As we enter a third week in Berlin, I continue to find myself incredibly inspired by my surroundings. The buildings, streets, parks, cars, clothes, and art are all a pleasure to look at. Especially having done my fair share of shopping at fashion, stationery, and book stores all around the city in districts such as […]
East Africa Blog Post #1
A view I thought I could only get from an airplane now greets me every morning when I step out of my tent. We are staying at Mambo View Point, a lodge on top of a mountain that feels like the top of the world. Below me is a field of clouds that will sometimes […]
Greece before elections
Elections in Greece are just a few days away . . . the third time Greeks will go to the polls since January 2015. In January they elected the left-wing government that promised relief from the austerity measures imposed by the the EU and the nation’s other creditors as a result of two bailouts in […]
That time we watched a heron eat a black mamba
I woke up at 1am to the sound of a massive crash outside of our tent. At this point in our time in Tanzania we have invaded the territory of the tree-dwelling bush babies. We fall asleep to the sounds of their screams. By the looks of the massive branch that fell dangerously close to […]
First Impressions
It’s night out, and the air is a dim, tinted, somewhat opaque, dirty orange. Gargantuan neon red Chinese characters hang in the distance, as if suspended in the air. Massive flag poles rise out of a sea of haphazardly parked cars. We board a bus that will take us into the middle of the city. It […]