I spend a lot of time saying that you should travel while you’re young; while you can. For the most part, I really think this is one of the best times to travel. However, for some people, it just isn’t possible. I was backpacking through Europe, staying in clean-but-cheap hostels, and it was my second […]
The Time Greek People Became My Favourite
I’ve written a fair amount about the incredible hospitality of the Greeks. I’ve been fortunate enough to have been the recipient of hundred of acts of kindness on the road, but never as often, or as much as I’ve been helped by Greeks. (Just another reason to visit their beautiful country! :)) So on this […]
47 Photos That Prove Russia Is Basically a Fairytale Country
When I first started telling people about my plans to visit Russia back in 2013, I got a lot of strange looks, raised eyebrows, lots of ‘are you sure?’, and ‘don’t do anything to draw attention to yourself’. (Well, first of all, I keep that last one in mind every where I travel…). Not many people were venturing […]
The Time I Enjoyed A Three Hour Greek History Lesson
“It’s slow this week. No tourists right now”. “Have another appetizer, on the house. It’s slow now”. “No charge for the waiting time (in a cab), nobody else needs a ride”. The Greek economy has been hit hard in the last…7? 10? 12 years? Every few years it seems to be catapulted into another precarious […]
The Time I Serenaded an Unsuspecting Local in Paris
It had been a really long, wine-filled day. I had explored vineyards and wineries, from the extremely famous (read: expensive – Moet or Dom Pérignon anyone?), to the quaint, family-owned. I’d tasted, sampled, drunk, my way through some 18 different places. In one day. I’d also been unable to resist one of the families I’d […]
Musical Fountain Hunting
Some find them super cheesy, but to me, there is almost nothing like finding a musical fountain in your current city. Most of the time, information about them online is very sparse, blatantly incorrect, or only about the most touristy, largest fountains, mostly in big cities. While these are ok and fun to see, I’m […]
The Time I (Almost) had to Bribe my Way Into Belarus
Belarus. Way back probably more than a decade ago, I saw the Friends episode where David gets back from Minsk. He spoke a few words of Russian to Phoebe and I remember thinking how beautiful the words were, and how the city name of Minsk sounded like a fairy-tale land. At that moment, without knowing anything […]
5 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Going to China
Shanghai town along The Bund I’ve been to some unique places and some pretty different cities that can be challenging to travel in. I was pretty sure that China, while not especially difficult to travel in, would definitely be one of those interesting destinations. While I expected to find some English, especially in Hong Kong, […]
(Conversationally) Intimate Connection in Hong Kong
I was winding down my first trip that had gone right around the world, and I had done it in 8-weeks. It had been sometimes chaotic, often busy, but also, often amazing. I had spent 12 days in China, and though I had gotten extremely lucky with the weather, my tight train connections, and all my […]
Why Bother Traveling?
I mentioned in an earlier post how in my ‘other-life’ (my ‘big-girl-job’, or, how I work to earn money to be promptly spent on travel…), that I am a teacher. Specifically, I teach band to middle schoolers. When I got my degree, I was firmly in the ‘I’d like to teach the little kids. K-3 […]
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