Birthday Europe Trip

June 24th, 2013

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So 1 1/2 year ago I celebrated my 30th birthday in Europe.  It was amazing.  My trip was jampacked with so many memories, like....

• Touring Anne Franks House
• Taking a photo with the I Amsterdam sign
• Trying Belgium Chocolate and Waffles in Belgium
• Biking Through the Countryside in Holland
• Walking through the Red Light District in Amsterdam
• Visiting the Beaches of Portugal
• Trying Pastel de Nata in Portugal
• Drinking Port in Portugal
• Having Tapas, Sangria, and Paella in Spain
• Visiting Gaudi's Work
• Pretending to be a Matador in a Spanish Bull Ring
• Enjoying the Moorish Architecture of the Alhambra Palace

....and remarkably I am still not done posting about that trip.

Another thing I love to do is make videos of my trips.   My old Macbook Pro was near death, and it made it very difficult to make videos using lots of clips.  I recently upgraded to a fully upgraded Macbook Air (I am in LOVE!), and it has made loading video clips a breeze.  I tested out my new system and made a video of my Birthday Europe trip....


I have to explain a few things as some of the clips will probably have you scratching your head.

I have limited videos in Amsterdam and Belgium because my camera momentarily died during a "flash flood" in my poncho while cycling around Amsterdam.

The second music choice is a song we heard quite a few times on our trip.   Tell me you love it as much as I do!?  Hah!

The clip of the old people in wheelchairs were our fellow passengers that we shared a flight with to Malaga.  I had never seen so many wheelchairs in my life (and I work in a hospital).   We were easily the youngest people on the flight!

The ridiculous dancing is a mockery of a man we met on my birthday.  He had the craziest and most bizarre moves!

Yes...THAT is a clip in the video!

The "singing" at the end was an imitation of a person we encountered while having tapas in Seville.  The person asked for money and then proceeded to sing....HORRIBLY!!!!

....and I'm sure you are all wondering why I decided to give myself a fake goatee?  On a way-too-early bus ride to Gibraltar, both my friend and I (while half asleep) noticed two women sit next to us.  When we arrived in Gibraltar we both woke up to find that the "woman" was actually a man!  We laughed at our delirious confusion, and still chuckle about it till this day.

This is the time in the post when I typically apologize for being so ridiculous, but I won't this time.  The crazy antics are me being me, and I kinda like that about myself.  :)