• Favorite Travel Photos (Part 1)

    In 2006, I took my very first trip abroad. At the time, I was in college and my interest in photography was growing my the minute. A lot has changed since that first international trip, but one of the biggest things has been my photography skills. I have worked hard to try to hone and

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  • Fulfilling a Dream

    Has there ever been a country that has just called to you? Imploring you to visit? To explore its cities and roam its streets? To taste its foods and experience its culture? To buy its wares and immerse yourself in everything it has to offer? I have known many: Italy, Iceland, and Morocco, to be

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  • Photo Friday: Piazza San Marco, Venice

    This was one of my favorite scenes from when I was in Venice. I love people watching, and this grandpa and his grandson provided me with several minutes of entertainment. The grandpa had a hand full of food and was feeding the pigeons, holding them on his arm, for his grandson to touch. While feeding

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  • Photo Friday: Cinque Terre

    When I was in Manarola, Cinque Terre, Italy, with Brendon of Nerd Travels, we were both really eager to try to get some sunset shots of the village. We tried to scope out the best spot and made our way up there to set up our tripods to wait for the sun to drop. Unfortunately,

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  • Tenuta Masselina Winery

    If you’ve seen or read Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love, then you’re probably very familiar with the phrase, “dolce far niente”, or the sweetness of doing nothing. Despite the fact that Italians do, in fact, lead normal and busy lives, I think their culture differs from ours in the United States in that in their

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  • Picturesque Cinque Terre

    Many years ago, I spent a beautiful summer in Italy, soaking up as much as I possibly could. Sadly though, every weekday morning was spent in a classroom, which left little time for exploration of the whole of Italy. As days rolled into weeks, and weeks into months, my time in Italy, specifically in Rome,

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  • My Love Affair with Rome

    A few months ago I made what felt like a pilgrimage of sorts–I went back to Rome, the city that started it all for me. I hadn’t stepped foot in the Eternal City since that summer of 2006 for fear of having a bad time and letting it somehow cast a shadow over the beautiful

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