https://melissmckay.com/2020/04/05/after-the-final-rose/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screenshot-2020-03-13-16.10.02.pngScreenshot 2020-03-13 16.10.02https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screenshot-2020-03-13-16.06.37.pngScreenshot 2020-03-13 16.06.37Barb is getting ready to go in for the kill.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screenshot-2020-03-13-15.59.39.pngScreenshot 2020-03-13 15.59.39https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screenshot-2020-03-13-13.34.53.pngScreenshot 2020-03-13 13.34.53Host Chris Harrison needs a drink.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screenshot-2020-03-13-13.22.10.pngScreenshot 2020-03-13 13.22.102020-04-05T15:05:19+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2020/03/24/finale/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screenshot-2020-03-10-23.14.24.pngScreenshot 2020-03-10 23.14.24Sad Peter. Sad sweatpants.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screenshot-2020-03-13-13.17.10.pngScreenshot 2020-03-13 13.17.10They are ready to collapse at any moment.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screenshot-2020-03-13-13.18.24.pngScreenshot 2020-03-13 13.18.24Barb's prayers worked!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screenshot-2020-03-13-13.05.39.pngScreenshot 2020-03-13 13.05.39Is everyone on this show me as a fifteen year old???https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screenshot-2020-03-13-13.08.22.pngScreenshot 2020-03-13 13.08.22Host Chris Harrison talking Peter back to life.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screenshot-2020-03-10-22.55.10.pngScreenshot 2020-03-10 22.55.10He is quite literally eight years old.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screenshot-2020-03-10-22.51.15.pngScreenshot 2020-03-10 22.51.15Peter really wishes he moved out of his parents' house before coming on this show.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screenshot-2020-03-10-22.46.44.pngScreenshot 2020-03-10 22.46.44https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screenshot-2020-03-10-22.24.27.pngScreenshot 2020-03-10 22.24.27What is this face?https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1935535_130957820635_7786005_n.jpg1935535_130957820635_7786005_nMy dog Varta, displaying what pure innocence combined with confidence looks like in practice.2020-03-24T14:07:47+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2020/03/01/hometowns-fantasy-suites/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screenshot-2020-02-18-19.08.22.pngScreenshot 2020-02-18 19.08.22Charles Barkley spoke of the importance of the Auburn University family.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screenshot-2020-02-26-21.51.09.pngScreenshot 2020-02-26 21.51.09Victoria F.'s expression really captures how appropriate this is.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screenshot-2020-02-18-19.57.03.pngScreenshot 2020-02-18 19.57.03https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screenshot-2020-02-18-19.58.30.pngScreenshot 2020-02-18 19.58.30Where am I?https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screenshot-2020-02-18-19.15.33.pngScreenshot 2020-02-18 19.15.33Seriously, how old is her father? https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screenshot-2020-02-18-18.59.26.pngScreenshot 2020-02-18 18.59.26THEY ARE AT HER FAMILY'S DINNER TABLE.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screenshot-2020-02-18-18.54.37.pngScreenshot 2020-02-18 18.54.37This is the face of a man who would rather you didn't say that to him.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screenshot-2020-02-18-18.48.00.pngScreenshot 2020-02-18 18.48.00https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screenshot-2020-02-18-18.39.41.pngScreenshot 2020-02-18 18.39.41Rick, you absolute gem.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screenshot-2020-02-18-18.39.20.pngScreenshot 2020-02-18 18.39.202020-03-02T01:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2020/02/17/pilot-pete-episode-7/2020-02-17T23:21:50+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2020/02/09/pilot-pete-episodes-5-6/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screenshot-2020-02-06-19.45.44.pngScreenshot 2020-02-06 19.45.44Old Crone speaks for all of us.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screenshot-2020-02-06-19.25.38.pngScreenshot 2020-02-06 19.25.38Peter and Champagne Kelsey, with Wannabe Jillian dusting in the background.2020-02-10T02:29:26+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2020/02/02/episode-4-pilot-pete/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screenshot-2020-01-29-21.08.25-e1580693086301.pngScreenshot 2020-01-29 21.08.25https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/04-exhibit-a.png04 Exhibit A“Attorney” Kelley (left) and Tammy are rightfully underwhelmed.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/04-exhibit-b01.png04 Exhibit B01You're killing me, abc.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/04-exhibit-b02.png04 Exhibit B02You're killing me, abchttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/04-exhibit-c.png04 Exhibit CChase Rice, existing. His forearm has more personality than Peter.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/04-exhibit-d01.png04 Exhibit D01https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/04-exhibit-d02.png04 Exhibit D02https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/04-exhibit-d03.png04 Exhibit D03Peter claims to be Cuban. DIRTY DANCING: HAVANA NIGHTS WOULD DISAGREE.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/04-exhibit-e.png04 Exhibit EI see no difference between Exhibits D and E.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/04-exhibit-f.png04 Exhibit FPeter’s face while processing information.2020-02-09T19:22:01+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2020/01/27/pilot-pete-episode-3/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/wbej-collage03.pngwbej collage03She hasn't even had a chance to drop her blog's name yet!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/wbej-collage02.pngwbej collage02https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/wbej-collage01.pngwbej collage01https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/alayah.pngalayahThe exact moment Alayah realises that her name has been “slaughtered” (her words).https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/peters-stupid-face.pngpeter's stupid faceThis is not the face of a man I want next to me in a crisis.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ch-lingerie-fight.pngCH lingerie fightThis is not the face of a man who agreed to announce a lingerie pillow fight club.2020-01-28T00:24:44+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/about/2020-01-27T22:23:33+00:00weekly0.6https://melissmckay.com/2020/01/26/the-bachelor-peters-season-episodes-1-2/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/bratz02.pngbratz02https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/bratz01.pngbratz01https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/wbe-jillian.pngwbe jillianWannabe Jillian – this outfit was much more offensive straight on, but it was tough getting a screengrab.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/champagne-gate.pngchampagne gatehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/pete-and-ch.pngpete and CHhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/pilot-pete.pngpilot pete2020-01-27T22:02:50+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/06/27/one-week-until-departure/2020-01-27T21:51:35+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/07/09/travel-and-first-few-days-in-cape-town/2020-01-27T21:51:30+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/07/14/getting-to-know-the-city/2020-01-27T21:51:24+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/07/22/first-week-of-classes/2020-01-27T21:51:19+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/07/29/like-jimmy-brooks-i-got-wheels/2020-01-27T21:51:14+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/08/02/pre-weekend-update/2020-01-27T21:51:08+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/08/05/road-trip-to-oudtshoorn/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0851.jpgDSCN0851Dusk at Paarl to cap off our road triphttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0839.jpgDSCN0839Sun going down just before the Huguenot Tunnelhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0829.jpgDSCN0829South African sunset to end our road triphttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0823.jpgDSCN0823Sun starting to head down over the mountainshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0817.jpgDSCN0817Heading back to the cityhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0816.jpgDSCN0816Whatever kids, bet you can't do thishttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0801.jpgDSCN0801Pre-adventure tourhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0795.jpgDSCN0795Because when you're in a cave and you have a large gold ring, you have to do your best Gollumhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0790.jpgDSCN0790The first chamber in the Cango caveshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0784.jpgDSCN0784Time for second breakfast!2020-01-27T21:51:02+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2015/11/21/greece/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn8805.jpgDSCN88052020-01-27T21:50:53+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2015/07/13/weekends-in-and-around-den-haag/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn6831.jpgDSCN6831Cécile and I at the silent diskohttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn6827.jpgDSCN6827Chantelle, Cécile and me in front of the main stagehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn6823.jpgDSCN6823Lead singer of The Skintshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn6835.jpgDSCN6835Typhoon <3https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn6817.jpgDSCN6817Casual backyard canal on the old sidehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn6815.jpgDSCN6815The locks in old Zaanse Schaanshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn6811.jpgDSCN6811Just the most Dutch a place could lookhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn6801.jpgDSCN6801Cheese game stronghttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn6797.jpgDSCN6797Cocoa beanshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn6789.jpgDSCN6789Outside the first Albert Heijn!2020-01-27T21:50:35+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2015/07/28/norway/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11754699_10155768307440401_7618854827250763735_o.jpg11754699_10155768307440401_7618854827250763735_oStolen from my mom - Thea, myself, my Uncle Henry and Auntie Laura on the boat tourhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/10687316_10155768307430401_8757982416522196913_o.jpg10687316_10155768307430401_8757982416522196913_oWedding date! <3https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11709827_10152941685060636_1843615287702341182_o.jpg11709827_10152941685060636_1843615287702341182_oMini StFX reunion with Madi and Justinhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn7106.jpgDSCN7106View from Flekkerøy of one of the tall ships going into the porthttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn7103.jpgDSCN7103Kristiansand at sunsethttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn7102.jpgDSCN7102Kristiansand by sunsethttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn7101.jpgDSCN7101Ship from Brazilhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn7098.jpgDSCN7098https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn7091.jpgDSCN7091:)https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn7085.jpgDSCN7085Cape Town reunion <32020-01-27T21:50:24+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2015/08/24/hamburg-and-bergen-belsen/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7631.jpgDSCN7631The church in Fallingbostelhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7704.jpgDSCN7704"Victims of the Second World War. Martyrs of the 20th Century."https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7706.jpgDSCN7706The overall memorial at Bergen-Belsenhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7700.jpgDSCN7700Polish plaquehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7688.jpgDSCN7688The Jewish memorialhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7694.jpgDSCN7694The Polish memorial, with the overall memorial behind it.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7682.jpgDSCN7682"Here lie 1000"https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7680.jpgDSCN7680Sign commemorating the POW and concentration campshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7711.jpgDSCN7711Main street in Bergen-Belsenhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/scan-4-2.jpegScan 4 (2)Babcia and Dziadzius at their wedding2020-01-27T21:50:18+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2015/07/20/schiermonnikoog/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11267879_10207086457461980_1673742328375353650_n.jpg11267879_10207086457461980_1673742328375353650_nSuns out guns outhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn7018.jpgDSCN7018Statue for the monkshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn7034.jpgDSCN7034https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn7033.jpgDSCN7033https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn7025.jpgDSCN7025LOOK HOW CUTE HE IS!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn7010.jpgDSCN7010https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn7007.jpgDSCN7007https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn7004.jpgDSCN7004https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn6997.jpgDSCN6997https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn6995.jpgDSCN69952020-01-27T21:50:13+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2015/08/02/amsterdam-pride/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7495.jpgDSCN7495Madi enjoying her treatshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7491_2.jpgDSCN7491_2Photos by Katy Grannanhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7462.jpgDSCN7462Department of Justice boathttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7461.jpgDSCN7461Police Floathttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7481.jpgDSCN7481Basking in the afterglow of Amsterdam Pridehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7477.jpgDSCN7477The final float! https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7470.jpgDSCN7470I can't resist bright colourshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7458.jpgDSCN7458Winner of overall theme: the Koninkrijksboot, with the theme 'Dutch and proud.'https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7455.jpgDSCN7455One of the most impressively decorated floats. All real flowershttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7450.jpgDSCN7450Loved these guys!2020-01-27T21:50:08+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2015/08/17/playing-hostess/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7768.jpgDSCN7768Girl With A Pearl Earring, Vermeer, 1665. It's really a beautiful work, and was under-appreciated at the time it was painted - selling at an auction in 1881 for two euros and thirty cents.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7763.jpgDSCN7763My favourite piece in the museum, installed in 1987 by Ger Lataster, Icarus Atlanticus: Allegory of Human Vanity.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7761.jpgDSCN7761Even if it means it's also home to the world's most terrifying wall sconces.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7759.jpgDSCN7759Lion (yes Lambo, that is what it is) atop the Ministry of Justice in Den Haaghttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7765.jpgDSCN7765Lambo and his boy, in the original frame. He is going to get this style of painting commissioned for his own family, I'm sure.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7754.jpgDSCN7754We got scarves!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7749.jpgDSCN7749Ajax fans for lifehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7748.jpgDSCN7748The crowd with the Johnny Heitinga flaghttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7740.jpgDSCN7740Stadium selfiehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7737.jpgDSCN7737Neither Lambo nor myself got this one. It's a boy named Jesse, and it's either supposed to feel 'whimsical' or 'threatening.' We both thought Jesse just looked depressed. Lambo thought it might be due to the classic 'Jesse's Girl' but on reflection, that makes no sense because Jesse had the girl. 2020-01-27T21:50:02+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2015/08/30/dutch-weekends/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7919-version-2.jpgDSCN7919 - Version 2https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7846.jpgDSCN7846"Lara Barrymore as Miffy" - I loved how weird this one was. The artists work in diptych or triptychs, so they made a triptych of Miffy using her ears, head and body. The ears, of a floral still-life, the face, of Lara Stone (a Dutch model), and, best of all, Drew Barrymore's body, which was described by the artists as 'androgynous.' Not a word I would have ever selected for Drew Barrymore, but ok!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7841.jpgDSCN7841Colourful Miffys!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7839.jpgDSCN7839Miffy and Supperguppie! (Superguppie is another Dutch children's book character)https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7833.jpgDSCN7833A FOREST PLAYGROUND!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7829.jpgDSCN7829Miffy made of butterflies!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7831.jpgDSCN7831Miffy!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7876.jpgDSCN7876Salvatore, with children for perspective. (Photo 1 in my upcoming series, "Children! They're occasionally useful!")https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7904.jpgDSCN7904Maybe Amsterdam is that way?https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn7897.jpgDSCN7897I mostly liked seeing the kayakers in the canals2020-01-27T21:49:56+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2015/10/06/september/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn8272.jpgDSCN82722020-01-27T21:49:52+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2015/10/30/bruges-bahds-berlin/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn8311-e1446238823905.jpgDSCN83112020-01-27T21:49:47+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2015/11/24/life-update/2020-01-27T21:49:42+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2016/01/10/four-years-four-continents/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dscn8927.jpgDSCN89272020-01-27T21:49:36+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2016/01/18/kathmanduquandaries/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dscn8981.jpgDSCN8981Outside the main gate2020-01-27T21:49:29+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2016/01/26/stupa-spells/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dscn9095.jpgDSCN9095Cleaning the candles on top of a gompa2020-01-27T21:49:24+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2016/02/10/treks-and-times/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn9155.jpgDSCN91552020-01-27T21:49:19+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2016/02/16/bhaktapur/2020-01-27T21:49:13+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/08/11/currie-cup-opener/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0900.jpgDSCN0900There's always next timehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0898.jpgDSCN0898Newlands Stadium at sunsethttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0896.jpgDSCN0896Scrumminghttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0892.jpgDSCN0892WP colours conveniently match up with Queen's!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0888.jpgDSCN0888Try given to Western Provincehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0874.jpgDSCN0874Real life practice on a narrow beam!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0868.jpgDSCN0868Because crop tops on the beach are the best way to get over a coldhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0867.jpgDSCN0867Changing rooms at Muizenberg2020-01-27T21:48:42+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/08/18/climate-is-what-we-expect-weather-is-what-we-get/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0914.jpgDSCN0914Here's hoping for better weather this week!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0909.jpgDSCN0909Readjusting to get the marker outhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0908.jpgDSCN0908Getting readyhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0907.jpgDSCN0907"...wildly chewing random staff handbags, before dropping into kitty sleep..."https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0906.jpgDSCN0906Yes, that's an entire page for a disabled cat. I'm not upset.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0912.jpgDSCN0912Obviously, my name is up there.2020-01-27T21:48:38+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/08/27/dont-dream-it-be-it/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0961.jpgDSCN0961LOVE!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0960.jpgDSCN0960Nobody wore stripes - virgin success!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0955.jpgDSCN0955Dammit, Janet!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0954.jpgDSCN0954Little guy!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0950.jpgDSCN0950Penguins on some of the bouldershttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0948.jpgDSCN0948Little nesting penguinhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0941.jpgDSCN0941Penguin partyhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn0938.jpgDSCN0938"Stupid tourist..."https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/560815_10151653036048598_961332670_n.jpg560815_10151653036048598_961332670_nSleepy sealhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/1239508_10151653035868598_364615328_n.jpg1239508_10151653035868598_364615328_nPaddle paddle2020-01-27T21:48:32+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/09/08/spring-break-part-i-st-lucia-wetlands/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1125.jpgDSCN1125View from our window - the hippos were just on the other side of the fencehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1122.jpgDSCN1122Sunset with Venus in the skyhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1116.jpgDSCN1116South African skieshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1114.jpgDSCN1114Sunset over the estuaryhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1111.jpgDSCN1111Cheers!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1099.jpgDSCN1099Found an impala skullhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1097.jpgDSCN1097Looking for hipposhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1095.jpgDSCN1095Heading homehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1089.jpgDSCN1089Horses in the savannahhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1067.jpgDSCN1067Impalas2020-01-27T21:48:28+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/09/09/spring-break-ii-safari-in-tembe/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1448.jpgDSCN1448https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1444.jpgDSCN1444https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1439.jpgDSCN1439https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1432.jpgDSCN1432Juvenile elephanthttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1429.jpgDSCN1429https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1425.jpgDSCN1425AHHHH, THEY'RE WALKING IN AN ADORABLE ELEPHANT LINE!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1437.jpgDSCN1437https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1417.jpgDSCN1417I don't want to get out yet...https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1404.jpgDSCN1404https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1403.jpgDSCN14032020-01-27T21:48:23+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/09/11/spring-break-iii/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1608.jpgDSCN1608At least the errors are entertaininghttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1611.jpgDSCN1611So impressivehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1609.jpgDSCN1609https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1606.jpgDSCN1606https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1604.jpgDSCN1604View from the breweryhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1602.jpgDSCN1602https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1596.jpgDSCN1596https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1590.jpgDSCN1590https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1589.jpgDSCN1589https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1588.jpgDSCN15882020-01-27T21:48:19+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/09/15/spring-has-sprung/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1805.jpgDSCN1805The crew!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1785.jpgDSCN1785Legs for dayshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1784.jpgDSCN1784Loofah lifehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1796.jpgDSCN1796https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1794.jpgDSCN1794Shower boyshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1777.jpgDSCN1777Driving back to the Mother Cityhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1771.jpgDSCN1771Looking out to the Atlantichttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1770.jpgDSCN1770Boats on the beach in Paternosterhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1760.jpgDSCN1760At a boat launch in Langebaanhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1755.jpgDSCN1755Clear waters of Langebaan2020-01-27T21:48:14+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/09/25/workouts-wine-and-whales/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1976.jpgDSCN1976Waving goodbyehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn2010.jpgDSCN2010Huge whale!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn2002.jpgDSCN2002Poking out to say hellohttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1997.jpgDSCN1997She wanted some attention as wellhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1995.jpgDSCN1995Swimming on byhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1992.jpgDSCN1992Big ol whalehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1963.jpgDSCN1963Again!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1962.jpgDSCN1962So beautiful!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1930.jpgDSCN1930Jumping for joyhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1948.jpgDSCN1948Ye Olde Whale Crier2020-01-27T21:48:11+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/10/07/so-much-happy/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf0036.jpgDSCF0036∆ coming onto the stagehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf0021.jpgDSCF0021Matt and I at Goldfishhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1375150_10100745577932851_1742856626_n.jpg1375150_10100745577932851_1742856626_nhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf0075.jpgDSCF0075Coming down for a songhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf0074.jpgDSCF0074https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf0070.jpgDSCF0070The Hiveshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf0049.jpgDSCF0049∆https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf0046.jpgDSCF0046Triangles are my favourite shapehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf0029.jpgDSCF0029"He's playing the jazz flute!"https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf0023.jpgDSCF0023Obviously I feel a kinship with them. SAXOPHONE PLAYERS UNITE!2020-01-27T21:48:06+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/10/09/home/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2108.jpgDSCN2108Blurry sunset crowhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2116.jpgDSCN2116Cape Town at duskhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2090.jpgDSCN2090Looking out at Signal Hill - more photos at the bottom of the post!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2086.jpgDSCN2086Practice before heading out on a more precarious ledge to do a crow!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2079.jpgDSCN2079Savannah for the tophttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2078.jpgDSCN2078Thea and I at sunset on Lion's Head2020-01-27T21:48:02+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/10/19/eat-run-eat-run/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2140.jpgDSCN2140Stay happy, people!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf0120.jpgDSCF0120Post-run Houndshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf0109.jpgDSCF0109Pre run stretchinghttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2142.jpgDSCN2142Blonde hair don't carehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2139.jpgDSCN2139Coloured up!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2136.jpgDSCN2136My dad would kill for this dessert. So many variations of strawberry and rhubarb. It was like summer on a plate.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2135.jpgDSCN2135Hannah and Dan's dessert - an array of chocolate deliciousnesshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2133.jpgDSCN2133Main - Rack of lambhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2131.jpgDSCN2131Third course - Confit pork belly, mustard, apple and sauerkrauthttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2127.jpgDSCN2127Hannah and I - very happy/full campers!2020-01-27T21:47:58+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/10/27/so-much-studying-lolz/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2302-e1448225979635.jpgDSCN2302Another life mottohttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2299.jpgDSCN2299Dancinghttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2297.jpgDSCN2297Waterslide down Lower Main Roadhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2295.jpgDSCN2295My favourite piece in progresshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2286.jpgDSCN2286Hannah signing a poster promoting unity among Africanshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2291.jpgDSCN2291These were made entirely out of beads, and were on display in this woman's house. She was working on some beading of her ownhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2283.jpgDSCN2283Animal hide and acrylichttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2280.jpgDSCN2280A woodcut block on exhibithttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2274.jpgDSCN2274Starting a piecehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn2273.jpgDSCN2273One of the works from last year2020-01-27T21:47:54+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/11/07/birthday-week/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2404.jpgDSCN2404Table Mountain cake from Charly's Bakeryhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2402.jpgDSCN2402If you look in the bottom left quadrant of the photo, you can see a rocky outcrop to the right of a white rock. That was our freestyle climbhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2401.jpgDSCN2401No path in sight!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2397.jpgDSCN2397Best way to spend a birthdayhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2394.jpgDSCN2394Feeling goodhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2392.jpgDSCN2392Popping bottles on top of the cityhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2399.jpgDSCN2399Emily, Thea, and me on top of Devil's Peak with Table Mountain and Lion's Head in the back!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2380.jpgDSCN2380Come on, Emily, this will be fun!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscf0123.jpgDSCF0123Dan picking out the meathttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscf0136.jpgDSCF0136Ran into some more friends at Mzoli's!2020-01-27T21:47:49+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/11/15/southern-botswana/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2432.jpgDSCN2432To cause a car accident in Botswana. https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2484.jpgDSCN2484Outside the Three Kings monumenthttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2440.jpgDSCN2440So excited to drive a big truck againhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2431.jpgDSCN2431AFRICLOUD!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2486.jpgDSCN2486Crest of Botswana - zebra were chosen because they weren't part of the crest of any Batswana tribeshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2480.jpgDSCN2480Outside the High Court of Botswanahttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2467.jpgDSCN2467Sunset in the Kalaharihttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2424.jpgDSCN24242020-01-27T21:47:44+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/11/25/northern-botswana/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2813.jpgDSCN2813Ferry across the Zambezihttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2802.jpgDSCN2802First timers!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2798.jpgDSCN2798Croc baiting with my toeshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2796.jpgDSCN2796Relaxing afternoonhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2794.jpgDSCN2794https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2776.jpgDSCN2776Poling down the Borahttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2759.jpgDSCN2759Looking down the Bora Riverhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2756.jpgDSCN2756Sunset over the boatshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2746.jpgDSCN2746Classic dog naphttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn2733.jpgDSCN2733Emily and Julia waiting for the bus2020-01-27T21:47:40+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/11/30/zambia/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/85e85-huge-mistake.gif85e85-huge-mistakehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn3189.jpgDSCN3189https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn3186.jpgDSCN3186https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn3169.jpgDSCN3169But isn't it romantic?https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn3181.jpgDSCN3181https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn3191.jpgDSCN3191https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn3168.jpgDSCN3168https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn3166.jpgDSCN3166https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn3139.jpgDSCN3139https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn3136.jpgDSCN31362020-01-27T21:47:36+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/12/05/zanzibar/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn3431.jpgDSCN3431https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn3447.jpgDSCN3447On the boat ride back to the hostel!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn3442.jpgDSCN3442Julia and I getting our tan onhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn3440.jpgDSCN3440Is this real life?https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn3421.jpgDSCN3421Beachhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn3424.jpgDSCN3424Evening swimhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn3418.jpgDSCN3418https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn3416.jpgDSCN3416https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn3414.jpgDSCN3414https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn3400.jpgDSCN34002020-01-27T21:47:31+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/12/10/madiba/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/nelson-mandela_s-top-five-contributions-to-humanity.jpgNelson-Mandela’s-Top-Five-Contributions-to-Humanityhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mandelatablemountaindec2013.jpegMandela+Table+Mountain+Dec+2013Table Mountain lit up at night2020-01-27T21:47:26+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/12/11/northern-tanzania/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn3672.jpgDSCN3672Kariboo Serengeti!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn3996.jpgDSCN3996Simba and Nala, looking as majestic as everhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn3993.jpgDSCN3993Pride of lionshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn3986.jpgDSCN3986The Joker - this hyena auditioned for a role in Batman but lost out to Heath Ledger. I still think he's greathttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn3977.jpgDSCN3977Golden Jackalhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn3958.jpgDSCN3958Black rhino in the distancehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn3954.jpgDSCN3954Eland - the largest antelope - a particularly shy animal, so I was excited to see onehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn3950.jpgDSCN3950Hyena poking his head out of his den to watch the zebrashttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn3949.jpgDSCN3949An old favourite - BABY ZEBRA! (Have you seen enough baby zebras yet?)https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn3982.jpgDSCN3982Silly birds2020-01-27T21:47:21+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2013/12/14/back-to-cape-town/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn4082.jpgDSCN4082Flying in the Mother Cityhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn4037.jpgDSCN4037One last shot with a Zanzibar door!https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn40271.jpgDSCN4027Do you blame me for wanting to stay?https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn40241.jpgDSCN4024Julia, Emily, and I at the Africa Househttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn4033.jpgDSCN4033Perfecthttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn4030.jpgDSCN4030Zanzibar sunsetshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn4024.jpgDSCN4024https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn40591.jpgDSCN4059Decent viewhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn4063.jpgDSCN4063Snorkelling off the islandhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn4057-e1387002751675.jpgDSCN4057The old quarantine station2020-01-27T21:47:17+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2014/01/12/last-week-in-cape-townback-to-canada/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dscn0151.jpgDSCN0151lovehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dscn4200.jpgDSCN4200The best looking family around (and our weird cat).https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dscn4196.jpgDSCN4196Back with my best friendhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn4187.jpgDSCN4187Back in front of Notre Dame in the morning lighthttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn4183.jpgDSCN4183Wandering along the Seinehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn4180.jpgDSCN4180Breakfast view after wandering out of St Germainhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn4177.jpgDSCN4177Christmas lights from Île de la Citéhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn4172.jpgDSCN4172One of the love lock bridgeshttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn4170.jpgDSCN4170The Seine, with Notre Dame to the lefthttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn4168.jpgDSCN4168Notre Dame2020-01-27T21:46:13+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2015/06/30/back-to-blogging/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn6722.jpgDSCN6722Early morning runs by the Atlantic, I dig it.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn6705.jpgDSCN6705The new officehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn6761.jpgDSCN6761The Begijnhof, one of the oldest courts in Amsterdam and former home to Beguines, a group of women living in semi-monastic communities without religious vows. They were to live like nuns as long as they stayed there, but were free to leave at any point.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn6760.jpgDSCN6760https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn6757.jpgDSCN6757.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn6746.jpgDSCN6746.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn6739.jpgDSCN6739.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn6732.jpgDSCN6732Great shot of the cat that refused to pose with Austin.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn6725.jpgDSCN6725"This lady here is 16, and she's everybody's friend."https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn6713.jpgDSCN6713Peace Palace - Home of the International Court of Justice and Permanent Court of Arbitration2020-01-27T21:46:07+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2016/02/23/lumbini/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn9421-version-2.jpgDSCN9421 - Version 22020-01-27T21:45:11+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2016/03/30/work/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160305_125745-01.jpg20160305_125745-012020-01-27T21:45:04+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2016/04/03/there-and-back-again/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dsc_0428-nef-min.jpgDSC_0428.NEF-min2020-01-27T21:44:59+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2016/05/28/malaysia-factor/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn0313.jpgDSCN03132020-01-27T21:44:53+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2016/06/13/programming-and-pokhara/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_20160603_172446.jpgIMG_20160603_1724462020-01-27T21:44:47+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2016/06/28/delhi-ladakh/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn0957-min.jpgDSCN0957-min2020-01-27T21:44:41+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2016/07/06/taj-mahal/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn1543.jpgDSCN15432020-01-27T21:44:34+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2016/08/12/next/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/share_image-e1471028170619.pngshare_image2020-01-27T21:44:26+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2016/10/30/here-we-go-again/2020-01-27T21:44:17+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2016/12/18/settling-in/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1977.jpgdscn1977https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1976.jpgdscn1976https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1971.jpgdscn1971https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn1966.jpgdscn19662020-01-27T21:44:10+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2017/01/12/struggles/2020-01-27T21:44:04+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2017/02/11/strugglez-ii-the-remix/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2118.jpgdscn2118https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2117.jpgdscn2117https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2123.jpgdscn2123https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2121.jpgdscn2121https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2100.jpgdscn2100https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2056.jpgdscn2056https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2115.jpgdscn2115https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2108.jpgdscn2108https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2095.jpgdscn2095https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2113.jpgdscn21132020-01-27T21:43:59+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2017/02/22/limbo/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2209.jpgdscn2209The local name for the Nile? Omugga Kiyira.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2193.jpgdscn2193It takes roughly 3 months for the water to travel from this point to the Mediterranean - a journey of roughly 6400km.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2192.jpgdscn2192They were divebombing the trees to knowkc those seed pods off - I've been trying to google to determine why and have come up empty, so if I have any buzzard experts out there who can tell me, it would be much appreciated.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2181.jpgdscn2181Sunset at the Source of the Nile - where the river begins to flow from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean Sea.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2174.jpgdscn2174https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2151.jpgdscn2151Is that a challenge?https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2147.jpgdscn2147First views of the Nilehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2142.jpgdscn2142Stairs back down the minaret.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2141.jpgdscn2141The mosque is built on Kampala Hill, in Old Kampala. Two of the other hills host a Catholic and an Anglican cathedral.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2139.jpgdscn2139Kampala was founded on seven different hills, and the British called it 'Hills of the Impala.' Translated back to Lugandan from English, this became 'Akasozi ke'Empala' - literally, hill of impalas. The single word 'Kampala' was later adopted - and in Lugandan, ka'mpala translate literally to 'that is of the impala.'2020-01-27T21:43:51+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2017/05/01/not-that-goa/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2269.jpgDSCN2269The waterfall that delighted me so.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2267.jpgDSCN2267Hiking up the series of waterfalls - Kawasan is a series of cascading waterfalls, with 3 main levels.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2262.jpgDSCN2262On top of the peakhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2259.jpgDSCN2259Some of the formations were like less perfectly formed versions of the Chocolate Hills (see below).https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2252.jpgDSCN2252Fortunately, I was wrong.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2250.jpgDSCN2250https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2404.jpgDSCN2404https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2403.jpgDSCN2403Market in Goahttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2401.jpgDSCN2401I can tell you how much it is to ride a trike, but only in Goa. It's 8 PHP. Prices increase exponentially outside Goa.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2398.jpgDSCN23982020-01-27T21:43:45+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2017/05/10/cebu/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2011-firefly-tree.jpgFirefly treehttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2011_firefly_treersz_1.jpg2011_firefly_treersz_1I didn't bring my camera as I had left my waterproof kit at home - I really wish there were some photos with less exposure so the contrast would be more visible. These are all mangrove trees, which is where fireflies go to breed. They stay in the same trees - nobody is sure exactly why fireflies choose one tree over another.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2011_firefly_tree-rsz_0.jpg2011_firefly_tree rsz_0Trees just next to the lit up one would be totally dark. I honestly can't explain how amazing this was.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2370.jpgDSCN2370https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2365.jpgDSCN2365https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2358.jpgDSCN2358https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2357.jpgDSCN2357https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2356.jpgDSCN2356https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2350_2.jpgDSCN2350_2https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2340.jpgDSCN23402020-01-27T21:43:39+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2017/05/30/siargao/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2551.jpgDSCN2551https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2544.jpgDSCN2544Siargao is actually paradise.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2541.jpgDSCN2541This lighting was such a dream. I love the way the sun is hitting the sand here.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2533.jpgDSCN2533The Boardwalk @ Cloud 9 <3https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2523.jpgDSCN2523Softer light back on the beachhttps://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2527.jpgDSCN2527Seriously, the 4.15 wakeup is always worth it.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2535.jpgDSCN2535https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2525.jpgDSCN2525https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2520.jpgDSCN2520https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2513.jpgDSCN25132020-01-27T21:43:31+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/2017/06/28/21-hours-in-tokyo/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2681.jpgDSCN2681https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2675.jpgDSCN2675https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2671.jpgDSCN2671https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2669.jpgDSCN2669https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2662.jpgDSCN2662https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2660.jpgDSCN2660https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2658.jpgDSCN2658https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2655.jpgDSCN2655https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2649.jpgDSCN2649We also passed by Sushi Dai again, and despite the rain, the line was wrapping around the building already.https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2648.jpgDSCN26482020-01-27T21:43:25+00:00monthlyhttps://melissmckay.com/the-bachelor/https://melissmckay.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/roses.jpgroses2020-01-27T16:38:45+00:00weekly0.6https://melissmckay.com/posts/2013-06-27T19:05:21+00:00weekly0.6https://melissmckay.comdaily1.02020-04-05T15:05:19+00:00