Entries Tagged as ‘wanderlust’

November 15, 2008

wanderlust Wednesday (on Saturday)

It’s been a long while since I’ve posted on Wanderlust Wednesday. Today is a special post because I just learned that a photo I took is being included in Schmap Florence Fifth Edition. What makes me laugh is that, of all my photos on Flickr, they chose this one:

Green water and all.

September 10, 2008

wanderlust Wednesday: Niagara has nothing on this!

Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil (May 2006)
Rivaled only by South Africa’s Victoria Falls, this waterfall system stretches 1.67 miles and consists of 275 falls. The flow capacity is three times that of Niagara. Some of the falls are 269 feet high and average around 210 feet high. The falls are on the Argentinian/Brazilian border. And they’re [...]

September 3, 2008

wanderlust Wednesday

It’s hot here. And I really wish I were in the ocean. Above photo is of me and my best friend from my 30th birthday trip to Florida in July 2006.

August 27, 2008

wanderlust Wednesday

I promised yesterday to write my next post on a current controversial censorship issue, but it’s Wanderlust Wednesday! And I missed Wanderlust Wednesday last week, so the other post can wait. Stay tuned.

Not the best photo, but the scenery is just spectacular, no? This is one of the hill towns in Cinque Terre, Italy – [...]

August 13, 2008

wanderlust Wednesday

So, as a tribute to my wanderlust, I’ve decided to start posting a photo every Wednesday – at least for a while – from my various travels. A way for me to get lost in memories and share a bit of myself with you.

This photo was taken at a dance studio in Arapongas, Brazil. I [...]

August 4, 2008

wanderlust (an unplanned and ironic part 2)

(Enter new characters: My best friend we will call Becky Sharp – or, simply, Becks – because when asked which literary character she most closely resembled, she replied with, “Well I know I remember identifying with Becky Sharp from Vanity Fair, though I can’t remember why…” Best friend’s boyfriend is attending film school, so (deviating [...]

August 3, 2008

wanderlust

(LibrarianLisa, turning 20 in Sevilla, Spain)
I am a perpetual sufferer of wanderlust. At age 32, my fondest memories are of the few extended stays I’ve been afforded in overseas countries – the aforementioned summer spent studying in Salamanca, Spain between my sophomore and junior years of college and the 4 ½ weeks spent in the [...]