I have arrived in Paris! Technically I arrived Monday, but I decided to hold off on writing until I had accomplished a bit more than simply landing in the country. I’m happy to report that lugging my massive backpack from Charles de Gaulle to my hostel (which is situated a…

Currently four days away from saddling up with my pack and taking off on a ultra-super-budget flight, and my emotions are fluctuating somewhere between: A picture I call “Skydiving (scared)”, and; A picture I call “Skydiving (happy)”. At this point many to-do lists have been completed, my backpack has been…