A Month in the Sunshine State

The lack of content for the past month is due to about 80% bad internet where I was staying and 20% lack of motivation to literally do anything except lay around in multiple places. But I did do some stuff, and that stuff was highly documented by yours truly. (If you want to get a real time look at my wonderful existence, here's my snapchat: ohmykarin)

Anyway, the entire reason I was going down to Florida was to drive my grandma's car and dog to her house. So my Dad and I ventured through hours of traffic between Delaware and North Carolina, because everyone else seemingly picked the same day to be one the highway.

Here is my documentation of the journey.

I was really angry with Delaware.

Like really mad.

(this was posted in the afternoon but that will be our secret)

spending 12 hours in the car is not fun especially with traffic

The next day was fairly similar.

We made it to Savannah in the early afternoon, it was very humid out

Saw Juliette Low's house, it was nice.

Here is my review of Savannah

And,

Finally in Florida, the real vacation began. 

I went to the pool,

Went to a Lightning v. Ranger game with my Dad,

Rangers won 

My Dad and I then drove across Florida to go to Cocoa Beach and the Kennedy Space Center. Honestly the space center is one of the coolest places I've ever been to and it makes you want to go to space really badly and gives you an interesting look into what goes on before and during missions, including the physics of the shuttles and the effects of space on the human body. (if you cant tell i really really want to go to space) In Cocoa beach, we were hoping to see the sunrise but it was pretty gray out. 

this was at sunrise, though cloudy and gray, it was still pretty epic

Back on the other side of Florida, we went to Myakka River State park to see the "real Florida". I've got to say that the "real" Florida is one beautiful place

took some great pics, showcased here

We also went to a part of the park called The Birdwalk and this was the picture of the only birds in sight

My Dad had to go back to work after that, so the rest of my break was spent mostly by myself, and occasionally my cousin and grandmother would stop by (My parents have a beachfront timeshare) so the I spent pretty much everyday doing this:

pretty much everyday

I had a great time evading skin cancer

some nice wildlife

some great ice cream

 Where I was staying there was a little shopping district with overpriced touristy stuff, but it's nice to treat yourself every once in a while. The only form of transportation I had was a bicycle after my Dad went home so I had to make sure not to buy anything I couldn't carry while on a bike, which isn't much.

All good things must come to an end, and this trip was no exception. I got to the airport at 5:30am, half asleep got through tsa, and finally got on the plane for my 7am flight home. One good thing about an early(ish) morning flight is that you get to see the sunrise from 30,000 feet, and boy was it worth it.

And this happened immediately after we landed

I hope you enjoyed looking at my Florida vacation (as much as any other post I've written)! And I hope you check back in next Sunday for whatever wonderful thing I come up with next!

Talk to you later,

-Karin xx

Museum Magic: The Picasso Museum, Paris

While in Paris at the end of July, one of my many stops was the Picasso Museum. Filled with 5,000 of his works, including some of his most famous ones. I was able to see the Portrait of Dora Maar, The Kiss, The seated Woman with Crossed Arms, Head of a Bearded Man, and The Weeping Woman to name a few. I think the pieces speak for themselves better than I ever could.

Le Retour du baptême Le Nain

The Lovers

Still Life: bust, cup and palette

The Artist in front of the canvas, sketch

Picasso's own paintbrush/paint stand, just the way he left it

Still Life with Bull's head

The Kiss

Seated woman with crossed arms

Head of a bearded man

The weeping woman

Wounded minotaur, horse and figures

Minotaur and dead mare before a grotto facing a young girl with veil

Women in the bathroom

Portrait of Dora Maar 

Crucifixion

The Picasso museum is a very cool place to visit when in Paris, where you get to see Picasso's style evolve and develop into the cubism he is most known for. I tried to find most of the names of paintings I took photos of, but I could only recall and find out so many. 

Talk to you later,

-Karin xx

Museum Magic: The Guggenheim

I've been going to a lot of museums recently, enjoying myself and the astonishing feats I force myself to do, like walking 112 blocks and 4 avenues round trip to get from Penn Station to The Guggenheim without taking the subway to avoid the potential of getting lost and ending up in the Bronx or somewhere far far away from where I was supposed to be.

Anyway, 2 an venues and 56 blocks later, I get to The Guggenheim ready to be amazed. I also somehow got it in my head that Starry Night by Van Gogh was there, only to find out after going through the entire museum that it's actually at MoMA, which is also much closer to Penn Station. But nevertheless, I did get to see some Van Gogh, Manet, Monet, Degas, Cezanne, and Kandinsky works that were also pretty snazzy. I also didn't realize that you couldn't take pictures of the paintings, so I got away with 5 photos of paintings before being told I couldn't take pictures. But here is what I have for you.

Inside the Guggenheim

Right after I took this photos the security guard yelled at me for taking photos

Depending on what I'm doing next weekend, maybe I'll go to another museum or talk about one from my Paris trip!

Talk to you later,

-Karin xx