Girona Blind

  Note: EuroLines will not let you change your bus ticket. Even if it is only to the next stop on the route and you want to pay the difference. At least not in France they won’t. Silly me, of course not. In a haste to ensure we had our tickets out of France we [...]

Paris Shmaris

  By morning, Jennie and I gave up all hope we had for seeing at least one damn museum that day. We did come to the realization though, that if we had any hope of seeing and experiencing Paris, we should probably actually be in Paris, or what they call Zone 1. So packing our [...]

F*ck Paris

  Paris is the most incredible city in the world. Paris is so beautiful. OH! I just love Paris. You MUST go to Paris. Well, you know what? FUCK Paris. Outbound from Edinburgh Airport the check-in gal at EasyJet was feeling rather feisty and insisted on picking a fight with me. She wanted to correct [...]

Edinburgh & The Deathly Hollows

  “This place looks like a dump!”   The train creeps into Edinburgh Waverly station. It’s a dreary day. The sky is heavy with thick dark clouds, just waiting to release the rain. From this side of the tracks, in this ominous light, Edinburgh appears less than dismal. Littered and graphitized. In the aptly named [...]

London Calling

  Never part of my original itinerary, London was calling my name left and right. I couldn’t escape it. All signs pointed to London. First, my uncle offers up a couch on his friend’s behalf. Insisting even that I go and stay with this girl he knows (what a great friend he is to her!). [...]

So Long Solo Travel

In the beginning, when this plan started to form, the thought of solo travel was too overwhelming. I clung onto the idea that my cousin and I would do this together. As the plan progressed and he became more and more unsteady I summoned the courage, mainly from stubborn aggravation, to persist on. I realized [...]

Watch Your Shit.

Spain is in the Top 5. I find that most Travelers have a Top 5, their must-do’s, and Spain has always been in mine. It is my second check off on this journey, Iceland being the first. I have already been to Australia and so that just leaves Egypt and South Africa to complete mine [...]

The Untethered Life

  Occasionally I awake in the morning, with my eyes still closed and my mind half in a dreamy state, I imagine I’m back in that big cozy bed, with the ocean breeze coming through an open summer window, wrapped in his arms embrace. I breathe in the scents of him combined with fresh air [...]