Trips – Page 2 – zellerfest

Where Does the Time Go?

Published on October 21, 2014April 24, 2015 by alikzellerLeave a comment

Nobody warned me that the days, months, years would actually fly by after a certain age. One day we’re celebrating our anniversary and the start to the summer heat, the next I’m pulling out sweaters wondering how it’s suddenly late-October and I have yet to buy a pumpkin. Before my memories start to fade, here are the highlights of our summer:

We went back to UD for our college reunion weekend. Naturally, we all acted exactly how we acted in college.

There is a park in our neighborhood (Yards Park) that hosts bands on Friday nights all summer. It was easy to be regulars and convince friends to come visit for the evening.

Looking back on my phone for summer photos my first thought was “Why did I take this photo?” Then I realized it was because this could possibly be my Lisa Simpson outfit (if I could only wear one outfit my entire life) – crab necklace, Ohio shirt, and polka dots. All my favorite things. And, I really love crabs. My crab necklace from Baltimore was a necessary accessory when we picked up a bushel of crabs to pick with friends on evening.

No other photos were taken because our hands were much too messy.

We are really working on our camping skills, so for the Fourth of July holiday we went down to the family farm for some R&R.
This summer I was busy with a “summer job” giving Segway tours around the city. It’s not over yet but it has been a total blast meeting people from all over the world to share with them my city’s history. I’m not going to lie, it’s been really nice having a willing (and paying) audience for my cheesy jokes. Remind me to tell you about the bushes outside of the White House…

My parents surprised me one weekend with a visit to DC! I wanted to give them the full “DC Local” treatment since they normally come in the winter or over a holiday. We hit up Yards Park (I told you we went every week), visited the famed pandas at the National Zoo, and even grabbed some crabs from the fish market. All in a DC weekend.

We also had a jam-packed weekend with one of our most favorite families. Not pictured: the parents.

Went to the best and most entertaining concert of my life: Arcade Fire. I have never had so much fun at a concert.

Sent some of our best DC friends off to London for a year of adventure and schooling:

Went to Cincinnati for Labor Day and I got to see the WEBN fireworks for the first time (believe it) after a wild night in OTR. Spent a lot of quality time with Mom’s kittens and my grandparents.

Whew. I think that last photo sums it up! Now that I’ve gone through all of our photos, I realize we had quite a packed summer, full of travel and good friends – what more could we have asked for?

Charm City

Published on June 12, 2014April 24, 2015 by alikzellerLeave a comment

I’ll say this right away: I love Baltimore. After our 24 hour stay in Baltimore I was more or less begging Kyle to let us relocate. It would be totally possible I reasoned, it would just be an hour commute for me and an hour and a half for him…

Alright that’s not do-able for a happy healthy life. So, we’ll just have to visit often and pretend.

It’s easy to understand why I love Baltimore, not only are there good people like my friend Laura living there, but there is cheap beer and so much shellfish available I can’t help but feel like I’ve found my happy place.

Here are the photos from our day in the Inner Harbor area and then in Fells Point after taking the water taxi over – where you could buy oysters for $1!! You will see below me rifling through my purse trying to figure out how many dollars I had – because all of them were going towards oysters.

I love crabs, sometimes I think about what would happen if I had to choose between Kyle and crabs coated in Old Bay…

This is what happens when you grow up in Ohio, shellfish can seem more exotic and exciting than your farm-town husband.

More Thoughts on Copenhagen

Published on June 1, 2014June 1, 2014 by alikzeller2 Comments

This is the last post on our trip. Before I forget, I have a few things to say about Copenhagen:

1) It was cold, and not in the “OMG is it really still snowing in late-March!?!?”-cold, it was cold like, “yep this is March in Scandinavia”-cold. And you know what, the people were just crazy happy that the SUN was OUT, and that seemed good enough excuse as any to grab ice cream and sit outside for lunch. And that’s what it seemed the city was doing, sitting outside for lunch in the sun, and grabbing ice cream on their way home (or wherever they were off to).

2) The men were total peacocks. They had perfectly styled hair you knew has taken a lot of time and probably money to get, and they had really cool thought-out clothes and shoes (in my opinion at least). The women were more plain, a lot less makeup and accessories than I am certainly used to.

3) It appeared completely common for the dad/husband to be in charge of babies and young children when out of the house. I can’t count how many dads I saw with strollers and with their children sans-mom. You don’t really realize that it’s different, until it hits you that this is NOT like how it is in the US. For the record, the dads all seemed completely capable of handling the children on their own.

4) The people of Denmark really must be the happiest in the world (after UD students of course). They were just beyond friendly and courteous. Must be all of that ice cream and fresh, cold air.5) If you think the US has some hippies you should check out Christiania. I won’t go into any details, but there is a strict “no photo” rule, so the only photo we have is this first one:

This is the ice cream shop we hit up on our last day, it was quite a crowd for such a cold day:

Oh and 6) BIKES. The biking culture is not even a subculture like it is in DC. People bike, and that’s just how it is. The bike lanes were safe for riding on, there were bike traffic signals, and EVERYONE was biking around. Hence, floods of bikes tied up outside their metro stations:

Kyle looks good in Denmark’s hats:

On our last morning, before heading to the airport, our host couple treated us to some DELICIOUS Danish rolls – yes, those are pumpkin seeds on bread – I still have dreams about it:

Can’t wait to go back next year for the big wedding!

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