Month: July 2014

Sing Off

While walking through an alley in Barcelona, Spain one afternoon, my friends and I saw a crowd surrounding a street performer in traditional Spanish clothes singing Spanish Opera (not pictured). Only, upon reaching the crowd we realized the beautiful baritone voice wasn’t that of the […]

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The Morning Before

Mike and I have been friends almost as long as I can remember. We were pretty much inseparable since 7th through our time as roommates in college. When we graduated Mike joined the Peace Corps, moved to Romania to teach English, met a Romanian girl […]

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Grace

Saying grace is a custom in many homes across America and the world–I have said grace before many meals–but I learned a whole new appreciation for the custom while traveling through India. According to our guide, in remote tribal villages such as the one where […]

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One Night in Paris

When I traveled to Russia several years ago with the goal of writing a book, nothing quite went to plan. Between the food poisoning and the jail time one thing after another just seemed to go wrong. I needed to locate and meet certain people […]

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