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My turtle pack and front hump (don't ask me how much it weighs!!)

What do you do for a living?? I TRAVEL!!!!

In Budget Travel, Languages, Working Abroad On September 18, 2011 2 Comments

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…)

dorothy slippers

There’s no place like “home” until you lose your magic slippers. Dealing with homesickness from abroad

In Personal Growth, Solo Travel On August 24, 2011 0 Comments

 

Another summer day, has come and gone away in Paris and Rome, (well actually Monaco) but I wanna go home. Ah that magical word which can have so many different meanings. Being away from family and friends for so long and the personal changes I have gone through since traveling have made me realize that I no longer know where “home” is. (more…)

dr suess

How to travel solo and be happy on the lonely days

In Solo Travel On August 13, 2011 6 Comments

 ”Some days you’ll play lonely games too.”

One of my favorite authors growing up was Dr. Seuss. I loved the rhymes, the silly names and characters, and with a little deeper thinking, the morals and lessons he would weave into his stories. It wasn’t until I was in college that I got my hands on a copy of his final book, “Oh, the Places You’ll Go,” a parting gift from one of my professors on the last day of class. The book ended up in a box with my tassel and gown but I never forgot the lessons the inspiration and motivation it gave me to help me through a broken engagement, starting a business, and the biggest and scariest adventure of all….growing up. In that book he talks about the decisions we make in life as well as the ups and downs that go with it. (more…)