Where in the World Is Cindy Pepper?
Tue 05 Jan 2010 at 10:06 pm ♥ Filed under Egypt 2009, London 2009, Roadtrip 2009, Thailand 2009, Travel, Turkey 2009
Has it really been 10 months since I last blogged? Oy.
To make up for lost time, I present to you 2009 in picture form! (click the images to enlarge)
I went to London mid-March with my friend, where we ate lots of scones, Pret sandwiches, and Wagamama noodles. Since I had never been to the UK, I hit up all the usual tourist-y spots and museums. Suffice to say, it was a much-needed break from my midterms. And I still miss clotted cream.
The Green Tea Ginger Ale isn’t exactly a staple of my college diet, but the heap of papers and books in the background should give you an idea of the problem sets, papers, and midterms I had throughout the semester. Anyway, moving on to more pleasant things!
In late June, my friends and I took a roadtrip along the east coast of the US. Our itinerary included Virginia Beach/Norfolk (VA), Raleigh (NC), Charleston (SC), Asheville (NC), Washington (DC) and back to good ol’ NY. We clocked in enough mileage to make it to DC just in time for the 4th of July, which was spent at the National Mall.
Charleston, South Carolina: so many colorful houses, biscuits, and magnolias!
The Blue Ridge mountains near Asheville, North Carolina.
4th of July fireworks in Washington, DC.
When Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince premiered in New York, I stood in the crowds surrounding the red carpet and caught a couple Emma Watson photos (and some incredibly blurry ones of Alan Rickman, Bonnie Wright, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, and Daniel Radcliffe).
In early August, I spent 10 days in Egypt (Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor, Hurghada) and Turkey (Istanbul). Both countries were incredibly beautiful; the picture above is the desert at sunrise.
Hagia Sophia at Istanbul.
After three weeks back home in Shanghai, I arrived in New York jetlagged as ever, thus beginning the Semester from Hell. I either overslept or pulled an all-nighter, I got sick on four separate occasions (I hardly ever get sick, which says something.), and I pulled off my worst GPA ever. Whoo!
So I came back home in late December right after taking a brutal final exam, and the next day, I went to Thailand (Bangkok, Pattaya, and Phuket), where I snorkeled, ate Pad Thai, drank so much coconut juice, and rang in the new year.
So in the spirit of New Year’s and my embarrassment at last year’s pitiful attempt at blogging, I’ve made a resolution to keep a regularly updated blog here. So here’s hoping I don’t go MIA this year! This site has too many cobwebs already.
With that said, happy 2010. Here’s to something great. 
OMG OMG OMG YOU SAW EMMA. I AM IN LOVE WITH HER. I AM SO JEALOUS I COULD POSSIBLY DIE RIGHT NOW.
I can’t even remember what I was going to say about the first part of the entry. Uhhh… something about green tea ginger ale being delicious.
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Okay.
Wow, you saw some beautiful things this year (and I’m not talking about Emma now)! You MUST keep blogging, because I’ve missed you. :’(
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Your photos are beautiful! I’d love to go to South Carolina. I’ve never been
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Cindy thanks for the beautiful pictures. Glad to see Asheville included in your post. We’re always happy to host any traveler. Hope you had a great time here.
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I can’t believe you’ve been to so many places in one year! And yay, Egypt!
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I agree with Aisling – keep blogging! I love reading your posts and looking at your gorgeous pictures.
Sounds like 2009 was an amazing year for you. Here’s to an equally awesome 2010!
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Sounds like your 2009 was really good! I’m so jealous that you went to so many places, the pictures are amazing!
Keep blogging!
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Oh my goodness, I am very jealous. It looks like you had an amazing year!
I buy green tea ginger ale whenever I buy pop (I try to stay away from it in general) … yet, the bottles where I live (plastic; i can’t tell from your photo if yours are glass or plastic) are not nearly as cute at the one pictured here.
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I am only very jealous of you!
When I, hopefully, get educated one day and find a nice job that can pay for flight tickets, I am going to feed my wanderlust like crazy!
And keep blogging hon! I love reading your blog and getting jealous of your pictures.
HUGS
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Now THAT is how vacation should be spent. Alas, I can’t travel as freely as you, but I’m definitely going to have to try.
And I support you blogging here more often (especially if it means MOAR PICS)! Gorgeous pics, by the way.
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What an amazing year! College + life are such impediments to blogging.
Here’s to another fabulous semester in the City!
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The food in Pattaya is yummy and not expensive, all the locals we met were very friendly and eager to advice use. We stayed at Siam Inn- a completely different place to the busy tourist trap in the west of Pattaya.
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I adore Emma Watson, I think she is very hot!
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There is alot of touristinformation out there about Egypt, such as where to go diving in Sharm el Sheikh and alot of other things. Just so much information and so little time
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