Blessings of an Involuntary Sabbatical
When I closed my full-time travel chapter in 2017, having lived abroad for years and then backpacked for sixteen months, I thought my long-term travel days were behind me. I knew the grind of...
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That Time I Won a Free Stay at an All-Inclusive Resort in Barbados
As someone who’s always been a sucker for deals and freebies, the phrase “all-inclusive” is like music to my ears. So a free all-inclusive experience? Now you’re really speaking my language! Moreover, a free, all-inclusive...
2022: The Travel Year in Review
Life may look a little strange during these, ahem, “unprecedented times,” but if there’s one tried and true tradition I can stick with, it’s my annual travel recap. Can you believe I’ve now been...
Why Oaxaca City, Mexico Is the Perfect Pandemic Travel Destination
When I returned from my latest trip to Spain in the fall of 2019, I never imagined it would be another 31 months before I next left the country. Then again, nothing about the...
2021: The Absurdly Late Year in Review
A year-end recap published in June? That is just wacky. But one of my favorite traditions is my annual travel year in review post: since 2011, I’ve wrapped up each year by looking back...
Best Gig Ever? Volunteering at the Jaguar Rescue Center in Costa Rica
It’s hard to wrap my mind around the fact that five years ago, for an entire month, my daily life consisted of waking up in a tropical paradise, biking along the Caribbean Sea, and...
Madrid Winter Trips: Key Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Visit
According to Madrid’s 2019 tourism report, a mere 6.6% of surveyed travelers cited winter as the best time of year to visit Madrid. But if you choose to go against the grain and see...
2020: Not a Travel Year in Review
Each year for the past nine years, I’ve published a “Travel Year in Review” post with month-by-month recaps of that year’s top adventures. While some years were considerably more eventful than others, I’ve always...
