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Just a few quick pictures from a recent visit to the Queen Mary for some afternoon tea to remind me of England. I should note that it's not the best afternoon tea, but it'll do since I cannot go to Moat Tea Room way over in Canterbury. Your Broad (No Longer) Abroad,
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One of the best parts of Long Beach is the architecture. There's a great mix of Art Deco and modern design. I love that the neighborhoods vary so much. One minute it's grimy streets and apartments jammed together, the next it's spacious craftsman style homes. Every bit of Long Beach has its charm and is not so scary as people sometimes perceive it as. As always, I have more pictures that need more posting. Till next time....
Your Broad (No Longer) Abroad, Dacy So begins my photo adventures from the good old LBC. Transitioning back has been both easier and harder than I expected. There are things like the food, the friends, and the family that are so easy to get used to again. And there are things like catcalling and heckling in Long Beach that are just hard to adjust to after 6 months of pretty much nothing of the sort in Canterbury. I've also graduated since my return home. Scary, exciting, and long overdue! Now I begin the equally scary and exciting journey of grad school applications. I'll update on that later. For now, some random photos taken since my grand return home. More to come, as always.
Your Broad (No Longer) Abroad, Dacy Here are just a few pictures of my short time in Reading and the surrounding area. Much like the rest of England it was lush and serene. Perfect for a late afternoon stroll and a drink. It's too bad I forgot my camera the day we went on a pretty decent walk. It happens. Your Broad (No Longer) Abroad,
Dacy Finally, the bittersweet last post from my European travels. Copenhagen, you were the perfect end to a perfect trip. I have a more in depth post of Copenhagen with some photos from my phone, so I won't dilly dally here. There is so much to do in Copenhagen that I wish I could have stayed longer. But the time I did spend there was glorious. Good times, great light, gorgeous colors.
From here, there isn't much left of my study abroad trip, but I've been storing away the photos I've taken since being back. I'll continue posting because, at heart, I'm always a broad abroad. Your Broad (Always at Heart) Abroad, Dacy I somehow forgot to post this flyer for a Study Abroad information presentation. Well, here it is now, and there's still time to make it on Thursday. Your Broad (No Longer) Abroad,
Dacy Budapest was incredible. Arriving by train really made me yearn to take an entire Europe trip by train. It was such a beautiful way to see a lot of the country. I hear that taking the train through the Swiss Alps is a gorgeous ride. It's definitely on my travel list. But back to Budapest. The 7 hour train ride from Prague to Budapest was well worth the time and money. No airport security hassle, no hassle at all really! We bought the tickets the day before we left and it was smooth chugging on the train tracks. Glorious countryside, quaint villages, and an amazing sunset in the rain. All ending in a lovely train station in Budapest. I could not have asked for a better train trip. We booked massages at Széchenyi Spa Baths, something I was specifically looking forward to because there is nothing I enjoy more than being in water! We took a mediocre walking tour (perhaps one of the most lackluster of the many I did during my Euro travels), but it didn't put a damper on the amazing scenery. We ate really good Hungarian food, but I cannot for the life of me remember the name. Sad business because it would have been nice to find a recipe online and try to re-create the meal. I suppose I still can, it'll just take more research. Budapest was one of the top places I wanted to visit during my study abroad and it was everything I imagined (save for the serious heat!). We met some really great people on our walking tour and had a great last night. I'm sad to say that after this post, there's only one city left from my travels. It will be sad to post the final update, but I've already got photos from my time back in the States to post. I hope I can continue posting and updating. If there's one thing I learned while being abroad, it's that there is beauty, adventure, and something worth photographing anywhere you go.
Your Broad (No Longer) Abroad, Dacy We'd been told by a few people to visit Kutná Hora for the Sedlec Ossuary, or the bone church, but never made any solid plans to visit. We had already planned to take the train from Prague to Budapest and since Kutná Hora is only an hour from Prague, we decided to take a detour. It was worth the few extra Koruna's to take the time to see hundreds of hundred year old bones. The Sedlec Ossuary, which is an easy walk from the train station, is a morbid fascination and an absolute delight for those with macabre tendencies. Having just written poems on the mouth, I was particularly drawn to the jawbones and teeth (or lack of teeth). It's so rare to see what lies beneath all our flesh. The church is unfortunately rather small, but the amount of bones housed within the structure is pretty dazzling and the bones photographed beautifully. There are two, maybe three, other churches within walking distance and they offer a special deal if you go to all of them, but as Justin and I were on our way to Budapest, we didn't visit. Perhaps another trip. Your Broad (No Longer) Abroad,
Dacy Our first day in Prague felt overwhelming and crowded. It was also right after a slightly scary experience getting to Catania airport in Italy, then spending the night in the airport, and catching a connecting flight in Rome, We were tired and emotionally drained and probably not at the top of our game for sightseeing/tourism. The Charles Bridge and surrounding area was so packed with tourists, it just felt like we couldn't get a moment for ourselves. Yet the beauty of Prague shone through all the mayhem and the tourism. The architecture alone was inspiring and breathtaking. The views from the tower at the Klementinum were just unbelievable. It's hard to not enjoy a place that can give you so much just from simple observation. We also spent time at the Vyšerhad Cemetery which was further from the center of Prague, but worth every extra step we took. It was creepy and lush, full of strange busts of long dead people...just what a weirdo like me wants to see while on holiday. I have more pictures from the Czech Republic, but will post them in another blog because I feel like they need their own space. Also, it gives me even more reason to look back on these pictures and reminisce about the beauty of Europe! Your Broad (No Longer) Abroad,
Dacy Just a few from Syracuse, Italy and the teeny tiny island of Ortigia. By far some of the most beautiful water I've ever seen. Despite the slightly seedy experience of getting lost in Catania on the way to the airport, Italy was an amazing place. Your Broad (No Longer) Abroad,
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