Sunday June 25 Balancing a platter on one arm, I successfully maneuvered the door handle without dropping a single roll. If you think about the spherical shape in its very name, you can easily see how that was quite the feat. Ana followed me out the door, the mountain of seasoned potatoes in its container…
Day 8- The Day After Tomorrow
Saturday June 24 – Midsommar Day I heard the familiar ping from the messenger notification. It was from Pernilla, my Swedish cousin. Her boyfriend Peter counted as a cousin too, since with my mother’s cousin’s half-family relation I’m equally as un-related to him as I am to her. Even though I’m only distantly related to…
Day 7 – A Midsommar Night’s Dream
Friday June 23 – Midsommar Eve Therefore I think I am not in the night; Nor doth this wood lack worlds of company, For you, in my respect, are all the world. Then how can it be said I am alone, When all the world is here to look on me? – William Shakespeare When…
Day 6 – The Power of Fika
9:05pm – Thursday June 22, 2023 I rush in the building, the heavy glass double doors propped open to let in the warm summer breeze. I would not make a good Swede based on perpetual tardiness alone. . . The directions on my phone took me up and around the east side, so I missed…
Day 5 – Somewhere in Stockholm
Byline of Today: Saying Yes to the Dress Alright, before you say it, yes I know, 5 comes after 1. So that means there are four days in sequential order that I am missing. (I did catch four flights and two bus rides in two days if that counts as an explanation of some kind….
Live Logs: An Introduction
The floorboards creak as I sneak out of my dormitory, my striped socks slipping on the worn yet polished wood. The clock in the entryway reads five past five in the morning. It’s one of those metal ones you see latched on to high school hallways, constantly reminding us we are again running late. At…
The Best Travel Movies (3)
Alright ladies and gents, we’re back again this week to round off the last pick of flicks. For those of you just tuning in, in lieu of reprehensibly scanty lists of travel films, I have created what I consider a comprehensive list of the best travel films you’ve ever (and never) seen. Fueled by my…
The Best Travel Movies (2)
Weeks ago, I embarked on a quest. A quest to give you, the wander-thirsting public, a comprehensive list of the best travel movies you’ve ever (and never) heard of. In continuation of last week’s post, here are the next summaries in the line-up. For the full list, see the previous post. Disfruten, mis amigos. This…
The Best Travel Movies You’ve Ever (and Never) Heard of
In case you were wondering where I am, I am at a desk. In the middle of a snowstorm. Once again reminded of how much I wanna get outta town. As it were, there’s a ticket to Oslo waiting for me in T-minus three weeks. Also as it were, my dog sitting side hustle allows…
One Day with One Week: A Movie Review
This movie ruined my life. That’s what I thought to myself, sitting on a stranger’s couch with two equally strange dogs, cornbread crumbs tumbling out of my mouth. Now, I promise this is a movie summary with a correlating movie review, but I feel like some back story would put my italicized comment in context….