It's A Small World After All...
John and I ran into Judi Pena (USC '08) in the Barcelona metro back on June 29. She was rolling with a friend of hers and a friend of her friend, and we hit up La Pedrera and first fantastic meal (at Sukur in the Barrio Gotico). We met up with E Dill (Williams '07) and her friend outside the Hard Rock Cafe and then hit up an Irish pub (embassy of the English-speaking world).
Hung out with Tosin Adeyanju (Williams '08) in Amsterdam July 7&8. She's working outside Amsterdam for the summer and played Sober Foil to John and my Amsterdam Tourist. That was a crazy weekend. Best line: while waiting forever for food in an almost empty Thai restaurant, "Sorry it took so long. There was a problem in the kitchen: your food got cold."
Monday the 9th in Paris, we ran into Katherine McAllister (Williams '07) on the street in Montmartre. She was having dinner with two friends and we were looking for a place to eat. She recommended I stick around for Bastille Day, July 14th, which I ended up doing, and she took me to her favorite creperie from when she studied abroad here.
Met up with Ben Isaac (Williams '07) in Copenhagen. We spent the first night working our way through massive beers, which a blast until, like so many things, the next day. During the first blurry, nauseous minutes of that next day, I ran into Allison Prevatt (Williams '09) in my hostel. She's been rolling through Scandinavia with her friend Deborah Perl (UVA '09). We ended up chilling with them for most of the day, which included a stroll through Christiania, a semi-self-governing neighborhood that Ben described as a sort of post-Apocalyptic Amsterdam. Later in the hostel, I met Dave Bogaty (Cornell '07), friend from home of Dan Wollin (Williams '07). Whirlwind of connections in that town. Got my first (metaphorical) taste of Scandinavian beauty there too...
Now I'm in Leipzig crashing with Kyra Ferber (Williams '10), who coincidentally just hosted the aforementioned Allison and Deborah.
Tomorrow I'm training east to Warsaw, where I'm meeting up with Magda Wierzbicka (Hamilton '08), a friend from last summer in Beijing. We'll be travelling to Prague together.
Future encounters may include Scot Murray, Charles Howard, Ren Wei (Williams '07s), Lauren Taub (Hampshire '08), and almost certainly some other people I know.
Speaking of which, why aren't you traveling with me right now?
Hung out with Tosin Adeyanju (Williams '08) in Amsterdam July 7&8. She's working outside Amsterdam for the summer and played Sober Foil to John and my Amsterdam Tourist. That was a crazy weekend. Best line: while waiting forever for food in an almost empty Thai restaurant, "Sorry it took so long. There was a problem in the kitchen: your food got cold."
Monday the 9th in Paris, we ran into Katherine McAllister (Williams '07) on the street in Montmartre. She was having dinner with two friends and we were looking for a place to eat. She recommended I stick around for Bastille Day, July 14th, which I ended up doing, and she took me to her favorite creperie from when she studied abroad here.
Met up with Ben Isaac (Williams '07) in Copenhagen. We spent the first night working our way through massive beers, which a blast until, like so many things, the next day. During the first blurry, nauseous minutes of that next day, I ran into Allison Prevatt (Williams '09) in my hostel. She's been rolling through Scandinavia with her friend Deborah Perl (UVA '09). We ended up chilling with them for most of the day, which included a stroll through Christiania, a semi-self-governing neighborhood that Ben described as a sort of post-Apocalyptic Amsterdam. Later in the hostel, I met Dave Bogaty (Cornell '07), friend from home of Dan Wollin (Williams '07). Whirlwind of connections in that town. Got my first (metaphorical) taste of Scandinavian beauty there too...
Now I'm in Leipzig crashing with Kyra Ferber (Williams '10), who coincidentally just hosted the aforementioned Allison and Deborah.
Tomorrow I'm training east to Warsaw, where I'm meeting up with Magda Wierzbicka (Hamilton '08), a friend from last summer in Beijing. We'll be travelling to Prague together.
Future encounters may include Scot Murray, Charles Howard, Ren Wei (Williams '07s), Lauren Taub (Hampshire '08), and almost certainly some other people I know.
Speaking of which, why aren't you traveling with me right now?
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