(Note: This is Part 2 of 2 about my weekend excursion to the southern part of Armenia with my fellow AVC/Birthright Armenia volunteers. Check out Part 1: Exploring Southern Armenia: Tatev & Tandzatap) We awoke with the sun the next morning and after a breakfast of eggs and tea, Allegra and I went for a […]
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I took this picture while hiking from Amalfi to Ravello, two small towns on the Amalfi Coast in Italy. As a perpetual cat-lover, it is one of my personal favorites.
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Still wiping the sleep out of my eyes, I crammed into the minivan with a dozen of my fellow volunteers and settled in for the long ride south out of Yerevan. It was a Saturday morning about halfway into my stay in Armenia and we were headed to Tatev Monastery and the village of Tandzatap
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I have made no secret of the fact that I am a major planner – I like to know where I am going and what is coming up. I like to have plans. But I am also open to being flexible. And when opportunities arise or inclinations change, I want to be open to going
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One of the highlights of my visit to Oslo was going to the top of the Holmenkollen ski jump, site for the ski jumping competition in the 1952 Winter Olympics. This structure actually no longer exists – it was demolished in 2008 (after my visit) and rebuilt.
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I cringed when a young, skinny Georgian guy popped into my four-person compartment and set down a plastic bag with a bottle of liquor peeking out the top. I was still mentally exhausted from my Black Sea ferry ordeal and, as a solo female, the thought of sharing this cramped space with three drunk Georgian
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Kiev and I did not get off to the best start. It was snowing lightly when I arrived on a Saturday in mid-January and then it proceeded to snow every single day for the next nine days. When it finally stopped snowing, no sooner had I started celebrating the fact that I could finally get
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Happy seven month travel-versary to me! Yep, as of Saturday I have been on the road a whopping seven months. I am now past my halfway point, a thought that brings me a mix of happiness and trepidation. While I am excited about all of the adventures I have left to experience in the next
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After five days on board a ferry across the Black Sea from Ilyichevsk, Ukraine to Batumi, Georgia, we finally reached land. I can’t remember enjoying a view as much as I did the one from the boat as we approached the port at Batumi!
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The first thing I noticed as we drove through the outskirts of Odessa was what was missing: snow. After weeks of snow in Kiev, freezing temperatures in western Ukraine and a horrible mix of melting snow, ice, slush and mud in Moldova, I felt like spring had finally sprung for me. The sun was shining
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