Oh hey. It’s nice to be here. You see, this week I have had an issue and it’s called pure, unadulterated lazy. Not necessarily lazy in the life sense – I’ve made it to 4 hours of German class every morning, which seemed like a huge accomplishment in itself after recovering from a week of travel [...]
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We interrupt the regular IA&B Stamp of Approval Saturday programming for a very special message from this blog’s sole sponsor (that would be me). It is my 24th birthday today, and despite 24 being a super insignificant age, I never take birthdays lightly. What better excuse is there than a birthday than to get [...]
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Want to know a secret? I was deprived as a child – like completely, of my entire childhood. Why? There’s only one reason really: I missed out on skipping down Main Street USA in a Mickey hat (because I would not have wanted a Minnie one, I assure you) singing the entire The Lion King soundtrack, which [...]
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one. Twenty-three (almost four, eek) years into my life, I finally watched the Sound of Music. It’s because I will be in Salzburg in ~10 days. Not to mention, I was a governess myself a wee year ago (except we call it au pair these days). I will now admit that I really enjoyed all 2.5 hours [...]
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I’ve mentioned it before (or wrote an entire sap letter about it, whatever), but one of the most difficult aspects of life abroad are the goodbyes. They seem to be frequent and hardened by extensive distances. Sure, it opens up opportunities for epic trips, but when (if) you’ll see the person again is totally up [...]
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One. I am giving away some Amazon bucks and ad space over at Living in Yellow – don’t miss the chance to win just about a million prizes – aka the best blogging Easter basket of all time. Two. It is apparently the coldest spring on record in Germany. There’s fresh snow on the rooftops [...]
Read moreWell, a lot has been going on here and I don’t really know where to begin, so I’m just going to go for it. The company I worked for was an unprofitable startup and has been dissolved. I was given about 3 weeks notice and urged to take my paid vacation days, so for [...]
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The other day, my dad emailed me this great list of 50 Trips to Take in the United States. I pretty much need to take every single once since I am SO poorly traveled when it comes to my home country. I did not discover my desire to really travel until my college years and [...]
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First, while I still have your attention: tomorrow I am co-hosting Travel Tuesdays with Helene. Get your travel posts ready to link-up, you don’t wanna miss it (or the highlight of my Sunday in Paris). Second, we’re talking ecards today, Someecards, in particular. Doesn’t the Internet just speak to you sometimes? I see things so [...]
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Oh hey, March! Nice seeing you. I hope you bring my best friend Spring with you. If not, I may not be so excited to see you anymore. I have three roommates. It’s something that rarely makes it’s way onto the blog, which is odd since I live with these people. They are all [...]
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