“when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” — paulo coelho — why do we do what we do every day? we get up early, sit in traffic for hours on end on our way to work, to then turn around and go home after a long day and […]
Tag: culture
pretty little trips, part two.
there is nothing prettier in the whole wide world as a girl in love with every breath she takes. — atticus — while the quote above rings true, especially for me, unfortunately poor atticus never saw hallstatt….. after i finished up my short trip to russia, i had one other new country left to visit […]
behind the iron curtain.
russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. — winston churchill — i have always dreamed of going to russia. i was obsessed with ice hockey when i was growing up, which at the time was dominated by good-looking russian players (ahem, sergei federov, swoon..) and even took a few years of […]
a norwegian spring, skipping off to skopje, and loving ljubljana.
and above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. — roald dahl — fresh off my trip to kazakhstan, i was back at it, planning my next adventure. this time […]
greetings from the outermost corners of europe.
destiny is not a matter of chance, it’s a matter of choice — jeremy kitson — traveling in winter has it’s difficulties. my flight was cancelled from boston to bucharest due to snow in boston. i rescheduled it twice and crossed my fingers because one day lost was fine, but two would throw off the […]
georgia on my mind, among other things.
if you know you want it, have it. — gita beeline — hungry for hungary? me too. it’s been on my list for a long time so when i finally landed in budapest i couldn’t have asked for a better start to my monday. in three words, budapest. is. awesome. go there. book a ticket […]
an invitation of a lifetime.
we don’t have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here. — susan taylor — time for a break from europe because I AM OFF TO JAPAN!!!!! when someone invites you to japan, you go, no questions asked. i was sinking my teeth into a thanksgiving turkey leg in denmark when […]