Be IN! Coffee = INspiration. Books = INformation. Beer = INtentional Enjoyment.
I think the title says it all.
I’ve been pondering and ruminating about Social Media for some time. How do we connect and what does it mean? The most recent events in the life of my familial unit throw into stark relief this digital age in which we live.
It is just… strange.
I’m trying quite hard to banish further judgement or opinions on life choices, but there are the facts: my brother got married last and I found out about it via Facebook.
On Friday for my Photo a Day project, taken at the Cave of Hercules, I mused, “I wonder what labors I will have to endure to deserve this type of view.” On Saturday I found out.
It is now Sunday evening and it hurts to type this. Just breathing is laborious. Yet somehow I am determined to get this post up.
My “breaking spring” week toured 4 cities in 10 days. I didn’t realize how prescient I was being in my pun nor post. From Edinburgh to Lisbon to Tangier to Madrid, my friends and I had a whirlwind but epicly fun set of adventures. If you’re wondering, it is really by dint of cheap flights and happy accidental finds that we set our itinerary.
On the way we shared lots of laughter and beautiful vistas, each locale trying to best the last for the ultimate experience. I completely fell in love with Tangier.
The camel ride under a double rainbow might have something to do with my newfound love of Africa.
Yet I also just enjoyed being in such a different, bustling, alive place. We kept looking at each other and saying “is this real life?!” It was with sadness that we left after just 48hours. I am quietly ruminating on how to get back there for an extended visit/stay.
The week culminated hooking up with friends in Madrid yesterday. [Read more…]
I have gotten this question a lot over the last weeks.
“Where do you think I should go?”
Spring break for our study abroad students starts tomorrow and leading up to it I have been asked many times what I recommend for travel destination. I have just one answer:
“Where do you want to go?”
There is no “should” here.
Just go.
Somewhere.
Anywhere.
Go. [Read more…]
It was all fairly last minute.
The weather was supposed to be bad in my first intended location to kick off my break-between-semesters tour. A leaving-student-friend said “hey, why don’t we hang for a day in Frankfurt before I fly?” Europass whispering sweet nothings in my ear I said, “Ok, I’m IN!”
Florence to Frankfurt… with a day to burn… where to go? To Google maps of course. Spiraling outward I weighed options… Milan for a day? Zurich? Venice finally? Lichtenstein? Stras– Wait what? I was familiar with the smallness of Luxembourg but besides a movie reference I wasn’t sure I read that right.
Wikitravel? Oh yes. Yeup. I’ll be going to Lichtenstein.
My eyes are locked on my gloved fingers grasping the 4 inch plank between my feet.
My focus shifts past the mud on the beam to the rope cargo net and then the ground two stories below.
“No, Jo, you have to stand up. We have to go across.”
I look up into his eyes. His jokers cap long gone but the jovial still framing his face.
“I know but…” my voice reverberates in my head with the echoes of fear and frustration which drown out the wind, “Ben, I can’t feel my feet.”
We spend a beat or two looking at each other. Then he says, “ok” with authority and conviction and reaches out his hand to take mine.
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