Athena / I Had No Idea How Much I’d Need Her
I’ve wanted a tattoo since I was in high school. I came up with new ideas every month, desperately searching for the perfect image to get emblazoned on my skin. I never got anything, though, because despite my longing to decorate my body with ink, I knew that I hadn’t come across anything that I...
A Setback of Sorts.
I’ve been back from Europe for just over a month now. It took awhile, but I got settled back into New York City life, and shed the constant daydreams of rocky beaches, foreign men, motorbikes and ancient civilizations. That is, until now. Last night, I was walking to the Union Turnpike subway station, and I...
Europe By The Numbers & Contiki Reviewed
Days spent travelling/in Europe: 28 Nations visited: 7 (Italy, Vatican City, France, Monaco, Spain, Greece, Turkey) Greek Islands visited: 5 (Crete, Rhodes, Patmos, Mykonos, Santorini) Digital pictures taken: 1,236 Rolls of film taken: 10.5 People on the Med Highlights Reverse tour: 34 (not inc. me) People on the Golden Fleece tour: 21 (not inc. me)...
A Few More Notes.
Don’t worry, friends and readers, this is going to return to its previous MP3 blog status. But part of the reason that I am extending the Europe blogging a bit longer is because being gone for a month sort of skews what you know about music that’s out right now. So while I finish up...
866 artifacts from Europe.
I took 1,236 (digital) pictures while I was in Europe, and about 8-10 rolls of film (but those aren’t developed and/or scanned yet). I didn’t want to make anyone sit through a ton of duplicates or bad shots, so here are the best of them. The visual documentation of (almost) one month in Europe
Something Different.
Is it really almost over? Am I really leaving tomorrow? We blazed a hot trail through the islands. Each stop gave us just a few hours to get a feel for each island, thus the internet was not even close to being a priority. I’ve written things down in my journal to capture the dreamy...
Greece At Last!
As I probably mentioned to many of you who I talked to before my trip, a huge part of this trip was my desire to go to Greece. After seeing pictures of Greece from my friends Clara & Kyle’s trip last year, I knew I had to go. I’ve only been in Athens for a...
Nice? That’s Nice.
Bonjour from Nice! We arrived in France yesterday night, and though I was sad to leave Italy, there’s a bit of familiarity to France for me. I realized just a few days ago that being in Italy was my first time alone in a country where I don’t speak the language, and I managed just...
More from Florence!
A few lines from my journal before I head off on a walking tour of Florence… “Rome is beautiful. The pastel-colored buildings are so much more inviting than America’s monotone monstrosities. Piazza Navona reminds me a lot of Montmartre, with the painters and cafés. Trevi Fountain also stunning — too bad we’re not allowed to jump...
Ciao from Florence!
I don’t have much time — I somehow managed to spend 22 of my 30 minutes looking at e-mails… Spent the last two days in Rome, which I absolutely fell in love with. Saw the Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Colisseum, though I didn’t go inside. I spent a lot of time in the area right...
Peace Out, U.S.A.
Well, friends, family & readers, today I’m leaving to roam around the Mediterranean for about a month. There was a lot more I wanted to write about before I left — Harvey Danger, the albums that got me through finals — but it’s just not going to happen before my flight leaves in 2-3 hours....
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