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This year I didn’t want to miss either the 4th of July nor Bastille Day, so I decided to get a jump on our countries’ celebrations. Two years ago, my husband and I had the opportunity to go see fireworks from a boat in Dana Point Harbor and it was the best fireworks experience I have ever had. We watched the sunset from the ocean,...
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This month was incredibly busy, so even though it felt like June snuck by, I have a pretty good feeling I know where the time went. I managed to get quite a bit done this month, but I still feel like I’m just barely keeping my head above the water and I’d like to start to see that change this next month. My July Goals...
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This month I participated in my first ever snail mail linkup hosted by the lovely Esther of Esther & Jacob. The theme for this month’s linkup was “Summer Reading” which was a challenge because for many, reading can be very particular. But I suppose that might be because I took it quite literally and thought “books” rather than “anything related to reading.” After having received...
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Today I’m celebrating one year of Eurolinguiste.com as blog! I first began using Eurolinguiste as a moniker while I was studying for my degree at Queen’s University Belfast because I had decided that my previous username was a bit outdated and I wanted something that fit who I was at that time. It’s been three years (June 12, 2011) since I’ve moved to Southern California...
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About a month ago, I wrote a post about a trip I took to the Mission San Juan Capistrano. Since I took as many photos of the doors as I did the rest of the trip, I thought I would follow it up with several photographs of the various doors at the mission. As I mentioned before, I have a fascination with doors and often...
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This post is part of Esther and Jacob’s Local Adventurer Link Up. I know it’s bad form, but I wanted to start with a disclaimer – the following post would have been a local adventure for me a few years back, but I’ve since moved from Ireland to California so it is no longer technically a “Local Adventure” even though it once was. I’m still...
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I earned my Master’s Degree from Queen’s University in Belfast Ireland where I studied music and ethnomusicology. I look back on my time there fondly although I must admit that it was a struggle living alone in another country away from my friends and family (although I made a lot of great friends while I was there). In fact, I often awake after dreaming of...
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Six months into the year already. That’s just so hard to believe. I feel like each year time speeds up, but maybe that’s just me. My Six Month Goal Check-In I had two major goals this next year to improve my abilities as a linguist and as a musician by researching and further practicing my crafts. They were to: 1. Read 20 books that were...
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In my Weekly Wishes a month or two ago I had mentioned that I wanted to start doing travel videos and while I shared that I had, in fact, created a few, I have yet to share them. My First Travel Video After seeing Esther & Jacob‘s travel video from the Galapagos Islands, I was inspired to begin creating a few of my own, and...
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I cannot believe we are already eleven days into June! Time really goes by too quickly. I hope this month doesn’t sneak by as quickly as May seemed to do. This post is a part of The Nectar Collective Weekly Wishes Link Up. LAST MONTH’S GOALS Practice a lot. I definitely practiced more than usual but took a break for a few days following my...
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