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Lunch on Half Dome
The sign at the top of Nevada Falls reads, “Please do not wade or swim in the water. If you do, you will be seriously injured or die.” Gulp. Even after two hours of a vertical climb and sweat pouring...
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I am a city mouse. Always have been. When I was applying to colleges in high school, I immediately crossed off any that were far from skyscrapers. Cities were home to people from all walks of life,...
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Earlier this summer, I had my first extended stay in Italy, where I traveled with a tour group. Although normally I prefer finding landmarks, I appreciated visiting parts of Italy that many do not...
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During our first summer back from college, my best friend Peg and I were working dreary jobs. She was the cashier at a grass-fed burger shack and I was selling over-priced lingerie to bored ladies at...
View ArticleSpiders and Solitude in Cambridge
After a week of museums, plays, and pubs in London, it was time to begin some actual research in Cambridge. I had gone to the United Kingdom on a research grant to study Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock...
View ArticleTrue Romantics
As my boyfriend and I disembarked the train that brought us from Lisbon to the hilltop town of Sintra, we stopped in the station to wonder at the two fortresses looming over us. To the northeast stood...
View ArticleThe Power of Cappuccino
In the country of Pasta, or in U.N. terms, Italy, there is something comforting about the smell of a 90-cent cappuccino in the morning. Amongst the chaos that begins with the morning sunrise, the...
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One Does Not Simply Hike the Grand Canyon
Today was the day. We had driven hours, past desolate towns with populations you could count on two hands, had devoured countless jars of peanut butter, and now it was time. We were finally going to...
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Swazilandscape
There’s something ludicrous about squeezing twelve people into a vehicle fit for five. The driver and front passenger seats together can’t hold more than two people, leaving ten to the back and...
View ArticleSt. Patrick’s Day in Dublin
Landing in Dublin on St. Patrick’s Day was not an entirely conscious decision. When I had planned Spring Break, a mini Euro-trip with a friend, it was the least expensive option to first fly into...
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