One Day This Happened Stories

The Last Supper: Standing Where Da Vinci Stood

by Gina on September 12, 2012 · 2 comments

One Day in Italy, This Happened… Seeing the Last Supper as a Da Vinci Code Loving Art Novice I admit it: I’m not a huge artwork fan. Granted, I can appreciate it. Raphael’s Rooms in the Vatican literally stopped me in my tracks with the lifelike expressions on the painted faces. The Sistine Chapel was [...]

How Travel Helps Us to be Young Again

by Gina on September 10, 2012 · 12 comments

One Day in St. Thomas, This Happened… Playing in Magen’s Bay This past winter I remembered what it was like to play with absolute abandon. I was in St. Thomas as part of a work cruise and was at Magens Bay. My company was managing a conference onboard the Norwegian Epic and as a reward [...]

Minnesota Boundary Waters: That Time a Canoe Fell on Me

by Gina on August 23, 2012 · 6 comments

One Day in Minnesota, this Happened… Ok, the canoe didn’t really fall on me. It was actually dropped on me. By my giggling younger sisters. Let me back up. It was my last summer in Minnesota for my last (summer) class of college before graduating and moving to California. My sister, Coley, was also home [...]

Iced Thai Coffee … Or Just Iced Coffee

by Gina on July 11, 2012 · 4 comments

One Day in Thailand This Happened… Figuring Out How to Order Iced Thai Coffee It was no secret before I left for Thailand that I wasn’t crazy about Thai food. However, there was one thing I knew I loved, and that was Thai coffee. The little Thai shop next door to where I worked served [...]

Convertible on the Golden Gate Bridge

by Gina on May 9, 2012 · 0 comments

One Day in San Franciso, This Happened… I see the red start to appear in the distance as we curve around a bend in the road and I immediately pull my scarf around me tighter. I then lean forward and turn up the heat of the convertible. When my fiancé, Tom, rented a convertible for [...]

A (Lack of) Gas Fueled Surprise

by Gina on April 4, 2012 · 0 comments

One Day in Santa Barbara, this Happened… “I think we should get gas,” I say. “If we stop for gas we’re not going to make it,” my fiancé, Tom, tells me from the driver’s seat of our car. “We’ll make it.” I peer over from my perch on the passenger seat to look at the [...]

Biking to Angkor Wat

by Gina on February 7, 2012 · 1 comment

One Day in Siem Reap, This Happened… Oh. My. Aching. Butt. I pedal along the side of the road and marvel as the bustling city of Siem Reap transforms in a matter of minutes into a jungle-lined road with foliage so thick I can only see a few feet into it. The light wind on [...]

An Elephant’s Faithful | Riding an Elephant in Thailand

by Gina on January 16, 2012 · 1 comment

One Day in Thailand, This Happened… An elephant’s faithful, one hundred percent! I stare at the elephants lumbering by and the old Dr. Seuss line doesn’t make me feel better about the fact that these elephants could smoosh me in about two seconds. They don’t know me after all, so they’re not going to be [...]