Though the tour has come to an end, I have a strange suspicion that we will be blogging more than we did on the trip itself. We attempted to capture much of what went down in Europe, but some narratives needed the entirety of the trip to reveal themselves. This story is about Dave. At [...]
Busking, by definition, is a way to earn money, and it is of course a profession with a very long and rich history. There are many people for whom busking is their sole or primary source of income, and I’d wager that many of them earn a very decent living. I, on the other hand, [...]
Hey guys, Daniel here. The sudden absence of my fellow btd-ers has left a hole in my heart but also a nice little wedge of afternoon for blogging. Today was sadly the final day of our tour. The last few days in Paris have been wonderful–we’ve managed to squeeze in both activities that are new [...]
So this is what’s up: French keyboards are whack. Call me insensitive, but I’m almost certain I am correct. Despite this impediment, though, I am still going to blog post, because I happen to be an incredible human being. God has gifted me with an extraordinary sense of persistence and purpose, and today, today I [...]
Busktilldawn arrives in Florence just before 10 pm, and pays 61 euro/night for an apartment for three nights. In the apartment, three group members must now sleep in two beds — a double bed with good back support and a small single cot. It is each group member’s objective to obtain H_e, or earthly happiness, [...]
Traveling together for five weeks gives a unique opportunity for a group of close friends to observe new aspects of each others’ personalities. For better or for worse, I have learned things about Aroop and Dave weren’t brought to light in the more than five years since I met them. Dave, for example, is never [...]
A few mornings ago Auyon boarded a Venetian water taxi bound for the airport. His two-week commission with BuskTillDawn expired all too soon. Now, as is the case whenever I have just parted with my brother, I feel a sizable void somewhere in my gut. His departure closed the first half of our busking tour [...]
Usually when travelers visit foreign countries, they tend to eat the local cuisine. It’s a normal part of experiencing another culture, and it’s more generally a normal thing to do. Enter BuskTillDawn. Soon after our arrival in Berlin, we met up with our friend, Will Cappelletti, a recent recipient of the Bosch Fellowship to live, [...]
If there is one thing that is clear from this Europe trip, it is that women of all ages desire me, and they do not hesitate to shower me in treasures. One week ago in Amsterdam, as I noted in a previous blog post, a 4 year old handed me a few Euros during a [...]
If there’s one thing I know about Berlin, it’s that in 2004, it was home to the European Conference for Renewable Energy. It almost makes too much sense that Berliners, with their liberal zeitgeist and German ingenuity, would be at the forefront of such a movement, and it’s my perogative to assume that something that [...]