We’ve all found ourselves in uncertain, frightening, and surreal times. Like the vast majority of humans out there, I’ve struggled to disconnect from the collective panic, and to manage my own anxiety. I have found, however, two methods of thought that relatively ease my mind, and help me release (a…

For me, everything becomes simpler when I’m in motion. New ideas organically arise when I’m in transit between Setting A and Setting B, at ease. In What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Haruki Murakami observes motion to be a source of relief for the chronically independent. He…

After a year and a half of indecision and procrastination, I’ve decided to continue writing and posting on this blog. (Quietly. Hopefully, almost silently. Because now instead of documenting a trip, I’m just processing and expressing my own ordinary/~extraordinary~ life, which feels about 500% more vulnerable and terrifying.) So, yes.…

Last location: Zadar, Croatia Current location: To be disclosed… Next (and final!) location: Dublin, Ireland The trip’s beginning to wind down! On June 21st I’m officially flying from Dublin back to New York City. Reasons to be excited to return to the United States exist (a routine! a gym! normal…

Hello! Despite appearences, and about… what a month? three weeks? of silence, I haven’t abandoned this blog! This is, once more, going to be a true quick-n-dirty update post as the past month was a full period of near-constant action. After leaving Portugal in mid April I spent a week…

Hello from Lisbon! I’m sorry it’s been a little while (the time between posts always turns out to be a bit longer than I anticipate), I’ve been using my days in Portugal to recharge after the rather haphazard journey getting here. To recount; Decided to leave Italy (yay! glorious sensation…

Hello! Currently writing this from a Costa Coffee in Porto, Portugal (very authentic of me, I know) where the wifi is strong, the coffee comes in mugs the size of bathtubs, and the armchairs are plentiful. It’s pleasantly grey and drizzly outside- the perfect morning to work on recounting the…

Coucou from snowy Marseille! I’ve taken refuge against this unexpected turn of the weather in a cozy lil cafe and figured it’d be the perfect time for an update! Last location: Sorrento (Amalfi Coast), Campania, Italy Current location: Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur, France Next location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (!!!) The switch…

Hello! As I enter into Month Two of this trip I’m resolving to post more often! We shall see if it occurs! I’ve found it more difficult to locate cafes with wifi- where I can linger over a coffee for a couple hours and write- in Italy than in France.…

I’ve said au revoir to France and buon giorno to Italy! Currently celebrating the end of my first week with a cappuccino and some pastries (which honestly signifies no real difference from any other morning here!). After four days and five nights spent exploring Venice and Verona in the Veneto region, I’ve travelled…