It can be a little intimidating heading to another country if you don’t fluently speak the language. I can’t tell you how many puzzled looks I gave while trying to decipher a train schedule or speak to a shopkeeper who only spoke in their native tongue. Language barriers can often deter someone from traveling to a foreign place altogether since learning a new language can be frustrating and time consuming, especially if you only plan to travel for a short time.
It was a question I got asked a lot while on the road, and a question that you might also encounter one day if you choose to travel solo. Yes I am alone. Yes I do want to be a mom and plan on having kids one day. No I am not worried that I will wait too long and never find anyone or be able to have babies, and thanks for making me feel like a shriveling old spinster instead of the active, adventure seeking thirty-year old woman I am. Whatever happened to “thirty, flirty, and thriving?”
Surrounded by 8 of my 14 nieces and nephews as I take a break momentarily from wandering the globe to visit family, I feel priorities begin to shift around me and I wonder if it’s time to finally choose a place to plant some roots for a while. This paradigm shift has made me question the very passion that has been driving me for the last two years of my life! Can I really be a mom and travel at the same time? Or will I finally have to give up travel and find a place to settle down?
Yesterday began the start of another adventure. After a 3 month pit stop in Monaco to refuel my travel funds, I packed up my dusty suitcase and headed back on the road towards the beautiful Tuscany region of Italy. It occurred to me somewhere between hauling my over packed suitcase, trying to decipher the train schedules and language once I crossed the border, and the exhausting 12 hours it took me to finally get to my destination, that this traveling stuff is hard work!!! And as the question often gets asked about what I do for living I realized the answer yesterday. I travel! (more…)
I don’t like buying designer labels. For one, I hate to see all my hard-earned money go to something that I could get for a fraction of the price without the label. Two, it can make you an easy target when you’re traveling as people can sometimes mistake you for a rich tourist (which I’m not.) I ripped the label off a Prada handbag (a knock-off of course) that I bought in Barcelona after someone reached inside and stole my wallet while riding on the bus. Of course, it could have happened just as easily with any bag, but I didn’t want to increase the chance of a second occurence.
My name is Liz and I will be your official guide. Like most people, I love to travel! About two years ago I started my own adventures around the world with only $30 dollars in my pocket. This, combined with many years in the travel industry has taught me a lot of cool things, and I am here to share all those secrets with you. If you enjoy great travel tips and inspiring stories, check out my blog and feel free to follow me via the links below! Let's get the adventures started! 
