Wed, Mar 30, 2011 – 22:41
I arrived in Florence Wednesday evening, and after an hour and a half of trying to figure out which bus to take to the outskirts of town, I finally got to my youth hostel and sorted out keys etc. I was ready to flop into bed when the American girl sharing my room showed up [...]
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 – 17:13
My internship ended on Friday, and after a few days to relax and fritter away my time, I’m headed off to Florence as of tomorrow afternoon! Four and a half days of art history overload, visiting places like the Uffizi Gallery and the Palazzo Medici, which Professor Amy would have you believe is one of [...]
I took the train up to Berlin on the 25th to stay with Janine’s family. My train was cancelled, which made things exciting, and I finally got in around 11pm, and between the cold and the long day, I was pretty happy to hear Janine’s mom had some delicious duck leftovers ready for me. Nom [...]
While America was rallying to restore sanity and prepping for the dramatic midterm election this past week, I went down to spend a long weekend in Munich with Janine and Micha, as they are no longer living in Dessau. I spent pretty much all day Friday in a carpool driving down, and although I had [...]
Mon, Sep 13, 2010 – 14:03
Monday morning I woke up at 4am to fly to Chicago, and 11 hours after my arrival, to fly on to Brussels. Waking up was a lot easier than I expected – I guess I was ready to get on the road! The day pass for the Admiral’s Club at O’Hare was definitely worth it. [...]
Sat, Jul 24, 2010 – 19:05
I know that pretty much everybody (including myself) is confused about what will be going on in Ellenland in the upcoming year. Having finished my education for the moment, I’m at a crossroads of deciding where to go next, and I’ve been feeling pretty paralyzed with the decision. In hindsight I expect it will be [...]
You may know that with both her little rocketts lifted off, my mom has finally gotten the chance to start on her big dream of thruhiking the Appalachian Trail. The trail runs about 2,200 miles from Springer Mtn in Georgia to Mt. Katahdin in Maine. She’s been planning and dreaming and training since before I [...]
Mon, Nov 30, 2009 – 11:12
Ahh… first quarter of senior year over. Break is a good feeling. My family came up with the dog on Saturday afternoon, and we went to John’s Tex-Mex on South Ave, which was quite tasty, and then to Gilbert & Sullivan’s Trial By Jury by the Off-Monroe Players. The show was definitely… unique… all the [...]
Sat, Sep 26, 2009 – 16:01
The past two weeks we’ve been working on a little exercise in perspective montage, making “public announcement” postcards. The style is similar to They Might Be Giants’ postcards from five years ago or whenever. (I have copies of them, but they’re not available anymore… it’s weird to realize that I’m an old enough fan to [...]
So, I kept careful track of my spending in Europe, both so I could give Debbie data on how much a student spent while on her study abroad program, and to keep track of my money vs. my parents’ money, since they covered my rent, food, and the transportation to and from Germany. Unfortunately, I [...]
