What if I never saw you again?

It's possible.

With what would I be left ./?

Ireland photos here.
Do comment.

I got Cecilia's letter today and fluttered about in joy. I love that girl xcore.

ps. I'm going to Paris and a few cities in Spain next week. Know anything about it? Tell me all, please.

These days it seems I have to set aside the time for keeping in touch, writing it all down. I fear it will only get more difficult as the weeks progress (are there really only 11?), the work gains weight, and the days slip and fly by in glorious laughter, music, photographs, and conversations.

I feel like I learn something everyday. Not necessarily ( Read more... )

"Human beings are more alike than unalike, and what is true anywhere is true everywhere, yet I encourage travel to as many destinations as possible....Perhpas travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples laugh, cry, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try to understand each other, we may even become ( Read more... )

Well*, the first week here was certainly not disappointing. Classes have started and my professors are engaging, inspiring, and charismatic. Everyone has been branching out and meeting each other and exploring the Castle. Travel plans for the rest of the semester are beginning to take shape.

Here are some pictures from bopping around the ( Read more... )

There are 2 classrooms in the Castle, allowing only 2 classes per time slot, which makes for a rather interesting class schedule. No classes start earlier than 10 but some go as late as 9pm.

My first class is Art History II: Renaissance to Baroque, taught by Dulcia Meijers and Rob Duckers, the director and assistant director of the Castle ( Read more... )

We took a tour of Well yesterday. It’s adorable. It’s the country! Everyone rides bikes and there is a plethora of sheep and it’s just…so cute. Check out my pictures, they will tell my day. (Pictures of our first weekend) Comment on them, please. (And if you recommend a better free, unlimited photo site, please pass it along).

I rented a bike. I ( Read more... )

Periodically throughout the flight I had these waves of realization of just what I was doing. Each time, the thoughts were the same - “I’m living in a castle; I won’t see my family, friends, or schoolmates in Boston for the whole semester; I’m thousands of miles away, across an ocean” - but the feelings were different.

And now I’m here. And I ( Read more... )

Only tools update livejournal from school computer labs/libraries.

So yeah, whatever. First time for everything.

In 2 1/2 hours I board a bus.
In 5 3/4 hours I board a plane.
In 12 1/4 hours I disembark.
In app. 16 hours I arrive at my new/next home.

I'm so ready to go.

I was nervous all week. But now I'm packed. And I'm here. And I'm ready.

The ( Read more... )

I think everyone that knows me would be surprised to discover that 2 of the walls in my bedroom are black. And that I love it.
I really find this space so pleasant and comfortable and I am able to lie here for hours and hours and isn't that special, really?

Pam was right last night that Winter Break > Summer because there is absolutely no pressure ( Read more... )