Chapter 5 Trip date: March 28 - 29, 2003 Age: 20 My exciting and fast paced weekend in Southern Italy began bright and early Friday morning when I boarded the bus to Pompeii. To those of you who are scratching your heads and trying to remember where you've heard of this little town with a [...]
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Barcelona: Through the eyes of my 20-year-old self
Chapter 4 Trip date: March 20 - March 23 Age: 20 I just couldn't get enough of Spain! After spending spring break in Costa del Sol last week I convinced Kristin, who wasn't on the trip, that España was the place to be so we quickly scrounged together a last minute Catalonian adventure for this [...]
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"Exploring Q'enqo" Emily, Katie and I were the first of our group to arrive in Peru. While waiting for our fellow trekkers we opted to take a day hike near Cusco to warm up our hiking muscles and acclimatize our sea level lungs. The three of us along with Danelle, our new friend, loaded into [...]
Costa del Sol: Through the eyes of my 20-year-old self
Chapter 3! Trip date: March 8 - March 15 (Exactly 9 years ago today!) Age: 20 Hola! Last week was spring break for the students at the Romecenter in Monte Mario, though I feel like this semester has been one long spring break. Regardless, a week without classes was welcome, as was a week at [...]
Carnevale in Venice: Through the eyes of my 20-year-old self
Here's chapter 2, another one from the bound book of study abroad emails! Trip date: February 28 - March 2 Age: 20 My goodness, Venice! I've had such a crazy time, I don't know where to start. Carnevale (or Carnival as it's known in most of the world) is international but the place to experience [...]
Happy Birthday, Chicago!
Today is my home town's 175th birthday! Chicago has served as a backdrop to so many of my photographs over the years, from the parks to the skyline to the blue waters of Lake Michigan. Below is a little tribute to the Windy City - 175 years beautiful!
Rainy Friday with my iPhone
I love my iPhone - as an artist, a business owner and a traveler, it's the perfect accessory and I don't know what I did without it. With that said, the whole Instagram generation of photographers kind of cracks me up. "Here's a cup of coffee. It's cooler than yours because I cropped it to [...]
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"Katie in the Clouds" When I think of adventure, I think of Katie. Together we have summited mountains, trekked to wonders of the world, spoken in airport code, recovered lost luggage, deduced Holmes, smuggled apples and translated bus schedules. When in South America we spoke in tandem Spanish - I am better at understanding and [...]
Jenn Winter 