Amelia’s Adventures

Aug 11

Drowning

I’m drowning. Yet I’m not trying to escape the endless water. People everywhere. One experience crashes into another, one day is the next.  Time is a dark cool current, it surrounds my feet, but I can never really touch it, I just feel the waves on my face, the drops in my hair. [...]

Aug 03

Direction

Sometimes the best laid plans are never laid at all…

Jul 30

Timing

4:30pm Leave Vienna :<
5:45pm Arrive in Bratislava :>
6:15pm Caught in the rain on the way to hostel :/
11:00pm Still in hostel having fun with new friends :]
11:40pm Exploring the city :0
Sometime later…became friends with a lovely girl who just received her green card to live in the USA! She welcomed me into her group of [...]

Jul 08

Meet Me in Munich

In 2006 I moved from St. Paul, Minnesota to New Orleans, Louisiana to work as a volunteer manager for a disaster relief organization post Hurricane Katrina. The thoughts that flood my mind after that sentence are vast and specific, rational and insane, personal and global. Countless stories come to mind…
This story is about [...]

Feb 27

Before you Go: Supplies

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Feb 27

Before You Go: Logistics

Here are some basic resources to check before you go!

Feb 01

Labyrinth Contemplation

India is intense.

How do you share an imprint that is so distinct it’s blurred? It’s straining to relive what it feels like to breathe in the thick dust that surrounds the city of Chennai…