#TBT – The Courtney Diaries

#TBT // that time I went to Harry Potter World and became a witch

October 30, 2014

Growing up in Florida, I definitely took our yearly (sometimes more) visits to Disney World and Universal Studios for granted. Even now, it’s crazy to me that some of my friends haven’t experienced the joy of getting a photo with my favorite mascot, Mickey Mouse. Now that I live about 14 hours and 700+ miles north, I look back on my theme park memories fondly as I haven’t been back since I graduated from high school.

My last trip to Universal Studios was about a year after the opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter which was, and still is, wildly popular with young, old and everyone in between. Highlights of the experience include Hogwarts up on the top of the hill, Hogsmeade, and the Hogwarts Express.

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#TBT Europe Travel

#TBT // that time I became friends with monkeys in Gibraltar

October 16, 2014

After I graduated high school in 2011, my family and I traveled around France and Spain for two weeks. For the second half of our European adventure, we stayed in a timeshare in Málaga, Spain that was right off of the beach. The view from the condo was incredible with both views of the ocean to the left and the distant mountains to our right.

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#TBT Europe Travel

#TBT// that time I ate waffles for breakfast, lunch & dinner in Brussels

September 25, 2014

The program I studied abroad with last fall included two 10 day breaks during the semester and for the first of these breaks my mom flew all the way over from the States to travel with me to Berlin and Brussels. While the history of Berlin is fascinating and the city is a weird combination of old and incredibly modern, it was really the quaint little city of Brussels that really captured my heart on that trip. We were only in the city for about 2.5 days total and we made the most of our stay by exploring the streets of Brussels, sharing whipped cream covered waffles and talking to the locals.

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#TBT // that time I went to Egypt and looked awkward in all of the pictures

September 18, 2014

As a bit of a prelude to this post, here’s a ~~ridiculously long~~ Rick Steve’s video (who I have a love/hate relationship with) about the history and architecture of Egyptian culture over the past few millenium:

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