The Traveler

After spending two days in Belfast, I caught a bus south to Dublin along with my friends Megan Turner and Cassie Kordsmeier. After a smooth ride through rolling green hills, we arrived at our hostel in the mid-afternoon. With our flight leaving for Rome the next morning, time was a precious commodity.…

For the last few weeks, Christmas lights have begun to appear through the streets of Barcelona, hanging from the buildings to the trees and wishing "Bones Festes" (Happy Holidays) with campanas (bells), Papá Noel and árboles de navidad (Christmas trees). As more decorations appeared in the city and finally crept onto my street, I waited impatiently for the night when they would finally be lit.…