Truly Tiffany

Originally found at https://medium.com/@tag3773/where-is-israel-2ab6b9fac689 Post from Day 3 of a weeklong trip March 2014 - Israel   I’m writing this blog instead of going out…priorities? I also left my money in the hotel room, aka Someone was looking out for me making sure I didn’t make bad choices. Today was a lot, but I took notes… Continue reading Throwback travel post: Where is Israel? →

Originally found at https://medium.com/@tag3773/shhh-the-walls-are-speaking-e4503095592c So incredibly thankful to have had this experience to see Israel and a small part of Palestine. Eagerly waiting for the opportunity to go back and experience more of Palestine. March 2014 - Ramallah, Palestine I’m not supposed to have answers, which I am finally ok with. I thought I would have left… Continue reading Throwback travel post: Ramallah →

Processing, info dumping on the first day in Israel. Medium says 7 min read.   March 2014 - Jerusalem, Israel   Ok, so I finally figured out how to post on this thing. #techstruggles #missingfastwifi I really just want to give a stream of consciousness about (almost) everything, but I should first introduce myself. My… Continue reading Throwback travel post: Sighting the site that has been cited extensively →

There may be a longer post for this one day, but until then....   Spending my last hours in Colombia drinking coffee at a Juan Valdez in the airport, following a major turned minor travel kerfluffle. It wouldn't be a true Tiffany trip if there wasn't some hiccup somewhere. But this trip has been filled… Continue reading Final day in Colombia →

All Israel posts can be found at https://medium.com/@tag3773 This post comes from a trip to Israel during my college junior break. I had applied to this trip while abroad in France and was strongly critiqued by a close French friend who supported the boycott and Palestinian liberation. His perspective helped me as I started to prepare… Continue reading Throwback travel post: Intro to Israel →

I wrote this at the end of my first trip to Colombia right before college in 2011. Reading this again now was incredible and inspiring. I remember the passion I had in that moment and it was the lingering remains of that feeling along with the mountains that drew me back to Colombia. I wish… Continue reading Throwback post: Colombia Rant →

First and really only poem I've performed, written for my mother and all parents during Junior Parents weekend March 2014 March 2014 - Cambridge, MA    From the moment you met me, You loved me more than you could bear Despite all the pain you had been in All your body’s wear and tear, From the… Continue reading For my mother →

Goodbyes are sweet. The more I travel, the more I have to say goodbye. To new places, new people, to old places, to old people. I think providing the space for proper goodbyes is important and powerful. Recently, we said goodbye to a volunteer that had been here for a month. She and I (and… Continue reading Goodbyes →

I mentioned I would eventually get around to some throwback travel posts. These come from another blog I attempted . For the most part I am leaving these posts in their original format. My writing then was a lot more info dump, but still fun to look back on! July 2014 - The Gambia In addition to… Continue reading Throwback post: Thursdays →

Just an update. Not really meant to be an overview of Medellín by any means. I am currently in Envigado, Colombia right outside of Medellín. I'll be here till the end of May working at a Spanish language school called Colombia Immersion, a really cool program that is working to provide a Spanish language learning… Continue reading Update: Medellín →