Travel
I have been incredibly lucky to have a family that values the travel experience, and as a result I have been to some pretty amazing places.
Mapping Palestine: Spent a month in the Occupied Palestinian Territory doing thesis research. Then went to Jordan and Syria with Ruth.
Children’s Crusade: Italy to India overland, through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Occupied Palestine, and Jordan in summer 2008
Maya Adventure: Belize and Guatemala in January 2008
Birthright and Beyond: Israel, Egypt and Jordan in summer 2007
Cross Country Drive: From Boston to San Francisco and back in summer 2006
Old Europe: London, Rome and Prague in January 2005
Montreal in July 2004
Greece in summer 2003
Provence (with a short jaunt to Monaco) in summer 2002
European Grand Tour: France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Germany in summer 2000
China: Beijing and the Great Wall in February 2000
Trinidad and Tobago in winter 1999
Costa Rica in summer 1998
Alaska in summer 1997
England, Scotland and Wales in summer 1994
Florence in summer 1992
Dominican Republic in winter 1990
My sister and I made a pact on our last trip to continue our wandering, keeping the number of countries visited above our age for as long as we can. It’s a tall order, but I think we can do it. My current total is 35, and I’m 24, so I have a decent margin while I suffer through grad school induced poverty. I’ll catch aunt Beryl one day…
I am currently the 56th most traveled American male aged 20-29 (and 1885th overall) according to Most Traveled People.