Alone in Iran – What Was I Thinking?
I have never had people express so many opinions about my travels as when I decided to backpack through Iran solo as a woman for two weeks. Everyone seemed to have something to say about it, with...
View ArticleConfessions of a Shy Backpacker
I’ve done a fair bit of solo travel – from moving to Japan and living alone on a teeny tiny island in the middle of nowhere, to backpacking through Central Europe and then moving to a small town in...
View ArticleHow I Saved $44,000 to Travel the World
I hadn’t planned on ever writing this post, but when my friend sent me a one-line email reading “I don’t understand your life” I realized that it might be time for an explanation. I mean, if I were...
View ArticleWait. Is Travel Blogging Embarrassing?
In just a few weeks Dan and my travels will be coming to an end (I’m still blogging about Romania, but this post is coming to you live from Kosovo!) as we head up to Trondheim and try to find an...
View Article70 Countries Later, I Choose Norway
Just about exactly one year ago, I wrote a post titled I Choose Travel. At the time, I was enrolled in a master’s program at Aarhus University in Denmark, which was due to start in a couple of weeks....
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