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| Title and Date | Location | |
 Couchsurfing Eastern Europe May 25 '07 | Europe | |
 London Calling May 25 '07 | London, England | |
Stolen Moments Jun 01 '07 | Ascoli Piceno, Marche | |
| Rome, Italy | |
Bulgarian Hospitality Jun 18 '07 | Sofia, Bulgaria | |
The Hostess With The Mostest! Jun 21 '07 | Rila, Pleven | |
The Ties That Bind Jun 22 '07 | Sofia, Bulgaria | |
Pleasant Days in Plovdiv Jun 24 '07 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | |
The Bus Ride to Bourgas Jun 26 '07 | Burgas, Bulgaria | |
A Song of Loneliness in the Symphony of Life Jun 29 '07 | Varna, Bulgaria | |
Writer's Nest in Nesebar Jun 29 '07 | Nesebar, Burgas | |
| Ruse, Razgrad | |
Bran and Brasov and Other Delights Jul 03 '07 | Brasov, Romania | |
Happy Hostelling Jul 04 '07 | Sibiu, Sibiu | |
To My Fellow Americans Jul 04 '07 | Brasov, Romania | |
Special Times in Sibiu Jul 05 '07 | Sibiu, Sibiu | |
Beautiful Sighisoara Jul 06 '07 | Sighisoara, Mures | |
We're not in Kansas anymore Toto Jul 09 '07 | Timisoara, Romania | |
Reflections on Romania Jul 09 '07 | Medias, Sibiu | |
What's In A Name? Jul 13 '07 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | |
The Pendulum Swings Jul 15 '07 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | |
Belgrade - Sun, Serbs, and Stones Jul 20 '07 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | |
Szeged Jul 21 '07 | Szeged, Hungary | |
Cool Breeze and Musical Nights Jul 22 '07 | Pecs, Hungary | |
Lovely Ljubljana Jul 25 '07 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | |
Meandering in Maribor Jul 27 '07 | Maribor, Slovenia | |
Camping in Bled Jul 28 '07 | Bled, Slovenia | |
Stopping By Italy for a Cappuccino! Jul 29 '07 | Trieste, Italy | |
Koper or Capodistria? Jul 30 '07 | Koper, Slovenia | |
Croatian Cousins Jul 31 '07 | Murter, Sibenik-Knin | |
Stunning Old Town Aug 01 '07 | Dubrovnik, Croatia | |
Marvelous Mostar Aug 02 '07 | Mostar, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Just for the fun of it Aug 02 '07 | Herceg Novi, Montenegro | |
Shopping in Sarajevo Aug 03 '07 | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Back in the US of A... Nov 04 '06 | United States | |
Life is great when you have great friends Nov 04 '06 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
College Life... Nov 07 '06 | Cullowhee, North Carolina | |
Yee Haw - Texas for Turkey Day Nov 21 '06 | Dallas, Texas | |
Kindness of Friends Nov 27 '06 | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
Taking a Bite out of the Big Apple Nov 30 '06 | Brooklyn, New York | |
Where's George? Dec 13 '06 "George, baby, you missed your cue call!" | New York, New York | |
Finding My Way (Cuz I keep losing it!) Dec 20 '06 | New York, New York | |
Those Who Know You Best Dec 29 '06 "It was 3:12 am when I closed the hatchback door and it hit me. “What the hell am I doing?”" | New York, New York | |
New Year's Eve at Times Square! Dec 31 '06 "Instead, it was the best either of us had ever had – dancing in the streets with strangers, sharing a common dream, and opening to new friendship and experiences. Life is an amazing thing…." | New York, New York | |
McSorley's Old Ale House and the Morgan Museum and Library Jan 05 '07 "Much to my surprise it was, truly, the best beer I’ve ever had. I actually liked it. I never like beer." | New York, New York | |
The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine Jan 07 '07 "A worthy cause, a beautiful house of worship, and the most precious of principles – the belief that the world can live as one – I found it to be one of New York’s many secret treasures." | New York, New York | |
The Kindness of Strangers Jan 08 '07 "Maybe the kindness of strangers isn’t a myth – maybe it is all around us, even inside of us, if we just open and believe that the world is full of trusting and trustworthy people, people just like you and me…." | New York, New York | |
Riding the Wave of Humanity Jan 17 '07 "It is unlike every city in the world, I think, because in a strange way, it IS every city in the world." | New York, New York | |
A Space in Time Apr 22 '07 "As I walked away, I took some secret satisfaction in knowing this little plot of land was here in the midst of the East Village, defying time and money and the powers-that-be to remain an empty space, a space in time; a place where the old and new meet beneath an open sky and dream of a tomorrow where some things remain just as they were yesterday." | New York, New York | |
Couchsurfing Europe! May 28 '06 | Europe | |
Vaughan Town May 28 '06 "The objective at Vaughan Town is to create an English “village” where for one week someone learning English is not only immersed in the language but exposed simultaneously to several dialects or accents." | El Barco de Avila, Castilla y Leon | |
My First Surf Jun 02 '06 "Would I return to the states, tail between my legs, humbled, and find one of those real jobs or would I just hide out forever in Vaughan Town?”" | Pinto, Spain | |
A Day in Madrid, No Wait, Make that Two Jun 04 '06 "I was grumpy and hot and tired but had certainly made the most of my day searching for Madrid’s redemption." | Madrid, Spain | |
Crazy for Cuenca Jun 06 '06 "‘WOW’ simply does not adequately describe this place." | Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha | |
Training Days Jun 07 '06 | Pinto, Spain | |
Some Goodbyes Come Too Soon... Jun 09 '06 "Carrie was full of questions about life and we sat on the porch drinking wine from a 48 cent carton until the not so wee hours of the morn." | Madrid, Spain | |
Some goodbyes don't come soon enough! Jun 09 '06 "Avila - St. Teresa dos NOT live here anymore! And certainly not at the El Rastro!" | Avila, Spain | |
 El Rastro "DON'T STAY at the El Rastro in Avila" | Avila, Spain | |
A Quiet Reprieve Jun 10 '06 "One day it is just too late to do things you kept meaning to do one day." | Reinosa, Cantabria | |
The Tides Always Turn Jun 12 '06 "Skeleton buildings unfinished, abandoned buildings that had once been great palaces, and empty beaches littered with boat pieces and garbage gave the wayward tourist an eerie sense of life and death and the passing irrelevance of mankind’s fads and obsessions." | San Sebastian, Spain | |
Barcena Mayor Jun 14 '06 "A lovely little village in the valleys of Cantabria where time seems to have stood still." | Barcena Mayor, Cantabria | |
Santiago Compostela Jun 15 '06 "There is something in the air around Santiago that speaks to me." | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | |
Rosa Rosae "Undoubtedly the best hotel experience I have had in Spain." | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | |
The Pilgrimage to Santiago Jun 16 '06 "Mankind is, I believe, at his best when engaged in sharing the spirit of joy, of accomplishment, of common experience. This is an everyday reality in the little town of Santiago de Compostela." | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | |
Churros y chocolate Jun 17 '06 | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | |
Great Tourist Days Jun 19 '06 "One of the things I am quite enjoying as a vagabond writer is the many opportunities it gives to do little things for strangers." | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | |
Granada - Land of the Alhambra Jun 20 '06 "Piles of ornate pillow coverings spill over from one booth into the next and beautiful skirts and blouses are hung from the doorways." | Granada, Spain | |
Siesta in Seville - A Necesity not a Luxury! Jun 22 '06 "The Cathedral is indeed an impressive sight – the Muslim and Christian religions sit side by side in architecture, Muslim domes rising on one side, the traditional bell tower of Catholicism on the other." | Seville, Spain | |
Just a Simple Smile Jun 22 '06 "Life just feels better with a smile." | Madrid, Spain | |
Having a Great Time in Barcelona! Jun 25 '06 "I Love this city. It is a wonderful vacation city – well organized, vibrant, relatively clean for Spain, with plenty of things to do." | Barcelona, Spain | |
Seven Days in Paradise Jun 26 '06 | Civitanova Marche, Marche | |
Everyone Gets Their Cut Jul 08 '06 | Ascoli Piceno, Marche | |
America in Assisi Jul 09 '06 | Assisi, Italy | |
Milano Meanderings Jul 14 '06 "Think how the world would change if everyone believed, through experience, that the people of this world could be trusted and could give trust; that people were not out to get you but to help you." | Milan, Italy | |
Geneva - My Tastebuds' Home Away From Home! Jul 15 '06 "Geneva will forever hold a place in my heart..." | Geneva, Switzerland | |
A moment of light is sometimes enough to cast a shadow of greatness Jul 16 '06 "“Vladimir Nabokov?” I said the name out loud to myself – butchering it I’m sure. I had never heard of Vladimir Nabokov." | Montreux, Switzerland | |
From Montreux to Fribourg Jul 17 '06 "Monday was a lovely, long, lingering day in Dmitri’s home high above Lake Geneva." | Fribourg, Switzerland | |
Beautiful Bern Jul 18 '06 "I have been discovering long forgotten memories of my little girl self as I have walked the streets and hills of Switzerland, filling me all over again with a child-like love for this fairy tale land" | Bern, Switzerland | |
Heidi Where Are You Hiding? Jul 20 '06 "If you made a Crayola box and filled it with every shade of you can see off the shore of the islands in the Caribbean, you could find a lake that color in Switzerland." | Gruyeres, Fribourg | |
Switzerland Gets An A++ Jul 20 '06 "Whatever creates this tranquility, this connectedness, it warms my heart to see that man can live in modern times and still retain his connection with tradition and nature. For this Switzerland definitely gets an A++" | Fribourg, Switzerland | |
Dumb Blonde American Survives Mountain Hike Jul 21 '06 "I sat on the train, mouth agape, at the mountains and hills, little towns, and the steel grey rivers rushing from the glaciers still melting above." | Grindelwald, Switzerland | |
Writing in Walzenhousen Jul 25 '06 "Appenzell was almost annyoingly adorable." | Rheineck, St Gallen | |
Unbelievable Luck! Jul 26 '06 | Vienna, Austria | |
It's Not What You See, It's Who You Meet Jul 27 '06 "Commune living, along with studying abroad, should be an educational requirement." | Eisenstadt, Austria | |
Envious of the Viennese Jul 31 '06 "Again and again I saw families walking through the streets or in the parks, laughing, joking, telling stories – completely engaged with one another." | Vienna, Austria | |
The Hills Are Alive With The Sound of Mozart Aug 02 '06 "But the real attraction to this small, quaint riverside city is its fortune of having been the birthplace of Mozart – never mind that he had little love for the city and spent most of his life elsewhere." | Salzburg, Austria | |
The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, Really... Aug 03 '06 "It definitely wasn’t the fairytale day I had imagined for seeing Neuschwanstein – the storybook castle built by Mad Ludwig and the castle that served as Walt Disney’s inspiration for the universally known Disney icon. I" | Fussen, Bayern | |
Bam, Bam, Bamberg Aug 04 '06 "Can you hear the beer mugs? Bam! Bam! Bam! in time on the long wooden plank tables…." | Bamberg, Germany | |
Broadband in Berlin Aug 07 '06 "can you tell I have decidedly taken the day off and have time to mentally meander?)" | Berlin, Germany | |
Buzz Through Berlin Aug 08 '06 "This is not a city you meander through. Berlin must be attacked, strategically, with a plan." | Berlin, Germany | |
Szczecin Aug 09 '06 "Time may fly when you are having fun, but it lingers where there is love and laughter." | Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie | |
The Danes Got It Down! Aug 12 '06 "Copenhagen is the land of cuties. Let me assure you ladies and gents, the next time you want to fetch yourself a new love interest, forget about the Caribbean – head to Copenhagen." | Copenhagen, Denmark | |
It's The Little Things In Life Aug 12 '06 "The greatest sacrifices in traveling are often the little things we take for granted in everyday life - curling up with a good book wrapped up in your favorite blanket, renting a movie after a long hard day at work, having a drink with a friend, doing laundry, home cooked meals" | Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Calling on Copenhagen Aug 15 '06 "The sculptor, though relatively unknown, brings to life beautifully the emotion of the lost little mermaid. She seems to be entirely within herself, reflecting on some deep loss while at the same time nursing the slightest embryo of hope that the loss is not forever." | Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Sweep Through Sweden Aug 16 '06 | Stockholm, Sweden | |
The Finns - Fireworks and Firewater Aug 18 '06 "We walked through Esplanade Park, Helsinki’s favorite promenade, which was brimming with street performers on a sunny summer Saturday." | Helsinki, Finland | |
Tourin' Tallinn Aug 20 '06 "Cute young girls with pug noses and pigtail braids dressed as wenches from days of old serve up village friendliness at wooden plank tables offering ceramic mugs full of ale in an interesting array of flavors including honey, cinnamon, and heavy herb." | Tallinn, Estonia | |
Funny Finn Train Travel Aug 23 '06 "I don’t know about you, but I’d be scared poopless if I were a Chihuahua and a bear-hunting dog was sniffing my testicles!" | Tampere, Finland | |
Rovaniemi Reindeer Aug 24 '06 "I could barely say yes I was so excited running from reindeer to reindeer petting them and shooting pictures at the same time." | Rovaniemi, Finland | |
Guess Who I Met?! Aug 24 '06 "He looked like a fairly robust Santa but I don’t think anyone would want me sitting on their lap twenty minutes, well, not with clothes on any way…." | Rovaniemi, Finland | |
The Twenty-Four Hour Road To Hell Aug 25 '06 "Where the Hell is Hell?" | Hell, Norway | |
Trip Through Trondheim Aug 27 '06 | Trondheim, Norway | |
Alesund Aug 28 '06 "And here words fail…. And yet what can I do but try – pure isolation, air clear as a hurricane swept island the day after, to the right islands dropped in the water like fall leaves on a lake, the coastline rising dramatically to the left, water sometimes blue like an autumn sky other times dark like oil shimmering in the sunlight, mirror-like images of the clouds above upon the water disturbed only by the ripples of our passing barge; nature dressed in her most beautiful gown accentuated only by her natural beauty." | Alesund, Norway | |
Someone Give That Girl A Soapbox Aug 29 '06 "Who fed us the plate of crow that said we can’t make a difference?" | Maloy, Norway | |
Bergen Aug 31 '06 | Bergen, Norway | |
7-Elevens Rock! Sep 02 '06 "Okay – I admit it. I’m having an affair. I’ve fallen in love with 7-Eleven." | Oslo, Norway | |
Changes Sep 03 '06 "We’ve all had a sense of time flying or time dragging but this was different, time was palpably changed." | Oslo, Norway | |
Cologne Sep 09 '06 | Cologne, Germany | |
When in Rome.... Sep 12 '06 "Half the joint and about ten minutes later it starts. Paranoia." | Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
Connections and Community (and parties in Paris!) Sep 17 '06 "Imagine if you could see the whole world that way? The person you know who knows the person who knows a person you think you are unconnected with. Could we still drop bombs? Would we still need to?" | Paris, France | |
Life's Coincidences a/k/a Answered Prayers Sep 18 '06 "I saw in him the wide-eyed amazement for the world and the interconnectedness of all things that I had, I realized in that moment, been slowly losing." | Oignies, Namur | |
The Power of Perspective Sep 23 '06 "I closed my eyes and drifted into a heavenly reverie that had lasted almost a minute when suddenly it was pierced by a flashback image of Friday the 13th." | Oignies, Namur | |
Where's Waterloo?? Sep 24 '06 "Where do these 8 year old scenes in our minds come from?" | Oignies, Hainaut | |
An Affair to Remember Sep 26 '06 | Paris, France | |
Mont Saint Michel Sep 30 '06 | Mont Saint Michel, France | |
An Affair to Remember Continues Oct 01 '06 | Paris, France | |
Home Again Oct 04 '06 | Ascoli Piceno, Marche | |
The Journey of Creation Oct 05 '06 "I will give it to you, to the world, freely, to do with it as you wish with only the hope that it can fill you with the love and possibility that I feel as I give birth to this dream." | Ascoli, Marche | |
A Day in the Life of a Dreamer Oct 11 '06 "Maria is snipping bunches of grapes and tossing them into the bucket. “Ciao Bionda! Vieni, vieni.”" | Ascoli, Marche | |
Italy Travelogue Jan 01 '05 | Italy | |
Italian Ways '05 | Ascoli Piceno, Marche | |
