Category: Travel (All)
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Rome, Italy // Why a weekend getaway to another life?
I have written about this before, but I never wanted or planned on moving back to the United States. I saw Mexico as a launching point. Safe because it was close enough to home. Scary because I didn’t speak the language and had never lived outside the US or even traveled for more than a…
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Key West, Florida // Why a truly minor problem?
I hated the feeling I was having. I felt frustrated and irritated by a slight inconvenience. But it does happen to all of us, sooner or later. These minor problems from our daily lives start to add up. You merge onto the highway and pick a lane and it is the wrong lane. Cars pass…
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Amsterdam, Netherlands // Why a different state of mind?
Here for the travel advice and not to read my life story? Jump to Travel Recommendations for the tl;dr [too long; didn’t read] to plan your trip to Amsterdam now! I felt giddy as my flight touched down. I was passing through the city somewhat incidentally. My end destination was Portugal but it was cheaper to fly…
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Bogotá, Colombia // Why burn the old year?
Making the cover of Cutting It Close magazine yet again, my husband and I touched down in Bogotá slightly before 10 pm on December 31st. I had splurged on a room at the Four Seasons for the night, and I probably never will again. They money was wasted as we sprinted out of the taxi…
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Tokyo, Japan // Why travel in reverse?
Here for the travel advice and not to read my life story? Jump to Travel Recommendations for the tl;dr [too long; didn’t read] to plan your trip to Tokyo now! Two very brave, intrepid, and slightly wayward young travelers arrived through the front door. Their arrival was my first exposure to Japan. Two university students…
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The 2023 Off Seasoner Holiday Gift Guide // Why my top 10 favorite travel items?
I am excited to present The Official 2023 Off Seasoner Travel Holiday Gift Guide for that special someone and traveler in your life! This is an update to a list I created one year ago for holiday shopping. Many of the items have stayed the same but I added a few new recommendations that I…
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Honshu, Japan // Why Summit Mt Fuji?
Here for the travel advice and not to read my life story? Jump to Travel Tips // Dos & Don’ts for the tl;dr [too long; didn’t read] on hiking Mt Fuji. This was the result of a slow, circling gravitational pull that I had managed to escape during my initial five-year tenure in Atlanta. I…
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Melbourne, Australia // Why hot springs, tiny penguins, and old friends?
I went to Australia in no small part to visit a good friend of mine, Damaris, who had moved there recently. After traveling solo for the first few weeks, I was so excited to finally meet up with her in Melbourne. The city itself checked all the boxes for what I like in a city:…
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Sydney, Australia // Why do I even need a tourist visa if I’m already a citizen of the world?
Between work and vacation, I have flown to a least half a dozen countries since the pandemic started, mostly in South America. My first trip was for work to Chile in February of 2022. I had to upload my vaccination card to a government portal website weeks before my flight for it to be verified.…
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Medellín, Colombia // Why a history of Comuna 13?
This post is for my fellow future tourists who could also benefit from learning how Comuna 13 was actually created and transformed. This is a starting point. It is not a replacement for understanding Comuna 13 from the people who live there. This is meant to function as some background reading to get you up…