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Tiles, Grapes, Castles, and Strangers [Northern Portugal]
It is the year two thousand and sixteen. I am twenty-four years old. I am sleeping on the tile floor of a laundry room of a complete...


16 Hours with Bill in Amsterdam.
I’m in Amsterdam for 16 hours. An old man paid 500 euros for me to accompany him for one night here. We will call him Bill. Bill is a...

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Champagne and Trains [Swiss Alps]
I found myself tangled amidst the Christmas decorations of a Chalet in a Swiss village called Grimentz. My hair has a mind of its own,...


Carnaval in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
BACKGROUND I lived in New Orleans for three years before moving to Europe, and I'm still in love with its contagious enthusiasm for...