Once upon a time...

there was a young girl. She dreamed of far off places, as most girls do. She wanted to see them all. But she never imagined her fairy tales would come actually come true. Some did for this very fortunate girl. She traveled to India, Mexico, and lots of places in America. She knew she was lucky. But a piece of her heart longed to see Europe. She did not set her expectations of this dream too high, for she did not know if the chance would ever present itself. She knew she should be grateful for what she had already seen and done. And she was. But life is magical, didn't you know? And sometimes (all the time) little miracles appear in our lives to lead us somewhere special...somewhere like Ukraine. And then when life can't get any better, it does. And you are off to more far off places; Hungary, Austria, Germany, and the Czech Republic to be exact. That little spot in this girl's heart became full. It was overflowing with joy, peace, happiness, smiles, love, and everything good in this world! This little girl was a lucky one. Yes, yes she was.

And even though her story is far from finished, she already knows it ends in happily ever after.