Vienna, Austria A night at the opera. I remember standing in line with a mish-mash of other backpackers, hoping that there were still €2 standing-room tickets left. I remember thinking, “Will they…
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Osaka, Japan Only one month left in this city. I don’t know what to feel.
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Kota Kinabalu, Malaysian Borneo”Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travellers don’t know where they’re going.” -Paul Theroux I have always struggled with the tourist/traveller paradox. Do we have to label ourselves so…
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Hiroshima, Japan “We’re Gonna Win!” the crowd chanted, waving red balloons and red fans and red plastic baseball bats that they clanked together in unison. We ate hot dogs and edamame and…
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Inverness, Scotland Lisbon, Portugal Teotihuacan, Mexico Yaroslavl, Russia Istanbul, Turkey Varna, Bulgaria When I think about my dreams in life, I think of a Master’s degree, I think of studying French in…
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People of Sapa Part Two Sapa, Vietnam