When I took my career break to travel a couple years ago, volunteering was a big part of my plan. I saw volunteering abroad as a chance to give back to local communities, immerse myself in the local cultures and build some valuable skills that I could then list on my resume when it was […]
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The fact that I refer to Chicago as the Windy City in the title of this post should give away the fact that I am not originally from here. As I learned in some article on some other website last week, “real” Chicagoans don’t call it the Windy City. I guess 12+ years here hasn’t
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I never thought I’d say this, but sometimes I miss traveling around the world. When I returned home from 13 months of travel in September 2012, I was so incredibly ready to be home. I was exhausted from travel, burnt out on sightseeing and longing for a routine and stability. And I swore time
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They say you haven’t really made it until you have haters. So as of last Tuesday, I guess I made it. That’s not to say I haven’t attracted some negativity or even controversy on this blog in the past couple years. I got blasted for packing jeans on my career break trip and someone seems
Spending a weekend in Boston in the middle of February may not appeal to everyone. Indeed, as I put out a call for suggestions of things to do on Twitter, I got at least one response warning me that February was not the time to be visiting. Nonetheless, I was excited as I arrived in
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I barely recognize the Kiev that I see on the news every night now. Independence Square –Maidan Nezalezhnosti– looks nothing like the square that I walked through almost every day during the weeks I spent in Kiev in January and February 2012. The protests that began back in November escalated last week and more than
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Kiev has been in the news quite a bit lately due to the increasingly violent protests against the government – popularly referred to as Euromaidan, the hashtag that quickly spring up on Twitter. I spent three weeks in the city back in 2012 and I have such fond memories of how beautiful it was. It’s
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As I planned my recent trip to Boston, touring Fenway Park was minimally on my radar. But when a walk through Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood led me straight to the ballpark, I thought it was too good of an opportunity to miss. A longtime baseball fan, I grew up watching the Minnesota Twins play baseball
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I have been to my fair share of museums. Art museums, history museums, science museums and even sex museums. So it probably isn’t surprising that over the years, many of them have started to blur together. It has become harder and harder for me to find a museum that really stands out and impresses me
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The Stolby Nature Reserve is located in the heart of Siberia, just outside of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Known for fascinating rock formations like the one above, it made for an interesting and exhilarating day hike – especially as it was about -12F outside! If you’re into climbing, the park also offers some good opportunities to climb
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