First of all, thank you for being patient! I started classes at Georgetown on Wednesday and arrived back in the US on Tuesday night, so it’s been a very quick adjustment with only a little time to edit photos and write these posts (I LOVE my classes, though!) Today, I’m going to take you on … Continue reading National Museum
Hello! Welcome back! Now that we’ve gotten thoroughly soaked in the waterfalls together, please follow me! We’re going into a fort from the 1300s, perfect to play Dragons and Castles and Princesses with! After I finished my hot chocolate, had a long conversation with Hemingway profusely apologizing for my negligence in his care, and wrung … Continue reading Jajce Fort and History
Hi all! The day after my exam here (one of the primary reasons I had to purchase a laptop) I took a bus to Jajce, one of the oldest Bosnian towns. Bosnia is smaller than most people think and it’s easy to get places by bus if you buy the tickets in time (we’re an … Continue reading Jajce Waterfalls
Some days on any trip, especially research-oriented trips, mean no excursions, no crazy adventures, and a day in a cafe or meetings that you can’t necessarily share all the details of. This is fine – indeed, to spend a day as a local is to learn in some small measure what it is to be … Continue reading A Day in Sarajevo
After the Eiffel Tower, I went to one of the only places I’d actually “scheduled” time to go to in Paris: The Shakespeare Book Company. Located directly across the Seine from the Notre Dame, The Shakespeare Book Company is a bookstore originally opened by American Sylvia Beach in 1919. During the 1920s, it was a … Continue reading Paris Pt. 2: Musee d’Orsay and Tour Eiffel
Hello all, and sorry for the delay! In case you hadn’t heard, I had a slight laptop snafu and had to purchase a new one here. I arrived in Sarajevo a little over a day ago, but I’m going to start at the beginning. It turns out that to fly to Paris and then to … Continue reading Paris Pt. One
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
