Travel Now & Then

In 2004, I traveled abroad for the first time.  I spent the fall of my junior year in London.

My previous "international" trips consisted of a 2 week family road trip across Canada in a rented camper van (let's just say I'd appreciate it more now) and a mission trip to Juarez (i.e., the Mexico-side of El Paso) where we magically tried to convert people using broken Spanglish.

That being said, I consider London to be my first "real" travel experience.

Cool Chicks: Anais Nin

(Source: John Pearson)

Confession: I'd never heard of Anais Nin until I started reading Brain Pickings.  I picked up her volume 5 diary at the end of 2012 and devoured it -- it's as if I found a kindred spirit in her writing.  

She thinks and experiences life in a way I'd like to.  Her words are poetic, thoughtful and deep -- I want to underline every sentence.