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.…

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.…

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”…