Carcassonne, a Day in Verse
Oh! Dear readers, do please accept apologies, for I have kept away too long, and long delayed more stories of our escapades.1 Imagine now an ancient city, fortified, and very pretty. Up to the walls...
View ArticleRoscoff Skies
After a rainy drive to Roscoff, we were rewarded in clouds. Other rewards included delicious local delicacies (crèpes and cider), a hike around Île de Batz, and a visit to a gorgeous botanical garden....
View ArticleAs I Was Going to Cornwall…
As I was going to Cornwall1 I found a hedgerow, dense and tall After the hike a windy theatre With cliffside seats and comedy feature2 Then on to biomes full of plants, An indoor rainforest, birds and...
View ArticleIsrael, Day One: Breaking Adapters, Breaking Ice
This is the story of how I ended up in Israel last month, for free, with a group of 40 other young people I was sure I’d hate. I’m sure you’ve heard about Birthright, that program that gives you a free...
View ArticleIsrael, Day Three: Tzfat’s What She Said
I ate! I ate the hotel food! That’s right, I had weird, gloopy macaroni and cheese for breakfast.1 Against all odds (and weather forecasts) it was raining outside.2 We scuttled onto the bus and headed...
View ArticleIsrael, Day Five: I Know Jew Are, But What Am I?
It’s amazing what a full night of sleep can do. I woke up Saturday morning knowing exactly where everything in my bag was, which made getting dressed much easier than previous mornings. I successfully...
View ArticleIsrael, Day Six: Oh Well, Kotel
I made a valiant effort to ignore my sprained ankle for most of the trip, my physical therapist’s voice echoing in my ear like a tiny, resistance band-wielding conscience. But when the first activity...
View ArticleIsrael, Day Eight: Bedouin It Wrong
After a very brief night’s sleep,1 we were back on the bus. We drove through the desert just before dawn, intent on making it up Masada before sunrise. Since we left the hotel several minutes late,...
View ArticleIsrael, Day Nine: Never Go-Negev You Up, Never Gonna Run Around and Desert You
I’m normally a morning person, but on our ninth morning in Israel, I was barely a person. I woke up groggy and disheveled. My clothes smelled of smoke, I had to pee, and there were twenty-odd bodies...
View ArticleIsrael, Day Ten: Tel Aviv-ing on a Jet Plane
It took some effort for everyone to drag themselves out of bed on our last day in Israel, but since we went from relaxing at the hotel straight to relaxing in the Mediterranean, there weren’t any...
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