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13. Form pretty pictures with M&M’s rather than just shoving them all in your mouth at once.
14. Draw on your skin with permanent markers to see how it would look as a tattoo.
15. Make plans with your friends to someday do something extraordinary.
16. Cook something unfamiliar, then make it your own.
17. Buy a hat, or make one, that will be your ‘thinking cap’ and put it on when you need to ponder about something.
18. Create a language. Teach it to someone and talk in pubic :)
19. Go for a lonely drive while you listen to good music and enjoy the scenery.
20. Daydream about happiness, falling in love, traveling the world, and meeting amazing people.
21. Randomly select someone from your phonebook and call them up for a nice chat.
22. Write a letter to a longtime friend.
23. Go on an adventure at least 50 miles away from your comfort zone. Bring a friend and have a nice chat.
24. Recreate the first time you met someone and share the memories with them.

Hmm I just want more dresses in fun colors, maybe one or two more pairs of jeans, and a lot of shorts and shirts that are dependable and comfortable to wear. I’m in summer right now, and I basically just wear shorts and T-shirts. I’d like more dressy tops and shoes too.

201. I love to watch Samantha Brown on Passport to Europe.
202. But it barely ever comes on TV anymore.
203. I was born in September.
204. I have gone to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
205. I’ve been on the London Eye.
206. I’ve taken a boat on the Rhine River.
207. I’ve been white water rafting in Switzerland.
208. I have stayed at a student hostel before.
209. I played Guitar Hero in a German church.
210. I got close to smoking a joint while in Germany.
211. I’ve toured a windmill in Holland.
212. I’ve tasted real Belgium chocolate.
213. I’ve tasted real Holland cheese.
214. I’ve met someone from Liverpool.
215. I met someone from Austria.
216. He didn’t remind me of The Sound of Music at all.
217. I think French people are sometimes snobby.
218. My favorite part of Paris is Place du Tertre in Montmartre.
219. It’s on top of a huge hill, near the Sacre Coeur Basilica.
220. I saw the real Moulin Rouge.
221. We actually drove our tour bus through Paris’ red light district.
222. My favorite place in Europe is London.
223. My favorite place in London is Hampton Court Palace.
224. Honestly I saw a lot of locals there too; it’s not just a tourist place.
225. I rode on a train while I was in Europe, too.
226. We spent a good bit of traveling playing Phase 10.
227. The food we ate on the Europe trip was amazing.
228. I think I wrote down everything I tried in my journal from then.
229. I also wrote down everything we did each day.
230. The thing I hated most was looking like a tourist.
231. If I ever go again, I’ll be sure to dress nicely and properly.
232. I have a friend from Germany who I lived with for a weekend.
233. She played the piano beautifully.
234. Her family was surprised that I played soccer; mostly only guys play soccer in Germany.
235. And her brother played the guitar, like mine.
236. Her little brother had a pot leaf on a poster in his room.
237. They only drank carbonated water.
238. It’s so nasty..
239. Their bathroom didn’t have a garbage can.
240. I loved the weather in Europe. It was always cool and breezy.
241. And we went in July.
242. I visited Omaha Beach, a section of Normandy in France.
243. We went to the WW2 memorial there.
244. We also went to Caen, France and saw a museum dedicated to peace.
245. The coolest thing I bought as a souvenir was a music box that played the melody of ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon.
246. I bought a Hard Rock T-shirt in Koln, Germany. Another one in Heidelburg, Germany.
247. We visited the Anne Frank museum in Amsterdam.
248. I bought a copy of her diary there.
249. The place we stayed in Switzerland reminded me so much of Star Wars.
250. I loved the long walks we went on there.
251. I bought a pair of wooden clogs in the Netherlands for my baby brother.
252. I felt bad when I got home ‘cos I barely got my dad any souvenirs.
253. I’ll never forget the hospitality of everyone over there.
254. I saw The Lord of the Rings on theatre while in England. It was so long, yet amazing.
255. I actually fell asleep quite a few times, but we had major jet-lag.
256. That was the only time I ever saw a real play.
257. The houses and gardens all over Europe were small and beautiful.
258. Over all, it was 10 times cleaner than here in America.
259. I didn’t eat McDonalds at all while in Europe.
260. I cried when I heard my little brother talk on the phone while I was on the trip.
261. I barely ever called, because I had a malfunctioning calling card.
262. My mom had bought me a watch so I’d never forget what time it was at home.
263. I never took it off on the trip.
264. There were plenty public bathrooms that weren’t divided by gender.
265. And some bathrooms we had to pay to use.
266. Although a lot of us just jumped the gate.
267. At one point, our tour bus had to fit on a train, and we rode through a mountain.
268. Whenever I slept on the bus, I put my head on the seat in front of me.
269. I read 13 Reasons Why while on the trip.
270. We pulled a bunch of weeds for our service project.
271. In some hotel rooms, I loved making coffee just for the hell of it.
272. Once or twice, me and my roommates woke up merely five minutes before the bus left.
273. The wake up calls weren’t always reliable.
274. I loved breakfast time on the trip.
275. We often watched foreign news, that talked about Obama.
276. I don’t think Europeans like George Bush very much.
277. Once, someone yelled at me that he didn’t like the former president.
278. I yelled back, “Neither do I.”
279. He laughed and went away.
280. I recall drinking alot of Fanta on the trip.
281. My friend lost his iPod at some random gas station in Europe.
282. We loved buying junk food at gas stations and such.
283. I slept overnight on a boat traveling to France from England.
284. We toured the Notre Dame and Versailles.
285. We visited the Louvre, I didn’t take any pictures.
286. We also ate there, and it was good.
287. At Versailles, the gardens were beautiful with their fountains.
288. I went into the room that Marie Antoinette used to live in.
289. There were plenty naked men throughout the whole trip.
290. We visited the Peace Palace in Holland.
291. I went to the Van Gogh Museum also while in the Amsterdam.
292. I sort of learned about WW1 when we went to the Flander’s Museum.
293. We went to a zoo in Germany after our homestays.
294. Everything was more expensive in Europe.
295. I was thankful to be back in the U.S. with cheap stuff.
296. The first thing I ate when we got back was McDonalds.
297. I’ve never loved it more than then.
298. I don’t know when, but I’m going back to Europe someday.
299. I think I’ll live in London because you don’t have to state your residency.
300. That would just make things easier.