[Apologies for any type o's and editorial mistakes. I blame it wholly on jet lag.]

Walking in London is like stepping into a time machine. No matter how modern the cities are (because there are, in fact two cities in London, if you will: the City of London and Westminster) if you know what to look for the fine veneer of modernity melts away to ( Read more... )

This month I get to enjoy the two best things in my life: my man and London. It really cannot get better than that at all. Yes, I shall be in London and will be leaving next week. I shall be back in April. However, I will have access to the internet and will be on to post pictures. No matter how long or how many times I go to London, there is ( Read more... )

So on Saturday I'm flying to Washington, D.C to try to find a houseshare to stay in (meh, and here I thought my student residence days were over). I'll actually be back on the same day because there is just way to much stuff to do here in NY. However, I am hoping that I'll be able to find something and by Sunday, have a place to live.

It will feel ( Read more... )

'My destination was Damascus, the dream of my childhood and girlhood. I am to live amongst the Bedouin Arab chiefs; I shall smell the desert air; I shall have tents, horses, weapons and be free.'
-Isabel Burton


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Though I feel wholly uninspired to write about our trip to Istanbul, to get it done now is probably better then to wait for a time that inspiration hits. Part of my mental flatness, if you will, stems from the fact that I probably sneezed and coughed my brain out in the past days that I have been dealing with this cold. Forgive me if my post seems ( Read more... )

Well, hello! It is good to see you all again.
The boyfriend and I recently came back from a lovely, yet entirely exhausting, trip to Budapest. But let me recall the trip day by day since so much has happened that it is the only logical way to proceed.

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Yippeeee ( Read more... )