travel day

red, white, and blue american breakfast on my last morning in the states.  i will miss REAL pancakes most definitely during my danish adventure.  don't get me wrong, i love crepes (the danish pancake, though they will refuse to admit it's a crepe :) ), and danish breakfast of bread and cheese, fruit, and coffee....but there's something to be said about lazy sunday pancakes.  and if you aren't sure about that, go check out jack johnson's music and maybe you'll understand what i mean.  to be fair, i did make these pancakes using a harvest grain recipe, so they aren't even really traditional american pancakes, but fluffy and yummy, for sure!

the plane ride to dk is about 9 hours--i usually try to go through ATL because that's my preference...chi-town's a bitch to be stuck in if anything goes wrong, and DC is often out of the way.  i like to fly in the late evening, and sleep (yes, i take the stereotypical american benadryl to sleep on the plane)...but i also like to wake up in the morning just as the sun rises--there's some research that says that this is a natural way to activate our internal biological system clock--and can help prevent jet lag...that's one reason, but it's also an awesome thing to be flying over the north atlantic at sunrise. window seats are a good thing.

these last two shots are for dad--my obligatory european traveler shot.  the boots weren't completely necessary as the weather's nice in dk and the states right now, but i needed the space in my suitcase, so i am wearing the boots and jeans.  as for hats, well, they are good for travel to hide "slept in plane hair" (if you think that kind of thing is necessary/important) but also hard to pack without crushing.





honestly, we should have gotten one of me with all my luggage so that you can all chuckle at my idea of manageable and concise packing...but hey, i can only take so much teasing.  

and of course i had to have a UT vol shot--only for you dad.  i will forever be a game cock and all my school colors have been red..  garnet gamecocks, maroon cougars, and now even copenhagen (KU) is a garnet color!