Himara, Albania – July 2018

            A local described the color of the bus as “sour milk.” What the hell does that even mean? I asked myself.             I waited with a couple of fellow Americans I’d met earlier that day during breakfast in Durres, Albania, a beautiful city bordering the Adriatic Sea. I’d spent three days there and wasContinue reading “Himara, Albania – July 2018”

Uruguay – August 2015 (ish)

Montevideo street art, a failed attempt at driving manual, biking Punta Del Este, and an unfinished Trump building.             The ferry from Buenos Aires to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, takes a little over an hour. I was traveling with three girls I’d met through my study abroad program many years ago. They were fromContinue reading “Uruguay – August 2015 (ish)”

Durres, Albania – July 2018

Albania was the kind of country I visited with zero prior knowledge. I fell in love with it very quickly. I checked into my hostel, set my bag down next to my bunk bed, plugged my phone into the outlet and stepped out onto the small balcony overlooking the Illyria square in Durres, Albania, theContinue reading “Durres, Albania – July 2018”