Temper Tantrum
TRIBE Member
1. My bed. There is absolutely nothing better then waking up on a day when the snow is falling outside not too the sound of alarm clocks or screeching roomates and realizing I can fall right back asleep and bury myself in my comforter.
2. The Charles Gate Bridge in Prague. My first night in the Czech Republic I got lost and was wandering around and came across this bridge and it took my breath away. Everything was silent, and the snow was falling and the moon was brilliant like glass in the sky and there was hardly anyone around. The utter stillness and peacefulness of that will always stay with me.
3. Underwater - There's something incredible about scuba diving. I tend not to look so much at the fish/coral but up towards the roof of the water. There's something amazing about this glass ceiling where air and water meet.
4. The Colloseum in Italy - Wandering around living history, you can almost feel the prescense of the ancient world. Standing by Pompei's statue where Caesar was murdered, wandering through crumpled and ancient pillars....I fell in love with Italy in that place.
5. When your lying in bed and someone's arms encircle you from behind. there is absolute NOWHERE more safe and special to me then to have someone hold my tightly with my back against there chest, legs tangled in blankets with soft breath.
6. The hug of a good friend - When someone squeezes you just so tightly and everything - tears, pain, hurt - fades away because you know in that one moment that there is one person who loves you very much
7. Christmas morning. There's something about seeing my little cousins buried in mountains of ripped wrapping paper, the huges grins on their faces that touches my heart. The smell of french-toast that my mom is cooking, the lazy falling snow, the warm roasting fire. This christmas past was one of my best ones...
8. My bean bagchair with a cup of hot chocolate and a good book. This one is self explanatory.
9. In the summer up the tree in the park right beside my house. There's this one tree I've used as my refuge since I was five years old, and there's this one niche that fits me perfectly high up in the branches. When I was 7 and ran away from home, I ran up that tree. When I got into a fight with my best friend when I was 10 and I thought it was the end of the world, I climbed up that tree. My first cigarette, my first heartbreak.....So many books read in the comforting shade of leafs over many a summer..That is my retreat.
10. Zanzibar North Coast - The water here are of a turquoise you wouldn't believe existed until you saw it with your own eyes. I have this one memory of waking up early one morning and deciding to go for a swim, and just chilling on the beach by myself smoking a cigarette as the sun rose, the most brilliant orange I had ever seen. There was a little naked boy, a beautiful black child (from the local village) playing in the water, and seeing the way the dawn light glinted of his skin and the grin on his face as he played with the rocks reminded me of the purity of happiness. The innocence of childhood. That moment is when Africa stole my heart forever.
~allie~
2. The Charles Gate Bridge in Prague. My first night in the Czech Republic I got lost and was wandering around and came across this bridge and it took my breath away. Everything was silent, and the snow was falling and the moon was brilliant like glass in the sky and there was hardly anyone around. The utter stillness and peacefulness of that will always stay with me.
3. Underwater - There's something incredible about scuba diving. I tend not to look so much at the fish/coral but up towards the roof of the water. There's something amazing about this glass ceiling where air and water meet.
4. The Colloseum in Italy - Wandering around living history, you can almost feel the prescense of the ancient world. Standing by Pompei's statue where Caesar was murdered, wandering through crumpled and ancient pillars....I fell in love with Italy in that place.
5. When your lying in bed and someone's arms encircle you from behind. there is absolute NOWHERE more safe and special to me then to have someone hold my tightly with my back against there chest, legs tangled in blankets with soft breath.
6. The hug of a good friend - When someone squeezes you just so tightly and everything - tears, pain, hurt - fades away because you know in that one moment that there is one person who loves you very much
7. Christmas morning. There's something about seeing my little cousins buried in mountains of ripped wrapping paper, the huges grins on their faces that touches my heart. The smell of french-toast that my mom is cooking, the lazy falling snow, the warm roasting fire. This christmas past was one of my best ones...
8. My bean bagchair with a cup of hot chocolate and a good book. This one is self explanatory.
9. In the summer up the tree in the park right beside my house. There's this one tree I've used as my refuge since I was five years old, and there's this one niche that fits me perfectly high up in the branches. When I was 7 and ran away from home, I ran up that tree. When I got into a fight with my best friend when I was 10 and I thought it was the end of the world, I climbed up that tree. My first cigarette, my first heartbreak.....So many books read in the comforting shade of leafs over many a summer..That is my retreat.
10. Zanzibar North Coast - The water here are of a turquoise you wouldn't believe existed until you saw it with your own eyes. I have this one memory of waking up early one morning and deciding to go for a swim, and just chilling on the beach by myself smoking a cigarette as the sun rose, the most brilliant orange I had ever seen. There was a little naked boy, a beautiful black child (from the local village) playing in the water, and seeing the way the dawn light glinted of his skin and the grin on his face as he played with the rocks reminded me of the purity of happiness. The innocence of childhood. That moment is when Africa stole my heart forever.
~allie~
