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So...it's been a while. Time to recap the last year:

Rome (Sept-Dec 2009) - I was here for an academic semester from September to the end of December. Mark came to visit for Christmas, and we spent it traveling to Cinque Terre, Firenze and Venezia.

Copenhagen (Jan-Apr 2010) - Another co-op semester rolled around, and since I was in Europe for school already, I figured I would just stay there for a little longer and work in a city with some kick-ass architecture. Copenhagen was on the top of my list for places to work and live in, so off I went! Good thing it was the coldest, worst winter they've had in the last 15 years...I met some great friends in Copenhagen through a friend in Hawai'i (Jason).

Sweden (Feb 2010) - I spent a long weekend with 6 other (fabulously gay) men in a cabin in the middle of southern Sweden. Lots of snow, snow, and more snow! No showers, just cold water and snow. I finally got the real sauna experience...um...

Rome (March 2010) - Went back to Rome to see Lily! It was a lot of fun to see the city in a completely different perspective. I had spent most of my time exploring the city with people in my class, and through class lectures. This was the first time I was going around with people who had been living there for quite some time. Missed Yeasayer. Oops.

Berlin (April 2010) - Spent the long, long Easter weekend with Tiff in Berlin! That was crazy. My legs have never ached so badly after walking around for hours and hours. We had a lot of late nights at cafes and spent the days walking around tons to nice shops and eating the German staples. We also went to a club...needless to say, we left at 7:30am.

Copenhagen (April 16 2010) - My flight was set to depart Copenhagen to go to Honolulu on April 16th in the morning. Iceland's volcano erupted April 15th. Perfect timing. I was "stuck" in Copenhagen for an extra 8 days constantly scrambling to rebook my flight with Continental. Thanks to Sofie, Chris, Mika and Chrissy, I managed to have lots of nice hang out days while I waited for the airline, airport and airspace to open at the same time. It was such a disaster!

New York (May 1 2010) - To get out of Copenhagen, I had to take an overnight bus to Oslo. The Copenhagen airport looked like it was going to be the most conservative of all airports in the area, and on top of that, there was only one flight leaving Copenhagen with Continental per day. By this point, I would have had to compete with 8 days worth of passengers, plus the ones who were already booked. I decided to travel to another city to get out of Europe. People were offering rides to Barcelona, Madrid for insane prices. Going to Oslo was my only chance to get to Hawai'i before school started. But the flight they booked me on was to have a 50 minute layover in Newark, so they extended by layover to be the next day instead. I got out of Jersey and went to meet up with Ed in New York City. That was fun! Went to a party at 3rd Ward, ate pizza and beer at Alligator Lounge, and proceeded to sleep for the first time in 40 hours.

Honolulu (May 2010) - Finally made it after a grueling week in limbo and too much traveling. So happy to see Mark and everyone else!!! I surfed a ton while I was here, and soaked up as much sun as I could before I got back to school. Fun fun fun!

Cambridge (May-Aug 2010) - Pretty much got home Wednesday night, packed, and then drove to Cambridge Thursday morning for studio. I was wasted. Tired wasted. What a way to start the beginning of my final school semester! The whole summer went pretty nicely...a lot of work at times. Not as fun as I thought it would be, but we had some fun times in Toronto and a weekend camping at Cyprus Lake. Sooooo nice!

Hawai'i (Sept-Oct 2010) - Now we're caught up to where I am. Surfing and roasting all over again!!!! Whooooo!

Photos and more detailed posts to come soon :)