• Happenings in My Life,  Travel

    A Day in Brighton

    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…

  • Happenings in My Life,  Travel

    West London Weekends

    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…

  • Happenings in My Life,  Travel

    Taking a Tea Break

    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…

  • Happenings in My Life,  Travel

    My Big Fat Greek Spring Break

    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.…

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    Returning to Roma

    Ciao again! I was in Rome from Monday, March 5th to Wednesday, March 7th. Although I’ve visited Rome before, in May 2010 (at age 13) with my mom to see my uncle Thad, who was living in Italy at the time, my experience this time around was completely different. Same sites and attractions, but I must’ve forgotten everything in between.…

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    Under the Tuscan Sun

    Ciao dall’italia! There has been a lot going on so this is post #2 this week! This week is “reading week” at my London university, but more like spring break because no one is actually studying. My friends Sam and Marisol and I have been in Italy since Thursday (March 1st). And ok, I’m not quite “under the tuscan sun”…

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    A Very Harry Day

    I finally got tickets to the Warner Brothers Harry Potter Studio Tour last week and that day deserves its own post. I’ve been looking for tickets for months but they’re always sold out and my friends and I could never coordinate a good day anyway. So on Monday (Feb 26th) when I saw there were tickets available that Wednesday, I…

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    Dam Good Times in Amsterdam

    My relationship with Amsterdam up to this point consisted of pinning endless amounts of canal houses to my Pinterest board. Canal houses at sunrise, canal houses at sunset, canal houses in the rain, shine, and with or without the perfect bicycle in front. I love cozy things and places and people, and in my mind Amsterdam was the epitome of…