Darkness still hung over Athens as we sleepily rolled our suitcases out of the hotel and down the uneven, cracked sidewalks on our second morning. When we reached the nearby metro, the sky and traffic were just waking up. The early…
legacy on mars hill
In a place like Greece, it’s impossible to disregard history – the country’s or your own. The legacy of the Greeks has outlasted their empire and from architecture to ideologies, their work permeates the modern Western world. Visiting Mars Hill,…
just imagine
If you ever wondered what my life as a student in Paris was like, this new video by my graduate alma mater, The American University of Paris, depicts it finely. From featuring my favorite crepe man to picnics on the…
the parthenon
The one definite to-do on our Athens list was the Acropilis (which literally means high place) and its Parthenon. Personally, I get a lot of the ancient sites mixed up. What I do know is that they’re, well, ancient and…
weekend images
A country glamour wedding… and beach time weather… were my weekend. Saturday I drove from Fort Worth down down down into the Texas Hill Country. If you’ve never been, it’s really quite something. Rolling hills with trees everywhere stretching…
scenes of athens
With only one full day in Athens, time in the Greek capital was precious. To see as much as we could see in a matter of hours, we embarked on a double-decker city-touring bus. My first time on such a vehicle,…