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| My dear girls! |
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| Awesome parents! |
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| Getting pumped up! |
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| Skydiving with Mom and Judson |
About Me
- Hannah Meherg
- My name is Hannah Meherg. I am a seventh grade English teacher. I am a former ESL teacher, Taiwan resident, theatre junkie, book lover, cookie baker, and baseball stat keeper.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Some people I love - Summer 2012
Skydiving!
So one of the best things that I did this summer was going
skydiving. Mom has always wanted to go, so for their birthdays, she and Judson
decided to go! When I heard, I begged them to let me go as well!
After the “family reunion” we drove to a hotel and spent the
night. After waking up at an unseemly early hour, we drove an hour or so to Cedarville , GA to Skydive
Georgia !
We got all checked in, signed our lives away and settled in to wait… and wait…
and wait… We waited for a very long time…
Finally they called our names. We are paired with our tandem
instructor and strapped into our harnesses. We were given our instructions on
how to jump and then we were left alone. All I have to say for the harness is
that it was TIGHT and uncomfortable… especially for large busted women….
We finally get on the airplane… packed in like sardines. My
instructor was nice, but not chatty… so I was really quiet. We get to the
jumping height and we all have to sit on our instructor’s laps so we can be
strapped together. Then we inch towards the door and….
We jump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I barely remember falling… except that it was really hard to
breathe. It was that feeling you get when you’re underwater and really need to
breathe, but can’t get to the surface. It was very cold and exhilarating. It
was also very very loud with the airplane and the wind rushing by.
When the chute opened, that was my favorite part. It was so
quiet and beautiful. We floated down through the clouds. Mom and Judson got
nauseous from the spinning, but I loved it. My tandem instructor pointed out
our shadow on the clouds below along with a rainbow on a cloud!
We landed and my legs were like jelly!
Paris
Arrived in Paris... Exhausted. We walked to the Eiffel Tower, then slept.
Today we spent all morning at Notre Dame Cathedral which was
awesome! We also toured the Louvre and the Arch de Triomph!
Went to the top of the Eiffel Tower
London
So I was home for ten days then Judson, Cassie and I headed off to London and Paris. I won't tell all the crazy details, but here are some of the highlights!
Arrived in London
Spent the morning on the tube :( and spent the afternoon exploring theTower of London , having afternoon tea at St. Paul 's Cathedral and shopping at Harrods. We saw The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre and words cannot express how wonderful it was!!
Lovely day today! Began at The Globe Theater, toured the
Greek and Egyptian parts of the British
Museum 
I stood on top of a lot of famous dead people today - At
Westminster Abbey. I also shopped at the Portabello Market, worshipped at St. Paul 's Cathedral, photographed Buckingham Palace 
Arrived in Spent the morning on the tube :( and spent the afternoon exploring the
Today we went on a lovely day trip to Windsor
Castle , Oxford
and Stonehenge . I loved them all, but my
personal favorite was seeing The Eagle and the Child, the pub where C.S. Lewis
and J.R.R. Tolkein regularly met with the Inklings!
Dragonboat Festival
Dragonboat
One of the coolest things I have done in Taiwan is
participating in Dragonboat races. The Dragonboat Festival is held in June
every year. And it is a big deal. Groups of 20 rowers sit in a small boat decorated
with dragon head regalia. There is a drummer who sits in the head and sets a
beat for the rowers to row to. The way you paddle is very different than rowing
a canoe or rowboat.
Anyway… I rowed with my school. We didn’t do very well, but I had a lot of fun! Here’s some pictures!
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| Learning how to row |
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| Right after the race! |
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| My team! |
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