Travel like life has so many unknowns. Flights get delayed, trains are missed, and reservations get lost. You get laid off, lose a loved one, and go through financial stress. It can be a lot. If you find the little pockets of positivity in those moments, well that is where the magic in the journey…
Travel and life has many unknowns. It’s scary but a fact nonetheless. It can also be exciting, exhilarating even. We pick a destination, plan our itineraries, and book the flight, all the while understanding we can not predict everything that will happen. Still it is exciting. Then there are other times, when we decide it’s…
Anthony Bourdain said, Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts; it even breaks your heart. But that’s ok. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something…
As this summer season slowly fades into fall, I can’t help but reflect on the summer that was unlike any other. We started the summer with Rob going on a 3-month sabbatical from work. If I am being honest, I had mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, there were so many things he…
When I was little I didn’t dream of marriage, family, and the perfect house on the perfect street. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that dream it just wasn’t mine. I would watch movies, read books, and dream about the city, state, country, or any faraway land I read about. I wanted to…
We all have heard that first impressions are everything. That always made me so anxious. I mean who can be perfect the first time around? The idea of it is so, illogical to me. That is not to say I do not understand that we should strive to do our best, and always show up….
The past year has held so many uncertainties. There have been many times Rob and I ask this question. We reevaluated our lives and the things we were spending our time and money on. As I am sure a lot of people did. We had a lot of good but also stressful changes this year….
This year has brought so much uncertainty and stress. We have all been in lockdown, lost loved ones, and home-schooled our kids with no idea what we are actually doing. We have also reconnected with people via Zoom for happy hours, weddings, baby showers, and friends that we may only text with occasionally. At least…
When we decided to go on a year-long adventure living in the Netherlands and exploring Europe, I never thought two years later we would still be here. Moreover I didn’t think we would be truly thinking about staying for as long as we possibly could. There has been so much that has happened in the…
While we can’t travel and be out of our houses socializing, this post will be something different. I am not one who likes to sit at home. I am usually the first person to set up social activities which drives my introvert husband a bit crazy. So when I came home and said, we aren’t…