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Absurdity Checkpoint — Museums
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Finish your liquids and take out your laptops. Now browsing by tag. As seen on TV. Chilling with the locals. No menus: A spontaneous weekend in Milan. Written by Emmy on 25 March 2014. Originally written in February 2013. So on the first weekend of February, I hopped on a train from Basel to Milan a four-hour journey through the beautiful mountains and met my boyfriend Michael in the Northern Italian city for a quick weekend trip. We arrived at the restaurant not entirely sure what to expect, were seated...
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Absurdity Checkpoint — Italy
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Finish your liquids and take out your laptops. Now browsing by category. No menus: A spontaneous weekend in Milan. Written by Emmy on 25 March 2014. Originally written in February 2013. Spending the early part of 2013 in Switzerland had its ups and downs. The frequent flights were long and tiring, and being so far away from home had its drawbacks. But being in Europe is really nothing to complain about, and part of what makes it so wonderful is how close to the rest of Europe everything is. We arrived at...
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Absurdity Checkpoint — Animals
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Finish your liquids and take out your laptops. Now browsing by tag. As seen on TV. Chilling with the locals. The (belated) end to a Peruvian adventure. Written by Emmy on 19 May 2013. After departing the natural wonders of Titilaka and Lake Titicaca. The drive took a while, mostly due to the underdeveloped nature of the roads we were traversing. We watched as the sun beautifully dipped below the Pacific. This is very similar to the Nazca lines, a popular destination further south of Paracas. Indigeno...
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Let me exSPAIN: January 2010
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A semester in Barcelona. Monday, January 4, 2010. I apologize for the delay in posting my farewell entry. Though it was written on the 23rd, I've had sporadic internet since leaving Barcelona. (After The Onix's infamous Telefonica connection, who would have thought anything could have been less predictable? Anyway, this is it for now. Thanks for following my adventures this semester. I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did. I spent the last few days playing an excessive number of "remember when? Large c...
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Absurdity Checkpoint — Travel
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Finish your liquids and take out your laptops. Now browsing by tag. As seen on TV. Chilling with the locals. Working my way across the ocean. Written by Emmy on 19 May 2013. When I took a job out of college that involved a lot of travel, I was not exactly expecting glamour. I had been braced. For a few years of toodling around America’s best office parks in my stylish rental car. Still, I was excited about the idea and I reaped benefits even in the most unexpected places. On the East Coast. Basel, just a...
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Absurdity Checkpoint — France
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Finish your liquids and take out your laptops. Now browsing by category. Working my way across the ocean. Written by Emmy on 19 May 2013. When I took a job out of college that involved a lot of travel, I was not exactly expecting glamour. I had been braced. For a few years of toodling around America’s best office parks in my stylish rental car. Still, I was excited about the idea and I reaped benefits even in the most unexpected places. On the West Coast and notable hotspots like PDT. On the East Coast.
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Absurdity Checkpoint — Peru
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Finish your liquids and take out your laptops. Now browsing by category. The (belated) end to a Peruvian adventure. Written by Emmy on 19 May 2013. After departing the natural wonders of Titilaka and Lake Titicaca. We flew back to Lima and hopped into a van bound for our last destination. We were headed to the city of Paracas, an oceanfront town known for its natural reservation and spectacular wildlife. We drove south with the ocean on one side, and sparsely developed land on the other. This is very sim...
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Let me exSPAIN: Ciao, Bella! (or how we ate our way through Italy)
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A semester in Barcelona. Tuesday, October 13, 2009. Or how we ate our way through Italy). This weekend's fabulous trip had three main components that I think summarize it best: art, Jesus and food. We landed in Pisa early Friday morning, having departed the. Residencia before 5 am We took the train into the city, made our way to the Tower, and took the requisite photos in which we tried to make it fall down. After checking into our hostel. To see Michaelangelo's David. He, too, was enormous. Feeling muse...
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Let me exSPAIN: August 2009
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A semester in Barcelona. Sunday, August 30, 2009. Where are we exactly? In the dark, Gaudi's church looked even more imposing — and amazing. And we were truthfully quite surprised to have found it, making the moment all the more unbelievable. After staring at the structure in awe for a bit, we decided it was time to go home. The view from the restaurant:. Barcelona has its own Arc de Triomf! Home to the nearest Metro stop and park). Saturday, August 29, 2009. Moving in and becoming Movistars. The Residen...