Some of my earliest travel memories are of train trips. I remember running the lengths of the train with my brothers, searching for new friends as my family train-ed our way across Canada. I remember games of ‘go fish’ played in French as we travelled through Quebec, dozens of trips to the snack bar to […]
The Time An Italian Train Conductor Held Up An Entire Train Just For Me
I knew that my journey had been too optimistic. I had assumed that Italian trains ran just like German trains. To-the-minute schedules that rarely fluctuated. If you booked a German train ticket connection and it told you seven minutes would be enough to make your connection, you could be pretty sure that all would work out […]
Three Day Trips to Consider from Paris
Paris is not a city that you need to leave. You could visit Paris hundreds of times before ever running out of things to see and do. But it can be expensive (unless you really work at it – check out how I lived in the city for less than 20$ a day here), chaotic […]
Aleksei the Cab-driver-turned-tour-guide
After months of careful planning, a rather intensive visa process, and some extra Russian-lessons from a native speaker, I felt I was more-or-less ready for my adventure to Belarus. The country is gradually becoming more open to tourism, though 80-85% of its tourists come from Russia and Ukraine. A further 5% come for work projects. […]
Why Cruising Might Be The Best Way To Get There
A decade ago, taking a cruise was quite a once-in-a-lifetime activity. Something you had to have a lot of funds for, saved for probably a decade, and was a holiday in itself. Ships were smaller, more exclusive, fancier. You wouldn’t think of taking a cruise without a dress or suit jacket. But like all things […]
Do It All – But Not This Moment
I am so, so guilty of this habit. I get my 8-weeks of summer holidays (yay teaching!), and with all that time that I know I’m lucky to have, I know that I’m going to travel. See a few more new countries, go back to a favourite or two. Spend the summer relaxing, right? And […]
“Welcome to Poland”
I’d just arrived into Poland on an overnight train. I hadn’t splurged on a sleeper, so I was essentially bleary-eyed and exhausted – not the best for arrival into a new city. Still, I managed to find my way to the hostel and was able to leave my bags there until my bed was available. […]
The Time I Ate Snake in Shanghai
“No cockroaches, no bugs, no insects, no frogs, nothing that lives in the street that I stepped on yesterday. Oh. And definitely no snake!” These were the conditions I outlined when I signed up for a ‘street food’ tour of Shanghai’s famous (or infamous…) night markets. I wanted to experience good food, with maybe a […]
The Time I Went Skinny-Dipping in Norway
First of all, know this. I’m not the type of person to go around without clothing. Even less so while in a foreign country (who knows what kind of local laws there are!?). But I guess that’s what makes this story so fun to tell now. I’d been more or less on the move for […]
When Homesickness Isn’t Enough To Keep You There.
“What do you mean, you’ve booked another trip? You just got home a week ago from a 2-month trip; and not even 10 days ago, were telling me how much you were looking forward to being back. How can you be needing to go away again?!” This was a question that was posed to me from two different […]
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