Europe

This summer my friends and I are trying to go to Europe for a couple weeks after graduation! We don't really know where to start though. We have started researching cities, things to do, reading travel blogs, and making lists of places friends and family recommend to go. We have heard to spend at least 2 nights in each city we go to to make sure we aren't always feeling like we are on the move, but we have heard varying opinions on what cities to go to.

Some of the cities/countries we are looking into are:

• Dublin
• Copenhagen
• Berlin
• Prague
• Munich
• Innsbruck
• Italy
• Greece
• France
• Barcelona
• Ibiza

We all agreed that if we go to Italy we want to spend at least a week there just because there is so much to do and see, it could be its own trip. My top places are Italy, France, Barcelona, and Ibiza. I mean look at these places!

Rome, Italy

Venice, Italy

Paris, France

Barcelona, Spain

Ibiza, Spain

I really want to see Greece too but am kind of nervous. Planning a Eurotrip is hard because everyone has different opinions and different places they want to see. It is especially hard right now because none of us really have time to plan this trip because we are all so busy with school, clubs, and organizations right now too but we need to plan this out because it is not really something you can just throw together at the last minute.

Next week we all kind of have a less hectic week so we are going to sit down and go through everything step by step and lay out a loose itinerary then hopefully we can book flights, trains, hostels, etc! 

If any of you have any tips or recommendations please comment! Anything from places you recommend to go, travel groups to go through, restaurants, tourist attractions, anything really! We would love to hear your thoughts! 

Spring Break

This year for spring break my friends and I went to the Bahamas! We had a great time, but it was a lot of false advertising. I learned the way marketers can get around some things and while I understand why they did some of it, it made me realize the kind of marketer I don't want to be. We made the most of it though and had a great time!


Here are pictures of the beach we went to:

On Wednesday we took a boat ride around the island! It was from 5:00-7:00 so we got to see the sun set and they had some great appetizers, like a vegetable plate and wings! It was absolutely beautiful and they played great music as we cruised around. There were about 40 people on the boat ride so we made some friends as well! Here are some pictures from the boat ride:

The only bummer about the trip was the false advertising. They described it as an "all inclusive" resort, but it was really only two meals and six drinks a day and only at certain times. And the two meals were off of a 5-option set menu of ham and cheese sandwich, burger, hot dog, tuna sandwich, or BLT all with fries. The meals would get old quickly because these were the only options for five days straight so if you are a picky eater like me you are kind of out of luck! The first day was kind of a let down just because it was a long travel day, then each person had to put down a $100 deposit for the room totaling $400, then a $10 deposit for a towel, then the ferry was down so you couldn't get to Port Lucaya where everyone wanted to go at night, it was kind of just one thing after another but after all that we made the best of it and had a great time! I couldn't complain because I was in the Bahamas with great company, but I can see why people were frustrated with the false advertising. I think from here on I will just really look into every detail and pay more attention to the reviews. It was an amazing time though! Towards the end of a trip I am always kind of ready to be home, but now I am definitely wishing I was back on the beach in the Bahamas! 

UGAAA Hawks Night

This past Sunday my UGA Athletic Association Marketing and Sales team went to lunch then the Hawks game! I intern as a Marketing & Group Sales intern where I am responsible for incoming and outbound ticket sales for Mens and Womens basketball, baseball, gymnastics, and football and assist in game-day events. Our boss, Kevin Welch, organized this event for us!

We met at the front of Butts Mehre at 11:30 and took a campus bus to Savage Pizza! We couldn't believe we were really taking a campus bus on the interstate, we didn't even know they went that fast! The way down to Atlanta was fun because we were all getting to know each other better and played Heads Up! If you have never played you definitely should- it is like Catch Phrase but it is an app for your phone so you can play in car rides! It is really entertaining and makes the ride go a lot faster.

We pulled up to Savage Pizza, a local pizza shop in Little Five Points, around 1 pm. We had a huge table out on the patio because it was so nice outside! They are known for their specialty pizzas, which include anything and everything. I order the same pizza every time- barbecue chicken, but some of my friends ordered something a little more interesting that I had never seen on a pizza- like the chicken cordon bleu pizza and the Mexican pizza! 

Chicken Cordon Bleu is large pizza on the far side- Roasted chicken, prosciutto ham, red onion, roasted red peppers, mozzarella and parmesan cheeses

 Pizza Buttafueco- Italian sausage, seasoned ground beef, Canadian bacon, pepperoni, mozzarella and parmesan cheeses

 My favorite- BBQ chicken! Roasted chicken, yellow onions, green peppers, applewood smoked bacon, and Monterey jack cheese

 Here is a picture of our group on the patio! 

After lunch we headed to Philips Arena for the game! The Hawks started out strong in the first quarter, then let the Hornets catch up a little, but the Hawks stayed strong and won 87-76. Bazemore and Horford had a really good game! 

Everyone was really tired on the way back so a lot of people slept most the way. This was such a great bonding experience to get to know everyone because not everyone is in the office at the same time every week. I really enjoyed it, my only complaint is that I wish we did this earlier in the year like maybe last semester so we could have been better friends all year!