Today is the last day that I will be 31 years old, as tomorrow I turn 32! Having a birthday in mid-June has it's ups and downs. You never know what the weather will be like. Many times it has been scorching hot for weeks leading up to June 16th, then will fall to the … Continue reading Birthdays: A Time to Reflect and Renew
Paris, London, and What’s Next
It’s been a while since I wrote last and I do want to cover the places I saw and where I ate in Paris and London. The last two and half days of my trip were quite entertaining… I took some time off “exercise” in Paris and London… With so much to see, I couldn’t … Continue reading Paris, London, and What’s Next
Lyon, Dijon
Intro In the middle of January, I spent time in both Lyon and Dijon. Here I'll discuss how I spent my time in each place, and of course what I ate and some foodie-related tidbits about each city. LYON (Jan 12-17) After a relaxing 8 days in Nice, I hopped a train to Lyon to … Continue reading Lyon, Dijon
Nice
I left Barcelona really early in the morning on January 3rd to catch a flight to France. After a strange layover in Munich where a man screamed at me and called me “nuts” for walking past him on the escalator, then another man asked to see my passport while buying a bottle of water, it … Continue reading Nice
Venice, Florence, Rome
Here is a timeline with some pictures from my wonderful 11 days in Italy, which was not nearly enough time! Click each city to jump around if you like 🙂 Cities Venice Florence Rome Venice Sunday 12/18 - The bus from Munich took all day because we stopped roughly every two hours for 15 minute … Continue reading Venice, Florence, Rome
Munich
(Pictures coming) I had a great time during my week in Munich. There was lots of time for me to relax as well as plenty of time to take in the sites and even make a day trip to a famous castle! Read on for my timeline in this beautiful city, which I will update … Continue reading Munich
Germany
Intro Food Culture Public Health and Policy Sustainability Introduction Germany is split into 16 states, each with their own local government. However, the Federal laws and regulations still take precedence, so that means anything coming out of Berlin is the law of the land (ie: Berlin is the Germany equivalent of Washington, DC). Much like … Continue reading Germany
Leipzig -> Nuremberg -> Heidelberg
Introduction - On this post I will feature highlights from my travels to the smaller cities in mid-Deutschland. Some may consider my trek through Germany a "Christmas Tour", and I did attend the Christkindlmarkt / Weinachtsmarkt in each town. This was a good way to experience the differences of each region. For instance Nuremberg's market … Continue reading Leipzig -> Nuremberg -> Heidelberg
Berlin
Introduction - I had trouble pulling issues of public policy, sustainability/environment and food culture per city to make each post long enough, so please see the Germany section for those paragraphs! That will be published on Sunday 12/18 as I continue to collect pictures of sustainability efforts in practice, and information about different programs in … Continue reading Berlin
Copenhagen
It's been a while since I published "Armenia"... And I've been in Berlin for over a week now. Honestly I've been having issues with integrating photos from my phone and camera onto the Mac Book in a way that lets me organize them the way I want, then more issues figuring out some things on … Continue reading Copenhagen
Courtney P - The RD 