Build your foundation. Connect with empathy. The digital diary of a solo traveler.
Wow. I am very very late on this update so I apologize for the suspense. But, here's the closing scoop on my Swiss experience. First, a quick recap of my final week in Europe (post-program): I spent about 8 days in Croatia where I solo traveled through Dubrovnik, Zadar, the Plitvice Lakes National Park, Krka... Continue Reading →
May 13, 2017, written in regards to the past 2 days The day before the last I visited Bern, where I saw some brown bears (the city mascot) and sat by a river bank and wrote poetry and watched the water rush by in a way that took the time with it. This morning, time... Continue Reading →
{Written on May 8th, 2017} What a glorious moment, to sit sleep deprived on a jolty bus and realize that I've finished a 45 page paper (58 if you count my bibliography) and to think...alright, what now?
{Written on May 7th, 2017} It's interesting how the end of something changes the way you experience it. I'm on yet another day trip in Switzerland but as I look out of the window of the train I'm already nostalgic over the country I haven't even left yet. But even looking at my present as... Continue Reading →
{Written on May 7, 2017} I have 30 minutes to wander in Martigny. In that time I found a little square by a church and clock tower, shaded by a willowing green and the sound of birds singing their chirp, the scent of frying oil and garlic waking the 12:20 air.
Written on 28, 2017 Excuse my language, but holy SHIT I am on the train on my way to Zermatt and looking out the window I feel like I just opened a whole new can of Switzerland. The ice-blue Gatorade of the stream rushing through the gully beside me, the lush green juxtaposed against the... Continue Reading →
{Written on April 18, 2017, during the independent student project (ISP) month.} Spending the day at the library is a like taking a silent retreat. It's always a little surreal when you finally re-enter the real world
{Written on April 26, 2017} Yawns are the universal connector. No matter how far away you may be from a person, physically or emotionally, if you look someone in the eye and pass a yawn you will have been able to feel the other's experience. That's the birth of empathy.
{Written in April 17, 2017} I bus past so many cows just chillin in grassy front yards like dogs in their home domain.
Easter seems to be a big deal in Europe. Markets are everywhere, hand-painted eggs sit on display, trees decorated. This is what my easter week with the family looked like upon my return to Switzerland. Wed, April 12, 2017 Went to the zoo with my host fam, smashed at smash bros with my bros, and... Continue Reading →
Bridge Over Distance 