Anchors and Pearls

The other day, I pulled a splinter out of my thumb. It was so small and I was surprised that something so small could cause me so much pain. I noticed the pain a few days earlier and thought ...

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A little over a week ago I finally went to adoration at my church in a town I’ve been living in for over 6 months now. What took me so long to get there? Well a part of me wants to say tha...

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Hey y’all! I hope you’re having a great day, wherever you are. A few weeks ago I got to mass early to go to confession and spend some time in prayer. I was flipping through my bible rand...

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Today I am going to tell you about the time I had the honor of touching Taylor Swift’s hand. I’m not just bragging, I promise this story has a point. It was at her Stadium Tour stop in N...

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       At the beginning of a year, I’ve never really sat down and tried to think of a word that I needed to take to prayer or focus on for that year. However, thinking back on 2018, a ...

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Hi friends. I’d like to think of you all as friends, even if you’re new here. As friends we have to trust each other. We should be honest with each other. That’s what I vow to do. I vo...

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A few weekends ago I flew to Arizona for a quick weekend trip to visit a friend from high school! I have only been to Arizona one other time but I have to say Arizona weather is ideal this t...

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While my parents were in Málaga we also took a day trip to TANGIER, MOROCCO! Morocco wasn't on my top list of places to visit at first but after a while I realized that I have no clue when I...

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While my parents were in Málaga, we took a day trip to GIBRALTAR. Gibraltar is a territory of the UK but it is at the southernmost tip of Spain and it is very close to Morocco. It was cool b...

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While we were in Dublin, my family took a bus tour to the CLIFFS OF MOHER. They're one of the top things to do in Ireland and they did not disappoint. The cliffs were around 4 hours away so i...

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Hey y'all! So I got very behind on blog posts during my last month studying abroad because it was honestly so busy but I am back in the states now and finally have a bit of time to get all ca...

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On Sunday, I booked a later flight to leave Rome so that I could stay and see the Pope. On Sundays when he is in town, he does this blessing called the Angelus, where he speaks for about 15 ...

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Originally we had planned to spend half of our fourth (and last full day) in the ruins of Ostia Antica near the city, and the rest of the day in Rome but while we were in Rome we changed our ...

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On our third day in Rome we went on a guided tour of the Colosseum and the ancient Roman ruins. This was another tour we booked with "City Tours" and we all really enjoyed it! Personally I li...

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Rome was the biggest trip I had planned for my semester abroad because its someplace I have always wanted to go. We missed two days of school so we had basically 4 full days in Rome plus a ha...

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A few weeks ago my friend Jenna and I went to PRAGUE for a quick weekend! I didn't know much about Prague but I wanted to go because I heard it was beautiful and I have family from the former...

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When our ISA group went to Sevilla a few weekends ago we also went to Cordoba! Sevilla and Cordoba are often visited together because they are relatively close together and both very importa...

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A few weekends ago our ISA group went on a weekend trip to Sevilla and Cordoba (my post on Cordoba will be up soon too!) We did a walking tour of Sevilla that included the Alcazaba which is ...

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A couple of weekends ago our ISA group went to the city of Ronda which is honestly one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. It is famous for its old Bull Fighting ring which is the ol...

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One of the perks of studying abroad in Europe is that everything is so close together and its pretty easy to find cheap flights to other countries! A few friends from my program and I flew to...

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There is this hike in the province of Málaga called the "Caminito del Rey" which used to be one of the most dangerous and scariest hikes in the world. The whole hike is basically a walk on a...

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Málaga is a really cool city that has both beach and mountains. I really like hiking and so I was really excited when we planned a trip last weekend. A lot of locals suggested el MONTE DE S...

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Today we went to the nearby town of NERJA which is known for its incredible CAVES. Until I got there I had forgotten that I actually learned about these caves in high school because there are...

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¡Buenas días desde Málaga! We arrived in MALAGA a few days ago and are finally more or less settled in with our host family. Our flat is amazing. Our room has a little sun room area with a...

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Sorry for another super dense post but TOLEDO was so beautiful! The last time I was in Spain we didn't make it to Toledo but I had always heard how pretty it is and how awesome it is because ...

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