Surely We’re Bright Enough To Outshine The Stars

Tweet There is a scene in the fabulous collection of shorts, Paris Je T’Aime, with a very stereotypical overweight American tourist clad in fanny pack, sneakers and her Lonely Planet Paris guide. As amazing as all of the shorts in this collection are, this one haunts me the most. Her terrible French, her lonely but [...]

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Bring On Paris

Tweet As soon as Erik got through security, I immediately regretted not staying in the amazingly comfortable hotel bed and coming to the airport on my own, closer to my own flight time. My 12:40pm flight isn’t leaving for another three hours and I didn’t get my postcards mailed, rushed through breakfast and skipped my [...]

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Down and Out In Paris and London and Serbia

Tweet Note: Written 6 July 2011 By the time I will have posted this, I will be in Serbia. After a mad dash on a rolled ankle, a little line cutting and a broken combination of English and French, I boarded a flight to Belgrade this morning. My final destination today is Novi Sad, about [...]

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Barcelona To London

Tweet Note: Written 22 June 2011 I didn’t sleep the best last night then woke up at 9:00 today to breakfast, stamps for my postcards, packing my sack, writing postcards, broiling the chicken I’ve been marinating for two days, and eventually leaving for the airport London-bound. I’m currently in Paris having prosecco and caprese sandwich [...]

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I’m Off For Three Months In Europe

Tweet The only thing that could have rivaled the excitement of my first plane ticket purchase this morning is the giddiness I’m feeling after purchasing the SkyTeam Europe Pass this afternoon. I will be staying with family from my father’s side in Barcelona, most of which I have never met before. I will also have [...]

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