Hello everyone! Or should I say, Guten Tag! Allow me to introduce myself; I’m the best friend. You’ve probably seen plenty of me on previous blog posts through Kristina and I’s many escapades around the world, but if you for some reason have chosen to just start reading at this post, stop reading, go read … Continue reading Seperation Anxiety
Today Maggie and I had a few things to do: find the public library (for reasons I’ll share with you when we actually do find the correct one), get her cell phone fixed, buy tickets for a beer festival tomorrow, eat lunch, and see a futbol game (not particularly in that order). Knowing Russian and Cyrillic (Maggie’s … Continue reading Of Rapunzels and Riot Police
Yesterday we also went walking around the city, with the goal of getting a track phone for me with a Bosnian number, a task which was promptly accomplished, after which we just lost ourselves in the city. Though the day before had been cold and few people out (it was less than fifty degrees), yesterday … Continue reading Sauntering Through Sarajevo: Day Two
Yesterday was my first full day here and, though I’ve never had problems with jet lag going forward in time before, I seem to have something of the sort here. I went to bed at 11:00 pm and woke up at 3:00 am, unable to sleep, so I downloaded The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson … Continue reading Sauntering Through Sarajevo: Day One
I left Charlotte on Tuesday afternoon after eating crepes at Matthew’s Royal Creperie (incidentally enough, a family restaurant owned by former Soviets, but I couldn’t quite discern which area they were from and I was too shy to ask). When you aren’t flying American and you don’t turn right out of security at Charlotte, it’s … Continue reading Peace Comes With a Red Piano
This Memorial Day weekend was the last at home before I leave for Bosnia, and it was filled with fun, family, the lake, Speed Street, and a whirlwind of packing preparations. Also our dog, Bonnie, the subject of play with my new camera. Friday night, Kay, Danielle, Griffin, and I went to Speed Street. Speed … Continue reading Squad Drye Opts for Sushi
Hello, everyone! Or should I say: zdravo (здраво!) Privet (привет!) Hola! Salve! مرحبا! Hello in all of the languages I know that word in! (*FULL DISCLOSURE*: “hello” in Arabic is basically the only word I know in Arabic, but it counted because I do know it). Welcome to the blog. As most of you know, I kept it up everyday … Continue reading Return of the Blog: Summer 2015
That’s just it. Life goes on and things change and people leave and nothing ends like you expect it to, but it doesn’t stop for your fear, it just keeps tromping on, as placidly as ever life could tromp.
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This week, ISIS destroyed a series of artifacts in Mosul that dated back to at least the 7th century. Today, they bulldozed an ancient Assyrian palace in Iraq, located in Nimrud near Mosul. To be honest, I hear the news of people that have died at the hands of the Islamic State and I feel … Continue reading Art or Lives
I’d try to explain this in new words, but my old ones do just fine. I write from a plane above the Caribbean somewhere- from the look of it, we just flew over Cuba, but I could be wrong. I love planes because of how small they make you feel- but that also comes with … Continue reading Jamaica Part 2: A Sneak Into My Journal
Traveler at the Edge 