I have a few rules “Is this seat open?” The handsome stranger asked in accented English. I made an exception to the ‘don’t talk to …
The Exception to the Rule
Can’t get you out of my head
Once upon a time, I had dreams of studying abroad in Spain. Or hiking the Camino del Santiago during a summer whilst in university. Alas …
Pressing the Control-Alt-Delete button
2022 has been a thoroughly crap-tactic year for me and the hits just keep coming. Any time the universe decides to grace me with a …
3 YEARS and 10 MONTHS
3 years and 10 months. That’s how long it has been since I packed up a backpack, obsessed over travel details, checked out currency exchange …
FAT. BEAR. WEEK. Katmai National Park
One of my many [so many] travel goals is to visit all of the US National Parks. There are currently 61 [as of October 1, …
Happy Peace Corps Day
I bet you didn’t even know there was such a thing, did you? I didn’t, at least not until I was actually a PCV. The …
2020 was weird
2020 was an ummmm unusual year to say the least. It’s the first year in some time that I haven’t left the country. I’ve only …
Nothing is normal; everything is weird
It has been 172 days since my last ‘vacation’. That in itself is weird as I’m usually on the go about every other month. I …
Leaving on a jet plane
At 19, I made my first trip across the Atlantic. Destination–England. Nowhere particularly exotic, but for my first trip out of the country, just the …
