KP
Well, well, well, look who decided to show up on the blog. I have to say that I’m very very sorry for the length that has passed between posts. I have been busy but I really have no excuse. It’s been on my mind ever since I got back from Europe and I just keep thinking that I have so much to write about that it’s going to take forever. Well, all excuses aside, here I am on Sunday night blogging just like the good old days. Let’s start with Europe, it was amazing!
I’ve posted some pictures which I hope you enjoy. I think I’ve told most of you about the trip and some of you have even suffered through some pictures, but for those who don’t know, I went with two girls, Sara Borg and Leslie Smith. We flew from NYC to London. We had a layover in Montreal which is where Air Canada decided to leave my bags. So we got to London on Saturday morning and Sara and I were without bags. We saw all of the classic sites in London (Trafalga Square, Big Ben, the London Eye, Kensington Palace, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, etc.). We stayed with a lady that we found through this Servas organization. She was very kind and wanted to talk a lot more than we did. Anyhow, we enjoyed England.
Sunday, after church in Engaland, we flew to Paris. We really enjoyed Paris too. We saw all the great sites there too (the Lourve, Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower, etc) We also went out to the Palace of Versailles. French is the craziest language. I don’t think I’ll ever understand how they pronounce stuff there. We stayed in this cute little hotel that gave us great breakfasts. We stayed there until Wednesday morning when we took off to Italy. Italy was probably my favorite country of the trip. We flew into Rome and stayed with a lady who is a member of the church there that we knew through some friends. She was wonderful. Rome was amazing. All of the history there, the ruins, the scooters. Ya know. We loved riding scooters through the streets of Rome. On Friday we went to the Vatican. That was a pretty cool experience. After reading the Da Vinci Code, it was neat seeing some of the places that it refers to in that book. It was very interesting learning about some of the history that goes along with that place too. On Friday afternoon we took a train to Florence. Florence was pretty neat, but we didn’t have a lot of time there. The most notable thing that happened in Florence was that I got robbed. Well, they just stole two pairs of shorts while they were at the Laundromat. I had bought both pairs out in Europe because Air Canada still hadn’t sent me my bags. Well, on Saturday we went to a place called Cinque Terre. I’ve gotta tell you, this place is amazing. It means 5 earths and it was beautiful. They were these colorful little cities on the coast of Italy. We hiked through all five cities and did some great swimming in the Mediterranean. On Sunday we went to church in this place called la Spezia. It was interesting hearing sacrament meeting in Italian. I understood a lot, but obviously not everything. Then we flew out of Pisa. Pisa was pretty cool, we saw the leaning tower and took some nice pics.
Our last stop was Spain. We started on the coast in a little town called Lloret de Mar. It was beautiful and we spent a day enjoying the beach and the Mediterranean. We did some parasailing (which is pretty anticlimactic if I do say so myself) and I scraped up my food pretty good after doing a flip off a cliff. You’re right Mom, I am an idiot. Well, then we cruised down to Barcelona. Barcelona is a neat city. There’s this church there called the Sagrada Familia that has been under construction for like 125 years and it’s got another 25 years or so to go. It’s the weirdest thing. We rented scooters there too, but Sara wrecked hers so that kind of put a damper on that adventure. Well, we were pretty beat after so much traveling, but we really enjoyed it. I’m so glad I had a chance to get out there. I’d love to go back sometime and hit some more places out there.
Well, life back in Provo is way too busy. I’ve barely had time to get unpacked in the month that I’ve been here. School is really busy and so is this student council deal that I’m doing. I’m also in this thing called Cougar Capital that is a great opportunity but it’s taking a lot of time. We had a conference this weekend called the Investment Professionals Conference where about 200 LDS investment professionals from all over the world. I was assigned to be the escort for Governor Huntsman, so I spent some time chatting with him. He’s about like I imagined he would be. I also had a chance to talk for awhile with Gary Crittendon. He is such a great guy. Everyone at American Express just loved him and it is easy to see why. I listened to him talk twice and enjoyed it both times.
So I know this has been really long and I won’t feel bad if you didn’t read it all. I guess if you didn’t read it all, you probably won’t be reading this so I don’t know why I wrote it. Boy, I’m tired. Well, it’s been good being home and seeing all of you. I can’t wait to get out to AZ to see Grandma and Grandpa and be with y’all for Thanksgiving. The best news of the day is that my friend Aliye that lives in the Bronx called me tonight and he’s getting baptized on November 17th! I’m really excited and I’m going to try to get out there for that.
I think I’ll hit the sack now, I need to get up super early to do homework. I love you all so much. Thanks for being the best family of all time!!
Love,
KP
ps: if you wanna see more of my pics, you can at www.picasaweb.com/kylepoll3
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