Five days with a German I just met in Asturias
Last Thursday I decided to go to Asturias tomorrow. I put out feelers on Couchsurfing. A man named Jorge agreed to host me in Gijon on...
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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...
An open letter to the Spanish kid that may or may not be Cupid.
An open letter to the God of Love, I can only write this letter because I’ve fully recovered from the damage you inflicted when you left...
Sicily
In the weeks leading up to my trip to Sicily, several people responded to my enthusiasm with "Sicily? Alone?? Why Sicily? Isn't it pretty...
Blue houses with Blue windows: Morocco
Morocco: an enchanted, alluring melting pot between Europe, the Middle East, and Africa... My heart has longed to return ever since I...