var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-6950543-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @writebrainy)http://writebrained.org/On our second day in Romania, we visited the castle in Bran.  Often credited as Dracula’s...http://writebrained.org/post/823219252http://writebrained.org/post/823219252Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:00:42 -0400On arriving in Brasov, Romania, I felt for the first time that we had truly arrived in Eastern...http://writebrained.org/post/815624226http://writebrained.org/post/815624226Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:13:00 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7pKrVB5f2W0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7pKrVB5f2W0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Final one.  This song is very popular over here (and in Belgium, according to Shug.)  End of dance break, go back to your desks!</p>http://writebrained.org/post/815327130http://writebrained.org/post/815327130Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:31:41 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wEvHYJpmhtI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wEvHYJpmhtI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Having the flu sucks!  However, it did force me to go to a pharmacy and discover the Romanian equivalent for Theraflu.  Since I’m posting videos, just thought I’d also post this cutesy Bollywood/ Mumbai disco inspired one I just saw.  I also thought it would be fun to do a post with all my American-in-Europe photos, funny images about how American culture travels (for better or for worse!)</p>http://writebrained.org/post/815300004http://writebrained.org/post/815300004Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:21:29 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LkjljBNTLs4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LkjljBNTLs4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Arrived in Romania.  We spent a day in Brasov and I’m now in Bucharest.  I have to catch up on photos from the past few days.  Just heard this song…. :)   I am taking the day off from sightseeing and am in my hotel room watching Romanian MTV.  Tomorrow I head to Istanbul. </p>http://writebrained.org/post/814881170http://writebrained.org/post/814881170Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:34:12 -0400We spent two days in the high Tatras mountains on the Slovakian side, and so far these are among my...http://writebrained.org/post/810402261http://writebrained.org/post/810402261Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:01:43 -0400We took our first night train to arrive in Prague in the morning.  The European overnight trains are...http://writebrained.org/post/805956840http://writebrained.org/post/805956840Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:00:42 -0400When I was ten years old, I read about World War II somewhere and was inspired to do a project for...http://writebrained.org/post/795472194http://writebrained.org/post/795472194Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:00:00 -0400I have been diligently taking photos for the past week, but not so diligently posting none of them. ...http://writebrained.org/post/793139031http://writebrained.org/post/793139031Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:03:00 -0400Here are a few more photos from our afternoon walk in Warsaw yesterday.  We saw a bear in the zoo,...http://writebrained.org/post/769404819http://writebrained.org/post/769404819Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:00:00 -0400I adored flying Air France yesterday because it gave me a perfectly good excuse to have a glass of...http://writebrained.org/post/766670642http://writebrained.org/post/766670642Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:21:00 -0400Today I’m taking off on a trip I’ve been planning for several months to visit a few...http://writebrained.org/post/761703656http://writebrained.org/post/761703656Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:30:00 -0400“Risk everything in the direction of your desire. Go after it as if your life depends on it,...http://writebrained.org/post/703179622http://writebrained.org/post/703179622Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:30:57 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2fxj63BtT1qzb2hmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I keep sending my sister pictures of chandeliers… I adore chandeliers lately.  She says it is impractical to put one in my new apartment.</p> <blockquote> <p>via <a href="http://sweethomestyle.tumblr.com/post/599673721/via-www-theselby-com" target="_blank">sweethomestyle</a>:  <a href="http://www.theselby.com" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.theselby.com" target="_blank">www.theselby.com</a></a></p> </blockquote>http://writebrained.org/post/601815510http://writebrained.org/post/601815510Sat, 15 May 2010 17:23:00 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1rjjoAWMp1qzyzgbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Naptime in your palace of dreams.</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://sweethomestyle.tumblr.com/post/599975329/via-r-o-o-m-s-verhext" target="_blank">sweethomestyle</a>, <a href="http://r-o-o-m-s.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">r-o-o-m-s</a>, <a href="http://verhext.tumblr.com/post/564222872/anthropologie" target="_blank">verhext</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://writebrained.org/post/601811014http://writebrained.org/post/601811014Sat, 15 May 2010 17:21:36 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2h9ykjRP11qzb2hmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I am still dying to have an all white apartment in my new place!  </p> <p>(via <a href="http://sweethomestyle.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">sweethomestyle</a>)</p>http://writebrained.org/post/601802228http://writebrained.org/post/601802228Sat, 15 May 2010 17:17:07 -0400We have been eating so well while we’re here, and I could probably write a dozen blog entries...http://writebrained.org/post/557305859http://writebrained.org/post/557305859Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:17:00 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1lclpI8pq1qzoykzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Ridonkulously adorable. </p> <p>(via <a href="http://lavitaebella-lifeisbeautiful.tumblr.com/post/555996592/keepyourselfwarm-ronald-reagans-letter-to" target="_blank">lavitaebella-lifeisbeautiful</a>: <a href="http://keepyourselfwarm.tumblr.com/post/555985905/ronald-reagans-letter-to-nancy-on-their-20th" target="_blank">keepyourselfwarm</a>)</p>http://writebrained.org/post/556186273http://writebrained.org/post/556186273Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:30:38 -0400“Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to...http://writebrained.org/post/555996978http://writebrained.org/post/555996978Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:00:00 -0400India is a dream.  Do I need pictures or words to more properly describe this place, in my blood...http://writebrained.org/post/553033926http://writebrained.org/post/553033926Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:25:00 -0400