Amsterdam, Paris, Home

Well, at the moment I'm back home! Which explains the lack of updates recently, I didn't want people to figure out the date I was coming back. It's both weird and amazing to be back. I'm sad to have left Europe and everyone I met there, but at the same time it's so great to see everyone. Caitlyn and Casey picked me up at the airport, which was a nice surprise because I was only expecting Caitlyn, with a neon welcome back sign and a SPACE article. Then I got to see everyone at Kyle's, it was so great!

But as far as the end of my trip goes... Amsterdam was amazing. I didn't do much during the day because i went to two nights of an electro festival going on there. But nights were completely mental. First night was Diplo, Boy 8-Bit, and Fake Blood. The second night was Simian Mobile Disco, Does it Offend You, Yeah?, and Zombie Nation. I also tried to find the Tattoo Museum, but the guy at reception in the hostel said that it never really opened, which is a shame.

Then Paris was great. I had one very chill night in Poitiers between Amsterdam in Paris, then took the train up to Paris and stayed with Caroline and Asia. It was mostly just hanging out, but we did wander around the city a bit, hanging out in parks and along the Seine. It was great to see them again before I headed home.


And that's the jist of what i have to say for now. Stay tuned for photos once I upload them all and my reflections on the trip once I know how to articulate them.

Introduction and Cerbère

Hello Friends, Family, and anyone who got here by accident!

Welcome to my travel blog. As many of you know, I will be traveling around Europe this summer. So I figured I'd do away with the e-mail updating system I had going on and just do a blog. It's the easiest way to keep everyone up to date on what I'm doing.

So here's how it's going to work: I'm going to try and update as often as I can, at least once per city. If I miss an update, I'll make it up as soon as possible. This way you all can stay up with what I'm doing, thinking, where I am...etc. and you can leave me comments!
And that's basically it. Most of my images will be hosted on Facebook, but I'll leave a public link for the photos here.

Without further ado, I'll catch you up with my latest trip:

Cerbère

Hannah and I recently went to Cerbère, which is located on the Mediterranean coast near the Spanish border. We've went just the two of us, and it was like a honey moon but without all the crap of being married! The bay was beautiful, and the water was freezing (although Hannah disagrees), and the town was tiny but really nice. We took a four kilometer walk to the Spanish border, then walked along some trails in the mountains there to overlook the bay. The lighthouse was nice, but weird. It was like old stone structure meets new metal. The views were incredible, and really that was what the town had to offer. We had a nice hotel on a small road in the Centre Ville area of Cerbère (which was also really tiny).
We hung out on the rock beaches a lot, and did a lot of exploring. It was nice, and the photos are really what you need to get a feel for the place.
OH, there was an abandoned building. It was incredible, and there were some great views from up there.