Julie, It sounds like you had a really great trip this past Christmas. I really liked the first page of your site. However, I think for the link where the pictures are located you should maybe label the pictures and include them in your essay so that your reader knows what they are. Besides that I think your essay was very enticing, it made me want to read on, and find out what else happened. I liked it when you were talking about how ridiculous you felt, by doing that, it creates more of a sense of closeness or realness between you and the person who is reading your paper, they feel like they know what you were going through. Good Job!