It's the best time of the year, and that means it's also time for the annual Christmas Wishlist! Last year, I wrote this post. I did eventually get Elephant pants, but from Camden Market when I was in London and I am obsessed with them. 

Like every year, it's hard to make a wishlist. Because I honestly don't even know what I want! Return tickets to London? A french bulldog puppy? 

Anyway, here is a little list of what I found and put on my wishlist this year! 

1. French Bulldog Mug

How cute How cute How cuuuute

It has been awhile since I have posted anything on this site, but since it is December I decided what better way than to kick off Christmas this month than to participate in blogmas! I'm not saying I'll post everyday, but maybe 3-4 times a week! 

This year has been one wild year for me. I started to write about traveling over on wordpress but I am currently still unsure about whether I like it or not. 

I have a lot to be grateful for though, and I whipped up a lovely list for you all! 

1. Travel

If you saw on my instagram I was lucky enough to travel to 9 different countries in Europe from January until April. I can't even tell you enough how amazing studying abroad is. 

2. Best Friends

It took a lot of time to figure out the people who really are my best friends and honestly, I flew 5000 miles, spent time in a different country and finally found them.

3. Work

I started a new job this year and I work with the cutest kids. I talk about them on twitter all of the time. I could be having the worst day but I know I get to hang out with 5-10 year olds and they are all so great. Wow I love them so much my whole soul could burst. 

4. Family

They came to visit me in Europe, and that's pretty darn cool to me. 

5. New Friends

I hope you all are having a great start to the holiday season! What kind of Christmas blog posts would you like to see from me? Let me know in the comments. Also, do you prefer Wordpress or Blogger? Or neither? 

Wordpress

I'm putting up new posts over there for ya! 

I visited Edinburgh earlier in the year, and absolutely adored it. It's a city that holds some of my favorite memories of travelling with my friends. I'm putting up this list of ten things to do in Edinburgh that you really must while you're there! 

One thing that I love about traveling to other places, is getting to know how the locals live. My mom did the research for this one, and soon found Prague Food Tours. With 6 days in Prague, it was a clear choice that we would have to spend one day sampling all of the local foods! 

We chose Praguefoodtour.com to do our tour through. It was honestly one of the best experiences. Our tour guide, Leona was so nice! We started off by meeting at a hotel near our rental apartment and then going to our first restaurant, Cafe Imperial. It was so beautiful.

Kulajda (Dill soup with poached egg)

We learned that the Czech people eat their big meal at lunch (and let me tell you they did not disappoint!). We had soup first, which was delicious! Then you can pick from three options the guide gives you. 



We learned about traditional Czech meals, and I had fun sampling each dish my family members got! We also learned that the Czech people love mushrooms, and instead of blueberry picking they love to go and pick the mushrooms. They know all about them! 

Smazeny syr (fried cheese)

After stuffing our bellies, we went onto our next stop! It was called Lokal.  A place to check out Czech bar food. They had fried cheese. My favorite. They also had marinated mozzarella and my families favorite...steak tartar. I'm not a fan of raw meat but they loved it.  

Absinth

We stopped at a local bar as well, to have a break from eating and to taste some of the fun local drinks! We ended the tour by walking across one of the bridges to my favorite part of any meal...dessert! We had little sandwich bites first, and those were delicious too! The last place was called Cafe Savoy, really pretty and only a short walk from Charles Bridge! 

Open faced Sandwiches

Choux pastry and Coconut meringue

Europe really surprises me. It's just so easy to go from one country to the next. In the states, if I drive 4 hours south, I'll still be in the same state. It's not as cool. 

While my family and I were planning our trip to Prague, we decided to spend one of the days doing a day trip to the Saxon-Switzerland National Park. It's situated in the North of Czech and shares some of the southern border of Germany. It wasn't that long of a drive, we left after breakfast and arrived before lunch time for some hiking and sightseeing. 

Saxon-Switzerland does not mean you're going to Switzerland. I could tell you how gorgeous it is, but I'll let the photos speak for themselves! 


















The Elbe River flows through the park, which is pretty cool. Our tour even included a meal halfway between which was delicious! Especially the dessert! 




Have you ever been to Saxon-Switzerland National Park? If you haven't, what is your favorite national park? 

I hope you're still enjoying these posts, I'm trying to spread them out so you can enjoy them all summer! 
See ya next time! 
x Kenzie

Before I visited Prague someone told me that it was like "stepping into a painting." and I loved that image. I loved looking forward to that moment. 

And let me tell you, Prague did not disappoint. While the temperature was a bit chilly, it was still beautiful. We walked along the cobblestone streets and turned the corner to look at the Astronomical clock on our first day in the city. 

Prague still had Easter holiday decorations up in the squares which made them more colorful and we were able to try some of the foods! Being from the cheese state I jumped on the first chance to get some cheese! 




Walking around Prague was absolutely wonderful. It was kind of surreal that this was my last European adventure of the year, and that my family was in the city with me. We wandered around the little shops until it was nearly time for dinner. We ate at this great place called Einsteins and while everyone else had pizzas, I ordered the cheese gnocchi. It was amazing, and homemade! Apparently a lot of Italian people had migrated through Czech and now there are places you can get authentic Italian foods! We spent other days discovering Charles Bridge, and visiting the Lennon Wall. 



Visiting Prague was just like stepping into a painting everyday and I loved it. I hope you enjoyed this post, and would love to know if you've ever been there before! What city was like a painting to you? 
See you next time!