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10 Life Lessons Travel Has Taught Me

By on May 21, 2013 in Adventures, Confessions, Get Inspired

Sunset over Lanzarote, Spain in the Canary Islands Over the years, I’ve found I do some of my best thinking when I’m traveling. Away from the hustle and bustle of life back home, between checking my phone for texts and being pushed to “succeed”, I find that I can relax and philosophize. While traveling, it’s [...]

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Is Turkey Safe for Women Traveling Alone?

By on April 17, 2013 in Accomodation, Blogger, Confessions, Destinations, Europe, Middle East, Turkey

When I proudly announced that I was going to Turkey 2 months ago, I was met with a surprising amount of skepticism, worry and doubt, mostly from my family. Calmly reassuring everyone that Turkey is a very safe country and that I was going no matter what they said, I continued to plan and coordinate [...]

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Exploring the Ancient City of Ephesus in Turkey

By on April 12, 2013 in Adventures, Confessions, Destinations, Middle East, Turkey

My love for the ancient world dates back over a decade and has very profound and significant origins. “My name is Gladiator.” Who knew watching Russell Crowe fight tigers and make out the sister of the Roman emperor would inspire such an ardent and deep admiration for antiquity? If my mother only knew that letting [...]

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Today I Quit My Job to Travel the World

By on April 10, 2013 in Adventures, Confessions, Get Inspired

Deep breath, inhale, slowly exhale. Repeat. You can do this. With my fingers paused on my office keyboard, staring off at the same spreadsheet for an hour, I tried to give myself a pep talk. Today is the day I quit my job. Well, it would be the day once I manned up and found [...]

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5 Things No One Tells You about Moving Abroad

By on March 27, 2013 in Adventures, Confessions, Get Inspired, Living in Spain, Moving to Spain, Spain

If moving abroad were easy, everyone would be doing it, right? With only about 35% of the American populace holding passports, I think it’s safe to say that most of our knowledge of the big wide world comes from the idiot box and the internet, not from firsthand experience. Personally, I cannot STAND it when [...]

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The Waiting Game: How Not to Lose Your Mind Before a Trip

By on March 21, 2013 in Adventures, auxiliares, Confessions, Living in Spain, Moving to Spain, Spain, Teaching English

Maybe I am borderline ADD, but for me there is nothing worse than waiting around for something. Waiting for a ride somewhere; waiting for a friend to show up for a coffee date, waiting for the next Game of Thrones season (10 days woot woot!) or waiting on a trip or big move abroad sometime [...]

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Making Do in Peru

By on March 15, 2013 in Adventures, Confessions, Destinations, Learning Spanish, Peru, South America

Honestly, I feel like this title could be a name for an OPI nail polish. Whoever is in charge of coming up with the color names, I want to BE you (OPI marketing team; are you listening? I would be so good at this job!) Sidetracked. Sorry. So three years ago today (ok, last week) [...]

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Getting Naked in Istanbul

By on March 6, 2013 in Adventures, Confessions, Destinations, Middle East, Turkey

**Warning this post borders on the TMI, but I thought it was too hilarious not to share Source Two weeks ago I found myself completely naked lying on my back staring at the starry ceiling of an antiquated bathhouse deep in the heart of Istanbul thinking “what the hell did I get myself into?” And [...]

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How to NOT to Be a Douche Online

By on February 28, 2013 in Adventures, Blogger, Confessions

Ok guys, I have a confession: I tend towards having a sassy mouth (i.e. I can be a sarcastic bitch). It’s not one of my more admirable qualities, but hey, nobody’s perfect and I’d say 80% of people find it entertaining. If you fall in the 20% category and do not find the smartass amusing [...]

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5 Things No One Tells You about Falling in Love Abroad

By on February 18, 2013 in Confessions, Europe, guest, Living in Spain, Moving to Spain, Spain

I just discovered Julia’s blog last week when she left me a novel of a comment on my Breaking Up to Travel post. A girl after my own heart, not only has she traveled and lived all around the world at a young age and writing about it on her blog, Nowhere to Go but [...]

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