The last couple of months have been a whirlwind. After Tel Aviv in late May, I continued Spanish classes for another couple of weeks. Then, for 2 months (up until last week) I was traveling almost the entire time. It was a busy (and fun) summer, with my friends visiting from the US for 2 weeks, as well as my aunt a separate 2 weeks almost immediately after I returned from Stockholm in late July. I’m realizing it’s really hard to work on a blog when you are on the road…
Here’s a quick summary of the places I visited:
- Amsterdam, Netherlands (3 times – once for my birthday in June, once for a music festival planned months in advance, and once with my aunt who really wanted to see the Anne Frank house (and I’m so glad she wanted to, it was worth the 2 hour wait))
- Italy – Lake Como, Florence, Amalfi Coast (where I drove a boat for the first time and drove the precarious roads of the Amalfi Coast in a rental car with Sarah)
- Rome, Italy (solo trip where I went at my own pace, saw amazing ancient ruins, ate delicious food and saw how terrible the city bus system is)
- Spain – Ibiza, Marbella, Pamplona (where I saw how terrible bullfighting is)
- London, England (where I ate a proper English breakfast, jogged through Kensington Gardens and saw some questionable outfits at Wireless Festival)
- Copenhagen, Denmark (where I rode bikes in the rain with my friends, ate delicious food at Copenhagen Street Food, and saw the beautiful Louisiana museum)
- Stockholm, Sweden (where we took the free bus to IKEA and drank Swedish beer)
- Berlin, Germany (where I learned a ton of WW2 history and ate a lot of German food with my aunt)
- Vienna, Austria (where I saw the beautiful Schonbrunn Palace and visited Salzburg)
- Zürich, Switzerland (where I enjoyed fondue again and had some mediocre raclette – I guess I will have to go back a 3rd time!)
- Vaduz, Liechenstein (on a day trip from Zürich, mainly just to have gone to another country ;))
Hopefully soon I will have time to elaborate more on some of these amazing places.
Next week I am going to Madrid for two weeks to volunteer with International Volunteer HQ on an Agriculture project, on a sustainable organic farm just outside of Madrid. I’m not quite sure what to expect, except that I will probably be the oldest person there, but I am looking forward to it!
After that, I will have a few days until I leave for Astorga, Spain where I will start hiking a portion of the Camino de Santiago. It’s only about 1/3 of the Camino but I’m still a little nervous about it. I’ve done long day hikes before but when it’s over I usually eat a burrito, drink a beer, take a nap and thank God I don’t have to do it again the next day. So we’ll see how 10-12 days in a row goes…
Everything will be documented on the ‘gram (I am much better at posting there than here). More to come…
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