Posts Tagged ‘sleep’
5
Oct
Posted by Samantha in greece. Tagged: abroad, afraid, altitude, backpack, bathroom, beautiful, big, bread, China, climbing, euro, experience, fog, friend, goat, greece, heights, here, imagine, lodge, mountain, Mt. Olympus, never forget, pictures, pray, rain, rocks, sleep, sore, style, sweat, time, water. 1 Comment
This past weekend I took my adventures to new heights, literally. Saturday morning started off a little rainy and quite foggy. I had no idea what to expect as we got off the bus and grabbed our backpacks. Much to my amusement, the bathrooms were just like the ones in China. For some reason I [...]
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29
Sep
Posted by Samantha in greece. Tagged: adapt, Aegean Sea, American, blog, boardwalk, bus, cafe, caffeine, castle, China, culture, greece, high fructose corn syrup, history, intern, late, life, mousaka, normal, nutella, odd, siesta, sleep, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, travel, work. Leave a Comment
As you may have noticed, the rate of my blogs are far less than those when I was in China. Although it might seem a bit odd, I am constantly comparing Greece to China as opposed to the U.S. In this case, my stay here in Greece is three times as long as when I [...]
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17
Sep
Posted by Samantha in greece. Tagged: Aegean Sea, ancient, beautiful, busy, city, clutter, flickr, greek, intern, ruins, school, sleep, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, wallet. 4 Comments
The past week has felt like a blur. Between not getting enough sleep and walking around in a busy city without the slightest clue of where I’m going, it’s been interesting. My Greek is limited and so is my wallet. I have gotten the chance to see some pretty amazing things so far though. All [...]
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13
Sep
Posted by Samantha in greece. Tagged: 84 pounds, abroad, carry-on, chocolate, cocktails, des moines, greece, movie, pack, plane, pray, sleep, suitcase, swiss, zurich. 2 Comments
Text: Riding over to the Des Moines airport on Friday I felt fairly accomplished. Somehow I had managed to pack everything the night before and fit it all into one suitcase and one carry-on. The only problem was, when I got to the airport a startling realization hit – “everything” weighed 84 pounds. What I [...]
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19
May
Posted by Samantha in China. Tagged: 30-hour, basic needs, beautiful, Beijing, Birdsnest, blue eyes, boat, China, city, dance, drink, food, google, hair, hand washing, highlights, home, Iron and Wine, lowlights, McDonald's, mountains, museum, nap, Olymic Center, Qutang Gorge, river, shop, shower, sick, sleep, toilet, traditional music, train, U.S., Watercube, white rice, Wu Gorge, Xling Gorge, Yangtze. 1 Comment
It’s been awhile and to be honest, a bit difficult to go without contacting anyone outside the boat the last several days. I’ve gone though some pretty remote areas throughout my ride on the Yangtze, which is quite the contrast from the city. In the city, everyone is loud and pushy, and of course some [...]
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12
May
Posted by Samantha in China. Tagged: airport, bargain, beautiful, Beijing, blog, boyfriend, China, fair, firewalls, food, Forbidden City, hotel, lawyer, picture, plane, sleep, starfish, swine flu, tourist. Leave a Comment
So, I’ve made it to China, more specifically – Beijing. The key word so far is definitely “beautiful”. I didn’t think so at first though. After coming to the end of the 13 1/2 hour flight we were stuck on the plane for awhile so masked airport security could come through and individually check each [...]
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