The first thing I learned after Pony left was that farmers don't have time for banjos and that the hard day's work never ends. The language you learn to speak with the animals doesn't stop being spoken when the sun goes down. No matter the hour, each quack, cluck, whinny or bleat has to be analyzed and answered to.
The whole experience was so surreal. The darkness, the novelty, the movie-like setting gave the whole evening a dreamy quality that was hard to shake. Yet the feelings, the friendships that were already forming, the thrill of shimmying down mine-shafts and up rickety, wooden ladders, that all felt real. Refreshingly real.
Catherine's story is incredible. She's an environmental warrior, a mountain queen, a wild soul, an intelligent mind -- she recounts tales like an ancient orator and can make you laugh until you cry.
I The morning is still. The sun still shrouded by the surrounding mountains. I venture out, unaware of what's to come. How could Juliet have anticipated Romeo's sweet handshake? The streets are small and winding, the shade of their walls presses against me like a hug. Their open doors beckon me with warm welcome… enticing... Continue Reading →
A perfectly selected scarf can do all of the following without raising a sweat or breaking a thread.
As a lover and maker of cinema, nothing gets me itchier to travel than films featuring strong female leads and far-off lands. Here are three of the movies I watch between trips to keep that travel fever burning strong...
I bought a one-way ticket to London. That’s how it all started.
Today is an important day. It marks my six month anniversary with traveling. Ironically, today I am also handing in my two weeks notice. Fourteen short days from now I will be fastening my seatbelt in the airplane that will fly me back to the Land of the Free (bathrooms). Of course, I'm a whirlwind of... Continue Reading →
I was in Aachen to begin with because my brother, who joined me for a week in my travels, wanted to see the hand of Charlemagne in the Aachen Cathedral.
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