Wandering in Eurasia

08/08/2024

I appreciate everyone's support of this page. Because of my professional ambitions, I have created a new page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61563765155768

Hi! I'm Caroline, an aspiring comedian, performing in the DC area.

07/19/2024

Seven years ago, I found out that I would be a Fulbright in Uzbekistan. It changed my life. In celebration of that milestone, here are my reflections on my time there.

Me at Samarkand's Registan I originally wrote this for my counterpart's conference, discussing my experience teaching English in Uzbekistan for thirteen months. I worked and lived in Andijan and Bukhara as a Fulbright ETA. I had plan to be in Bukhara until October 2020 but coronavirus had other plan...

07/12/2024

A photo collectionMe looking at Kurmanjan Datka's image in Osh, KyrgyzstanWhen I lived in Central Asia, I was fascinated by the depictions of women in public art. Women are often seen as second-class citizens throughout the region. Depictions of men are standard as each country adopted a national he...

07/12/2024

My second comedy set ever

Rated R for langauge and content (sorry when you were raised christian and conservative, you tend to develop of penchant of the f word)

Sorry for the grainy video. I'll be posting shorter and cleaner reels later.

My second attempt at standup

07/10/2024

I wish that I was at one of these locations this summer!

I spent the 2010s, traveling and working abroad. Here are my favorite trips in the 2010s.

07/10/2024

I will be performing stand up at 8 pm this Thursday, 7/11 at San Antonio's Bar and Grill. If you are in the area, please come out and support!

I promise to get clips this time!

07/07/2024

Organizing my Wandering in Eurasia, I discovered another old music blog post from 2019. I hope you enjoy my brief introduction to these artists complete with a Spotify playlist and my early attempts at music criticism.

In 2018, I had moved to Uzbekistan to be a Fulbright. I started a blog because I absolutely fell in love with the country and still consider it my second homeland. While I was in Uzbekistan, I start blogging more rigorously and decided to write about what I was listening to. In 2019, I published thi...

07/06/2024

Every budding music critic has to start somewhere. I started on https://popkult.org/. Enjoy my early music blog posts on the stars of Tajik and Uzbek music.

In 2021, I had the best internship with SRAS where I got to write about Central Asian pop music which was a passionate of mine when I was living there. I wanted to fully integrate into Uzbek society and frequently ate at restaurants where music videos played. Also, I wanted to be fluent in Uzbek and...

07/04/2024

Happy Independence Day!

I am so happy to announce WanderUSA as my newest project. There, I will be writing my visits to NPS sites and some of my destinations in the United States.

Look out for our first two blogs, highlighting my two favorite tourist traps: Point Pleasant, WV and Salem, MA.

Welcome to 60somethingparks, a unique blog here to document my journey to go all the National Parks. Since I was a little girl, I have been traveling to the National Parks and want to share my experiences with you!

07/02/2024

It is apparently July already! Plenty of good music has come out this year and we will be reviewing in the upcoming months. While you are waiting for that, enjoy my Best of 2023 list

My Spotify Wrapped 2023 was a good year for music, though I think I'm biased. Every musician I love released the best music of their career this year. After being written off for years, the monoculture returned as people went to theaters to see Barbenheimer, gawked at Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift,....

07/01/2024

After months of trying, I'm excited to announce that I will be doing a 5 minute standup set at Crystal City Sports Bar on July 3rd.

If you want to hear my possiblely comedic observations of my childhood, dating and Bravo, here are details: https://cgmurray95.wixsite.com/carolinegmurray/general-7