My friend Morgan and I had planned to go backpacking this past weekend. But with Colorado's recent historic floods having shut down many auto routes into the mountains, heading west was clearly not in the cards. So, in light of the devastation that our communities had endured, we did what any caring, concerned citizens of the Centennial State would have done. We went to … [Read more...]
Joschi II
Arriving in a new place brings a wealth of challenges. Languages to misuse, money to miscount, indigenous customs to violate. Unpredictable lighting, confusing locks, toilets that offer impressive arrays of heretofore unknown functions. Buses to just miss, taxis in which to temporarily reconsider one's stance on religion, trains in which to be caught holding precisely the wrong … [Read more...]
Joschi I
He seemed to understand exactly where I was going. And he was quite resolute that he should go there as well. I hadn't expected to make friends so early on, but it became clear that my first companion would take the form of a solitary and apparently self-sufficient German Shepherd. I was near the Liechtenstein border, beginning a westward trek across Switzerland that would … [Read more...]
