My mom and I just returned from fifteen days of traveling around Greece. I think it would be impossible to go to Greece and not rent a car. On the mainland, it would be difficult to get to some places and see some sites. From… Read More »Driving Through Greece: A Tale of Chaos and Scenic Routes
One of my favorite things about DC was the access to an abundance of free museums. The past couples years, I haven’t had very many museum going opportunities. Covid was a contributing factor. There is a museum in Roanoke, the closest city to Blacksburg that… Read More »Museuming Around DC: A Summer of Artful Adventures
D.C is one of the most highly concentrated cities in the U.S for buildings in the architectural style known as Brutalism. These buildings are easily recognizable by their use of unfinished concrete in massive and monolithic proportions and their rigid and geometric style. They are loathed… Read More »Beautiful Brutalism
The beginning of a day of luck Since I have moved to D.C, I have been trying to visit a different Smithsonian museum each weekend. A few weeks ago, I went to visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture with my friend… Read More »A Day of Luck
There’s no other way to describe my trip back to Blacksburg other than a nightmare. It was as if I was a character in a Lemony Snicket novel. Somewhere, some god was looking down upon me, laughing at enacting his/her karmic revenge. After this experience,… Read More »A Nightmare Trip: Courtesy of American Airlines
I’m not sure when it happens, but at a certain age/point in your life you reflect on the choices you’ve made, where you’ve ended up and how you’ve gotten there. I imagine I can’t be alone where there is a single choice, a yes or… Read More »A Defining Moment
When I first arrived to Korea I wrote a blog post about “culture shock,” and everything that was different than what I was used to. The process of returning back is referred to as “reverse culture shock” or, the feeling (of surprise, disorientation, confusion, etc.)… Read More »Reverse Culture Shock: Coming back to the U.S.
When traveling to a new country I like to keep track of my unique observations about that place, some of these may be obvious to everyone while visiting, others may be less noticed and some may already be known. After five weeks in the Philippines,… Read More »Filipino Observations
I was extremely excited to visit Siquijor. It’s not as touristy as the other islands, it has a mystical vibe and lore of voodoo and everyone who had traveled there said only good things about it. It’s significantly smaller than Bohol and my plan was… Read More »Siquijor’s Against Me
Bohol is an island I’ve been wanting to go to for over a year. Last year I had planned to go with my ex-girlfriend, everything was booked, but a week before we were supposed to go, her school told her she had to work. The… Read More »The Island of Chocolate Hills: Bohol