“It’s not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. Lion is the perfect companion for wherever your adventures take you. Because every journey has its reward.” — Lion Brewery
How a cheesy beer can quote became the mantra for a challenging trip to Sri Lanka.
My meditation on the statement: When a place calls to you, answer.
Read MorePardon my silence. I have been extremely busy doing nothing.
Enjoying what is perhaps the first bit of genuine downtime I’ve had this entire year. Movies. Grocery shopping. Home-cooked dinners. You’ve never met a girl happier to do such simple things.
Naturally, with the year nearly under wraps, I have also been reflecting.
This is my 2024 Travel Wrapped.
Read MoreIrony is me, the travel advisor, paying someone else to plan a trip, when the thing I end up writing about is precisely what does not go to plan.
Soup in a bag on a snowy highway in Finland.
Finland wasn’t even on the itinerary.
Read MoreI turned 27 last week. In honor of these 27 years, I present a list of 27 places — specifics, not cities or countries — that have made me who I am today.
As someone who resists the idea of defining myself in any singular way, I think this paints a beautiful picture.
Read MoreThree months of Balkan Summer — gone. 26 places. Done and dusted.
Prices dropped. Temperatures… also dropped. And while I am by no means ready for the darkness of winter, I am ready to unpack my bags, and be still.
For now.
I hereby present the final round of unedited excerpts from my notes app: Balkan Summer edition.
Read MoreTwo months later and I am still thinking about that tiny, triangular country in the heart of the Balkans that no one thinks to go to. Two months later and I have sold several a wayward backpacker on where to travel next.
In a detour from my typical, more personal content, I’ve compiled a concise list of reasons why you should consider visiting Bosnia & Herzegovina.
This is not sponsored by their tourism board, but it might as well be.
Read MoreLook. I’m at the tail end of this trip, enjoying the moment while it lasts. I’m also booking accommodation for next month’s trips. And! Somewhere in my subconscious, I’m searching for the mental capacity to buy that next plane ticket.
This week, there’s not much going on in my head besides logistics.
As I must deal with what is on the surface, here are some scattered travel thoughts — crowdsourced from the public, contemplated by yours truly.
Read MoreTwo months of Balkan Summer — gone. 17 places. Done and dusted.
Prices rose. Temperatures dropped. Wine and seafood reigned. And I am very tired.
I now present the next round of unedited excerpts from my notes app: Balkan Summer edition.
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