August 5, 2011
When it sizzles.
If a girl can't be happy at the Eiffel Tower I don't know where she can be....
Life List: #20: Go to the Louvre.
As I said, Paris wasn't in the plan. I intentionally left it off my itinerary because I had decided that I only wanted to go to places I've never been before. And I went to Paris five years ago. But I was in need of...
August 2, 2011
Bonjour, Paris!
Paris wasn't in the plan. But I guess there's something about this place that a girl just can't resist. I've made it no secret that this whole trip has been hard on me. I'm just not getting in the swing of things. And after four...
July 31, 2011
In Bruges.
On Friday morning Jaime and I caught a train from Brussels to Bruges. As we desperately read signs and had to have a janitor point out which platform our train would be coming on I was comforted in knowing that there is not something wrong...
July 29, 2011
Big balls ahead! (or I don’t know!)
The best thing about buying a ticket to Belgium on a whim was that, as it turned out, my trip to Brussels would coincide with Jaime's! Jaime is one of my bestest twitter friends and we had plans to meet in Valencia at the end...
July 27, 2011
Real life.
I realize I'm probably being unfair. That all I talk about is how hard things are and how miserable I am and how lonely I am. And how much I just want to go home. But, really, I know my life right now is pretty amazing....
July 26, 2011
Krakow’s sketchy cousin: Brussels, Belgium
Brussels wasn't on my agenda. From Krakow I was going to go on to Zakopane, and then maybe to Bratislava or Egar before heading on to Budapest. But, let's face it, Poland was kicking my ass. ...
Dropping Zloty: What I ate in Poland.
When traveling, I mostly spend my money on food. Luckily the zloty went kind of far...
July 24, 2011
Krakow, Poland.
So I stayed in Krakow for three more days and I'm happy that I did. It gave me a chance to switch hostels to a new one was one of the nicest hostels I'd ever stayed at. It was like sitting in someone's living room....
July 23, 2011
Choices.
I once read an article about the business behind Trader Joe's. Basically they were able to deliver a high quality customer experience by limiting the amount of products they sold. Unlike a regular grocery store that might offer 20 different types of spaghetti, they offer...