A Blonde Girl in a Brunette World

I moved into my new apartment last night. Really, it's great, and my roommates all seem nice. They're mostly (if not all) studying here in Taipei. Of course, the apartment has its negatives, but I'm trying not to get hung up on those. I had the most ideal apartment last year, but really, I can't …

Day .5

I'm here. I'm here I'm here I'm here. I've become so comfortable with traveling and moving (a good thing, I think, although it's begun to wear on me recently) that sometimes I don't even realize where I am. Adapting to the transportation systems was automatic, I'm hung up in apartment problems, etc etc. Superficial though …

The Beginning

I don't consider myself to be a thrill seeker or adrenaline junkie, and putting myself in scary situations usually turns me into a panic-stricken mess. Some of these situations have included climbing a very high, open-air staircase on Palamidi in Nafplio, Greece; my first time taking the chair-lift up Ještēd mountain in Liberec, Czech Republic; and riding the Praterturm …