A photo shoot near the Eiffel Tower, April 2012. Photo by Brittany Petersen. I've been back in Chicago for almost two months now, ...

I started a new blog last week, and today I wrote the first significant post. It's a blog about running, structured around my trainin...

What could they possibly be mad about, with this outside their window? Montreux, Switzerland, overlooking Lake Geneva. Photo by Brittan...

"How the fatigues and annoyances of travel fill one with bitter prejudices sometimes! I might enter Florence under happier auspices a m...

Dear Future Self, Remember what it felt like to be here. Remember how much you wanted to come, how excited you were, how hard you worked t...

 The Paris Metro, a wonder of efficiency. Photo by Brittany Petersen. After my walking tour debacle , and realizing that I had more tha...

The day after we arrived in Rome, my grandparents and I traveled abroad for the afternoon, wandering into the 110-acre Vatican City, the wor...

In Prague's Old Town Square. Photos by Brittany Petersen I spent a total of less than 48 hours in the Czech Republic, and i...

Yeah. Good luck with that. Paris street map photo via Etsy . All other photos by Brittany Petersen. I was more excited about Paris than...