MissDTravels

I'm on day 17 of this miraculous journey and quite frankly I need a little vacation from this vacation. So today I took a break. I haven't visited a single point of interest and I haven't travelled more than 3 blocks from my hostel. I sat at a park and tried to even out my shorts tan (I failed, it's cloudy today), I gave my body some much needed "good stuff" (tea, chia seed and yogurt breakfast, mixed nuts, plenty of water, and soon a big salad), and I set about doing some lesson planning for the coming year (after all, I do have to go back to work eventually).  I know a few of you are probably reading this and scoffing. How can I waste a perfectly good day in Vienna ?! Well, I can assure I haven't forgotten how great this all is and how fortunate I am but I'm really just a bit worn out. If anything, I needed a change of pace for the sake of making the last 6 days as amazing as possible.  Why am I worn out?  Firstly, I didn't account for how hard t...

I've just crossed the halfway point of my capital cities tour. A few realizations: Traveling to Berlin post-Paris: it works!  For all the inconceivably grand buildings, manicured lawns, and giant rues of Paris, there are equally off-beat, hidden, overgrown, and funky bits in Berlin. Although I have always loved Paris and will most likely go back again and again, I felt a huge sense of relief when I arrived in Germany and was greeted by overgrown lawns, ample graffiti, and welcoming locals guzzling bottles of beer on the street. I recommend something like this if you're prone to getting burnt out from seeing the same thing over and over, no matter how beautiful or magnificent it may be.  Manicured greatness in the Tuileries Garden, Paris. Not so manicured greatness in Berlin. I should be exercising more. I was doing quite well and feeling mostly normal in body until a few days ago, when I'm sure the sausages, beers, and potato products of Ge...