monthly archives: May 2011
My troubled eyes
May 17, 2011When I was 18, I failed my driving test. Three times. (Thank you for ignoring why it took me until I was 18 to take my test to begin with.) As if my intimate familiarity with the Seattle Metro system … Continue reading
me talking about me, Uncategorized | Tagged LASIK | Leave a comment4 Countries, 3 Continents, 2 Weeks: Oxford and Chichester, UK
May 16, 2011Ahhh… the home stretch. It’s a funny thing to arrive in the UK on Monday night and feel like we’re basically done. We travelled from an 18 hours time zone difference to 15 hours to 9 hours … so arriving … Continue reading
Chichester, Oxford, places I've been | Tagged Chichester, Oxford, UK | Leave a comment4 Countries, 3 Continents, 2 Weeks: Weinheim, Germany
May 14, 2011When I was 21, I backpacked across Europe. Two-thirds through the trip I met up with my best friend. We made our way to Prague then travelled to Frankfurt. In Frankfurt we met a couple of grifters at a train … Continue reading
places I've been, Uncategorized, Weinheim | Tagged Germany | Leave a comment4 Countries, 3 Continents, 2 Weeks: Singapore
May 8, 2011It occurs to me that the way I write these accounts here will shape the way that I remember them. If I write only of the lush, cosmopolitan tropics of Singapore and the gratitude with which I am traveling the … Continue reading
places I've been, Singapore, Uncategorized | Tagged Singapore | Leave a comment4 Countries, 3 Continents, 2 Weeks: Brisbane
May 6, 2011 The best thing about Brisbane cannot be its coffee. Nor its nachos. Right. Why would I order nachos 12,000 miles away from Mexico? Because Australia is like America with a better accent, so I got confused for a … Continue reading
Australia, Brisbane, Uncategorized | Tagged Brisbane, places I've been | Leave a comment4 Countries, 3 Continents, 2 Weeks: Melbourne
May 3, 2011It’s a strange feeling to be so far from home when you hear that Osama bin Laden has been killed. I am patriotic but don’t buy into war. I am liberal but believe that people can’t blame a bank for … Continue reading
Australia, Uncategorized | Tagged Melbourne, places I've been | Leave a comment