We were standing in front of a big Greek Orthodox church on a Sunday morning contemplating whether or not to go in. A little old Greek lady had overheard us speaking English and hobbled over to ask us where we were from. Thirty minutes later, she still hadn't stopped talking. "The entire world owes their …
Category: travel
February: a brief history
It's been cold and snowy the past few days and I'm going to be honest with you, now that it's March my mild annoyance of the snow has turned into something close to hatred of it. I'm sorry, in 10 months I promise I'll be excited about it again. Lately my life has been so full …
The (Koso)days of my (Koso)life
So, I’ve been told that people want to know about my life. Not my whole life (that would be boring) but my Kosovo life. Kosolife, if you will. I guess that’s fair. I love hearing about other people’s adventures in countries and cultures different then my own. I’m also a writer and we all know …
2014
I don’t know what I did with my list of New Year’s resolutions for 2014. Probably it’s somewhere tucked away in my bedroom at my parents’ house. I know I made one, because I always make one. I’m addicted to lists and checking things off of lists. But I’m also addicted to chaos and unpredictability …
California
I'm currently traveling through California, so I thought I'd share this poem I wrote after last summer's California trip. I flew away from the Pacific over the desert toward Las Vegas. The mountains, valleys, towns were brown and brown and brown. I thought about that morning When I had driven my little rental down highway 1 …
Here In Between
Oh my life, my love, can you hear me? Here's the part of my life where I sit and watch my dreams change. I sat on the ledge of some cliff on some hill in some village in Lebanon and I could see it. The clouds rolling in over the hills, coming from the sea …
A moment
I wrote this a couple of weeks ago: Things are never the way you expect them to be. Nothing looks the way you painted it in your mind. In my picture of Beirut, I didn't imagine a Syrian refugee next to an American Eagle next to a Lebanese restaurant next to a grocery store that …
How to Move to Lebanon in 4 Days
1. Pack your life into a suitcase. Technically you could bring two suitcases, though I recommend a suitcase and then a duffle for your books and shoes. Less to carry. I know packing is hard enough when you’re going to be gone for a week, but packing to start a new life is totally different. …
California
So last week I was in California. It was magical and freeing and exactly what I needed. My sister and I were talking and we said that even though we have been to California a lot of times, we never felt like we appreciated it before. This time I tried to soak up all of …
Rainy Georgia Weekend
So this past weekend my family and I took a trip to north east Georgia to experience some nature. It was rainy and muddy but fun. My sister and I went on an unexpectedly treacherous mountain bike ride, we hiked through and slid down a dam, and we went on a little hike to some …
ELIZABETH ENDARA 