i am home.

warm and safe. after many adventures and misadventures on the European continent.

with missed trains, emotional breakdowns, history lessons, gluwein and bratwurst, wonderful visits with family, frozen toes, naps on the metro in paris, techno shows, chocolate, waffles, playing with kids, and not a lot of sleep,
I filled the last ten days of my journey abroad.

now I am sitting in my dining room, making tomato soup from scratch, crocheting some hand cozies, listening to sufjan christmas, and looking forward to a day of cookie making with grandma and wedding dress fitting with the wonderful Krista. (she's getting married! say yay!)

my mom gave me a sunflower apron. and my dad is teaching me how to make bread from scratch. and i got to talk to three wonderful people on the telephone.

it's good to be home.
yay!

tomorrow is my last day in morocco.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

crazy.

wish me luck.

nuremburg, brussels, paris

cousins, courtney, steve aoki and uffie

get ready for this.

two weeks. save up all the days.

in the past four days,

i have managed to lose:

1. my moroccan cell phone
2.a plastic bag containing
a. one kilo of tangerines
b. East of Eden by John Steinbeck
c. ?
3.a 50 dirham bill
4.any ability to write anything coherently
5.my mind


have you seen any of these things?

warning: there is blood in these pictures. sorry.

a true cultural experience:
step one: get the sheep inside your house

step two: find the guy to kill it for you

step three: let it hang out in your house for awhile

step four: eat its liver.

what. what? it's december?

I will be home in 20 days.
this. is. crazy.

In the meant time, I will:
write approximately 20 pages on the cultural aspects of food and meals in Morocco (not quite sure what i'll be saying exactly...)
present said paper to my fellow students, professors, and advisor
find gifts for the rest of the important people in my life
learn to make cous cous (for realz, this time)
travel to three different european countries visiting family, friends, places once visited (and loved) already
also, try not to FREEZE in said european countries

20 days. four countries. one paper. almost home. ready. go.