In February I visited Strasbourg, a city at the eastern border where France meets Germany, with my mom and her boyfriend, Tom. Strasbourg is in the Alsace region where the mix of French and German culture is just perfect. Food from both cultures… signs in both languages… and I could see mountains. German mountains. Ah. […]
The holiday season is a tricky maneuver for the study abroad student. Do they go home to be with friends and family? Do they travel through Europe to make the most of their time off? Do they just wing it with friends? For me the first two were outside my financial boundaries, so winging was […]
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
I finally did some traveling outside of Paris! I spent the first weekend of November in Brussels and Amsterdam. It was a whirlwind tour full of odd-hour buses, confusing hotels, and food. So much food. Aside from a souvenir hat and some keychains, that’s where all my money went. Food. The voyage began with a 6am […]
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Sunday, September 1, 2013
Packing was a hot mess. I started Sunday for a Tuesday morning departure, which might have been ok if packing didn’t also mean cleaning the entire room (so it can be used as a guest room while I’m gone). Oh my gosh what a mess it was. I had clothing strewn everywhere and furniture to […]
So I flew with Icelandair because I knew the name and I wanted to fly with an airline, not a travel website like Expedia or Orbitz or countless others. I wanted to have one company responsible for my baggage and my complaints… not 3 different airlines and a travel company. So far, I do not […]
