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 to gross everyone out. Next to me are three men apparently working on a set design for …
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 did not panic, as I knew that if worse came to worse...I had friends who …
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 corner on the third floor)
I had a lovely Thanksgiving, if it wasn't exactly traditional. I …
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 basically being celebrations of people telling England to piss off. Friends of mine from the states (co-workers of …
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 because yesterday was a little fraught. Before I left Florida I pared my bills down to …
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 train ride to Munich. We arrived a few minutes late and they changed the track …
Rebecca's Travel Tidbits:
When taking the bus in London, if it is cold, sit in bottom in the back row. The seats are right over the engine, and act as bum warmers!
As you getting ready to head to your next destination, make sure you have a good poo right before you leave. You have enough to haul around without taking shit you don't need with you.
When needing cheap food in London, look for the shops with stalls outside selling fruit and veg in bowls for only 1pound. I've been living off of them for weeks, mostly tomatoes, tangerines and potatoes.