Adventurous Appetite

• Romanian Wine Country: A Weekend Away from Bucharest 4 years ago Most years, come August, I’m ready to go back to school. I’ve spent time with family and friends, caught up with hometown gossip, hugged my niece a thousand times, and even squeezed in a road trip or two. This August, however, things are different. No trip back home, no face-to-face catch-ups,...
• Traveling During a Pandemic: Our Road Trip through Northern Greece 4 years ago As we approached the Bulgarian/Greek border crossing checkpoint, I pinched the wire around my nose and tightened the mask’s loops around my ears. The border security guard walked from car to car, collecting passports and motioning for people to park or to join the socially-distanced queue to get...
• The Quarantine Diaries #4: A Stay-at-home Vacation to Jordan 4 years ago Last week was supposed to be our spring break. Well, technically it was still our spring break, but we weren’t allowed to go anywhere, and our trip to Jordan was canceled. So, it was basically the same as every other week, minus the Zoom lessons.  “See Petra” and “Camp in Wadi Rum...
• The Quarantine Diaries #3: Stuck 4 years ago April 12, 2020 For the last month, I’ve been receiving emails from the US Embassy in Bucharest: health alerts, travel advisories, and increased warnings to return to the United States, unless I’m prepared to “remain abroad for an indefinite period.” Then, a few days ago, the inevitable...
• The Quarantine Diaries #2: We're all in this Together 4 years ago Friday, March 27th, 2020 Last night, my husband and I spent some time looking out the window. All around us, apartment buildings were full of light. Even the old, gray Communist block down the street–the one I assumed was condemned–had suddenly sprung to life.  A man in his living room did...

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