I know it is the ultimate privilege to be able to say this, but travel can be stressful. And that’s why you need to incorporate days to slow the eff down when you’re living a life of frequent traveling. Lucky me, I was able to do this slowdown in the cute, quaint little city of Trebinje,…
The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. When my entire life fits into a backpack, I notice everything that disappears. A phone charger left behind one hungover morning, a razor left in a hostel shower, a favorite…
The most stunning mountains in Europe that few have heard of – all the better for you to explore.
I’m gonna be brutally honest: it’s like some bloggers who publish guides on how to save money for travel aren’t even trying. They tell you to cancel your landline as if that’s even a thing these days. They say, “stop ordering $5 coffees every day!” as if that’s something everyone does on the regular and…
I have a theory that solo travel accelerates everything. Without other human constants to stabilize you, you experience everything more starkly: both more harshly and more beautifully. Your challenges are more Sisyphean; your successes, more revelatory. For someone like me, who has long battled mental illness, traveling with depression makes this even more true. My four…
Bosnia bears its battle scars. The war that ripped through the country in the 1990s is still very much present in its architecture. In an odd way, these reminders of the war have become a tourist attraction of sorts, from the Sniper Tower in Mostar to the abandoned Olympic bobsled track in Sarajevo and everything…
If you’re feeling stuck in a rut with limited vacation time and a bucket list a mile long, I’ve got news for you. It doesn’t have to be that way. There are countless ways to travel and live abroad — from working holiday visas to teaching English online. For many, freelancing is the ultimate goal,…
There’s nothing I like more than traveling around colorful cities and neighborhoods teeming with bright hues. I’m usually already wide-eyed and thrilled to be traveling somewhere new. Add bursts of color in unexpected places and I suddenly find myself inspired and dare I say, even a little giddy?pin Since I’m always adding to my ridiculously never-ending…
We are walking to the abandoned sniper tower in the center of Mostar when she says it. “I love how Christians and Muslims live in peace here,” she said. My mouth almost dropped open. Does she even know what happened here? Later, she takes selfies while leaning on a ledge that guns rested on around the clock…
