Today was a great wonderful day. I woke up around 5:30am. Woah. I only got about 4 or 5 hours of sleep because I was so excited about finally visiting the Alhambra! Honestly it might have been the thing I was looking forward to most in Spain if not on my entire trip. So I… Read More The Alhambra
I just saw the Mezquita of Cordoba. OH. MY. GOSH. I remember studying the Mezquita (or mosque) of Cordoba in my world architecture class in college. That week I vowed to myself that I would see it someday (along with the Alhambra – which I get to see tomorrow if all goes as planned!) A… Read More Mezquita de Cordoba
It’s not often that you get to see both the sunrise and sunset in one day. Well I guess that depends a lot on where you live and your daily schedule . But for me it rarely happens. I forget that the sun even rises because I see it rise so rarely. And there’s something… Read More Sunset in Basque Country
Well I’ve spent the past 2 days in Barcelona. And I walked more in 2 days than I have on my entire trip. Wow! I unfortunately didn’t get to see everything I wanted, but it was a good whirlwind tour. Honestly, I didn’t even take that many pictures. Here’s the view from where I stayed.… Read More Barcelona
After Ferragosto, Giulia’s dad offered to take us on a 3 day road trip around Sicily. And so it began… Fun fact… You know how in the states we have things like truck stops and Buckees? Well, in Italy the equivalent is basically a coffee bar. In fact, the best cappuccino I had the entire… Read More Best of Sicily Road Trip
The 15th is a huge holiday in Italy. It’s a catholic holiday that has something to do with Mary – I forgot the details already… So on the 14th, we headed to the beach around 11pm and met up with several of Giulia’s friends. The environment was festive. Families. Kids. Old people. Young people. Music.… Read More Ferragosto
(Written Thursday, Aug 14) I arrived in Sicily to an erupting Mt. Etna. Beautiful. Giulia and her dad picked me up at the airport and her dad gave me a fresh orange juice slush made from his oranges in his garden. So fresh. We drove around an hour to their house on the sea. We… Read More Sicily – the first 2 days
I had a wonderful day in London with the bowsers… Technically a bit outside of London. Upon my arrival, I was treated to some delicious vegetables fresh from the garden. Yum! The Bowser men did well in their gardening adventure this year. After lunch and a shower, we headed out to some nature trails through… Read More A Great Day in London
This is way past due, but I wanted to add it to the blog anyway. Last summer, I got to visit Kiev for a few days. It was wonderful. My friend Sasha at Texas A&M is from Ukraine. I had met her parents once before when they came to Texas, so they invited me to… Read More Kiev in Pictures
Once upon a time, I had a flight from Kenya to Ethiopia to Turkey to Ukraine. Except that the flight from Ethiopia to Istanbul was delayed… Really badly delayed. We boarded around 3 hours late, and then sat on the runway for another 3 hours because of a rainstorm. Long story short, by the time… Read More So if you’ve a date in Constantinople, She’ll be waiting in Istanbul
Lauren Around the Globe 