July 4th, 2014 from Sydney Morris on Vimeo. Last year I wrote about Independence Day and elaborated on how/why us Americans celebrate July 4th. This year, I decided to share how my community celebrates. Do you and how do you celebrate your country? Continue reading
One of my absolutely favorite writing styles are thought streams. And memories are my favorite thoughts to describe in this fashion. Four major cities in six months. Paired with each I have created a mosaic of memories and a thought stream of places or a specific moments. Considering I was based in Hiroshima, I had … Continue reading
Exploring Tokyo like a True Tokyoite – well at least from my perspective. To permanent city dwellers, I probably looked like a very lost Gaijin. On the Shinkansen ride to Tokyo I thought about Hiroshima, Naoshima, Kyoto, and all the random locations I had adventured through around the country and I became very excited because … Continue reading
River, Chau, Tiana, and Alexis take a moment to look over the fence and into nature. Continue reading
General overview of my first two weeks in Hiroshima… Here’s a little something I wrote on the 1.5 hour plane ride from Tokyo to Hiroshima, Imagine catching your breath and holding it. Hold it and imagine the energy of the oxygen building up in your chest the way pop does when you drop a mentos … Continue reading
Unpacking on the first day of Hiroshima! The rooms are fantastic; it is like living in an apartment. Reminds me a lot of our living arrangements in Argentina. Continue reading
Magnificent doesn’t even begin to describe nature’s beauty. As I stood on the seats of our jeep, gripping binoculars, and slightly leaning out the window, I saw baboons running along the dirt road and endless plains as far as the eye could see. Honestly, I was not sure what to think on our drive to the park … Continue reading
From the moment I looked out the window, flying through the snowy tipped mountains of Kashmir I knew this trip would be different from any of our previous weXplores of India. In fact, as we were walking through the chilled and dimly lit town it often slipped my mind that we had not left the … Continue reading
Rolling hills, a light mist, and stunted green trees as far as the eye could see; the only place I could think to relate Munnar to was The Shire. This picturesque landscape is India’s source for everything tea related, and considering there is never a time you cannot see tea trees, this makes perfect sense. … Continue reading
