Not sure why I'm entitling this first post in several months "Thinking on Dover Beach"....well, actually I do know why, it's because of reading a passage from Christopher Rice's novel "A Density of Souls" and it reminded me of that poem by Matthew Arnold. Makes me think of English Lit from high school. There's my favorite poem from high school, ( Read more... )

Pictures to follow soon!!:-)

Confusing is definitely the theme of Munich for me. Confusing to get around because everything is in German and I know NO german! The restaurant menus are in German and again, NO german in my brain. Not a good situation to be in. Confusing because my friend is just seeming more and more unlike the girl I thought she was. Confusing because my German ( Read more... )

Ok, so I was going to update yesterday but my time ran out before I posted and I lost it all! Frustrated, I just decided to go on my way. So I have X-9 minutes to go right now so here's some quick things. First, let me tell you how awesome shopping in Paris is! There are some great stores here that are nowhere to be found in the States. Zara is a ( Read more... )

So now I have to speak about the Parisiens. If you really really love them, please don't hate me for saying the following and this is not a completely generalizable statement as some Parisiens I've met here don't fit this description but here it goes: A lot of Parisiens are haughty, arrogant and rude. You know, I took 5 years of French and was ( Read more... )

So, I'm sitting at the internet cafe with my friend Ruby who is being so annoying right now because she won't stop reading over my shoulder (damn you ruby!)..hehe. Paris is soo beautiful. Honestly, it can't even be described. But I'll try. It's very dense...and the buildings are pretty short compared to ones in the US. They can't be taller than the ( Read more... )

I'm in Paris now and boy do the keyboards keep getting weirder! I mean, everything is out of place. The q is switched with the w qnd the a and it's so weird...err aggrevating! Other than that, the hotel that we're staying at is right by the Moulin Rouge which is cool but there was no sight of Nicole Kidman or Ewan McGregor which was disappointing ( Read more... )

These Brits are so much more advanced than us! They have internet in the airport! The keyboard is made of chrome but other than that, it's ok. London was a pretty cool city and I'll be back here in 2 weeks but now I'm off to Paris! I can't wait to speak french...hopefully I can understand it too..lol. The weirdest thing about Europe so far is that ( Read more... )

So, I'm in London!! Woohoo! You know what's funny? London looks just like Chicago....hmmm....maybe the plane turned around and didn't tell me. hehehe. It's really interesting hearing all these British people...honestly, I expect someone to just hop out of a building and say, "Nah, those were just a bunch of good American actors." And this computer ( Read more... )

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