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September 6, 2011

Frustration and Loathing in London

No one said moving abroad would be easy, but, my goodness, it’s been so frustrating! MY PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELLED. As HBL would say, I have a tendency to focus on the negative, so I’ve made this experience about accentuating the positive, as the sappy posters in my high school would always advise. However, it’s […]

September 2, 2011

The Capital Hotel

So I really feel like I’m where I’m supposed to be- this could be because I’m in a posh hotel sipping a Cosmo…or it could be because I FINALLY am in a place where I feel like everything is coming together. After my French fiasco (involving a very close brush with homelessness) I am safely […]

August 29, 2011

Visitors with Baby Bottles

Guess where Miss V and I are? Versailles A ceiling at Versailles- I want to live here (minus the tourists). This week has been crazy busy with visitors. I’m so glad- I started to go a little stir crazy by myself. Sweaty me in the Hall of Mirrors. I have realized that I am the […]

August 25, 2011

Ya Ain’t From Around Here, Are Ya?

Me and my lovely friends- none of us Parisian. Can you tell? In my travels around the world, I’ve learned that the WORST possible thing you can do is LOOK like a tourist. This includes but is certainly not limited to: 1) Sunhats and parasols in non-beach settings 2) Fanny packs, backpacks and visible travel […]

August 20, 2011

Help! I’m Becoming My Mother!

I still have to pinch myself sometimes. I really can’t believe I’m here in Europe. I worked for SO long to make this trip a reality, and did SO much to prepare, that I almost feel as if I’m still in prep mode and haven’t accustomed myself to the idea that I’ve DONE it, I’ve […]

August 15, 2011

Maurice

Jim Morrison’s grave at the Pere Lachaise Cemetery. OK, I know we’ve all seen this in textbooks, if not in the “flesh”, but I had to add my photographic commentary to the millions you might have seen already. There are too many darn tourists in Paris. You’d think I’d be used to tourists, being from DC […]

August 13, 2011

Rain, Rain, Stay All Day. I Have a Parapluie Now, So I Can Play.

Culture Shocks: Oh, a million (why can’t I get used to things easily like I could when I was younger?!). The top three being (read on to understand why there are four bullets yet I say three top points…I CAN count, I promise): Eggs and some kinds of milk are NOT refrigerated I do not […]

August 8, 2011

Careful Feet?

“The careful foot can walk anywhere.” This quote just *might* be kind of a big deal in the conservation ecology world (ok, I admit it, I’m a huge dork when it comes to all things biology), but I think it sums up my feelings on travel, and the year I have ahead of me, very […]