Erica Schoonmaker:
#throwbackthursday to the time I played an elf at Bicolline! This is a medieval fantasy larp set in a custom world specifically for the larp Duche de Bicolline. This larp takes place in it's own medieval village in the French Canadian province of Quebec,
Erica Schoonmaker:
Mdina is the perfect backdrop as the city of King's Landing in Game of Thrones, and it's easy to see why. This medieval city is so picturesque and well-preserved! Here I am in a courtyard where Jamie Lannister fights off a bunch of Littlefinger's men, dir
Erica Schoonmaker:
Another thing I'm a real sucker for? Yeah, you guessed it—SUNSETS! I'm not a morning person at all, so waking up for sunrises is nigh-impossible for me to do, but I will stay up as late as can be and catch a stunning sunset any day of the week. This is th
Erica Schoonmaker:
During the Game of Thrones tour one of the stops was Mdina, the iconic medieval city of Malta where a lot of scenes for Kings Landing were filmed. It's easy to see why, visiting this city is like stepping right through time. Mdina is tiny and hosts only ~
Erica Schoonmaker:
Malta has absolutely STUNNING churches, and this is just one of them. It was the second church I saw on the trip (the first was the parish church in Mellieha), and is located just outside Valletta's walls, near where the buses let you off. We stopped to s
Erica Schoonmaker:
I'm finally getting around to editing my photos from Malta, slowly but surely. Mellieha, the town I stayed in there, has some lovely street art including this mural on a staircase. I love street art, it's part of the reason I chose Berlin as my homebase c
Erica Schoonmaker:
I really miss the weather in Malta, look at that blue sky! It was around 13-15 degrees Celsius, which is pretty much my idea of perfect weather. And this is apparently the coldest time of the year in Malta! It's a huge difference from the negative tempera
Erica Schoonmaker:
Behold, the Dothraki camp where Khal Drogo's funeral takes place...!⠀Yes, I know, there's ocean in the background. Apparently, in Game of Thrones, they used the ocean as a "blue screen" (similar to "green screen") and replaced it with a desert-looking lan
Erica Schoonmaker:
As promised yesterday: here is one of the photos from the Game of Thrones tour! This is me at the Tower of the Hand in Season 1 (aka the Courtyard at the Presidential Palace in San Anton Gardens). I am leaning in the same archway that appears behind Littl
Erica Schoonmaker:
I've been spending the past few days in Malta (check out my Stories!) and today I did the Game of Thrones locations tour with my bf and our friends who are here with us. IT WAS AMAZING! I highly recommend that tour, the tour guide actually worked on set a
Erica Schoonmaker:
Today I did a rather touristy thing with my boyfriend, we ate at the Sphere Restaurant at the top of Berlin's TV Tower, the Fernsehturm. We had window seats during the sunset and the restaurant rotates for a 360-degree view! My bf had made reservations as
Erica Schoonmaker:
Back in Berlin and it's good to be home! I will not be traveling again until March, so I will take the next two months to relax, apartment hunt, get my visa squared away, and catch up with friends. I'll be setting up my new bullet journal for 2018 and I'm
Erica Schoonmaker:
Today is the day we leave Copenhagen behind and head back to Berlin! I'm looking forward to returning to a city with reasonable prices for eating out, as Copenhagen is really, really expensive. (I paid 8 USD for a Diet Coke at a restaurant yesterday, augh
Erica Schoonmaker:
Happy New Year from Copenhagen! The little theme park of Tivoli in the center of CPH is gorgeous all lit up at night, I think I'm in love with it. This is one of the new buildings, I believe it's a food court.⠀ ⠀ ⁉️ Where in the world did you r
Erica Schoonmaker:
Does anyone else love architecture as much as I do? Some of the apartment buildings here in Berlin are so pretty, ranging from historic styles to modern. I love the purple-red color of this one I found in my neighborhood the other day.⠀ ⠀ ⁉️ Wh
Erica Schoonmaker:
This time next week I will be reprising my CoW3 (College of Wizardry) character, a talented telepath and skilled mind mage, as a professor at CoW14! She'll be teaching Mind Magic, of course. ;) Check out @college_of_wizardry for more info. Maybe I'll see
Erica Schoonmaker:
One month ago today I set sail from Kappeln (via Hamburg) for Skull & Crossbones: a 5-day pirate larp on THREE ships in the Baltic Sea! I was very lucky to snag a super last-minute ticket (literally the week before the event! I'm still amazed I was able t
Erica Schoonmaker:
Autumn is my favorite season, and after 7 years of living in California I'm SO EXCITED to be living in a place with full seasons again! The leaves are changing to their gorgeous warm hues and I'm so happy! 🍂🍁🍂⠀ ⠀ :interr
Erica Schoonmaker:
Remember when I mentioned that I was pretending to be a vampire in a castle in Poland? I was playing in a dark ages vampire larp called Convention of Thornes, where I played Magdalena Castellucci Borcellino, an Elder Lasombra and resident of Cairo. At the
Erica Schoonmaker:
Last week I had the pleasure of having two of my friends from California visit me here in Berlin. We spent a day on Museum Island, exploring multiple exhibits between all the museums, including seeing the stunning Ishtar Gate, the Nefertiti Bust sculpture
Erica Schoonmaker:
This is the Polish Castle I'll be pretending to be a vampire in this weekend. 😈😈😈 #femaletravelbloggers #worldofwanderlust #dametraveler #globelletravels #livetheadventure #igtravel #ig_europe #ig_poland #castle #zamekk
Erica Schoonmaker:
For those who don't know yet, I have moved to Berlin! Today I picked up a dressing table from a lovely British lady who is moving out of the city and she lived in this absolutely adorable apartment building. I had to take a picture of it! ✌ #berlin #apart
Erica Schoonmaker:
Cat Looks Out Window
Erica Schoonmaker:
#tbt to that time I did Carnival in Trinidad!⠀ ⠀ #trinidad #carnival #trinidadandtobago #igworldclub #ig_worldclub #ig_trinidadtobago #girlsborntotravel #wearetravelgirls #igrecommend #instatravel #femaletravelbloggers #travelblogger #instapassport #mytra
Erica Schoonmaker:
Have you ever volunteered abroad? I have done so, twice. Once in Nicaragua and once in the Philippines (pictured). In the Philippines I helped build a preschool & daycare center in an area that had been decimated by Typhoon Haiyan (aka: Yolanda). You can
Erica Schoonmaker:
I love having the window seat on planes for a few reasons: (1) I like having the wall to rest my head against, (2) I like watching takeoff/landing, and (3) I love taking photos out the window. This gorgeous blue-green water is off the coast of Italy.⠀ ⠀ :
Erica Schoonmaker:
Sunny days in Mykonos ⠀ ⠀ 📍 Mykonos, Greece⠀ 📆 Spring 2003⠀ ⠀ #greece #mykonos #greekislands #ig_greece #greecelover_gr #ig_athens #igworldglobal #matadornetwork #ig_shotz_travel #igrecommend #instatravel #travelblogger #wanderlust #ilo
Erica Schoonmaker:
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Erica Schoonmaker:
I marched for myself, and for all women and girls—white, PoC, disabled, trans, Muslim, ALL OF US. 👊👊👊👊👊👊⠀ ⠀ #womensmarch #womensmarchsf #feminism #protest #resist #resistance #fucktrump #revolution #whyimarch
Erica Schoonmaker:
My boyfriend has been sick since Thursday and I woke up this morning with his symptoms, so he's officially gotten me sick. 😷 Whenever I'm sick, I miss home, which to me is still NYC. Here's a skyline photo I took from the Brooklyn Bridge last year. :
