Adventures of a World Traveler

I live and breathe the chance to interact with people who aren’t… well… American.

My best female friend, Emma, who you may or may not remember from New Zealand and my 1000 trips to England & Germany this past December, came to America to stay with me for 5 weeks.

We ventured to New York to see Martijn from the Netherlands who is interning with the United Nations. We met him in New Zealand.

We celebrated Independence Day in the City of Brotherly Love.

We got our GTL on at the real Jersey Shore, Seaside Heights, where we also tactfully avoided some major male grenades.

Then we worked out way down to Baltimore.

Traversed out to Gettysburg.

Then the big one…

MIAMI!

The pictures of which are not fit for young eyes. Or the internet for that matter. So we’ll sum it up with this.

English. Australians. Germans. French. Beach. Drinks. Clubs. Bars. Updated from a room in a hostel to an apartment for free. Drinks. Australians. Clubs. Thai food. Hotdogs. Heat exhaustion. Jager (did I just say that? Oops, I am 22.)

Here’s the cleanest picture I can give ya.

and Disney World.

Back to Jersey to camp in the Pine Barrens.

Off to Jamestown to get our Pocahontas geek on.

END 5 weeks!!!! WHA!

I’ve lived in apartments before, but now, I have my own where rent comes every month – not twice a year in the form of a bill from Stevenson.

So I’m living off University Parkway and St. Paul Street in Baltimore. And man am I loving it! I’m in the middle of everything! I was born to live in a city!

The living room is the only picture I have to share. The bear is property of my subletter. She stowed it away in a closet but I think he brings more character to the room.

On top of all the graduation goodness, two days before graduation I got an offer from Silverpoint, editing website content for private schools. I went from interning a year in public relations at 1st Mariner Arena, only to realize entertainment was not my industry. My passion lies where information can be found – the internet.

I start my day at 7am, and walk the 2 miles to the office, and begin work around 8:45, where I quickly immerse myself in HTML. And I have to admit, writing this blog in wordpress was a bit strange until I found the HTML view – PHEW!

The day ends around 5:30 with another 2 mile walk home. Long day, but you really just get in the zone and forget the time. I’m not complaining.

My graduation party was potentially the best day of my life. In addition to having graduated the day before, all the people I love came! Including a surprise guest from overseas!

Best friends Dane Satterthwaite and Emily George (as well as my mother) e-mailed back and forth, unbeknownst to me, and arranged for Dane to surprise me with a weekend visit! It was literally a flying visit. He arrived Friday (tried to make it to the actual graduation but couldn’t), stayed with his friend James in DC, then drove up Saturday to surprise me at noon! After a long day of partying, he flew back to England on Sunday!

Total shock and best surprise ever. The worst part was that EVERYONE knew but me! So when my guests I’d arrive and tell them Dane was in America (FOR ME!) and they all said, “Yeah, we know.” Knowing this, they did not mind that all my attention was on the man who dropped a few hundred dollars for one day. So worth it!

And that ladies and gentlemen, is why you study abroad!

SGA President, Nicholas Farano, also graced us with his presidential appearance!

4 hard years, but I made it! And life only got better from this day forward!

Most people invite family to their graduation; I brought my best friends.