Wanderlust: August 2015

Monday, August 24, 2015

Fancy Adjectives

One of my mom's favorite stories from the trip was from Dormy house, and I thought I would share it with you. After happily consuming an elegant, gourmet, way-too-fancy dinner, the waiter (dressed very properly) inquired how we liked our meal. I smiled, and in my most proper voice informed him it was "quite amazeballs".

This was apparently hilarious to everyone involved-- I am still firm on my belief that it was a perfectly acceptable use of the term. I just uncovered a list I started working on for other acceptable terms for our gourmet meals. Feel free to use these next time you are enjoying a five star meal-- the list is pretty comprehensive and certifiably amazeballs.

With love from Claremont,
Rivi

Fancy Adjectives

Amazeballs
The bomb diggity
Ridonkulous
Fantabulous
Fergielicious
The cats meow
Awesome sauce
Neato burrito
Dope
Swagalicious
Crack-a-lackin
Epic
Badass
totally rad
sweet!
totes amaze (totally amazing)

Monday, August 3, 2015

I learned a new knitting technique!! (Also, our current hotel is a castle)

Mom (Marci) thinks I should be talking more about the trip and less about my knitting, because, you know, this is a travel blog.

So here is a list of top five blog-worthy moments from the past few days:

1. Our current hotel is a castle!

I am not kidding. I am not even exaggerating, it is a literal, actual, stone built and WiFi enabled castle.

I guess it’s pretty nice.

2. I had grilled lamb liver for breakfast.

...I was not a fan.

3. We visited a gorgeously scenic cliff site complete with hiking trails and castle ruins.

4. This place, the Dromoland castle, also hosts weddings. So my fairytale castle wedding could actually happen. But I couldn’t get that excited about it because…

5. I learned magic loop knitting!

I don’t think you understand how amazingly awesome this is for me. You don’t even know. This eliminates my need for double pointed needles entirely. I don’t even need to use two circular needles anymore for small projects. This method of knitting will allow any diameter of… wait, where are you going? This could possibly be the most exciting activity from this entire vacation!!

Fine then. Here's a picture of our family looking happy on our final night's boating adventure:

With love from Dromoland Castle, Ireland,

Rivi

Home...

Made it home safely.

I was really upset that the vacation was over, and I was angry and sad and hurting. Then I realized I hadn't slept in about 20 hours, so I went to my nice cozy bed and collapsed into sleep. I'm feeling better this morning, but I am truly sad to be finished with the incredible, awe-inspiring, unexplainable, extraordinary vacation.

To the best mother I could ever imagine-- I am forever grateful for the travel opportunities and our incredible adventures. Happy 50th-- here's to countless more amazeballs experiences!