Would you like some cheese with that wine?
So after my trip up into the snow-capped Alps in central Switzerland, I decided I wanted to see more of the open countryside and quaint villages of the northeastern part of the country, right next to Germany. So I woke up at an ungodly early hour again to hop on a train to Appenzell. I [...]
Snowy Peaks: Swiss Alps
The next day I decided to take a day trip to the famous Jungfraujoch in the Bernese Alps. It is the highest railway station in Europe at 3,454 meters (11,332 ft) with an atmospheric research station at the top open to tourists. Basically you get to ride a train to the top of a mountain [...]
Switzerland: Land of Cheese and Chocolate
Where to begin? So much has happened since July and my last post. I am writing now from a cafe in Córdoba, Spain, where I will be living for the next nine months. But before I get ahead of myself, the rest of my summer went pretty well. I finished up my job in Amherst [...]
Spain: Pre-departure
Hello! So it has been a while since I last wrote, concluding my senior year spring break trip to Peru. Summer is finally here! Yay! Graduation came and went in a flash. I passed my thesis defense with honors, and I have begun my summer job in Amherst, Massachusetts. Graduation Day at Mount Holyoke! With [...]
Last Days in Peru: Desert and Ocean
After hopping on the overnight bus in Cuzco heading southwest towards Nazca, we popped our sleeping pills, watched some American movies dubbed in Spanish, and fell asleep. This was hands-down the most winding bus ride I have ever been on. I was super nauseous before falling asleep. I can remember waking up in the middle [...]
Sacred Valley: Land of the Incas
So perhaps you all are waiting to hear about how cool it was to see Machu Picchu. Well I hear its pretty awesome. Unfortunately, we didn’t have the chance to go because in January (about one week after we bought our flights) there was a massive mudslide that knocked out the train tracks to the [...]
Incans and Alpacas: Cusco, Peru
From Huaraz we took a an overnight bus ride back down to Lima; it was much faster going down at night, especially because we were able to have big comfy seats and sleep for most of it. Before leaving we were able to pick up some sort of herbal sleeping pills that had catnip in [...]
High Altitudes: Huaraz, Peru
“Going to Peru is, well, if you ever have an opportunity in your life to go there, you should do it because it is absolutely mind boggling.” Dean Stockewell When people ask me how my spring break trip to Peru went, this quote always seems to pop into my mind because it is so completely [...]
Virgin Blogger
Hello everyone! (assuming people actually are reading this besides me and my mom) I decided finally to create a blog, three years late, but better late than never, right? I figured I should start virtually recording all of my travels and adventures, and well, lets be honest, who doesn’t like to talk about themselves? In [...]