Hello everyone! I have now been in Spain for just a little over a week, and there is so much to talk about! As promised though, here are some tidbits about my experience navigating a new city and exploring...
While preparing for liftoff (which, as of writing, is only two days away, ohgoodnessgollygeewhizcrapIneedtofinishpacking), I've been asked by multiple people, "Why Morocco?" It's a good question: Morocco...
Well first of all I'm sorry about the long silence! I fully intended to post right after I got to Spain and tell the story of the travel experience and my first days here- but in a perfect example of the...
Hindi textbooks? Yes. Malaria meds? Yes. Gifts for host family? Yes. Cell phone charger? Sh*t. Where did I put it? I don't notice how tightly my back and shoulders have tensed until I finish zipping...
It’s time. I’m going to India! I can hardly believe it. I feel as though I've spent the past year hopping from place to place—from Walla Walla, Seattle and Los Angeles. But now that I'm finally comfortably settled in at my parents' home in Salt Lake City, the thought of leaving the known for another trip to an unknown environment makes me extremely nervous.
Britney Spears once penned, "I'm not a girl, not yet a woman." She then proceeded to put these words into song, and then had this song featured in her 2002 sort-of-smash hit Crossroads (also starring...
It is my last day in my hometown of Portland, Oregon, for four and a half months. Everything is packed and ready, so much so that I could sit here right now and list off, without looking, the exact contents...
How do you feel about e-readers? These newfangled devices that allow you to press buttons instead of turn pages and download nearly any book in thirty seconds?
Skeptical?
Yeah. I'm feeling that.
Maybe...
In my last blog entry I set myself a seemingly simple goal––to climb at least one more time before I head back to Walla Walla for school. When I wrote that entry I hadn't climbed outside for several...
Today I'm going to talk about one of my all-time favorite summertime beverages: cold-brewed iced coffee. I'm not talking about pouring regular coffee over ice and calling it a day. I'm talking about the...
Before we begin the usual shenanigans, let's make one thing clear: I highly recommend you watch the movie BEFORE reading this book.
That's right. You heard me. I won't say it again.
Before you start...
