In our infinite wisdom, my friends and I decided that booking a trip to Barcelona the weekend after spring break would be a good idea. Infamous for its nightlife, most of the club goers in the city don’t even begin their nights until around 1AM. Needless to say, there was going to be little sleep… [Read more…]
May 8, 2011
So for my 10 day getaway, my roommate Jack I decided to head eastwards for Greece! We thought a vaguely exotic (but not that exotic because it’s still Western Europe) destination would be a nice change of pace for our break. After the hell that was midterms and celebrating Italy’s 150th Anniversary, we packed up… [Read more…]
April 8, 2011
There’s no way around justifying the fact that it took me this long to post about Turkey. But between traveling every weekend and staying afloat in school (hard life, I know) I had yet to give my visit to Istanbul a blog post worthy of its epicness. I may have gone close to a month… [Read more…]
February 21, 2011
I’ve spent the last week or so with a serious case of writer’s block. Just about seven days ago, I returned from a fantastic trip to the South of France. Summarizing my whirlwind weekend was difficult to say the least but I’ve finally put together a summation of my French getaway. At the end of… [Read more…]
February 11, 2011
Aside from my weekend excursions around Europe, I’ve managed to settle into a somewhat normal routine here in Florence. School started two weeks ago and it finally hit me: I’m taking a full course load. I’ve actually been enjoying my classes quite a bit but that whole “having to do well in school while abroad”-thing… [Read more…]
February 9, 2011
I’ve just spent the past three days recovering emotionally, physically, and psychologically from one of the best trips of my life thus far. Over the weekend, 4 friends and I decided to make a trip to the ancient city so many travelers have fallen in love with. While I have nothing but adoration for the… [Read more…]
January 27, 2011
Jet lag is beginning to wade away and my sleep schedule is beginning to reflect the habits of an actual college student. I’m still inexplicably waking up at 7AM each morning but I’m able to function half-consciously. Charles and I have finally moved into our apartment after lugging all our shit through Florence (my calves… [Read more…]
January 26, 2011
We haven’t been in Florence too long but our little posse was eager to try out the train system before we used it for any large trips in the future. With my track record of travel woes and that little thing called the Italian language, it was in our best decision do our homework ahead… [Read more…]
January 24, 2011
For those of you concerned with my well-being (in other words, my grandmother) the 12 hour flight, 5 hour lay over, and 1 hour journey to Florence was smooth. After several hours of 30 Rock and on-demand Disney flicks, I tried to watch Eat, Pray, Love. Maybe it would get me in the mood for… [Read more…]
November 30, 2010
Latin American food is hard to come by in Boston. Back home, a traditional Mexican meal is only minutes away by simple request. Unfortunately, I’m typically the only “Latino” in half-mile radius at any given time. As a result, my options for any cuisine vaguely having to do with Latin American are slim at best.… [Read more…]
May 16, 2011
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