Now dig, 2019 was a banger. |
JANUARY |
FEBRUARY |
It snowed in London and I became the weirdo who skipped through the streets. I found the Roebuck which is a pub I frequented a lot as the weather started to get warmer. Shortly after I discovered Borough Market, the Globe Theatre, and Tate Modern -- which has a viewing deck that I started to frequent on Friday nights to work on my second book, stay tuned for that publication. I also spent a lot of time attending seminars at Queen Mary's, UCL, and KCL. |
MARCH |
This month is very special to me because it is the one that contains my brother's b-day and also my first hikes of England. I struggled through 15.6 miles to get to Leith Hill and hiked the rolling hills of the Chiltern Way for 12 miles. I also attended the Global Climate Strike and was introduced to some epic poets at the Waterloo Bridge barricade by Extinction Revolution. |
APRIL |
This month I was selected with 4 other KCL students to participate in an EU funded Think Tank based at the University of Maastricht about forms of advising that take place in higher education. I went ice skating with a dear friend Priscilla at Alexandra Palace and we took two separate trips to Bath and Windsor. This was also the month that Notre Dame sadly burned. |
MAY |
Priscilla, who I will be forever grateful to have got to met while she was studying abroad at the same university as me, and I embarked on a 12 day backpacking trip around Europe. A life experience I have always wanted to do but never really imagined I would get to do. Our itinerary => Vienna - Budapest - Prague - Krakow - Warsaw - Berlin - Edinburgh. I loved every moment of this trip and every second of time I got to spend with Priscilla! |
JUNE |
What a wild month this was! I went on a 3 day trip to the Lake District with a good friend Allie who was studying abroad at Queen Mary's; we hiked over 40 miles in those 3 days and rehab-ed our bodies in a freezing lake. I also, super last minute, packed up for the summer and moved to Ashcroft, Colorado to live in the middle of the White River National Forest in an old silver miners cabin and work as an intern for the Aspen Historical Society. |
JULY |
AUGUST |
I was lucky enough to be able to tag-a-long with Keri, who was an intern I bonded with over rock climbing, as she road-tripped through Utah to 5 National Parks. I finally, finally, got to hike the Narrows and see Zion National Park. Also the road-tripping, camping, mild bouts of scrambling, and hiking was just the most fantastic of times. |
SEPTEMBER |
I spent the first 3 weeks of September vegging out at home in MoVal with the fam before heading back to London to start my second year of PhD. We watched a lot of "The Ranch" and visited a lot of amusement parks. |
OCTOBER |
NOVEMBER |
The month of bedridden Anna - my bff can attest that this was not a pleasant month, LOL. I fell climbing and experienced my first ever sprained ankle; which was such a shock to me because I've spent my entire life surfing, skating, and snowboarding. But I also experienced some much needed rest time. |
DECEMBER |
My first Christmas in London! I was overwhelmed by the amount of people who reached out to me and offered to let me spend the holidays with them. Also at the end of the month 2 friends, including one of my best friends from UCLA - Megan - visited me. I got to do some of the touristy things that I haven't been particularly motivated to do and visited Durham and Scotland - ticking off hiking Arthur's Seat from my bucket list. |
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