I started blogging to document time I spent traveling alone and filling down time, so it wasn’t on my mind to start writing until I left my travel buddies after Glacier. By that point, I was so in the zone of waking up early and trying to maximize my time in the parks that I … More Glacier, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton Part 2: The People
As I travel home from my National Parks adventure of 2017, I can’t stop thinking about memories. I had such an amazing trip, but how can I possibly remember everything I did, saw, felt? I’m running through the days in my head, as I often do at the end of a trip, in efforts to … More Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Teton Part 1: Overview and logistics
Winter drags in New York, and I found myself spending free time searching cheap flights to warm places. I ended up visiting grad school friend Alison in Tucson, Arizona for a few days in mid April. It was a great dry heat and we did a lot of fun activities. There were some travel issues … More Tucson
The results of the election in November were very hard on a lot of people, and I coped by nearly planning an impromptu solo trip to the Caribbean a few weeks later. I held off, and instead waited til January and booked a trip to Jamaica with my mom for a few days over MLK … More Jamaica
As I gear up for some 2017 summer travels, it occurs to me that I’ve been to a few great places over the last year and never documented the trips. So here are some short summaries and photos of my last few adventures! First, I went west for my friends Cathy and Patrick’s wedding in … More Denver
July 30, 2016 – Bergen Airport. A few thoughts from my trip: The Environment As a person who cares about the environment, and spends a good amount of time at work trying to improve environmental policies in New York, I was interested in what other countries are doing that we aren’t. Some places seem to … More Reflections
July 30, 2016 – Bergen hostel. The train from Voss to Bergen was just an hour and a half, and again I somehow managed to be surprised by how beautiful the scenery was. We passed by another fjord – much wider this time. The train station was crowded and it was 10:30pm after my big … More Bergen
July 30, 2016 – Bergen hostel. I woke up in Voss ready for one of the highlights of my trip, a kayak tour of the Naeroyfjord. I ate a great breakfast of local fruits and Norwegian “brown cheese” (it’s sweet) at the hostel, checked my bag, and walked to the meeting spot to take a … More Norway’s Fjords, continued
July 29, 2016 – Bergen hostel. It’s difficult for me to put into words what my Norwegian fjord experience was like. It was what I was looking for but not what I expected. It was hard work and nature and real adventure. It was stunning and different and big. It was physically exhausting and emotionally … More Norway’s Fjords
July 26, 2016 – Train from Oslo to Flam, via Myrdal. As my final capital city before my outdoorsy Norwegian adventure, I tried my hardest to change my pace is Oslo and take it a little easier. It was difficult – whenever I’m in a new place I want to see and do as much … More Oslo
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