I used to be fairly good at speaking Italian. After my three months abroad when I was nineteen, I felt at least conversational—I could hold my own whenever I was chatting with a resident from Venice. It was great to have this skill as a traveler, because you learn so much more about whatever culture […]
Archives for August 2014
Keeping in Touch with Friends through Technology
I’ve recently been thinking about keeping in touch with friends when you are abroad or when they are off on their own adventures. One of my best friends is headed off to Japan in about a month, and as I head back to Europe in a few months, it can be hard to keep in […]
A Visit to Yellowstone: Sights Worth Seeing
One of the perks of having an adventurous family is that I can often meet up with them in certain locations. My Aunt Shirley was working in Yellowstone Park this summer, so I thought I would go down and visit her and get the true “Jellystone” experience. I hadn’t been there for a few years, […]