It was another Sunday afternoon in February, standing outside our motel room with the maids, lifting surfboards through a broken window. If it's so cold your door freezes shut, its probably not an ideal day to surf. But hey, let's try! My friend and I had met in Australia during a semester abroad and bonded over our love of the waves. I had recently visited her in CA and surfed the northern beaches, so naturally when she came to visit me we had to take on the Great Lakes chal

Travel can be a vacation or a way to escape, it can be a landmark for change or it can be way to feel alive and free. For some it's temporary for others its a lifestyle. Some travel for pleasure, others for work and unfortunately for many, travel is the only way to stay alive. A beacon of hope for a safer, happier life. I am thankful everyday that I can travel for pleasure and explore the privileged philosophical questions about life and its meaning. I was happy with my life

Show it off. View from Acropolis, Athens, Greece Basilica of Saint Mary of the Flower (The Duomo), Florence, Italy Inside Basilica of Saint Mary of the Flower, Florence, Italy (even got to skip the 2 hour line!) Terrazza Brunelleschi, Florence, Italy Piazzale Michelangelo, Florence, Italy Piazzale Michelangelo at night, Florence, Italy Piazza Della Republica, Florence, Italy Arno River, Florence, Italy Fake David, Piazza Della Signoria, Florence, Italy