A Mountain Treasure In South Tyrol
One of the most serendipitous travel moments of my life: encountering a herd of gorgeous Haflinger horses (and their foals!) while hiking through the mountains of South Tyrol in northern Italy. Continue Reading
Home
I’ve been fortunate enough to experience the meaning of the phrase “home is a feeling, not a place” on multiple occasions…It’s the sort of lesson you realize will take your entire life to learn, this act of trusting a foreign feeling to engulf you in a vulnerable moment. Continue Reading
The Mulhouse Christmas Market – a Well-Spent Afternoon
I had absolutely zero inkling that the Mulhouse Christmas Market was something I was missing out on until a friend told me that they had a Ferris wheel. I have something of a weird reverence for the invention that was Chicago’s answer to the Eiffel Tower back during the 1893Continue Reading
Strasbourg: Protesters Decry Violence Against Women
On Saturday, November 23, women and other supporters took to the streets to protest femicide, or the killing of females because they are female.Continue Reading
A Lesson in Empathy at the Prefecture
I’ve maintained for a long time that travel and living abroad makes you a more empathetic person. It’s a mantra that everyone who’s done it understands, but sometimes there are days where you can feel the dial on your inner empathy compass tuning just a little more finely. I had one of those days yesterday. Continue Reading
