How My Kindle Made Me Cry… Twice

May 13, 2013 by

It’s not often I resort to tears while traveling, but last year in Thailand was an exception. I’d just arrived to the island of Koh Samui and was dying to break into the newest Haruki Murakami book, 1Q84. However, when I opened the cover...

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Why Travel? Get Your Inspiration Here

Mar 20, 2013 by

“Learn to value yourself, which means: to fight for your happiness” – Ayn Rand Imagine. You’ve hugged mom goodbye, gave her all the emergency contact information, and triple checked your backpack for every possible thing you could...

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Am I Ultimate Train Challenge Crazy?

Jan 19, 2013 by

It’s no secret that I am what you might lovingly call “off-her-rocker”.  The kind of girl who lusts after adventures that will land me with Somali pirates on a hijacked yacht*, or hitch hiking after dark without my pepper...

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Moving to Madrid

Nov 12, 2010 by

Nothing can explain the way I feel when I see the golden sun sweep over the heavy grape vines of October in California’s central coast. There aren’t words poetic enough to explain the tranquil beauty of the gorgeous Pacific waves crashing on our...

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10 things I’ve learned on the road

Jul 8, 2010 by

I’ve been quiet lately- I apologize, but my brain has been a whirlwind. I am alive, well, and working in Lisbon, Portugal. As I have not been tethered to a computer for the last few weeks, I have had time to think, to write, and to pay...

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I’ve got an appetite for lighting dynamite…

Apr 20, 2010 by

Not real dynamite people- unless you know someone who has some- cause that’d be awesome. No more fires this week – I’m walking the straight and narrow path of the pyros! Of course, it cannot be denied that I enjoy playing with fire...

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