The Hot Travel Girl On Instagram
You know exactly who I mean. She's stupidly gorgeous, effortlessly flawless, and has abs that would impress Hercules. She's fashion-forward and gets just the right angle, lighting, and "candid" quality in every.single.photo. And we all worship and revile her. She has at least one picture with her ha...
1 Perfect Day in Sofia, Bulgaria-- A Walking Tour
Bulgaria may not be at the tippy top of your must-travel list, but you should make this Balkan Beauty a priority some time soon. As an Eastern-European country, with one of the longest, richest histories is Europe (dating back to the 7th century), it has great food, architecture, and culture. It is...
25 Things Travel Has Already Taught Me
I've spent 25 years on this beautiful planet as a daily learner and observer. I've had people pass down advice, wisdom, old wive's tales, total crap and everything in between. I waded through it all in an attempt to discover which is which. Travelling has a way of cutting through the fog to clarify...
Good Grief! Part 5- Acceptance
The lady behind the check-in counter wore the small, bright pink neckerchief, knotted and angled just perfectly, despite the oppressive heat. It was the color of the airline and I noted how very unfair it was that her male co-workers did not sport a matching tie. The slithering line before her resem...
Good Grief! Part 3- Bargaining
Before we married, much of the advice we heard from mentors and those we love and respect was plainly, "compromise." If we didn't learn it before, we sure did preparing to travel and while we've been out gallivanting around the globe! We tried to find the best bargains in all of our dealings, from c...
Good Grief! Part 2- Anger
2. Anger Everyone, and I mean everyone, has a breaking point. Albeit hard to see from social media, relationships are not always roses and selfies, date nights, and rainbows. Anyone whose ever been in one, knows this. And I don't just mean a romantic relationships either. Anyone whose ever been clos...
Good Grief! 5 Stages of Grief Eerily Mirrored in Our Rocky Take-Off and The Lessons I Learned Along the Way
Reactions to our decision to travel were overwhelmingly positive, giddy, even. We were taken aback by all the support, well-wishes, and high hopes from employers, loved ones, strangers. This may be because we were, by then, full of readied defenses as to why our plan was a good one, a smart one, a s...
Teaching & Travel
London is incredibly close to my heart not only because it is my absolute favorite city, but also because I had the privilege of studying abroad here during my junior year in college (or "Uni" as I said then). I was crazy excited to share this incredible place-- it's history, art, culture, and clima...