In 2018, I spent a semester in France, and lived in the city of Aix-en-Provence. ("Aix" by the way is pronounced just by saying the letter "X.") While I loved traveling around France and other parts of Europe during that trip, Aix was my hometown, and I got to know it pretty well in my… Continue reading A Guide to Aix-en-Provence, France
Morgantown is one of the largest cities in West Virginia, but it's one that I didn't think much about until moving to this part of the state. Even for the first year that I was here, I still avoided Morgantown because I was so afraid of driving in it! In the last couple of years,… Continue reading A Weekend in Morgantown, WV
I loved living in Tucson, Arizona when I was in college, and I was excited to return for a few days in 2023. Ostensibly, I was attending a conference, but the more exciting part of this was getting to bring my partner with me and showing him all the places I loved in this city! What's interesting… Continue reading A Working Vacation in Tucson
Although I grew up in Charleston, West Virginia, I had never been to the larger and more well-known Charleston (South Carolina) until very recently. The end of 2023 was packed with a lot of travel and visiting family for me, but a highlight of all this running around was our South Carolina adventure where we… Continue reading A Winter Visit to Charleston, SC
I visited Pittsburgh a few times as a child, usually for field trips to the Carnegie Museums, and I remember thinking that it was a magnificent city. Admittedly, I was not really familiar with it at all, but the magic of going through the Fort Pitt Tunnel and having the city materialize always felt a… Continue reading How to Spend a Weekend in Pittsburgh, PA
When I started my college education in summer 2017 and moved to Tucson, I knew very little about this amazing city. I had been here twice - once for a campus tour and once for registration. On both of those trips, I only visited the university campus and had no idea what else was around… Continue reading How to Spend a Weekend in Tucson, Arizona
Of all the places I wanted to visit in France, Avignon was near the top of the list. This little Provençal town (also mentioned in my post about day trips in Provence) is, of course, beautiful to walk though, but it's also home to the Palais des Papes (Papal Palace) and the famous Pont d'Avignon… Continue reading One Day in Avignon, France
My study abroad program in Italy was absolutely amazing, but one of the best parts of the trip was my home-base town of Orvieto. While there, I wrote a short blog about a typical day in Orvieto for me, and while this post will have some similarities, it's also more of a guide to what… Continue reading A Guide to Orvieto, Italy
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