Music That Moves Me - Playlist Edition

A.K.A BIGGEST post ever.

In honor of my soon-to-be-undertaken adventure I have decided that this week will be a copy of my traveling playlist instead of focusing on one artist:

Here is the playlist I've put together for the plane ride called Europe Bound (very unoriginal) :

Song Name - Artist

Radiance And Reason - Josh Johnson

See America Right - The Mountain Goats

January Wedding - The Avett Brothers

One Of Those Days - Joshua Radin

Hush Hush - Natalie Portman's Shaved Head

Magic Hours - Explosions In The Sky

Ghosts - Laura Marling

Where Love Went Wrong - Augustana

Blood Bank - Bon Iver

Time Lapse Lifeline - Maria Taylor

Little Bit - Lykke Li

To Be Loved - Joan As Police Woman

Long Time Nothing New - Pete Yorn

Hospital Bed - Seabear

In Love With A View - Mojave 3

The Middle - Jimmy Eat World

The Canals Of Our City - Beirut

Heartbeats - Jose Gonzalez

Know Your Velocity - Monzano

Ain't Gonna Lose You - Brett Dennen

Tightrope - Yeasayer

Life On Earth - Band of Horses

Be Gentle With Me - The Boy Least Likely To

Let's Get Lost - Bat for Lashes & Beck

Farewell - Greg Laswell

A Good Start - Maria Taylor

Star Mile - Joshua Radin

Walk Away - Ben Harper

Gray Or Blue - Jaymay

How Lucky We Are - Meiko

Don't Let Me Fall - Lenka

Just Another Old Love Song - Joe Purdy

Broken Horse - Freelance Whales

Messages - Xavier Rudd

I Don't Think So - Priscilla Ahn

And Asleep I Am Your Everything - Luke Pickett

Dirt On Your New Shoes - Bishop Allen

Desire - Ryan Adams

Swingset Chain - Loquat

Your Ex-Lover Is Dead - Stars

My Love (Soundtrack Version) - Sia

Fake Palindromes - Andrew Bird

Sort Of - Ingrid Michaelson

Blood - The Middle East

How it comes is how it goes - Jay Malinowski

Holdin' On - Rooney

Empty Corridors - Luke Pickett

October Leaves - The Good Life

Parade - Pretty Girls Make Graves

How Will He Find Me - Deb Talan

Marry Me - St. Vincent

The Walls Are Coming Down - Fanfarlo

Find Home - The Honey Trees

Sudstitution - Silversun Pickups

Songs That Say Goodbye - Schuyler Fisk

Smith Hill - Deer Tick

We Can Try - Between The Trees

Hold You In My Arms - Ray LaMontagne

Donny and Johnny - Pearl and the Beard

Nothing Left To Lose - Mat Kearney

Shut Me Out - Aidan Hawken

I'd Be Lying - Greg Laswell

Your Sweet Voice - The Reindeer Section

Closer to You - Brett Dennen

After Afterall - William Fitzsimmons

Nicest Thing - Kate Nash

The Park - Feist

This Is the Last Time I'll Say Goodbye - I Hear Sirens

A Smile That Explodes - Joseph Arthur

Insomnia - Electric President

Maps (Alt Version) - The Snake The Cross The Crown

Airplanes - Local Natives

Crutch & Cane - Peter Wolf Crier

Bruises Chairlift - Does You Inspire You

Swim - Jack's Mannequin

Down in the Valley - The Head and the Heart

Heavy Water; I'd Rather Be Sleeping - Grouper

The Cold, The Dark & The Silence - Sea Wolf

My Girl The Horse - Fences

Tokyo Nightmare - Octoberman

Home - Great Northern

Clementine - Sarah Jaffe

The Crane Wife 3 - The Decemberists

Naked As We Came - Iron And Wine

Heavens To Purgatory - The Most Serene Republic

There For The Taking - Lou Rhodes

Best Not To Think About It - Athlete

Airport Song - Guster

The Seething Rain Weeps For You - Mew

Alone - Adam Hurst

Running Up That Hill - Placebo

Andvari - Sigur Rós

Will You Please Be There For Me - Gary Lightbody

Down - Jason Walker

Hide & Seek 2 - Imogen Heap

Hard Believer - First Aid Kit

Undeniable - Mat Kearney

White Lines & Red Lights - Between the Trees

Better Than Love - Griffin House

The Ballad of Love and Hate - The Avett Brothers

The Friscalating Dusklight - If These Trees Could Talk

Oxford Comma - Vampire Weekend

Lisztomania - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Sleepyhead - Passion Pit

Skinny Love - Bon Iver

River Flows In You - Yiruma

Colorblind - Counting Crows

Forever - Ben Harper

The Girl - City and Colour

What Sarah Said - Death Cab For Cutie

We Won’t Run - Sarah Blasko

So there it is... The music that will be keeping me company on my long flight. I love all these artist and I think they are the perfect way to start a holiday! If there are any you haven't heard of go ahead and Google them. Who knows you may find a new favorite!

Image found here.

The Count Down Well and Turly Begins

As you may have heard me mention in past postings I am going on a BIG adventure soon. Very soon in fact. Really soon: 12 days soon.

12 days!!!

That's right in 12 short days I will start an adventure I have been dreaming about for 18 or so years. It's a big tick on the 'Life: To Do List'.

I have been trying not to think about it too much (a failing quite frankly) in a desperate attempt to keep my mind on my studies. I've almost done it too - a few more hundred words and I will have completed all the essays for this semester.

But I am now face-to-face with the unavoidable truth - in less than a fortnight I will be heading overseas. Wherever is am I gallivanting to I hear you wonder. Well, here it is. The outline of the BIG adventure.

- Land in Newcastle via Dubai
- Where we pick up the hire car
- Do a self directed driving tour of Scotland and Britain (more on that in a later post)
- To London to meet up with the tour

Tour takes us to:
- Amsterdam
- Rhineland
- Lucerne
- Innsbruck
- Verona
- Venice
- Rome
- Sorrento
- Florence
- Pisa
- Nice
- Cannes
- Lyon
- Paris
- Back to London

- Spend a few more days in London exploring then off to Heathrow to start the long journey home

I am starting to get really excited!!! I can't wait to take photos of...well...everything!! I have a feeling I'm going to love every second of it.

But before I go I have got to:
- finish two assignments (!!)
- celebrate my birthday (Yippee)
- attend a going away party for my best friend (seriously the saddest thing. I am so so happy for her and proud of her for landing such a great job. But I am going to miss her like crazy. The selfish part of me is devastated she's leaving - the person I can talk to honestly about anything - but I know that she is going to do amazing things. Besides that's what Skype, email and Facebook is for.)
- go to a wedding (Woohoo!!)
- finish all the last minute things I've forgotten
- PACK!!!

I am nervous, excited, slightly stressed, sad and a whole bunch of other emotions. I'm slowly becoming a ball of mixed emotions. This will be the fruition of much planning, dreaming and saving that has been in the works for 2 years.

Anyway, the purpose of this post is one of WARNING! In 12 days this blog will become a travel blog of sorts with pictures, funny or not so funny experiences, thoughts and feelings on any given place or situation. I will endeavor to keep up with my regular posts but the time change will probably confuse me no end.

I do so hope you join me on my journey and offer comments along the way. Please stick with me through this slight aberration. I just think this experience will be too wonderful not to share. Be brave - try something out of the ordinary.

May the rest of your week be amazing!!

Image found here... Yahoo!!! I'm going to be there soon.