Remember Simbelmyne, our Sparkler who nearly drowned in her own bathroom in Greece? Here she is again, with a summary of her travels! —SparkNotes Editors

Shopping

This is our third day in Preveza (a pretty coastal area, with oodles and oodles of beach), and I must say, I may have single-handedly boosted the local economy by a significant amount. Gift shop owners positively faint with happiness when I walk in the door, and I’m pretty sure I’ve helped put a few of their children through college by now. I most likely have an evil eye necklace for every day of the year.

Sparkler Simbelmyne has just arrived in Greece with her best friend, Tory, her brother, and her grandma and is blogging about her adventures for SparkLife! Read more about her trip in her first summer blog post. —SparkNotes Editors

I’ll admit, I’ve thought about my final moments before. Will I be the victim of some insane super-virus, turning purple with pink spots in a government facility somewhere in the deep Arctic? Will I be taken prisoner by pirates and forced to walk a 2 x 4 into eel-infested waters? Will I meet my end by fire? Falling rocks? Poorly-cooked steak?

Yes, I’ve thought of many an exciting death befitting a glorious and illustrious life such as my own, but do you know what never once enters into any of these thrilling scenarios?

Goats.

Simbelmyne is Sparkler whose last post about teacher crushes was such a huge hit, we've asked her to blog about her life. In this post, her first installment of her summer blog series, Simbelmyne prepares for a month-long trip to Greece with her best friend. Enjoy! —SparkNotes Editors

Ah…travel.

The exotic locales, the interesting people, the airplane food, the strange bugs the size of small dogs, the sand in your shoes (and everywhere else, for what seems like weeks after you’ve been anywhere near a beach), and of course, the pictures you take of some gorgeous seascape, only to realize that some European woman is sunbathing topless in the background. Which you discover while showing said pictures to your grandparents.