The musings of an amusing traveling blonde
As previously mentioned, Singapore was one of my favorite cities. It’s beautiful and luxurious, clean and organized, and arguably one of the most urbanized cities in the world. Their metro is great, the food even better, and as a bonus, potted flowers line their roads. And, it’s not far from Bali and tons of gorgeous…
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A year ago today I was about to begin the biggest adventure of my life- the Camino de Santiago, which, over the course of three weeks, showed me what I’m made of, gifted me some of my dearest friends, and paved the way for an incredible year. So it’s only fitting that on this Camino…
Read MoreIceland has been conquered and it’s time to go home to rest and reset before the next big adventure. In these past ten days my father, brother and I made a full circle around the entire country (which sounds a little less impressive when you realize that Iceland is the size of the state of…
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The biggest, and arguably only, setback here in Iceland is the cost of food. The other night I had a simple chicken breast for dinner at a no-frills restaurant in a small town. It was almost $40. Truth is, if I were here on my own, I would probably have sleep for dinner. Even pizza,…
Read MoreEveryone remembers what they were doing when the September 11th attacks happened. Well I don’t. I have no idea. And for some reason I’ve always felt a little guilty about that. Almost 3,000 people died and I can’t remember what I was doing. I flew into New York yesterday, coincidentally Friday, September 11th. It was…
Read MoreIt’s been a week since I’ve been back. I intended to write earlier, I really did. But I suppose it took me longer than I expected to process everything. That, and there is just so much to do when you come home after seven months. I’ve moved back in and unpacked, which is a production…
Read MoreAfter seven months of living abroad, it’s time for me to go home. So cheers. Cheers to walking 250 miles across the north of Spain. To sleeping under the stars in the Sahara desert. To watching Les Miserables live in London. To hugging my best friend under the Eiffel Tower. To wandering the Grand Bazaar…
Read MoreRural life is a funny thing. It’s gives me immense joy and incredible sadness. Joy is sitting at a table laughing with your aunt, peeling the potatoes and prepping the sweat peas that you gathered that day, because meals are made from scratch from food you’ve grown yourself. It’s picking juicy red currant and gooseberries…
Read MoreI am currently hiding away in Sietesz, a small farming village in lesser Poland, a ways away a from any city. I’m a big fan of country life; it’s quiet and it’s relaxing, and you never really have anywhere to be. I would spend my entire summers here as a kid, playing with village children,…
Read MoreSince I had a free week and no other plans, I took a lap around Austria, Slovakia and Hungary. It’s not too far from Kraków, which is currently home base because that’s where my suitcases live. I spent my three days in Vienna wandering its spectacular palaces, museums and art galleries, taking breaks to sit…
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