Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

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  • Despite not buying tickets to the museums prior to arrival, we were able to get tickets through our hotel. When we checked out of Residenza Betta, Elizabetta, the owner was very warm and friendly to serve us a cappuccino before we headed out. After a quick breakfast, we headed to the train station to get our tickets for Venice later in the day and drop off our luggage so that we could explore…

  • As I mentioned before, Mondays are generally the day major museums are closed. We had heard that it’s a good idea to also explore outside of Florence if we could. Since we could, we booked The Best of Tuscany Tour with WalkAbout through our hotel. Unfortunately, out of the entire week, this was the ONLY day that it rained. When I say rain, I mean poured! Luckily, I had prepared with my rain…

  • We planned a late morning train and left our Roman accommodations with plenty of time to reach the main train station – Termini, supposedly just 15 minutes away. We were told that the tram would take us there and so we hopped on board feeling good about our timing. The worst and perhaps best part of Rome is the complete lack of signage on public transportation as to their route or any information…

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  • Our second day started off relaxingly with a long breakfast and chatting as we planned out our day. It was our only real full day to see the rest of what was to be seen in Rome. Thus, there was no time to waste! We managed the bus 810 straight to Vatican City, where we joined the throngs of tourists in St. Peter’s Square to take pictures and follow the smoothly moving line…

  • Originally, my mama and I had planned to do this Italy trip as her 60th birthday adventure. However, my university decided to change the vacation dates to two weeks earlier and though we couldn’t celebrate her 60th there, we were still able to enjoy our Italian adventure! Coming from opposite sides of the world, we met up in Rome with Giorgio there to take us to our B&B-style accommodations at Abitazione Pigneto. It…

  • Some of my negative energy has needed to be channeled into something productive and proactive towards getting me back on track towards a semblance of the driven, ambitious and motivated old-me. Of course, I may never return fully to that person as I’ve re-assessed what I value and what it is I want to accomplish in my life…. Anyway, I ramble. Tonight, I leave to meet my mama in Rome for our week-long…

  • To whom do I belong? a biological mother who abandoned me families that denied me men who took advantage of my body a woman who scarred my mental and emotional states To what place do I belong? one that sent me away one that lost me in their system one that is blind to diversity one that uses people who look like me Where do I belong? near my loving adoptive family near…

  • For some time I’ve been following this website called 8 Asians. I’ve long been interested in the perspective and perception of Asians in America, whether they are Asian-American (personally defined as those who are Asian with a mix of Asian culture and American culture), Asian-Asian (those living in America, but call an Asian country home), or Asian-Adoptees (which I separate from calling Asian-American). When I was young, I used to joke about wanting…

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