Two weeks ago I wrote about how excited I was to have been traveling full time for over a year, and how confused I was about what to do next. I had accepted admission to a master's program in international studies in Denmark, which... sort of sounded interesting! A master's ...
[Island] Hopping Back onto the Beaten Path in Greece
Island hopping in Greece - it's the ideal vacation, right? Overnighting in adorable blue and white houses, blissful naps on beautiful sand beaches interspersed with dips in what must be the bluest water in the world, gorging on fresh seafood and olives, backpacking cheaply from ...
9 Things That Surprised Me About Macedonia
1. It's not in Greece. Okay, actually I already knew that Macedonia was also a country, not just an ancient area of Greece, thanks mostly to a mild addiction I had to playing Sporcle's Countries of the World and Flags of the World geography games while living in Japan. But ...
One Year Travel- and Blogiversary!
And to think that just about one year ago I was frantically rushing to the Kazakh embassy in Bangkok to pick up Danielle and my visas before heading to Indonesia the next day. WHERE has the time gone?! It started with ...
Lazarat, Albania: A Day Trip Into Europe’s Drug Capital
This post was written together with Danielle and also appears on her blog The Roaming Coconut. Think Albania. What comes to mind? Drug-addicted sex slaves? Then you’ve probably seen Taken. Luckily our experience with Albanians wasn’t quite like the Hollywood movie. ...