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When Clichés Come True: My Summer of Love in Paris

By on June 28, 2012 in Europe, France, love, Paris

Tweet **The following is a guest post from Emily Buchanan and contains a sponsored link.** You know those filmic moments during the first throws of a new love affair when everything is sepia-tinged and reality feels like a dim and distant memory? I love moments like those. Particularly when I’m in Paris.  Sure, this sounds [...]

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15 Real World Lessons I Wish I’d Learned Sooner

By on August 22, 2011 in jobs, love, postgrad, student, travel

Tweet “Welcome to the Real World. It sucks. You’re gonna love it.”- Friends I’m the oldest child in my family, including both sides of cousins, so in many ways I am a trailblazer, whether or not I want to be. My youngest sister Rachel is on the verge of graduating high school in May and [...]

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Thankful List 2010

By on November 25, 2010 in blog, family, friends, love

TweetI’ve been making my Thankful list for at least 5 years, dating back to Xanga and Myspace days. It’s a good way of reminding myself what great people I have in my life. Your support is what keeps me going when I’m on the road. I am thankful for you all. I’ve been able to take [...]

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My Friend Jimmy

By on October 14, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia, love, politics

Tweet[image credit] In case you didn’t already know this about me, I have a deep and powerful love for 39th president Jimmy Carter. You can say what you want about his politics, but I find it completely amazing that a small town peanut farmer from Georgia can go on to hold the highest office in the [...]

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The World is My Boyfriend

By on September 8, 2010 in Australia, Croatia, love, manifesto, travel

TweetThe title sounds sort of like “the world is my oyster,” which is also true. It was a tie between this title and “travel is my relationship,” which sounded a little like “Love Is My Religion.” I’m obviously overthinking this post, so it must be time to decrease my caffeine intake. This post, as many [...]

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Trip Relationships

By on August 25, 2010 in love, RTW, travel

Tweet I was familiar with the trip relationship concept long before one of my fellow travelers told me about his “bus girlfriend,” or the girl he hooked up with while on BusAbout‘s Eastern Trekker tour. It made perfect sense: enjoy each others’ company for a week or two, then at the end of the trip, promise to [...]

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Going to the Chapel

By on August 11, 2010 in family, friends, love

TweetDon’t have a panic attack just yet. It wasn’t me getting married. You’re not that out of the loop. But this has been the summer for weddings. I have been to 2 and know of countless others. And I know this isn’t travel related, but this post is better than none at all. Sign pointing [...]

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Thailand’s Forgotten Children

By on July 13, 2010 in Chiang Mai, love, RTW, Thailand, volunteering

Tweet I wrote this in my journal one of my first days in the mountains and decided it might make a good post. When you see images of Thailand’s youth, it’s probably promotional photographs of smiling clean faces found in Bangkok or other more affluent areas. That’s not what you find here. Past the skyscrapers and [...]

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Losing My Independence

By on July 10, 2010 in backpacking, Croatia, cruise, love, manifesto

Tweet This post was inspired by conversations with people about solo travel and reading lots of blog posts. If you want to know more about traveling alone, visit Gray’s blog at SoloFriendly.com. I first planned a trip alone because most of my friends don’t have the same desire or budget to travel. They’re mostly homebodies, [...]

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I Left My Heart in Split

By on July 5, 2010 in cheap, Croatia, Dalmatian Coast, Europe, love, travel

Tweet How do you sum up your favorite trip you’ve ever taken? I don’t know what made me love Croatia so much. Could it be that I was thrilled to get to be on my own time frame after having everything planned for me in Thailand? Was I looking for something more familiar, like the European trips [...]

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