After four wonderful days exploring Madrid, I boarded an overnight train to Lisbon, eager to get to the city I fell in love with from a travel show. Arriving in Portugal, I was tired but energized, anxious to soak up another new location and culture for four days before heading back to Madrid and ...
Four Days in Madrid
When you book a ticket to Europe on a whim at a dirt cheap price, rest assured that the travel included in said tickets is not glamorous. I did my best to prepare for the elongated, exhausting trip to get me there: a 6a flight to Washington, DC then a whole day to hang out until my 6p red-eye flight ...
Review: First Reformed
I've been watching a lot of movies for a long time, and yet I'd be the first to admit I have a lot to learn about the movies. I went through a Scorsese phase a while back and finally saw some of his iconic early work, from Taxi Driver to Raging Bull to The Last Temptation of Christ. I didn't know ...
Review: On Chesil Beach
I can remember reading Ian McEwan's Atonement like it was yesterday, even though it was really 2005 or 2006. I was living in my first solo apartment in Indianapolis, and I was sitting in bed devouring the thing, enthralled with McEwan's evocative writing. I can remember reading the twist ...
Next Stop: Madrid and Lisbon
I haven't traveled solo since I spent a month in India in 2013. I've been plenty of places since then—London, Reykjavik, Dublin, Paris—but they've been trips shared with friends or family. Which are lovely in their own way, of course. Traveling alone, though...there's something wonderful about ...
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