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Age:

27

Gender:

Female

If you must know:

I'm taken

Travel status:

Traveling soon

Hometown:

Detroit, Michigan

Currently in:

Maryland

Traveling Next:

Detroit, Grand Cayman, Scotland

Favorite places I've been:

Yorkshire, Scottish Highlands, Paris, Yellowstone

Places I want to go to:

Italy, Egypt, Turkey, New Zealand, Brazil, Iceland

About me:

I was born and raised in Detroit and then transplanted to the Washington D.C. area. I earned a dual bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in Sociology and Women's Studies and then my master's degree in English Literature from the University of Maryland. I love reading, writing, photography, travel. I'm currently planning my wedding for August 2009 in Blair Atholl, Scotland.

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Tunes I rock out to:

Old school punk and British rock and pop. I love the Clash, Rancid, Franz Ferdinand, Pulp, the Arctic Monkeys, and so on.

Travel style:

I love travelling with my fiance. We usually grab our backpacks and go, travelling all over the countryside. I enjoy isolated places most- where I can sit down and hear only the sound of the wind rushing in my ears. We travel on the cheap, being cheap.

Quote:

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more.
~George Gordon, Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

Favorite artist(s):

French Impressionists

Favorite books:

Victorian novels- Bleak House, Wuthering Heights, Villette, etc.

Who I'd like to meet on my travels:

Ewan MacGregor, on his motorcycle. He could take me with him. ;)

I want to make a difference by:

Conveying the world as I see it to others, fostering their appreciation of its beauties and an aversion to its destruction.

Languages spoken, other than English:

I butcher German

I felt the most immersed in a foreign culture when:

My fiance and I first showed up in Paris not speaking a lick of French between us.

Why I travel:

It's my own brand of religion.

Let's collaborate:

I'd love to freelance for a travel publication. If you like what I write or the pictures I take, let me know.

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by Globalgirl | 2008/08/27

Haha:) I can't wait myself... but actually - I decided to follow my motto of "travel waits for no woman" and am heading on a mini-mini-sabbatical for 6 weeks...to Caribbean. From end November to early Jan. Figure it will be a great way to test the waters.:) I'll blog while away but if not am keeping notes so will write when I return in january.

Lily who loves travel & fashion
http://www.lilylilyshop.com

by novoarte | 2008/08/24

Ahh. Ewan MacGregor. I'd ride off on a motorcycle with him, too.

A Day at the Faire- Archery for Archery's Sake

By Pap of Glencoe | Location: United States | 08/27/08 | Pics: 0

It's not technically travel. But then, I'm not technically home, either. So I suppose it's fair game to talk about events and places in the Washington D.C. area in this forum. Scruples aside, my fiance and I visited the Maryland Renaissance Festival in Crownsville, MD this weekend. The fair is only a...

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Las Vegas Senses

By Pap of Glencoe | Location: United States | 08/19/08 | Pics: 1

An ever-azure sky, parched throat, painted mountains- a movie back-drop, smoldering cigarette butt, with a ping-ping-clang, epileptic lights. Crawling through a dryer vent, slowly slowly in silent sludge, chips falling, laughter, and striations in the sand.

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What's in a name? The Imperial Palace

By Pap of Glencoe | Location: United States | 08/14/08 | Pics: 0

The last time I went to Las Vegas, I had the fortune of staying in a timeshare leased by my fiance's parents. It was commodious, clean, and quiet with a beautiful view of the Las Vegas desert in the not-too-far distance. (In case you're wondering, we stayed at Hilton's Grand Vacations Club adjacent to...

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