Shaken
There are many aspects of Munich that I find incredibly intriguing: the infamous history rooted in WWII, the beautiful architecture, and of course my dad keeps reminding me it’s where…
Come Again?
March 31, 2018 – Cinque Terre is probably the least known and hardest to pronounce place that we will visit on the experience. To clear up the pronunciation debate, I’m…
Actually Riding the Rollercoaster
Okay, to be completely honest, I was very intimidated when I discovered I would be writing about Munich. I will preface by saying, I am not a history kind of…
A Tale of Two Stories
Like Cultural Routes, Berlin is a city that holds much more than one would originally expect. When I first applied to Cultural Routes, I had seen the many pictures, and…
The Eternal City
“Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning.” -Giotto di Bondone, Renaissance painter Rome is the birthplace of an empire. Lasting for over…
What are the Odds?
Growing up, my parents attempted to subdue my fearless nature with one of the most basic parent quotes of all time: “If all of your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?”
Birth of Beauty
“To see the sun sink down, drowned on his pink and purple and golden floods, and overwhelm Florence with tides of color that make all the sharp lines dim and faint and turn the solid city to a city of dreams, is a sight to stir the coldest nature.” – Mark Twain
The Walking in Between
“Life is not the mountaintops, it’s the walking in between.”
A quote by one of my favorite artists, Ben Rector, which describes a physical picture of Interlaken, as well as what I want to gain from my time in Interlaken.
The Lynchpin
Berlin is more than simply a city, I would argue that it is the focal point of our world today. When examining modern history, that being the late 19th century…
Florence, “Florentia” – flowering
Wow!
Before this week, I really had no idea what beauty Florence contained aside from the general grandeur of Italy. But Florence is the city where the Renaissance began…
Interlaken: Seeing the Natural World in a Different Way
Interlaken is perhaps the place I am most excited to visit on CR10. From mountains to a beautiful freshwater lake, it has everything a nature lover can enjoy. After speaking…
CR –> CT (aka Cinque Terre)
Even though I have only lived in one city in my 19 years (2 if you count my TCU home), I’ve somehow found a way to contract an intense case of what I call the “travel bug”…
