As I’m starting this post, I’m working to pack for my flight to Romania tomorrow. (Today is June 18th.) And in the last few days, I find myself overcome with anxiety and fear about the trip. I’m plunging into the unknown, to a country I’ve never visited before, surrounded by strangers who might not speak…
I haven’t done any international travel in over six months. My last trip was to Ireland and Scotland. But now I’m going to Romania, and I thought I’d talk about how I’m preparing for it! When I traveled to Belize last summer, it was for an archaeology field school. When I visited Ireland, it was…
Anywhere you go in the world, you’ll find a deep history full of people working hard for the future. North Idaho has a rich history, too, full of logging and mining and the pioneer spirit! Of course, like anywhere in the world, there’s a lot of not-so-good stuff, too. But if you like history, there’s…
If you’ve been on this blog for any amount of time, you know that I like language. I also like travel, and the two often go hand-in-hand. I’ve spent a lot of time learning languages and learning about language. But there are a lot of tools online that claim to help you learn language, and…
I went on two road trips in the last 2 weeks, both 7 hours or more. I just went on another short one yesterday. That one was 1.5 hours. (More on that later) The first of those trips went from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, to Boise, Idaho, and back. The other went from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho,…
I took a trip to Tikal, Guatemala, about a year ago, and I had a great time! This trip was part of my experience at an archaeology field school called BVAR. I already wrote a few posts about that, if you’re curious! Tikal is one of the better-known Mayan archaeology sites, and also one of…
I finally revisited the Museum of North Idaho last weekend after over 15 years! I have lived in North Idaho for most of my life. It’s an amazing area with a rich (though not always positive) history. I remember moving here when I was about six years old, and one of our first excursions was…
I’ve made an interesting observation recently regarding the ability for museums to act like “quest boards” that you might see in a video game. Let me explain a bit. In a lot of open-ended video games, and in tabletop games like Dungeons & Dragons (both of which I play a lot), it’s common to find…
Last June, I spent a day in Caracol, Belize, during a break from my work at a field school. It was a 3-week trip altogether, but we got to take special trips on the weekends out to places like this. Caracol was the first of several excursions we took at the field school, and it…
I’ve talked a few times about how it’s easy to find new experiences around you when you know where to look. So, while looking for blog post topics, my mom suggested vising the Post Falls History museum. It’s only about a 10-minute drive, but we’ve never visited for some reason. Unfortunately for us, we discovered…