Tag: my adventures

The Drums of Óbidos

I had entered a time machine, not to medieval Portugal, but to my own youth in 20th century California. When… Read more.
See ALL the Things! Part 2

Everything about this place is chanting, “too much is never enough.” I’m not mad though. The library may be what… Read more.
See ALL the Things! Part 1

As a starving student, with a demanding job, enduring a record breaking heatwave, I still managed to see and do… Read more.
Language Lessons

My ability to thrive, to immediately acclimate, in a non-English speaking environment was greatly exaggerated in my daydreams of travel.… Read more.
More than Words

Every relationship has a hidden account, where action or inaction can increase or decrease the balance. Sometimes, when the Work… Read more.
Gotta Dance

I’ve never been good at small talk under the best of circumstances. I really didn’t have it in me that… Read more.
Bom Apetite

If I had it all to do again I would have started a cheese diary on my first day in… Read more.
Don’t Go Too Fast, but I Go Pretty Far

There wasn’t any hour that the Metro, or Lisbon in general, felt unsafe to me as a woman traveling alone.… Read more.
Paradise Found

Cool. Cool. That sounds totally safe. Work hard, get into my dream school, go on a field trip into a… Read more.
Something a Lot Like Home

It is strange the extent to which when I am at home I daydream constantly about traveling and when I… Read more.