Europe

Conversations in Alaska: “We saw where the glaciers used to be” 42 of 50

August 10, 2016August 10, 2016 First Person ForeignAlaska

A wandering soul read my sign and said “Oysterman?” I laughed, dismissively. “Yep.” He said “Sounds like a super hero.” And a few minutes later he said “Have fun with the super hero” and walked[…]

This Time Last Year | Hello from Italia!

May 15, 2016May 15, 2016 First Person ForeignBeauty

May 1, 2015: Hello from Italia, My Friends! After drafts of this email, I still don’t know which way to start it. This is the official halfway mark of my trip (officially tonight at Midnight).[…]

This Time Last Year (-ish) | Hello From Wales!

May 15, 2016May 15, 2016 First Person ForeignEurope

04/17/15 My Letter to Friends: Hello from Wales! Update from the Eurotrail: (excuse my putting ‘euro’ in front of as many words as europossible): To recap my trip so far 1: London, 2: Glasgow, Scotland, 3:[…]

First Letter from Europe | Kensington, London

April 22, 2016April 24, 2016 First Person ForeignEurope

Hello My FRamily on this Easter Sunday, I have texted with a few of you, emailed with a few of you, and the rest of you aren’t sure whether or not I made it here.[…]

My First Day in Europe | London

April 22, 2016April 22, 2016 First Person ForeignBeauty

I’d heard about London my whole life. In college, a handful of my friends went there for a semester. Their profile pictures featured Big Ben. I’d heard about traveling around Europe, and imagined doing it[…]

Poetry in Bristol | This Time Last Year

April 21, 2016April 21, 2016 First Person ForeignEurope

4.20 in Bristol. I sat on a hill as green as hyped emerald and caught up on the latest in my journal. Before I left the hostel, I washed my clothes in the sink (this[…]