Oaxaca: Where Local Life Spills onto the Streets
I arrived in Oaxaca in the middle of a protest. I had heard Oaxaca was a bustling city – but I was expecting parties and parades, not sit-ins and political rallies. In fact, I had planned my…
A Lonely Girl’s Guide to a Weekend in Kharkiv
As soon as I stepped off the train in Kharkiv, my blood pressure kicked up a notch. I’m not somebody who typically gets anxiety while traveling, but as I followed the crowd down the platform towards what…
20 Life Lessons from a Year Traveling the World
October 6, 2015, and I was thousands of miles above Canada en route to Singapore. I had just pulled my eye mask down, put my earplugs in, and settled in to try to sleep, despite the adrenaline…
Why Novi Sad is Fantastic for Digital Nomads in Europe
One afternoon, at the end of April, my name was called over the Kyiv airport PA in the final boarding call for a flight to London. It was the first time in my life I had ever…
9 Questions to Ask Travelers Instead of “Where are you from?”
About a week into my solo trip through Europe last year, I was exhausted from meeting fellow travelers. I wasn’t tired of them – I love new people! – but rather the predictable routine of questions we’d…
12 Tips on How to Travel like a Local
A hip hop jazz jam session on a boat on the Danube. A brand new craft beer pub hidden in the passages of Novi Sad. A restaurant you can only enter by giving the secret password and…
Am I Stupid because I’m NOT Scared to Travel?
The longer I blog and the further I travel, the more I get involved in the digital communities that support weirdos travelers like me. It’s a great way to share tips and have travel discussions with like-minded…
6 Ways to Deal with Tour Groups as a Solo Traveler
When I’m planning my next trip, I always imagine myself peacefully wandering down medieval streets, getting personal glimpses into the lives of locals, marveling at the intricate details of a palace or cathedral, setting up my camera…
Nomadic Life, Month Five (and Four and Three)
Nomadic Life posts are personal recaps of what life is really like when you live like a moving target. From personal challenges and triumphs to upcoming travel plans, here’s an insider look into my life out of a…
Ekebergparken: The OTHER Oslo Sculpture Park
While I may not have enjoyed Oslo, I wasn’t about to sulk my days away in my hostel (where my dorm mates had really weird habits. One would sleep all afternoon and then leave a 9pm and…
