Will Pikus Travel Blog WR-355-01

   During my travels of Baltimore, I've met such a diverse crowd of people. Especially on Loyola's campus, everyone comes from different places and different backgrounds. It's truly eye-opening to be in a group of people who are nothing like me. College is really a place where you get to escape your hometown and get away from all of the people who are similar    Imagine my surprise when I met someone just like me during my senior year of college. Through a mutual friend, I met a kid who came from the same town as me. The similarities don't stop there. Despite living in Westfield New Jersey in a house two blocks away from mine, he also attended the same all boys high school an hour away in Jersey City. This means that for four years, we took the exact same train at the same time to make our commute.  When I first met Andrew, he was the perfect average of every twenty-one year old man I've ever met. He stands roughly six feet tall, and he has light brown hair. He ...

 Hello everyone!!! While I assume the majority of the people taking this course are currently abroad, I'm writing to you from Baltimore. My name is Will Pikus. I am an English major and Philosophy minor here at Loyola, but I tend to dabble in writing classes as well.  My hometown is Westfield, New Jersey.      Though I wish I could be studying abroad in a lavish European country, like Italy or France, there's much to say about being in Maryland.  Though I spent the majority of my childhood growing up between New Jersey and Connecticut, my grandmother and step-grandfather have always lived in Columbia, Maryland. Though it isn't quite the same as Baltimore, Columbia is only about forty minutes away. It's because I visited so much that I would discover my love for Fells Point and the Inner  Harbor.    Fells Point is wonderful place. But what sets it apart from other great neighborhoods? That is a fantastic...