Two weeks ago, I was looking over one of the most beautiful cities I’d ever seen. Monterosso, Italy. One of the five towns that make up Cinque Terre. Two days ago, Lucas blogged about our amazing experience — eating at Vernazza and climbing hundreds of steps. 24 hours ago, I found out that Cinque Terre is all but gone. Literally wiped away by flash floods and mudslides. Witnesses called it an unimaginable disaster, and said Monterosso is all but destroyed. It’s {Read More}

While I was away on my European adventure, I did not check my email. I did not make any phone calls. I did not tweet, post a Facebook status update or even log onto a computer (except for a few brief moments to book and confirm some last-minute transportation). I soaked up the culture, navigated through face-to-face contact and loved every moment of un-handcuffing myself from technology. Except for one thing. TV news. We stayed in a series of teeny {Read More}

What a few weeks I’ve had — including some of the best food I’ve ever eaten, blisters that put my half marathon training to shame, a few travel nightmares, creative use of hand gestures to make up for a lack of language and memories that I will hold very, very dear for the rest of my life. I’m not the biggest fan of writing hugely detailed travel posts, because a) I don’t like reading them from others b) they take {Read More}