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Hey Guys! A really, really quick note: I got into Equatorial Guinea just fine but internet will be super, super limited. So, if I don’t post much, I haven’t abandoned ship, I’m just trekking in the jungle! Happy travels and hopefully I’ll be able to post again soon! Kim . . . → Read More: Landed in Africa today! Hey Everyone!!! Less than 48 hours until I’m on a plane to Equatorial Guinea, and I am definitely getting nervous (in a good way) in anticipation of the unknown. I’m a little miffed that I have to be at the airport at 4:30am for a timely security check…but it’s all in the name of good travel! Last night I used google maps to . . . → Read More: Finals thoughts: Equatorial Guinea here I come!  The Felsenmeer is a graveyard of enormous boulders, some entering the realm of small-house sized. Local legend has it that two giants were quarreling and decided to end the fight by flinging rocks at each other, leaving behind a massive battlefield of stone. A more plausible explanation of the giant sea of granite is the most . . . → Read More: Felsenmeer: A place where giants fought and mythical heroes died. 
While walking through the Odenwald (Germany) today, I tried to take a snapshot of a cool looking branch on the ground. As I was bending down to take a closer look, I realized a small mouse was literally frozen to the side of the wood.Because of the below-zero temperatures, I quickly snapped a picture and moved . . . → Read More: Frozen in Germany: an accidental snapshot.  Two days ago, I was fortunate enough to have my grandfather take me on a short walking tour of his birth city, Worms (Germany). With more than a third of the city destroyed during the war, much of the city was rebuilt, including my grandfather´s childhood house. Just as we got to the city, I decided . . . → Read More: Worms: Photographs from 1920, 1940, and now.  #gallery-3 { A few pictures from my walking tour of Frankfurt, Germany. First we meandered through the Christmas Market (where we enjoyed some really, really good curry wurst), then we checked out the Frankfurt Dom Cathedral, and rounded out the day with . . . → Read More: A picture says it all: Frankfurt, Germany “For all the women who sit at home or behind their desks bitching that they never get to go anywhere.” Such was my first impression of “Sand in my bra and other misadventures” (edited by Jennifer L. Leo). Gifted to me by my well intentioned father (who clearly isn’t able to relate fully to the idea of . . . → Read More: “Sand in My Bra” and “A Woman Alone”: a kick in the butt for those of you still waiting to get out into the world. What does your boyfriend think about this? These were usually the first words out of people’s mouths upon hearing about my trip. Sometimes, I was lucky to get a whole sentence; occasionally, the disapproval was made known through some guttural, disapproving groan accompanied by a shifted glance and . . . → Read More: Living the dream. How other people´s concerns were fuel for my journey.  Advent Celebration (Erfelden, Germany): Established in 779, this community celebrates advent by organizing nightly gatherings in the twenty-four days leading up to Christmas. Celebrations include singing, music, story telling, hot apple juice for the kids, and gluehwein (spiced, hot, red wine) for the adults. These two pictures were taken on the 18th of December, . . . → Read More: Advent celebration in Germany; singing, wine, and friends. Hey everyone! Life in the past few days has been chilly, but awesome none-the-less. I´ve been staying in Erfelden with my grandparents (small town on the outskirts of Frankfurt), and also shot up to Duesseldorf for one night to visit with some friends. In the past few days, I have: 1) Celebrated advent by drinking gluehwein (spiced, hot red . . . → Read More: Etiquette in Germany; meet the Water Closet. |
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