post semester travels in europe: part 2 — Italy

I Landed ship in Bari, Italy.  From there I took the train to Roma where I met my parents!                 And we visited lots of sites and saw many things that strange and wonderful, familiar and old. San Sebastian’s church: we went into the catacombs here....

post semester travels in europe: part 1 — Greece

so, I promised I’d tell ya the rest of the places i went after the semester ended so here’s some of the high lights and pics.   I finished my last final (actually the night before it was supposed to be), packed up all my belongings and put them in storage...

travel tale loong overdue

Well, After March of this spring, life pretty much took off and I was lucky if I was in one place for more than a few days.  However, life constantly on the move was exciting, exhausting, stretching, and full of adventure.  There’s lot of stories to tell, and...

March 23 — intense

Well, I think I’ve mentioned before that the classes here are called “intensives” because they happen so fast and we only have one or two at a time.  But this past week was just another little reminder that they are called that for a reason.  I had...

March 11 — “Africa”

I just watched The Constant Gardener for the third time.  It’s been over a year since the last time I watched it.  It’s not a film to watch when I want to be entertained.  its a film I watch when I need to be kicked in the butt.  when I need to feel my gut...