Eat Pray Love

I just finished reading the "Number One Bestseller that everyone is talking about" this book was incredible, I couldn't put it down -- and for those who know me know that I'm not much of a book reader. When I flipped to the last page of the novel I was so sad, I didn't want the novel to end, I just wanted to keep reading.

I am quite like Liz; I can't sit still for long, I am always busy doing something new, I am the social butterfly of a group and I just need to learn how to relax and take time for myself. This book was so inspiring to me because I love to travel, and all of the travel experiences were so inspiring and made me want to go to each place even more then I already initially wanted to. Just seeing how much someone can grow in a rather short period of time amazes me.

This book has inspired me to do all 3 things that Liz did:

- Eat (Italy)
I want to go and experience a new culture and learn their customs and language. I will land off the plane knowing next to none of the local language and not knowing much about the country. I think that being so out of my element when I first land there will make me become accustomed to the culture and language that much quicker and I will adapt and feel at home must faster. When I am in the country of choice I want to attend a school and learn the local language, this is also a way that I could make friends who have the same interests as me from all around the world.

-Pray (India)
I need to learn to relax and slow down, I always have 1 million thoughts and plans going through my head at once and I need to relax. I would love to learn to meditate and clear my mind and get rid of all the negative. One of these meditation retreats that she did interests me so much. She met all different kinds of people from all over the world and all different walks of life. This is what I love so much about traveling; you meet all sorts of people from all different walks of life, all different ages and religions and there is just so much to learn about each person as an individual. I did jump on the internet when I was finished the book and start researching a meditation retreat in rural India.

-Love (Bali)
What an incredible story Bali was, so moving. Since I have been in Australia my desire to go to Bali has doubled because it is so close. When I go to Bali I don't want to be a typical tourist, I would rather experience Bali like locals do. I would love to visit a medicine man and make friends with all sorts of people who have all different spiritual beliefs. I would love to go to all of the different places around Bali that tourists don't usually invade such as where Liz went on her "American" Road trip around Bali with her new Brazilian love.

I highly recommend this book to anyone! I'm scared to see the movie because I don't want it to ruin the story for me.