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Americans (and One British Dude) in London!
A week ago from today Hunter (SC), Alyssa (NC), Hilary (CA), Brenda (NY), Steven (UK), and I all got on a bus in downtown Canterbury. Destination: LONDON! I had a feeling the hour and a half bus ride...
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Like Roth, If I Could Be Like Roth....
My novels professor, Todd McEwen, called me aside for a private talk during our last seminar. I had previously sent him my ideas for my novel, and he told me he read my e-mail and thought I had a good...
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March Mustache Madness
With Purdue's chances of a succesful March Madness Tourney down the drain now that Hummel has torn his ACL, I figured I should take part in some form of March Madness on my own. So, here's to the great...
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Couldn't sleep tonight and thought it might be a good time to try some more poetry. I have to put together a portfolio by the end of the year. This one's inspired by Allen Ginsberg's Howl - I've had to...
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It's Sunny In Canterbury!
You can click on the picture to enlarge itThe sun is shining on Canterbury for the fourth consecutive day! After spending much of the morning in my dorm reading Alice in Wonderland (I saw the movie...
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Theatrical London (03/13/2010)
Milo and I left Canterbury on a bus to London Thursday morning. We were invited to come by his aunt Carol and uncle Martin who live in the city, and they had bought us tickets for different events that...
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Battle Grounds
CLICK ON ANY PICTURES TO ENLARGE THEMGary and Alyssa in front of the gate entrance to the battle fieldYesterday, my friend Gary, an Englishman, drove me, Alyssa (NC), and Andreas, a German, to a town...
View ArticleSpirit of the Irish
Milo and I were walking the green and orange streets of Dublin at 2:30 in the morning after one too many pints of Guinness on the eve of St. Patrick's Day when we decided it was time for a picture....
View ArticleHome, Sweet Home
The first month I was in England I was often corrected by my new friends when I called our time here a “trip.” They were right. This isn’t simply a trip in the usual sense of the word (spring break...
View ArticleOn the road....
Jack Kerouac was looking for the big experience. Christopher McCandless was searching for the truth. Bob Dylan seeks clarity. Why am I hitting the road? What am I looking for? Well, I'm hoping to make...
View ArticleMy Parisian Angel
Last I wrote on here I was preparing to go to sleep for 2 hours before waking up at 415 am for my bus to london. Well, I was too restless for any kind of sleep and after laying in bed thinking about...
View ArticleThe Rhythm of Paris
Every city has a rhythm. Some, like Dublin, grab you right went you step off the plane and don't let go until two days after you've left. I caught onto London's fairly quickly, probably because it's...
View Articlei may have run out of angels...
Angel #2 was a 20 year old french guy named Pierre. Yes, I realize a man calling another man an angel may be weird, but he might as well have been wearing wings. Like angel #1 (read about her below) he...
View ArticleCouch Surfing....
"Do you think that's Jesus or the Virgin Mary?" I heard one clearly American girl ask another. "Eh, I'm not sure, maybe it's Jesus," the girl said. I was standing in front of a beautiful church in the...
View ArticleChill Out, Dude
I arrived to Aix-en-Provence by train and had instructions for which buses to take to get to the couch I would surf for two nights. I caught the number 4 and it took me out of the city centre and into...
View ArticleLa belle vie en Nice, France
The old saying goes the way to man's heart is through his stomach, and it's in this way that I have fallen in love with Nice. The food here is the best I think I have ever tasted. I've dined in some...
View ArticleYou Cant Pass Up Cinque Terre
I would often pull out my map of Italy while I traveled through France and consider how I should spend my time there. My original plan was to begin my Italian adventure in Milan and move on from there....
View ArticleVenice and Florence
I arrived in Venice 3 days ago and when I walked into my hostel a guy about my age was checking in at the front desk in front of me. He was speaking English in a clearly American accent and was...
View ArticleRome Finale
I stepped off the train in Rome and walked out of the station to study my map and guide book. As usual, I hadn't booked any reservations for a hostel, so I was going through my list to decide where to...
View ArticleOn The Road Again....
Well since I've been back from my road trip I haven't gotten on here to write because I've been busy trying to continue work on a novel that I had to begin and turn in for a class here. Before I left...
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