We’ve been in South America for a month now, and on the road for a little longer (given our first stop in Walt Disney World). Adjusting to long-term travel has come relatively naturally. Some things are easy to adapt to (like not working is just as amazing as it sounds), while others are recurring frustrations …
Sandwiched between lively Medellin and touristy Cartagena, Salento was the perfect oasis. It’s small-town vibe and abundance of nature gave us the chance to sit back and really take in everything it had too offer. We split our time in Salento into two parts, which allowed us to see Salento from two different angles. We …
We spent 19 beautiful days in Medellin, Colombia, and it only took about 48 hours to fall in love with this city. I didn’t do so well running the steep hills and I would call it more the City of Eternal Late-Spring-Almost-Summer on the weather front, but if those are the closest I can get …
Today is the first last day of work I’ve ever had. Before my current job, the only other job I’d ever had was at Starbucks. I worked there for 6 years through high school and college and I loved every single second of it. (If Starbucks could match my salary, I would sling lattes all …
I have been talking about my my going away party for about as long as I’ve had this trip planned. I talked about it for so long that it felt like it would never be here. June 24th was this date that always felt so far away. Until it wasn’t. The day came, I picked …
Up until this point in my life, I’ve taken a fairly predictable path. Go to college. Adopt a pet. Start a career. Get married. Save for retirement. If someone had to guess which of my siblings or friends would quit their job to take a trip around the world, I would have been the last …
I am currently living with the least amount of stuff that I’ve ever had in my entire life, and yet I know that I currently have more stuff than I will have for the next 12 months of my life. And I love it. I never thought I would be the one to say that. …
Up until recently, I was an obsessive shower taker. I had to shower every day – sometimes multiple times a day. I showered before Saturday morning long runs. I showered after night swims and then again when I’d wake up the next morning. This wasn’t at all related to actual cleanliness — proven by the …