Travels – Page 8

Nearing End-of-Season Check-Up: How to Remember Alaska

August 9, 2016August 9, 2016 First Person ForeignAlaska

There’s not much that isn’t temporary. Temporary tattoos are temporary, but so are permanent ones as they will fade over the years. Cheese is temporary, sadly, and so are baby teeth, adult teeth, wisdom teeth,[…]

Conversations in Alaska: “It’s very different in the Mediterranean” 44 of 50

August 3, 2016 First Person ForeignAlaska

I had this conversation with a young girl, long hair with two black clips, while we were settling under the tent at the front of the Norwegian Pearl. Shorex: “It’s my first day back.” Me:[…]

Summer in Alaska: The Town

July 10, 2016 First Person ForeignAlaska

Ketchikan is a small fishing town that became a tourist trap and cruise port. Ketchikan has the largest collection of preserved totem poles and boasts one Walmart, a frenetic salmon ladder at the end of[…]

Crash and Grab vol. 2 | Returning Home and Coming Back to Un-Home

July 5, 2016 First Person ForeignAlaska

From: Into the Woods The Musical There are Giants in the sky! There are big tall terrible Giants in the sky! When you’re way up high And you look below At the world you left[…]

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:[…]

Man Overboard & The Overpriced Matchbox | Day Two

April 28, 2016April 28, 2016 First Person ForeignAlaska

All aboard the St. Nora! For the whole day. Second day in a row waking up at 7am. Stank face is like a permanent feature until well after I brush my teeth. I saw where[…]

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[…]