Hallo aus Deutschland! I just got done with traveling for a week in Germany and it was incredible!! I’m definitely feeling my German roots. My great-grandma Christa Elisabeth Adams (née Wolf) was born in 1924 in Penig, Germany. My own middle name, Elisabeth, is spelled with an “S” by the way because of her German spelling. Anyway, Christa spent part…

Hej from Copenhagen! Copenhagen has both worn me out and energized me at the same time. This city has kept me busy, but allowed me to relax and enjoy the Danish way of life. I’ve done a ton of stuff and feel like I’ve been here for over a week, but really it’s only been four days since I left…

Well, I’ve come to the end. My last exam is tomorrow and I leave London on Thursday. I prepared for this semester for over a year and I can’t believe it’s actually ending. Everyone said it would go by quickly, but the fact that I’ve lived in London for almost four months without realizing it is mind-boggling. I could absolutely…

Hello from Ireland! I decided to take a solo trip to Ireland in the dead weekend between final papers last week and final exams this week/next week. Although traveling solo can be lonely, especially at first, I’ve had an incredible time in Ireland and I would highly recommend traveling alone. I get to do what I want, see what I…

This weekend I traveled to the southern coastal town of Brighton, an hour and a half south of London by car. It is so cute and relaxing! Brighton is one of the most popular cities in England; it’s a resort town that attracts over 7 million visitors a year for its beaches, culture, arts, and large LGBT population. It has…

This weekend I took it easy and decided to explore more of my side of London Town: West London! By now I’ve embraced that I will never be a trendy, 2-cool-4-u East Londoner, especially now that my ironic 80s mom jeans don’t fit over my beer belly, so here’s to the west side! Richmond-Upon-Thames I finally visited the neighborhood of…

Hello from Scotland! I made it across the wall into Wildling territory! I didn’t get a chance to post yesterday because I was too busy exploring the wilderness of the Scottish Highlands. The Monday after Easter is a bank holiday in the UK, so Sam and I booked a trip to Scotland for the long weekend. On Thursday night we…

On Saturday, Sam and I took a day trip to Dover and Canterbury. It’s totally crazy how tiny England is, because it took us only an hour by train to reach what felt like a completely different world. Dover is famous for the White Cliffs, but is actually a fairly large town you could spend the whole day meandering. The…

Sometimes you just want to eat Chipotle and lie in bed. Okay, a lot of times. Travel can be difficult for a homebody. Not that I’m complaining, because I love my experience here more than I can articulate on this blog. But this weekend, when many of my friends headed to Dublin for St. Patty’s in freezing temperatures to party…

I LOVE Greece. It feels very different than Italy. Athens, at least, has (what I imagine to be) a Middle Eastern vibe with its aromatic and Levantine-style food, almost chaotic amount of people and “relaxed” traffic rules, on-top-of-each-other architecture, and arid climate. I’ve been in Greece for five days and have eaten gyros every day. Maybe multiple times a day.…