Ugh. I’m sick. I have the glurgh. Achy, snotty…with one of those wet coughs that sounds like a vacuum when you have accidentally sucked up a bunch of Lego’s.  I’m sitting in the National trying not

Well, it was bound to happen eventually, I’ve been traveling for almost six months. Friday night I found myself temporarily homeless…at 11pm in London with the thermometer stubbornly set at under 30 degrees F. I

As promised, I am here in in my “office” at the National, ready to catch you up on the final week of my Italian adventures. (This is my view. I am tucked up in a cozy

Just a quick post to wish everyone a Happy American Thanksgiving!  Its a bit weird, this is the second uniquely American holiday that I have spent in London and I enjoy the personal irony of both July 4th and Thanksgiving

I am on the balcony of my borrowed flat, as happy as a pig in poo.  You know that rare feeling of contentedness that goes deep down into your gut? Yeah…that feeling. Which is good

Hello my friends! I have made it to Florence! It has been an interesting, and quite frankly exhausting few days. Ernst dropped me off at the train station on Monday, and I had a smooth