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On Working in Rural Africa
*Note: Because I am using dial up, I am currently unable to post pictures.* Many people are wondering and asked why I was going to Benin, honestly it wasn’t that clear to me either in the beginning. Basically I wasn’t…
December 4, 2010
Bienvenue: The First Two Weeks in Rural Africa
*since i only have access to dial up I cannot post pictures right now. I will try to post when possible and internet is limited so blogs may be as well* Sorry it has taken me so long to write…
9 Reasons Why I Love Italy
I had the pleasure of spending three weeks in Italy with my boyfriend prior to our move to Benin. I have always been in love with the idea of Italy, but only traveled to the country once this summer. I…
Tags: Europe, Florence, Food, Italy, Tuscany
November 19, 2010
Quotes from the trip: Istanbul
In December 2009 I traveled to Istanbul with four friends from LSE. While rummaging through some papers I stumbled upon a list of quotes from the trip. “Halle Berry” Istanbul was definitely not one of the most diverse cities that…
Tags: Asia, Europe, Istanbul, Musings, Quotes From the Trip, Turkey
October 4, 2010
Reagan National Airport (DCA)
This week for the first time I had the pleasure of flying out of Washington DC’s Reagan National Airport (DCA). To my surprise I found out that you could reach the airport by Metro. Ok so some of you reading…
Tags: Airports, travel tips, United States, USA, Washington DC
September 23, 2010
London: 5 Likes and Dislikes
23 days ago, I officially left London, returning to the states for the first time in over eleven months. Anyone that knows me or has asked me, knows that I am definitely not one of London’s biggest fans. I really…
Tags: England, Europe, Food, Great Britain, London
September 5, 2010
Are you sure that weighs 73 pounds?
So one day I was reading an online article about airline travel. I don’t remember what site it was on but I do remember the subject: baggage weight. If you are like me and have a hard time discerning your…
Tags: Airports, Luggage, travel tips
August 11, 2010
Can I ship that?
Being a jetsetter, is often accompanied by movements between continents and by movement I mean relocation. In the last two and half years I have lived on three different continents meaning I’ve had to get my things to different locations…
Tags: Moving, Shipping, travel tips
July 31, 2010
Things I learned on a looooong road trip
Last July/August, I embarked on a road trip with a Australian friend. The trip included nine states in 12 days, with about 8 hours of driving time per day. Being on a road trip and being put into situations that…
Tags: America, Musings, Road Trip, United States, USA
July 21, 2010
Cheap air travel around Europe
People ask me time and time again how I am able to afford all of the European trips that I have taken in the last year. Three words…LOW COST CARRIERS!!!! EasyJet and Ryan Air make traveling around Europe super cheap,…
Tags: cheap airfare, Europe, travel tips
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Holidays 2013: “Where are you living now?”
Spending the holidays in Detroit is something that I look forward to every year. In the last 28 years I have only missed two Christmas’s with my family and I vowed never to do it again. I love catching up
Rome’s Palazzo Della Esposizioni
I have been longing to see the Robert Doisneau exhibition in Rome and was all ready to go on Saturday, then saw the museum entrance was a whopping 12€, but right under that price was a note that on the
I ate a raw egg and other tidbits from a random Thursday
November 15th started as a regular Thursday, except this time when I left for work, I had a friend laying in bed sleeping off the changing of multiple time zones. Having landed from Hong Kong the day before following a
Decisions, Gratitude and Orange Juice
Most days life is filled with the same mundane tasks. I wake up, I shower, I get dressed, I make fresh squeezed orange juice, I go to work, I complain about work, I complain about Rome, I go home, I
A Perfect B & B in Rome
My sister and one of her closest friends came to visit me in Rome for one week, which just ended on Thursday. My current housing situation is a bit unstable so I had to book a bed and breakfast for
The Natural Hair Market – Detroit
Being natural, in black girl speak means not relaxing your hair with “creamy crack” or wearing weaves and wigs. This seems to be an emerging trend in the US among black women. More and more we are seeing a celebration