I’m often asked how I afford to travel as much as I do. First, let me say that my travel is self-funded. I don’t have rich parents. I’m not secretly dating an Arabic prince or a Chinese real estate mogul. I didn’t cash out of options from a successful start-up. I’m a normal person who […]
Ahh, San Francisco. Iconic San Francisco. The Golden Gate Bridge, Twin Peaks, Dolores Park, social progress, bohemian culture, fog and more fog, and a sea of impossibly intelligent millennials making 4 times as much money as their peers nation wide. In the spring of 2016, on Easter weekend, I booked it south from Vancouver to San […]
“I don’t want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together. I’m not quite sure where that is just yet. But I know what it’s like…It’s like Tiffany’s. […] It calms me down right away, the quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to […]
First Night In Barcelona My travel companion Jenni and I arrived late evening in Barcelona, our 2nd choice of city on the Tomorrowland Discover Europe tour. It was midnight by the time we found our hotel and settled into our Spanish-inspired room. We were starving at by this point and due to the late hour, our […]
I met my friend on a hot day outside of a train station an hour west of Rome. He is a First Officer for Royal Caribbean and one of the perks of being friends with sailors is that they will take you cruising with them for essentially free (although you may end up in their cabin if […]
The Tomorrowland Hotel and Welcome Package Amsterdam was the first of city that I picked for the Tomorrowland Discover Europe tour. Discover Europe provides the option of 4 different packages with a choice of 4 or 5 cities. Brussels (near where Tomorrowland is held) and Paris are mandatory options. The other options are Amsterdam, Barcelona, […]
I hate that this is a topic that requires its own post but despite how far women’s rights have come in the past century, we still have a long way to go. I also hate that, before I plan a new travel destination, I have to Google “Is ____________ safe for solo female travelers?” But […]