Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
I'm back & I brought Turkey! I know I've been M.I.A. for some time now, but looking back at my calendar & to do lists, I'm lucky I'm here at all. Although I have a breather right now between exams, it's still finals week, which means my wonderful, but insane, year of traveling all over the world is quickly coming to an end. I am[...]
Under the Tuscan Sun
Two weeks ago we found ourselves finishing off midterms & coming up on the weekend before our educational field trip to Istanbul. So, exhausted from studying our brains out & looking ahead at a week of traveling in Turkey, we wanted nothing more than to stay home, relax, & catch up on our Oscar movies (turns out we didn't get through all of them...sorry Nebraska[...]
Czech Out Prague!
I read somewhere that if you could only see one European city, the one to visit would be Prague. I'm not sure if I completely agree, but Prague was a pretty magical city, filled with beautiful old architecture, culture, & the cheapest meat & beer I've come across thus far. Although you may not think that means much given I'm coming from Switzerland, however I'm[...]
Canyon Jumping in Interlaken
This past weekend we decided to stay in Switzerland & explore more of the beautiful country we decided to study abroad in! We thought the weekend would be relaxing, just taking a few day trips on the train & watching movies in preparation for the Oscars...then we signed up for a canyon jumping in Interlaken. The jump is over 200 ft. high, resulting in a[...]
It’s Always Better with Bacon!
I forgot to mention in my last post that we met some new friends in Belgium... Meet Serafina & Genevieve! These little sausage rolls are going to be traveling around Europe with us & will be making some guest appearances. We met these two in an adorable shop in Bruges called "Dille & Kamille". We ran into each other in the finger puppet section &[...]