Move Over Fear, Curiosity is Here to Stay Curiosity at its finest (photo credit: theodysseyonline.com)
“I have no special talents, I am only passionately curious.” -Albert Einstein
The word ‘curiosity’ has been getting a lot of attention lately. So much so, in fact, that it may Continue Reading Remote Year Is Over, My Life Isn't PolarSteps: my stops on a world map
According to my travel-tracker app, PolarSteps, in the past 13 months, I traveled 41,698 miles, through 21 countries. My homes consisted of 13 different apartments (one for each month), but Continue Reading A Stopover in Tasmania Cape Barren Island
Flying 1,000ft over the NE corner of Tasmania and banking left towards Flinders Island in a 1978 4-seater Cessna, it occurred to me how little I had known about Tasmania just a week before. Continue Reading Exploring the City of Buenos Aires, Starting With Polo Buenos Aires is the most visited city in Latin America. It's known as the ‘Paris of Latin America’ due to its nightlife, sophistication in the arts, and beautiful European architecture. The people of BA consider themselves Porteños, or ‘port people’ Continue Reading Babysitting on Kangaroo Island (and other adventures) Where is Kangaroo Island?
My 2nd Workaway experience was on Kangaroo Island, a remote island in South Australia that few Australians could locate and even fewer have visited. Because of its geographical isolation and expensive ferry, this island with a wild past Continue Reading Playing With Food: Maido in Lima, Peru "At Sea, Life is Tastier"- Maido by Mitsuharu in Lima, Peru
As you step into the square office-shaped restaurant space on the 2nd floor of Maido, here in Lima, Peru, you'll be greeted with a booming "Maido!" (meaning welcome in Japanese) from the Continue Reading
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Posts from 1+ Years of Travel
50,000 miles, 23 countries, 5 continents... and almost 2 years later. I've left the corporate world (and the US) to experience life.
A friend of mine coined the phrase “You’ve been Spain’d” to refer to poor service here in Spain. This country, like Portugal, has come a long way in customer service...
When you hear the word ‘graffiti’, you may think spray-paint, vandalism and cryptic territorial signatures. Street Art, though a subcategory of graffiti, instead invokes artistic images in public spaces that spark discussions. Graffiti...
We like to joke that traditional Czech food is grey. And in truth, there’s not much color to it. Heavy in meat, salt and starch, it’s difficult to locate vegetables that have...
A Cafe culture has taken over beer-swilling Prague. While Czechs still drink more beer per capita than any other nation (on average, 143 liters per year for every citizen including infants and...
Do you remember Lidice? If you didn’t live during WWII, come from Germany or Czechoslovakia, there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of it. Lidice was a sleepy farming town, 22...
Prague’s beauty is mesmerizing. I find myself repeating the phrase “this is ridiculous…” every time I turn a corner to see what a new street will display. The capital city...
In the last 3 weeks, I visited a friend’s family in Bihač, Bosnia, an old coworker and her husband in Shepherds Bush, London, good friends I got to know during my time...