27 July 2010 ~ View Comments

Travel Flashback

The trip that probably changed the course of my life to travel is probably when I traveled to Bolivia at 17. I signed up with an adventure travel company, Where There Be Dragons, and off I went with a dozen other teenagers to South America.
This trip was certainly more adventurous than any other I have [...]

06 July 2010 ~ View Comments

Berlin in a Week

Berlin in a Week

I had a nice start as soon after we crossed the border between the Czech Republic and Germany a man in his 30’s entered my carriage. He was eager to share information about Berlin and at the same time he knew when to shut up. A respectful combination that is necessary to me. It’s even [...]

28 June 2010 ~ View Comments

Depressingly Beautiful Prague

Depressingly Beautiful Prague

Welcome to Prague, Czech Republic.

It’s a beautiful city if you like depressing architecture that makes it feel like a Sunday every day. I don’t even really have a schedule and I still felt like I had to get up early for work the next day. I think that’s really the only way I can explain [...]

27 June 2010 ~ View Comments

My Third Favorite Travel Gear Item

My Third Favorite Travel Gear Item

Yeah, I’m really posting this. Forget all of the embarrassment but my third favorite travel gear item is this 500 count Egyptian cotton sheet sewn together like a sleeping bag.
Fruit flies? No problem. I’ll just wrap myself like a mummy as I lay asleep listening to the buzzing but skip the biting.
Old toe nail clippings [...]

26 June 2010 ~ View Comments

Nutty Train Station Lady

Nutty Train Station Lady

I left Venice with one of the more interesting stories from the past three weeks. I camped out in one of the train station’s indoor waiting rooms in a comfy chair waiting for a group of Dutch people to leave so I could plug in my laptop in the outlet. In walks in a respectable [...]

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