It may have been sensationalized as hell.  It may sound like the plot of a bad Hollywood movie. And maybe there are too many people selling Never Forget paraphenalia to tourists visiting the city. But the truth is that it DID happen. Everyone around here knows someone who knew someone. And no, we’re not gonna […]

A marathon of public transportation and 34 hours later my mother is out on the driveway welcoming me home, trying to carry my heaviest piece of luggage. I give her my purse. It’s good to be back. I had put a lot of pressure on myself in Thailand regarding studying and attending bootcamp. So much […]

August 25, 2010 I’m exhausted. Yes, I know I’m jet-lagged. And yes I just went hard at bootcamp the last two days. But it’s more than that. Back in the beginning of August I just wanted to return home. I was mentally done. No real permanent location after a while kinda gets to you. Here […]

A few winks and suddently the world has shifted. Countries. Continents. Currency. But the love and generosity, the attentiveness and the compassion – they do not waver. When u need only b polite u r kind. When u need only b present u r helpful. And now, when it comes time to thank, I have not […]

Well my friends… I’ve stuck to my guns and will go through my plan to workout in Thailand until I’m healthy. Eat til I’m healthy. Study until I’m learn-ed. 6 more days in Poland and then I fly out. Got a direct flight off of skyscanner.com for $467. Just 10 and a half hours… that’s […]

laura’s home town on the beach…

feels like I fell out of a box of lucky charms!

fascinating…

I’m in love!

I had approximately 28 hours in Berlin.  After das Happy dance and a little anticipation blogging, I set out for The Pegasus Hostel which I had booked online the night before.  A whopping 17 Euros to share a room with 5 of my favorite strangers. The staff was going through a shift change when I […]

Whz isnät this grammaticallz correct_  Because Iäm in Berlin on a German kezboard!!!  Itäs like iäm writing with an accent. haha. (This blog has editied z’s to y’s due to reader frustration.) I had forgotten another major reason that I travel – the happy dance!  While you can learn so much from the people and […]

more on lyon…. more people… more places…. more attempts at purchasing tickets…  more free breakfasts

The lovey Swedish Tina and me.

Lyon is lovely and I love it!

HOly Hell…

was it what we expected

a lotta excitement and then some mountain sickness…

honk honk bumety bump

bleck

all about the home of the 5th ane 13th dhalai lamas

Here’s my wonky montage of the palace:

For those peripheral processors who don’t want to read countless blogs about each and every Chinese adventure, I write this for you. Here I summarize the entire trip. BAM! As for you central processors, those blogs are coming… with details, facts, humor and mystery.   And my poor yet conversational writing style. Dear Reader, China was an […]

Our train pulled into Beijing approx. one hour late at 8 this morning.  After two days chugging back from Lhasa, Tibet, we were eager to get to our hostel. Justine and I have never seen so many people pushing their way through a train station or even airport for that matter.  Overpopulation is right!  We battled […]