The Badlands

Roadtrip Day 3. As the seas of corn on each side of us reluctantly gave way to mile after mile of prairie, some small signs of life started to appear. Here and there, rusty old oil wells dotted around the prairies slowly pumped away trying feebly to free us from the Middle East. Occasionally a [...]

Diary of my first day at home

I sat up in bed with a start, my heart racing. It was still dark outside and my brain was halfway between a strange dream about London that I was having and reality. For several seconds, I actually had no idea where I was, until I realized… I am home in Lexington, kentucky, USA! What [...]

Goodbye Europe

This is probably my last post from Europe before heading home. It sounds strange, but when I am here, I feel like I am much closer to so many friends that I have built amazing bonds with this year. It doesn’t really make me sad to leave the city behind, but when I leave I [...]