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 [...]
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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!
Paris through the eyes of my 20-year-old self
As promised! This one comes from the bound book of emails that my mom collected, originally written 2/18/03. Trip Date: February 13 - 16, 2003 Age: 20 Bonjour! I have just returned from a wonderful French weekend! Four of us single girls decided at the beginning of the semester that we would escape to Paris [...]
Travel Journals
When I was in junior high I tried to keep a diary because, in the 90's, that's what junior high girls did - or said they did. I came across those diaries a few years ago when my mom kindly threatened to throw out everything in my childhood room if I didn't clean out the [...]
Lotto Travel
Chances are you've heard this story: A poor man prays: "Dear God, please let me win the Lottery." The man prays this same prayer, day after day, month after month until one day God speaks to him: "My son, please buy a ticket!" Tami is a frequent character on this blog, and there are several [...]
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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 [...]
Fuego y Agua
As promised, below are several more images from the Fire and Water Show that was held at our resort during my recent trip to Mexico. It was a pretty intense show. At the end of the show they introduced each performer including "Kara from Chicago, IL." Of course we had to seek out this Kara [...]
[25] Image of the Week
"Acacia at Sunset" What with my story being featured on Bucket List Publications and my revamping of the VICDA website, I've been missing Kenya a lot lately. This photograph was taken during my first trip to Kenya in 2006. I was on safari at Amboseli National Park and became obsessed with this gorgeous acacia tree [...]
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