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On October 9 I made it to Italy! I flew into Venice and took the train to a small village about an hour north called Latisana. Here, I was met by my host family’s oldest son, Francesco. Well, it wasn’t until that evening, after asking multiple times and ways, that I began to understand thatContinue reading “Apple SZN in Latisana!”

After saying goodbye to mom and dad in Scotland I flew to Dublin, Ireland and took the bus a few hours south to Cork to meet my first Workaway host family. [Workaway is an online site, similar to Wwoofing, that hosts and travelers from around the world can join and connect with each other. HostsContinue reading “Cork, Ireland”

Thanks again to the wonders of standby (and 20+ years of flying), mom and dad spontaneously made it to Scotland! We spent a week after my race exploring the hilly countryside, castle ruins, highland cattle, and sheeeepiiiess! From Kinlochleven and Glencoe, where the race was held, we headed south to Oban and Isle of MullContinue reading “Mom and Dad in Scotland!”

Some context: In 2016 while I was studying abroad in New Zealand, a mutual friend and skiing teammate Rachel introduced me to Penelope, whom she’d grown up with in the mountains of Anchorage, AK. We also met up with another former nordic skier from Middlebury named Britta. The four of us spent a semester literallyContinue reading “Scotland and the Solomon Glencoe Skyline”

Hoping to travel for a bit!