There are throngs of people around me. And I don't care. Why, you ask? Because they are decked out in full Hogwarts uniform, carrying wands and, despite the heat, wearing Gryffindor ties. I am home. Universal has managed to build a complete replica of Hogwarts and Hogsmede, and I spend the day wandering around this part of Island of Adventure, spending my money on silly things like a chocolate cauldron that tastes like carpet (still magical) and a 30$ wand tha...

Wow. If I thought New York was busy... I spent today running through Grand Central Station trying to make my train to New Haven, Connecticut to visit my brother in college. He exasperatedly explained it to me on the phone ("Take Metro North. Seriously, it's that easy.") the night before, but there were so many people, and all of them seemed in some crazy kind of rush. I finally made it on the train and found my seat though, and put in my iPod for several hours a...

It is day four of my trip. And I am walking around New York with the look that only a non-New Yorker can have. I am missing my subway, and I am utterly baffled by the fast paced life in New York. And I being unmistakably judged by the natives. No question. I walked around a lot this morning after I left the hotel, and stopped in places that looked interesting. I ate lunch at John's of Bleecker, which was this amazing pizza place. I walked around a bit more and th...

Expenses: Day 1: Columbus Ohio and flight to Orlando Bagel at the airport -3.50 Starbucks latte at the airport-- 3.45 Flight Dinner at Texas De Brazil- 52.00 Day 2 Lunch at Richter Burger Co. (7.00) Simpsons t-shirt (23.00) Dinner at Bubba Gump Shrimp (29.00) Day 3: Mears Shuttle to Epcot (47.00) Lunch at O'Canada (37.00) Dinner at Les Chefs de France (29.00) Day 4: Going up in the N Seoul Tower- 6.21 (6,996.869 won) Shopping at the COEX mall- 2...

My mother is jamming bottles of water into my carryon, and my father is pacing anxiously around the us. He mutters something about free parking if we're under ten minutes, and my mother kicks him. I am about to leave for my trip for eighty days, and I'm incredibly nervous. I already miss my cats, and my friends. I hate flying, and being a tourist, and I do not know why I am doing this, honestly. I just lack the desire to strap on my globe-trottin' shoes and haul ...