellow Harry Potter fans out there! It truly is magical!! Our next adventure in traveling is taking us to Las Vegas this Fall!
Here are a few photos from our trip!
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| Rob and I with the Beauxbatons and Durmstrang Students! |
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| Clockwise from top left: Hogwarts Castle, Butterbeer Stand, Butterbeer (non-frozen), Staircase to Dumbledore's Office (Shh...the password was Fizzing Wizzbees), Sorting Hat, and Ollivander's Wand Shop |
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| Me with a moving wanted poster of Sirius Black! |
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| Clockwise from Left: Rob and I in front of the Hogwarts Castle, Hogsmeade at first glance, Hogwarts Express Train, and the Three Broomsticks |
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| 1. Dumb and Dumber Hats, 2. Rob with Jaws, 3. Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!, 4. Pirate's Cove Mini Golf! |
Wow! You really have been all over the US! My family did a lot of road trips too, but we never really hit up the East Coast at all...
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