I’m back! I’ve gotten over being sick the first two weeks of being home, and used to a new schedule, and after multiple people telling me they looked forward to reading this blog, I’ve come back. I spent a solid five hours the other day downloading and editing all of the remaining photos I had, … Continue reading Back At It: The Tunnel of Hope
After the first cicchetti stop, we lost ourselves in the canals of Venice to find another. If you’re ever in Venice, lose yourself. I know a lot of people (most people) that think they’re going to hate Venice because it is so touristy, muggy, and hot- yet every single one of them leave in love with … Continue reading A Bumper-Boats-Meets-Lazy-River-Carnival-Ride
Quick update: I’m home from Bosnia. This blog, however, hasn’t followed my travels on-time, and so will continue until I finish my pictures. Croatia didn’t have phenomenal wifi and I was too busy basking in the shadow of King’s Landing, so you’ll see those pictures as soon as I finish my time in Bosnia. For … Continue reading Cicchetti and Gallerie dell’Accademia
Walking through Doge’s Palace, you feel like you’re in a music box. Each room successively gets more ornate, more golden, and contains more artwork. I tried to remember the function of all the rooms we passed through, but after about 25 rooms I gave up trying to remember. If there aren’t golden moldings or oil … Continue reading Through the Dungeons
After our Basilica/breakfast excursion, we headed back over the Rialto to… well, really, for no reason at all, if I remember correctly. (I wanted all of the masks but I had to remember that I do have space and budget limitations). The heat made these watermelon-in-water cups look fantastically refreshing, prompting Justin and I to … Continue reading Halfway Through Doge
Sorry for the lack of posts recently- between the 20th anniversary of Srebrenica and the 50+ pages of writing I have to do before the program ends, I’ve been rather swamped. While the others ate their lunches, Carli, Jon, and I traipsed behind the line of restaurants to the other side of the river, where … Continue reading Home From the Dervish Monastery
Sorry for the late blog post- since Mostar I’ve been incredibly busy, not including the delay losing and subsequently recovering my harddrive caused. After enjoying the view from the minaret, Arnela and I headed down to continue through Mostar (and let me tell you, the amount of talent required to get down a minaret’s top … Continue reading Over the Bridge Doesn’t Mean You’re Through the Woods
Mostar was a special place to me during my research for Bosnia previous to coming here, and I plan to go back if possible when one of my friends arrives from DC for a week there (if my schedule allows, of course). The segments below about Mostar are from previous research, and it helped a … Continue reading Mostar
On Saturday we all woke up early and gathered into a bus with our History professor, Amer Dardagan, to go to Mostar. I’ll explain more about Mostar in the actual Mostar post, but until then, I have to share the way there, because it was so beautiful. It was hard to get pictures because I … Continue reading Driving to Mostar
Last Monday, Drea and I stumbled into this cafe beside our work and the EU. Though it looks expensive it actually was quite cheap and we finally found vegetables in this vegan pasta. I know last time I promised to show you a full post about my new favorite place, but since then I’ve misplaced … Continue reading Maggie Makes Carbonara
Traveler at the Edge 