this is it!

i am back in ostrava with my friend laura to hang out with her my last few days in europe. tomorrow i am taking the train to prague for my 6am flight tuesday morning... i cant believe how quickly these three months have gone and how fortunate i am for all these incredible experiences. as of this week my cell phone will be re-activated so you can be expecting to hear from me very very soon.

xoxo

hello again

sorry for such sporadic posts and terrible spelling. since i last wrote i spent some time in paris at a flat all to myself, a few days in switzerland and a week on a roadtrip/camping trip with some new friends i met in gryon. we went hiking and swimming and picnicing in the mountains, the black forest, and in some really beautiful parks. it was so much fun and exactly the kind of traveling i needed at this point in my trip. that said, i will be back in the states sooner than i can believe! i am anxious to see all of you and to hear how life has been in the states the past three months.

much love!

a few pictures...

münich

kilkenny

the cliffs! <3


granada


granada & the alhambra


much love.

berlin

today i am leaving the lovely city of berlin.  i spent the past week with my friend dominique who i met while traveling in ireland.  we had such a great time and she showed me so many amazing places!  we rode her scooter around the graffiti-covered jasmine-scented post-communist streets of east berlin, where she grew up.  we checked out tons of great cafes, art bars, a club that used to be a nazi hide out, saw a few matches in the eurocup and went cycling a lot!  its been so great and i am so thankful to have met such a wonderful and generous friend!!  today i head to the netherlands to ride bikes some more and check it out for a few days before going to paris.  

hope you are all doing great, i miss you all!

much love.

italy, canoe trip, berlin

since i last wrote about where i have been, a lot has happened... i spent an incredible week in italy and went on a really fun canoe trip in southern bohemia and then met up with my friend dominique in berlin!  i cant believe how quickly the time is going...  one month left!!

i found out the other day that i got accepted to the masters program at UW!

more later, much love!

xo, mary

technical difficulties

my apologies for faking you out with the link that was apparently not functional. i stayed up until 4:30am on an italian computer trying to post them for you, so i hate to say it, but the chances of them being re-posted are slim to none. maybe later, or maybe you should just come to seattle next month and have coffee with me and i'll show you pictures then.

anyways, things have been lovely as usual and i am enjoying everything incredibly. there have been so many beautiful people, places and experiences the past two months that as i was sitting on top of a mountain looking over lago di como in italy, i was almost certain my heart was going to explode.

"your heart is the size of the ocean -
go find the gem hidden in your depths!
your open mouth cries like a seashell:
that heart is too small for me!
how could it be too small for you,
that heart contains the whole universe!"




it does.

pictures

here is a link to a few pictures from the past month. there is just one from (almost) every city, so i will just have to show the rest when its more possible. the one below is from budapest and now i owe you some from italy!