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Introducing the #Tweet2Toronto Journey

By on May 20, 2013 in backpacking, blog, Canada, Charlotte, cheap, North America, North Carolina, tbex, Toronto, travel, USA, Washington DC

Tweet via peo pea Call me a glutton for pain, but I seem to have an attraction to long overland journeys. My family and I drove up the entire east coast of the United States to Maine and back. I took a Greyhound bus all the way up the east coast of Australia, from Sydney [...]

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Four Years of Caroline in the City

By on March 20, 2013 in birthday, blog, tbex, travel

TweetThis blog has been around for as long as a presidential term or as long as I was in college. It’s almost old enough to head off to kindergarten. When I started Caroline in the City, it was 2009. I was in my junior year of college looking for a diversion after a breakup. I [...]

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Same Changes

By on May 2, 2012 in blog

Tweet A few of you filled out a survey that I created to give me some information on my readers and direction on what I need to do more or less of. Thank you so much for the feedback and I have taken it to heart. I’m breaking down the things I’ve learned from your [...]

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Making Travel a Priority in College

By on April 16, 2012 in backpacking, blog, postgrad, travel

Tweet The question I am asked most often in reference to my blog and lifestyle in general is, “How are you able to travel so much? I wish I could do that.” It’s mostly people from high school or college who maybe had one study abroad experience and that was the extent of their travels. [...]

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Three Years of Caroline in the City

By on March 20, 2012 in Australia, backpacking, blog, USA

Tweet It must be that time of year because in the past week I’ve read about Everything Everywhere‘s 5 year travel anniversary and the two year blog anniversaries of Over Yonderlust and LandLopers. And here I am, at my three year anniversary of my first, albeit boring, post on Caroline in the City. On my [...]

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Lucky 7: The Best and Worst of Caroline in the City

By on July 6, 2011 in blog, links, list, travel, twitter

Tweet In case you’ve been living under a blogosphere rock, TripBase has started this web chain letter called My 7 Links to celebrate two years of their blog. One blogger tags five, those five tag five and so on. It was only a matter of time before I received said chain letter (but this one [...]

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Two Years of Caroline in the City

By on March 22, 2011 in adventure, backpacking, blog, travel

TweetOn March 21, 2011, I celebrated my two year blogaversary here at Caroline in the City. I haven’t accomplished as much in two years as some bloggers have, but I’m impressed that I’ve stuck with it for this long. In the last year, blog wise, I’ve: switched to WordPress.com from Blogger networked with hundreds of [...]

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Read This Blog: Maiden Voyage

By on March 15, 2011 in blog, travel tuesday

Tweet Behind the blog: When I met Emily Starbuck Gerson at Travel Blog Exchange, I didn’t know much about her blog, but once I checked it out, I couldn’t get enough! She’s an accomplished writer in her own right outside of the blogosphere. What’s in a name?: “I spent a long time contemplating what to [...]

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Read This Blog: A Dangerous Business

By on March 8, 2011 in blog, travel tuesday

Tweet Behind the blog: In a matter of months, Amanda Williams’ A Dangerous Business has become one of the most influential travel blogs. Her Thursday Traveler and Best Blogs feature always give shout outs to those who deserve it. What’s in a name?: “The name of my blog, A Dangerous Business, was actually inspired by a [...]

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Read This Blog: 48 Hour Adventure

By on March 1, 2011 in blog, travel tuesday

Tweet Behind the blog: Justin Morris, another Aussie living in London (who I met on my quick November trip there), runs the site 48 Hour Adventure, in which he tells you how to spend two days in a European city. He’s covered Venice, Copenhagen and every city in between. What’s in a name?: “I decided [...]

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