travel blog
So, 2006 was a World Cup summer. I have never been a sports fan. Not playing. Not watching. But when in Rome.. so I spent the entire summer watching Italy play. I went to bars and cafes with classmates to see some games. Some I watched at home with my Italian roommate. Went to Circo
My trip to South Africa was probably the most epic trip ever. It was a lot firsts: my first time to Africa, the furthest I’d ever traveled (over 9,000 miles), my first safari, my first World Cup, my first time seeing Bill Clinton in person (and I grew up so close to Washington, D.C. when
Much of my time in Rome was the same—I had class five days a week for four hours in the morning. Every morning I’d wake up, shower, run to the Ottaviano metro stop, and wait on the platform for the train. I believe I was there during an unseasonably hot summer, and most places were
I really didn’t know much about the Netherlands beyond windmills, tulips, clogs, weed, and prostitutes. (Well, and canals and bicycles, if we’re being honest.) I was pretty excited to see the country, especially since I’d met about five students from there when I studied abroad in Rome, and had become very good friends with a
Iceland might be my favorite place on earth. There’s something very mystical and magical about it. The landscapes are more beautiful than photographs can capture (try as I might!). Not only that, but they’re so varied, and in such a small space. Driving around the ring road, you’ll see: moss-covered lava, massive waterfalls, sharp cliffs,
My first distinct memory of Italy was stepping off the plane and realizing that everything was suddenly real. I was at Fiumicino, and everything was written in Italian, and everyone was speaking Italian. I had a few tasks at hand: find my luggage, exchange some money, grab a cab, and go to my apartment on
Socotra sounds like one of the coolest places on Earth. In Sanscrit, it means “The Island of Bliss”. An otherworldly island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Yemen, Soctora is home to about 40,000 people and about a third of its plant life is only found there. The entire island was named a
I’d been going through a particularly heinous breakup, when one day I got an email touting Croatian island hopping. Of course, in my current sad-sack state, I was eager to purchase and go right then, but I couldn’t afford it. Instead, I put Dubrovnik, Croatia on my bucket list and started researching. When I realized