In 2024 I started learning Japanese by consuming comprehensible input, no textbooks or classes, coming in knowing nothing.
Textbooks are too boring, you don’t have the time or money to commit to a class, and a certain app with an owl logo isn’t getting you anywhere. There has to be a better way.
I spent a week in Greece in May 2025, crisscrossing the Athens metroplex and Naxos. While all the restaurants I stopped at were pretty good, some of them had an extra-special something that set them apart from the crowd.
This itinerary is organized into six days spent in walkable areas so you can take public transit to the area, spend the day exploring it on foot, and catch a ride back to your accommodations for the night.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, currently living in Dallas. When I’m not listening to a podcast in Japanese or reading a book in Spanish, I’m making plans for my next budget trip.
Books
Ella Minnow Pea
The Diary of a Young Girl
Podcasts
Faut que je te dise
Movies and TV
Adventure time: Distant Lands
Los simuladores
Shadow of the Vampire
となりの妖怪さん
