Quick update before more photographs

The sky is having a serious case of summertime sadness lately. More like summertime bipolar disorder. But I love summer rain, as I've stated many times before... so I'm not mad.

My tan is coming in nicely, I've had many unexpected adventures, and overall I'm avoiding deep cleaning my room because it stresses me out so incredibly badly.

I just realized I never finished posting pictures from tour. So here are the rest of them. They are out of order, and I'm too lazy to redo them all, so I'll make sure to specify which country each photo happened in.
Hang in there and live for every moment and maybe summer will last forever.

Viena. If you need a male model, contact this smoldering fool :)

The location of our flashmob in Vienna. Even when under construction, it's still beautiful.

some little candy that was delicious.

The cheapest thing on the menu was a dessert called a pancake soufflé. It was...interesting

The best Mexican restaurant in Hungary, who knew? It was VERY similar to Café Rio, but I like their name better.

Despite the bad technique in the jump, this is the best quality photo I have of the parliament building.

You wanna be on top? Budapest

A mural on the wall in our sketchy hostel. Words cannot even describe this place. An adventure for the books, that's for sure.

This is the reestiest picture of me. But... our hostel hosts gave us non-alcoholic champagne! It was actually super delicious. So I can check that off my list of things I would never do.

They even have better geofilters.

The palace in Budapest was MAGICAL. Like the castle in Little Mermaid.

My life is been pretty amazing, I guess.

Sunflower fields forever.

"Knight to H3" 

thank you, Slovakia, for making some of my Harry Potter dreams come true.

The store name is caption enough :)

Budapest. We met and had dinner with the Mission President's family. His daughter Lea and I became instant friends.

Walking the streets of Slovakia. Those guys in the background showed up in many pictures after this one, and that's how I figured out they were following us. But don't worry, nothing happened.

Still trying to immitate manequins. I'm not even sure when it started, but it's still going.

This is my "I'm actually performing in Europe, this is crazy!" face. haha

CDT and all the missionaries who spent their preparation day to be our guides around the city

Vienna. My true love. Also, on the steps of my palace, sohn...

candid laughter on the balcony

A film producer and some models that we met and talked to. They were the classiest.

The backyard of the palace. The biggest garden I've ever seen.

The wooden crutch model

The fact that we were poured on actually completes my dreams. No umbrellas or jackets just a downpour of water and giggles and running.

Sure clears out when there's a little rain.

A playground in Vienna with Colin.

Wurzburg night on the town. gelatooooo.

You, too, can become a model with the help of natural window lighting and a standard electrical fan.

Wurzburg, Germany. We hiked up to that fortress on the mountain.

I'm Rapunzel, sohn...

Me and my tower (s/o to Myles for literally laying down on the ground to get this picture for me. You'se the real MVP)

The funniest story involves this drink. The theater provided dinner for us before our last performance of tour, but they were serving pasta. I just decided I would ask for a coke and a water and then I could find something else to eat after the show. I asked the guy (who doesn't speak English very well) for a coke and a water, and he looked at me really confused. I nodded. He shrugged, grabbed a glass and poured it half-full with coke. Then he poured water into the same glass!!!!! I was trying so hard not to laugh or embarrass him. He poured a little more coke into the glass and gave it to me. I drank it because I really hate embarrassing other people. Meanwhile, everyone on CDT was crying from laughing so hard.

The fortress garden. I'm the pink blob across the courtyard.

Our last night in Wurzburg, we got gelato and ate it on the bridge. so enchanting. I watched the ferris wheel for hours.

Ballet in Vienna.

More modeling lessons feat. Lindsay my favorite person

MODELING 101:

JCPenney catalog or Eliza in Budapest? We can't be sure.

Have a happy day!
Good luck attending all the rest of the wedding receptions of the summer and enjoy every bonfire!!

xoxo,
Lize

Just a quick hop over the pond

Wowee wow wow. This summer is probably one of the best yet.  True, I'm not as tan as I hoped at this point, but the sun hasn't burned out yet, so there's hope for that. I have been a part of so many amazing things and met so many incredible people, all thanks to DANCE!

I honestly never thought dance would benefit me in the way it has. CDT (the contemporary dance company I'm on) went on tour for 15 days to Europe!!! I can't even tell you how stoked I was to be back in the Mother land. I went to five different countries. CRAZY!! And within the first six days, I met dancers from 14 countries all over the world! We became really great friends with dancers from Panama, South Africa, Hong Kong, etc. IT WAS NUTS. We also were able to meet missionaries and mission presidents from each country we visited! The entire trip was overflowing with spiritual experiences, and I couldn't be happier about it.

Here are a bunch of pictures from Prague (Czech Republic). I was going to do all of them, but as I was picking photos to upload I realized I have SO MANY PICTURES. So this journey will be spread across multiple posts.

First, an experience I will never forget. Right when we got off the plane, we went straight to an orphanage outside of Prague. These kids, although we couldn't communicate with verbal language, were kindred spirits. We played with them for HOURS, and we all cried when we had to leave.

This is George, the sweetest little boy I've ever met. He danced by me during our little outreach, and he gave me the tightest squeeze hug and wouldn't let go when it was time to say goodbye. 

Teresca. This little munchkin HATED me. Ok, so she didn't hate me, per se, but she was clinging to Seth with a death grip the entire time, and if I ever tried to talk to him, she threw me the MOST shade. She wouldn't even take a picture with me without Seth being there. Also, we were the sweatiest beings in that place because it was hot and we danced in those very clothes and there was no AC. Congratulations, Europe, for helping us not care about our appearances for two whole weeks. #sweat

Just ballet things in a cathedral... haha.

You will quickly learn 3 things about me and European obsessions: cute buildings, flower boxes in windows, decorative plates, and gelato. duh. Oh that's four. Oops.

Candid. He's a model.

We went to a bone church. Literal bones. Everywhere. Eery but cool.

These bones are not fake.

I took this after our first dinner in the Czech Republic. It was somewhere in the countryside outside of Prague. This place was BEAUTIFUL and picture perfect everywhere you look.

Long bus rides weren't so bad when you have views like this

The salt and pepper shaker I regret not buying. They're hugging!

Adela and Helena, my Czech friends from the branch activity

I was depressed the entirety of the Fourth of July (my favorite holiday), until this moment at dinner. Thanks Cayel

Fairytale or Prague? Hard to say.

PC: Myles

Stefani is perfect in every way and totally reminds me of Hailey

The best teacher I've ever taken a class from, Ivana. 

Her warm-up will be done in heaven, I swear.

St. Charles bridge at night!! The only part of this picture that is accurately beautiful is the shininess of my sweaty body hahahaha.

The views can never be depicted through photos.

Lindsay is my #1 favorite human. Hands down.

Corgi realness for you, BKay.

A bubble in a bubble.

My first time trying macarons! 

They were huge and so delicious. Now I understand Blair Waldorf's addiction.

I'm on a boat! Dinner cruise.

"As the sun sets on the third day...."

Modeling with chicken. It's a thing.

You wanna be on top? Funny story. It took so long to get this pic because I was standing in front of the stairs, and people kept going up and down. Also, the girls from Panama were watching this whole time, and I got really self-conscious. But then they asked if I was a model, and I was so flattered. The end.

Real life candid sun flare.

Grand Prix winners, sucka!

The most beautiful of Panamanian girls who everyone said was my twin slash looked like my sister. Incredible dancer and so so nice.

Dinner at a palace. In sperry's? Only Americans...

"Wow. Pure emotion. Prague"

Yummy sammies on the go.

******** HOLD UP********

I bring to your attention a very special talent I have. It's called falling asleep anywhere but the appropriate places. I'm glad my friends love me enough to take pictures of me while I sleep. haha.

Sweaty body in a place with no AC meets cold tile floor.

Prague.

They don't call me "daddy long limbs" for nothing.

Bus

Hostile living room floor. Head resting on a chair.

Budapest.

Hotel lobby foot rests while waiting for room key. I double as a place to put your bags, apparently.

Vienna.

Straddling the bed, duffle bag equals the pillow.

Vienna.

#dancerprobz

This was so comfy until I woke up and couldn't feel my leg.

My friends were always great at calming me down when I woke up in a panic to extreme pain or numbness in any part of my body. (I'm really irrational when I first wake up) So I would like to take the time to give a special thank you to those who helped me. You'se the real MVP's.

xoxo,

Lize.