The Cinque Terre is on a lot of people’s must see travel lists and it shows. This place is very much found, but once you get here, you start to realise why so many international and domestic tourists alike flock to this mountainous national park on the Ligurian Sea – it is simply the perfect… Read More The Cinque Terre: Where Mountains and Sea Collide
There is just something about Tuscany that will always feel a little – okay a lot – magical. The rolling hills of wheat, the lush vineyards, the Medieval and Renaissance era walled cities…this central-northern state in Italy has had a pull on romantics worldwide for decades that is showing no signs of stopping. I fell… Read More Ten Tips for Traveling Tuscany
When the Meltemi blows a bone dry wind whips through what was a previously placid anchorage, making even the most secure of Mediterranean (Med) moorings uncomfortable at best, untenable at worst. Sand and dirt from arid hills fills the air and coats once white yachts – cleaning this is a mistake, once you start, you… Read More Meltemis and Mooring Madness: Crewing in the Greek Islands
Most new backpackers have no idea what to pack for long term travel. I get it, when your trip spans six months and as many climates it can be daunting to figure out what deserves its coveted space in the backpack. The good news is that, through trial and error, most backpackers are old pros… Read More What to Pack for Long Term Travel: A Woman’s Guide to Packing
Today brings me back to where this all began, Stockholm, and I figured it’d be an appropriate time to reflect on my journey these past two and a half months. I’m staying at City Backpackers Hostel, the same hostel I stayed in the very first night of my trip, and it feels like I’ve come… Read More Coming Full Circle
Today marks two months since my first post in LAX and I’ll be honest I’m tired. I’m traveling too fast, I’m tired of moving every few nights, I’m tired of having the same conversation of what’s your name, where are you from, etc when I talk to someone, and I’m honestly just a bit tired… Read More Travel Fatigue
Venice is a city built up around the water, a city that sits precariously close to the ever rising sea. Budapest is built on the water, that is the thermal hot springs that feed its famous bathhouses. It seems fitting that the two cities that managed to woo me more than I expected would be… Read More Cities on the Water
Ladies and gentlemen, after a slight intermission induced by a lack of chargers I’m back online! Thanks to a well stocked Florence train station store I’m armed with a micro USB charger and ready to write. Please bear with me as this post is going to be long, after all it has been about two… Read More Too Many Countries, Too Little Time
When you grow up down the street from someone your own age they quickly become a fixture in your life. I met Jane when we were four years old and her family moved into the big pink house on the corner. Naturally I was ecstatic because that meant there was finally someone my own age… Read More Reconnecting in Ramsgate
Leaving Amsterdam I didn’t think I would find a more beautiful city. Ghent proved me wrong. We ended up in Ghent on a whim, it was a decision made on the bus from Berlin to Amsterdam in an attempt to find something more interesting than Brussels, but less touristy than Bruges. I couldn’t be happier… Read More Beautiful Belgium