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December 2011
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today in prague
i’m perched atop Vyšehrad overlooking a fantastic view of the river, all set a-twinkling by a rare gaze of direct sunlight. i’m enjoying being outside in prague for the first time in what seems like ages. the city itself is beautiful always, storied in history and kings, but the weather is another matter. as someone with a likely case of seasonal affective disorder, or at least a...
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saturday afternoon, i touch down in barcelona
with a stupid grin on my face, despite everything: a missed flight, another $100 down the drain for a new ticket (money has become a joke at this point - it’s easier to laugh than to cry, and loads better for your health) and a full 24 hours gone to waste. sadly, there wasn’t even an excuse for the missed flight. i wish i could say that my plane took off at an ungodly hour, and who...
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November 2011
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October 2011
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fall is here. (somewhere in moravia, czech republic)
just another weekend...
during which i hitchhiked through bohemia (meet my czech roommate Hana)
ended up stranded in nowheresville 15 km away from intended destination
wandered unlit country roads in the pitch black
until finally giving up and calling to be rescued
to a lovely little town on the outskirts of moravia
… a town so little it can’t afford real policemen…
and camped...
September 2011
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August 2011
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praha-ha
Beer for lunch, beer for afternoon snack, beer for dinner, beer for the road, beer at the bar, I think I may die.
ahem.
two weeks into my travels, i am already about $400 over budget.
can anyone say INTERVENTION.
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When someone you know experiences a tragedy unlike...
everything seems like the wrong thing, the worst possible thing, to say. But you say it anyway. I don’t think anything in life makes you feel more inconsequential.
July 2011
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magellan by mary oliver
Like Magellan, let us find our islands To die in, far from home, from anywhere Familiar. Let us risk the wildest places, Lest we go down in comfort, and despair.
