2013 – A Year of Travel In 65 Black and White Photographs
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Dashcam Footage From Northern Scotland
Ever wondered what it would be like to drive the tiny two-way one-lane roads that thread their way through the rural Scottish countryside? Wonder no longer - during my recent roadtrip through Northern Scotland I tossed …
Denmark: Don’t Throw Away Your Future
An open question to my Danish friends - do you truly want to emulate Arizona? Because that's the direction you're heading.
The Study Progress Reform Talking Points
Fresh off of a recent recession and in the midst o…
An Adult Learns to Ski in the Austrian Alps
Growing up I never felt a strong desire to find a large hill, scale it, and then throw myself down the side at a high rate of speed. As a general matter of practice, I considered this a sign of sound judgment and a fir…
Two Years Away – My First Visit Back to Arizona
With my Master's thesis handed in and the clock ticking down on my time as a student, I finally set aside the funds to return to Arizona. It seemed like a perfect opportunity. My schedule was largely open, consumed on…
Scottish Waters – A Photo Essay in Black and White
From its music to its history and folklore Scotland has always been one of the world's epicenters for the mystical and magical. It is an ethereal place which seems both a part of modern times and lost in the mists of romanticized visions of bygone eras. Cleared of trees thousands of years ago, …
Fancy Danish Smorrebrod
It's delicious, it's distinctly Nordic, it's relatively healthy, and it's surprisingly more complicated than one would think. What is it? It's Danish Smørrebrød or "Smorrebrod". In the past I've written about local …
8 Ways Turkey Is Nothing Like You Expect
With the recent protests in Turkey the country has been launched into the news for the second time this year. As many of you may recall Turkey was previously in the spotlight when a female American backpacker was murd…
You Will Never Make Friends Sitting In A Dark Room By Yourself
It has been 22 months since I arrived at Copenhagen Airport lugging three over-sized suitcases and a backpack. I arrived in Denmark with lots of assumptions and unknowns and very little concrete data. The sum of my p…
My Fantastic Packing Mistake
I had a comfortable late-morning flight to Rome. The route to Copenhagen airport is an easy one. Hop a reliable bus for a 5 minute ride, switch to the metro for a 35 minute trip and boom. Next thing you know you're a…