Okay…SO sorry i’ve been MIA the past week, okay okay FINE 10 days 😬 (👈 does my fav emoji face make up for it by chance?👉😜) Life threw me a few curved balls and I’m only human (heartbreaking I know) so I just couldn’t manage to produce a post while frantically packing for a last minute work trip to GERMANY; oh yeah, and actually being there. Between working 15 hour, very “hands-on” days over there, flying directly to my prescheduled Create + Cultivate conference in Dallas, starting a weekly night class and obviously documenting it all across social media is a major yikessss….. PHEW I just got tired writing that, jesus! lol. Hey – someone get me some more coffee STAT. 🙏☕️
Anyway, I wanted to show you guys everything I’ve been doing abroad so I made a lil’ scrapbook of the trip!! 📷😃 I had about 3 hours of free exploration time total in 4 days but you best believe I managed to eat and drink (beer) as much as humanly possible.
10 Lessons from Germany:
- If you think you should warn someone about spilling wine, then you most def should, cause they will most def spill it 😒
- Gas stations have surprisingly great food, particularly shocked by how fresh the bread on the sammies were.
- “AUSFARHT” (yes, ass-fart!) means “exit” so you see it everywhere. Yes I snickered every time and no, it doesn’t get old…but maybe I should. 😂😂
- Hotels don’t provide conditioner for some weird reason 😖
Beerbier is always a good idea, but when your jet lagged it can be your worst enemy 🍻😴🍻- Rieslings in Germany aren’t too sweet. In fact, quite popular and quite delightful (on a bit of a kick now🍷👅🍷)
- German is no joke. It’s hella hard to understand and you can’t skate by like with Spanish or Italian (something I was hoping for).
- People think you are an absolute ALIEN if you’re wearing sunglasses 👀 – literally was stared at all day like I had a Telletubbi antenna on my head, but you know me…those sunglasses were going NOWHERE. 😎
- Going 110mph on the freeway is about as common as brushing your teeth 🚗💯
- The table mustard is the best you’ll ever have!! (Even if you don’t want to coat your tongue in mustard as I often do). Seriously wish I had brought 18,000 packets home.
And there you have it! Hopefully I don’t have to play life catch-up toooo long, but I wouldn’t trade being really “present” in Germany for anything. Saying yes to the trip at the last second, totally uprooting the previous plans I had for months was totally worth it… and reminded me why I started this blog in the first place. Saying YES and finding myself in unexpected situations is what leads to the most exciting life, right!?!
BE 🆓
Colors (left to right) // Pantone Warm Gray 11U / Pantone 7448C / Pantone 5255C / Pantone Cool Gray 1C (40%) / Pantone 7528C //
Laurie
February 3, 2016 at 10:14 pmI love your scrapbook! Looks like you got some authentic German beer too, though not too surprising;)
chasingkendall
February 4, 2016 at 5:10 amOf course! But not enough – although I obviously brought some home too. Glad you like the scrapbook 😀
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