May 2012
2 posts
may 19th
I write my final entry on this blog at an internet cafe in the paris airport, killing time before I board the first of my 2 flights that will take me home.
My last week in Europe was pretty fantastic. We hitchhiked from the french countryside to Lyon, which was definitely an adventure. All the people who picked us up were pretty nice. We came very close to being stranded in the middle of fucking...
may 8th
i havent had the time to update in ages. wow. it has been an amazing week, and a lot of the best and most interesting parts of it i cant even post on tumblr because they are rather personal, but i can say this;
after a blissful, sunny, sunburned, relaxing week in san jose, I took 2 trains back to Madrid, spent a night at a hotel, and then flew back to Paris the next morning. Laura and I split up...
April 2012
6 posts
april 27th
today is our last day in San Jose. I will miss this place.
I had a really awesome day so far. We decided to hike to Playa Monsul, which is a gorgeous beach about 3 hours away by foot. We knew it would be a walk, but we were not prepared for how much of an intense hike it would be. We walked up and through incredibly steep, rocky mountains on what can barely be considered a ¨trail¨ for hours. I...
april 23d
I dont have a whole lot to write about right now, since my life this past week has been blissfully peaceful, and totally uneventful in the best possible way. No bags were stollen. No trains were almost missed. No hostels with cold showers were booked. No chaos or stress, at all. I have spent my time in San Jose doing one of a few possible things;
a) sleeping
b) taking a HOT shower
c) sunbathing...
april 18th
okay, spains reputation has been repaired for me. the rest of my time in madrid was nice because andy pearson, a friend from NBTSC was there. it was really really nice to see a familiar face after almost a month of only knowing one other person everywhere i went. we went to a giant market, and ate churros dipped in thick hot chocolate which is a big deal in spain, and then we met up again later on...
april 15th
i havent even had the time to update in almost two weeks because lief has been so crazy!! i had a very interesting experience in berlin. it was cold and depressing and big, we went out a lot at night to dance and go to parties and some of the time it was fun but it also ended badly a few times. we were staying at a really beauitful squat. it was ok.
we had a lot of stress figuring out train...
april second
this blog entry will be brief since i am so damn tired, but here are the basics
i woke up at 5 30 am to get my train
i was on a train for 4 hours, and then another train for 5 hours
its very cold in germany
the buildings are very rectangular and lots of them are yellow
there are fake beaches all over berlin - just patches of sand in random places. its weird.
i dont know why i thought...
april 1st
Life is great. Where to even begin.
Okay so, yesterday Laura and I went to a squat to help her friend group of political activists set up for an event. We cleaned and carried things and whatnot, and then a bunch of people came and they showed a documentary. Me and Laura and a cute french boy walked a few blocks away to go to this show that was fantastic, this punk folk french band. We danced and...
March 2012
6 posts
march 30th
my time in paris has been totally lovely so far. yesterday laura and i took the train to the center of paris so i could go get my tattoo. i saw the notre dom and the eiffel tower, and then we went to the seine which is the huge famous river that runs through paris. i took my shoes off and sat on the edge with my feet dangling over, and laura and i talked to a french boy and sunbathed, it was...
march 29th
so yesterday was my first day in France. Right now it is 8 30 in the morning of my second day. laura is still asleep. sorry in advance for the imperfect typing - the keyboards here are really different and hard to adjust to.
so
yesterday i arrived at 8:00 am. the flight was fine. getting through customs was easy. laura picked me up right away. we went back to her apartment, which is small...
she-monster asked: Have fun! Portland will miss you! :)
I am catching my flight to Paris first thing...
Next time I update this blog I will likely be in either France or Germany!!
I am leaving in 19 days!
Backpack has been bought. I’ve learned a bit of French, but I need to learn more. Plans have developed a bit. We are going to France, Spain, Germany, Netherlands and England. I am really fucking excited. So soon!
Days until I leave for Europe; 26!
I still need to study French a bit more, get a backpack, by my train pass and figure out what I’m going to pack.
So exciting!!
