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Tales from the Qrypt – Brandy Prt 1

I love to go off on long jaunts whenever I could, and of course it’s much more enjoyable with the right company.  The only problem is that it’s not easy to find someone who wants to go off on an expensive trip to look at a painting in a museum, or read crumbling tombstones in a church yard ! Do you know how difficult it is to find someone who would willingly do that?  I think that’s why God blessed us with family and best friends, regardless of how crazy they think you are they still humor you!

My best friend and I have had quite a few jaunts together, the most recent was our too-short trip to Europe. One of my cousins was tying the knot so I decided that I’ll make the trip and try to see a bit of Rome as well. I’ve always wanted to visit London because so many of the stories I read as a child were set in London. Stories of the great Roman empire, the gladiators and the Vatican have always fascinated me as well and I couldn’t wait to see the Sistine Chapel and Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci’s magnificent works of art. 

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Tales from the Qrypt – Brandy

I love the good life! I grew up poor and deprived of everything but the bare necessities and its for that very reason that I crave the finer things in life. I love to splurge, not on clothes, shoes or that kind of stuff. I like to travel, spend entire days in museums, eat in real restaurants and wander down strange streets.

I love to watch the sun set from a lounger on the beach and go to sleep between freshly laundered sheets to the sound of waves crashing on the shore. I live for the days I can wake up in a new, unexplored location where endless possibilities and amazing experiences await. Those things give me a rush!

I am always sad when I meet older people who have never done anything, or had any interest in doing anything other than the purely mundane. Some explain this by saying they spent most of their lives studying, becoming educated. Those years spent studying robbed them of the time to step outside the proverbial box. Its robbed them of the opportunity (maybe of the inclination) to stand up for something, to do something, anything! other than live from day to day.

I firmly believe that life is meant to be lived. How could you live without wanting to experience other cultures? without wanting to see as much as you can of this beautiful world we live in? without trying different kinds of food and wine, how can you live without dancing? how can you live without loving deeply? How can you live without ever knowing how to make love with all of the passion and abandon that good lovemaking demands?  I think, no education is complete without actually living!

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