More than just a scarf.

When I went on a trip to Istanbul and Athens in 2010, my sister let me borrow her American Apparel circle scarf. I fell in love.

I wore that scarf everywhere. It was my companion throughout the whole trip as a scarf, head covering, blanket, pillow, etc. However, after repeated attempts to tell Adri "I don't have your tie-dye scarf!" and "What are you talking about?", my sister made me give it back to her. I've been pining after that stupidly perfect scarf ever since. I like to go into Adri's closet, gaze upon it's beauty, and remember all the good times we had. Like that one time when I ditched the mandatory four hour church service in Istanbul to go get Turkish tea or when I vomited in the hotel lobby in front of my professor (Everyone was like "oh my gosh, you are so hungover", but I swear I ate a bad Gyro. I know my alcohol limits, promise.)

I was thinking about treating myself after finishing my research proposal. I was floating on air after printing out the final draft, telling myself "You are going to spend money you don't have on a scarf you've wanted for two years." Low and behold, it's not available anymore. I'm depressed (warning: first world problem), but there are alternatives, I guess. 

I love this super sheer circle scarf American Apparel has online. I think it will be beneficial to have a dependable, breathable scarf on hand when I'm living in the Middle East. 

  

Just for shits n' gigs, my friend took a picture of me re-enacting the "Vomiting in The Hotel Lobby in Front of Your Favorite Professor" incident. Here you go, I have no shame.

Fun fact: I forgot to bring my camera on this trip and these are the only pictures I have of myself in front of the Parthenon. Classy. 

New blog, new adventures.

I've been reading travel blogs for a couple years now and finally decided to make my own. I figured "If they can do it, surely I can too." 


Since this is a travel blog, I'll start off with the basics. So far I've traveled to Turkey, Greece, Spain and France. I actually lived in Spain this past summer; I found a job as an Au Pair online, which I will tell all my readers how to do step-by-step in a later post. While in Spain, I learned a lot about myself and what's important in life. Nothing comes before my family, especially my sisters, and I have the ability to do whatever I set my mind to. It's cliche to say so, but that's the truth. With a crazy idea and a search engine, I was able to get paid to live in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. 

My next travel destination is Jordan, where I will be learning Arabic and conducting independent research. I'll move there in September of this year and stay until December. A lot of people have been telling me that I'm absolutely insane for going to the Middle East. This might be true, I'm not entirely sure, but I believe in going for what you want no matter what. 


I want to live in Jordan. I want to experience a new way of life. I want to broaden my horizons.


I want to travel the world.