What am I missing? -swim gear - camera - adaptor - clothes-sundresses, leggings, coat(s), jeans - hiking gear - passport - electronics chargers - hair products and curler/dryer -hair ties -wrist wallet - euros - European phone - my phone (with texts and roaming turned off) - snacks for plane (this one might not happen) - back pack - makeup -under garments - shower stuff - tooth brush/paste -battery backup extender -perfume -gym clothes -water...

If life throws you a curve ball and you miss, don’t worry it will happen again. Plenty of chances to learn and live. If life throws and hits you, good news you get to walk a base. It’s all trying to find the positives from the inside out. I apologise in advance if my sports analogy seems off, I’m clearly not a pro-sports fan.

It’s hard going on a tour with no Internet, every fiber in my being wants to Google information not just to learn more but because I don’t inherently trust “opinions.” Dear Internet, I’ve missed you being readily available on the go. I’m sincerely sorry for taking that for granted. Love, Desarae

What a big lovely group. 12+ people?! So grateful for new and old friends, chocolate, airplanes and Internet.. All things making my trip fabulous. It's rainy here in Girona, but we've traversed the city a lot already. Day one: I rented a car and got my first taste of Euro driving. Spain drives on the right side of the road, so that's nice. The car is a small car, thank God, but a stick. And since it barely fits the sidewalk-sized roads, I'm...

What am I missing? -swim gear - camera - adaptor - clothes-sundresses, leggings, coat(s), jeans - hiking gear - passport - electronics chargers - hair products and curler/dryer -hair ties -wrist wallet - euros - European phone - my phone (with texts and roaming turned off) - snacks for plane (this one might not happen) - back pack - makeup -under garments - shower stuff - tooth brush/paste -battery backup extender -perfume -gym clothes -water...

If we live on in the memory of our friends, my aim is to make many friends in y lifetime with many great memories together. Read more...

Stop the drone strikes. People don't hate us for freedom, or our growing lack of it, but that we facelessly terrorise them from the sky. How is this not a tragedy comparable to Boston in your mind, not that Boston wasn't a tragedy, but in the same day full villages where and are terrorised by this. Yes it wasn't your home or in your country but you can call your congressman or tweet them to ask them to make the terror stop. Your money is...

Who is Gary Locke? Former secretary of commerce and Obama appointed ambassador to China. More here: http://www.commerce.gov/about-commerce/commerce-leadership/secretary-gary-locke So you've heard a lot about CISPA. Some propaganda, probably not the actually policy and probably nothing about the men and women forming those policies. Gary was the 21st governor of Washington, and the only Chinese American to serve as Governor. According to...

Think the world would do something about it if the Nazis came back? What if one country was systematically violating human rights including genocide, the use of child soldiers, systematic rape, child labour, slavery, human trafficking and a lack of freedom of speech? This is literally the first paragraph of the Wikipedia definition of Burma, newly renamed Myanmar by the Junta (military rulers) in 1989 as a form of colloquial censorship. Many...

I wonder what dirigable travel was like in the 1930s. What would our own travel be like if the Hindenburg zeppelin disaster had never occurred? Fateful and horrible scenes on the newly found media must have come as quite a shock to the general public. The airship had 2 crew members per passenger. The crash video: http://youtu.be/CgWHbpMVQ1U At some 97 lives aboard, 37 where paying customers and a total of 13 lives where lost as the ship burned...