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the commonplace chronicles (n): a collection of travel anecdotes, musings on life abroad, reflections on culture, literary quips, and any and all things travel, living abroad, writing, and reading.
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building a life, beach breakfasts, and beginning again (opens the original)
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ChickenscratchFor perhaps the first time in my life, I am intentionally building what I want my life to look like. Over the last few years, I’ve made big decisions that led to a life—moving to Mallorca, starting a master’s that took me to two different cities. Consequently, I developed a life I really enjoyed in each place. But now, I’m back to Mallorca, and I’m not completely the same person I was when I left two years ago. And I’m definitely not the same person I was when I moved here nearly f
mallorca: the sequel (opens the original)
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It’s September, and I’ve started over again. Two weeks ago, I packed up everything I owned and moved from Venice to Mallorca. I always seem to start over in September. In the last four years, I’ve moved to three different cities, and two countries. In September 20221, I booked a one-way flight to Palma de Mallorca to work as an English teaching assistant for eight months, then I ended up staying for two years. In September 2024, I moved to Barcelona for the first year of my master’s degree i
venice, I’m sorry i misjudged you (opens the original)
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I didn’t fall in love with Venice at first sight.The first time I visited Venice, I was twenty-three and in the region for two weeks to work as an English teacher at a summer camp. I arrived a day early to explore Venice for twenty-four hours, and I remember feeling sad. My impression was of a once great, important city that was a shell of its former self, hollowed out and caricatured for tourists, and slowly sinking into the lagoon. It was beautiful, but I was underwhelmed and found it somewhat
a very gothic day in venice (opens the original)
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The storm clouds were already building and billowing when I stepped off the vaporetto. The campo was hushed and empty despite being a short walk down a narrow street away from the vaporetto stop and the craziness that is anywhere near San Marco. If not for the arrow helpfully pointing the way to the Church of San Zaccaria—always a godsend for navigating Venice—it’d be easy to pass by this ancient church with the pretty pink stones next to a cluster of old trees. I certainly have passed that same
a southern supper in venice (opens the original)
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As a Tennessean living in Venice, rapidly approaching my four-year Europe anniversary, a lot of my homesickness lately has been tied to food. I have to admit, I miss Southern food.I can hear the backlash now. You’re living in ITALY! How could you possibly miss AMERICAN food? Don’t get me wrong, Italian food is wonderful. No matter where I live and travel, I am always the person to try to dig a little deeper and get what is local, what is typical. My mom raised me with the philosophy that we trav
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