Check out these photos taken by Sarah Hull from her Jan Term “Travel Writing Across Europe.”
![one](http://www.mcdanielfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/one.jpg)
The Abbey of Mont St. Michel in Normandy, France
![Monks' Cafeteria in Abbey of Mont St. Michel](http://www.mcdanielfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/two-really.jpg)
Monks’ Cafeteria in Abbey of Mont St. Michel
![Streets in the Town of Mont St. Michel](http://www.mcdanielfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/three-really.jpg)
Streets in the Town of Mont St. Michel
![The Louvre in Paris, France](http://www.mcdanielfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/four.jpg)
The Louvre in Paris, France
![Outside of the Louvre at Night](http://www.mcdanielfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/five.jpg)
Outside of the Louvre at Night
![In the Catacombs of Paris](http://www.mcdanielfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/six.jpg)
In the Catacombs of Paris
![In the Shakespeare & Co. Bookstore](http://www.mcdanielfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/seven.jpg)
In the Shakespeare & Co. Bookstore
![A Coffee House in Vienna, Austria](http://www.mcdanielfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/eight.jpg)
A Coffee House in Vienna, Austria
![A Viennese Church](http://www.mcdanielfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/nine.jpg)
A Viennese Church
![Waiting at the Children's Railway in Budapest, Hungary](http://www.mcdanielfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ten.jpg)
Waiting at the Children’s Railway in Budapest, Hungary
![The Buda Hills](http://www.mcdanielfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/eleven.jpg)
The Buda Hills
![Heroes' Square in Budapest](http://www.mcdanielfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/twelve.jpg)
Heroes’ Square in Budapest
![Ruins of a Holy Roman Amphitheater in Hungary](http://www.mcdanielfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/thirteen.jpg)
Ruins of a Holy Roman Amphitheater in Hungary
A compelling, introspective series regarding the debilitating nature of shyness, social anxiety, and loneliness. When surrounded by the vastness of the world, its newness and oldness, one can’t help but to turn inward. It is a photocompilation that truly reflects the overwhelming fear (of others, of change, of homesickness)that accompanies one, at home and abroad.
What drives this photo essay home is the informative captions below each image, letting the viewer know, without letting the viewer see, what great landmark/setting/tourist location surrounds the photographer. It does not matter what greatness there is; when one has such trepidation, the solution is to avoid eye contact, watch your feet, and move forward.