to love and wander

It Has Been Awhile…

Ok, I know exactly what you all are thinking. “Devin, it’s been SIXTEEN days since you’ve posted anything on your blog!” To that, I am thoroughly sorry. I must admit that my life right now has become increasingly hectic and finding time to simply breathe has been very challenging. So before I hear any comments…

The End of a (Short) Era…

As a man who is in very great control of his life, I have managed to only incur a few harmless obsessions. One could categorize my numerous Apple products to be a little obsession, of course, not in the hipster way. A second one may be my obsessive followership to Cracked.com. However, these obsessions may…

Mannekin Pis News…

Not long after I published my post about my second Brussels class, I find that an entire article was posted by the Wall Street Journal (as found on Yahoo finance) about the infamous Mannekin Pis statue in Brussels. It really is an interesting article and I’ve attached the link here. It supplements what I wrote…

MLKJr. Day

Today is the 21st of January and as Americans like to do, we associate this particular day with a famous man who helped our nation in a positive way. On this particular day we acknowledge one individual who has cut down economic status barriers and has helped society rid itself of a common enemy. Hmmm…so…

Second Class (54 Days Until Departure)

I have now come upon the second meeting of my study abroad class in Brussels which occurred on Thursday. That day, I was able to get to know my other classmates and start forming relationships with the students whom I will be spending ten fun filled days with in Belgium. The class started off very…

The Inevitable HyVee Article

I have always been fascinated with writers and how they are able to come up with such a variety of interesting topics and continually and consistently pump those ideas out in a way where the critics don’t collectively bombard websites and newspapers with reviews that usually contain the words “rat’s ass” somewhere. As I go…

An Expansion of My Blog…

As I indicated in my About page, the main purpose of this blog was to write about my experiences traveling the world and more specifically, my faculty led trip to Brussels in March. However since I’m enjoying writing these posts so much, I’ve decided to reach beyond the original purpose of my blog and add…

First Class (61 days until departure)

Last Monday was the official start of the spring 2013 semester and with that came my very first study abroad class. As the semester begins, I always have a few reservations for the classes in which I’m enrolled.What are the people like? How is the prof? Will the class mind if I show up without…

My First Post

Welcome to Devin’s Travels! I’ve created this blog to document my biggest passion: traveling! I do whatever I can do be able to see as much of the world as I can and I’ve been very lucky to experience as much as I have. My primary focus will be my experience traveling to Brussels this…