If you’re 26 or younger, I’ve got news for you: 27 is a scary age. Why? That’s the big year of marriage. Sure, people get married younger than 27, but those tend to be the couples who have been together for years and years, whom you expect to get married. At 27, your single friends […]
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A few weeks ago, I was going to write a post about how to get past UK immigration quickly and without suspicion. I thought I was finally starting to get the hang of it. Not so fast! For nearly a year, I’ve been trying to spend as much time as possible in England with my
I’m back in America. Wait, what?! Read More »
As the Vernal Equinox passes, it’s been anything but typical for me — I left the gray winter of Northern England to find perfect spring temperatures in Lisbon in mid-February, followed by positively summer-like temperatures in southern Portugal and Andalusia. And now it’s genuinely feeling like spring in the UK, as opposed to the darkness
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This week’s #FriFotos theme is CHOCOLATE! I had a blast looking through my old pictures and finding my favorite photos of chocolate around the world, from Austria to Italy to Massachusetts. You may notice a significant absence — Southeast Asia. Chocolate isn’t much of an attraction there, and most of my chocolate intake there was
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When I jump-started my full-time traveling, the timing could not have been more fortuitous. Not surprisingly, it was in the middle of an endless New England winter when I decided that I would leave home and head for the heat and humidity of Southeast Asia. Little did I know that the upcoming winter, the one
Making Peace with Winter Read More »
If you subscribe to my newsletter, you already heard the news. I’m in Portugal and Spain for five weeks! I just got to Lisbon yesterday and I am already bowled over by this city. It’s incredibly beautiful, remarkably intuitive, and surprisingly affordable. I have no doubt that Lisbon will be one of my new favorite
Surprise! I’m in Portugal! Read More »
(If anyone knows what I’m referencing with the title of this post, I will buy you a drink the next time I see you.) I’ve decided to jump on the #FriFotos bandwagon. Each week, a travel photography theme is chosen and bloggers show off their favorite photos relating to the theme. This week’s theme is
Sand: It’s Everywhere. Get Used to It. Read More »
On this icy cold Sunday — well, at least it is here in Massachusetts! — I’ve got a video for you straight from the desert: Wadi Rum in Jordan. While in Jordan, I learned that there are SO many ways to tie a headscarf, either for men or for women. And I wanted to learn
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I guarantee that everyone reading this site has had a memorable travel friendship at some point. And in this modern age, social networks make it easier than ever to keep up these friendships. So, as we technologically dependent individuals ask ourselves so often, HOW DID WE SURVIVE back in the day? And with that, I
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Yes, I said three-pound cinnamon bun. I first heard of this behemoth on the TV show Man vs. Food, which if you haven’t seen is probably one of the better examples of Americana in 2011. Basically, Adam Richman travels around restaurants in the United States, finds ridiculously large portion sizes, and competes in eating competitions.
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