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JessicaJRose

Gender:

Female

If you must know:

It's none of your business ;-)

Travel status:

Traveling now

Hometown:

Albany, New York

Currently in:

Prague, Czech Republic

Traveling Next:

who knows

Favorite places I've been:

Paris, Berlin, Barcelona (how cliche)

Places I want to go to:

Egypt, Israel, Brazil

About me:

I left a very nice life (and a great career) in Seattle, WA to set out for a completely new life so that I could be inspired to pursue my real passion, writing, and finish my book.

Profile URL:

http://matadortravel.com/travel-community/jessicajrose

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I'm fired up on:

Working on my book, the concept of "home," absorbing as much of this world as I possibly can, art, Milan Kundera, shopping, trying to just "be" without all the adding and subtracting (this is hard), the formation of seashells, making new friends who are completely different from me, wine, wandering with no map and no plan.

Tunes I rock out to:

so many different things I can only begin with the most recent itunes plays... cut copy, hot chip, rat pack tunes, the blow, nas, the bird and the bee, RJD2 mixes, stevie wonder, bossa nova, pharcyde, old school hip-hop, and on and on...

Travel style:

Although I've learned that it will sometimes be forced upon me for "safety" reasons, I prefer to explore places by hanging out with the locals, going to "outskirt" spots and staying clear of the tourist groups. I think the true feel of a place is not in a museum or an old church, but the real rhythm can be found in all the little pockets where the tourist groups pay no heed...

Quote:

"We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives not perfect it in our lives to come." Milan Kundera

Sports I do:

yoga; i'll say tennis, though i haven't played in 100 years

Favorite artist(s):

currently: Pavel Makov; Magritte

Favorite books:

The Unbearable Lightness of Being; anything Kundera; "Politics" by Adam Thirlwell

Who I'd like to meet on my travels:

genuine truth-tellers

I want to make a difference by:

Writing a book about home that communicates to

Languages spoken, other than English:

Spanish

I felt the most immersed in a foreign culture when:

I'm walking ipodless through the streets allowing the sounds a sights to gently graze my being.

Why I travel:

It's the best way to get a grasp on what is important in life. And to learn what things are universal about human beings...

Ideal place to watch the sunrise:

after a long night with someone i just met, from a view that allows the scope of the whole city

Ideal place to watch the sunset:

Le Jardin Du Luxembourg after a long afternoon of picnicing and looking up at the sky

Before I die I'd like to:

Justifiably say I found the best place to call home, having seen as much as I could see... and vivid but overstuffed memories of the world, from shores and mountaintops and concrete and grass...

Let's collaborate:

As a lone blond American younng woman, my travel experiences in some parts of the world can be quite-ahem- interesting, and I think I offer a unique perspective on this that is very real, and often goes unrecognized. I've gained some wisdom (after some foolishness)

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