Back in September I wrote a post that I never published about letting go of what I feel I “should” do. I was sitting in a guesthouse in Kuressaare, Estonia trying to decide whether I should stay in my room and relax like I really wanted to or brave less-than-ideal weather to see the island […]
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Greetings from Warsaw, Poland! New Year’s Eve will mark four months on the road for me – and it feels like it is going by way too fast! Normally I would do a four-month review post, but since it is the end of the year, I’m going to look back at all of
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A few days ago, I hit the wall. I knew this day would come. Every long-term traveler I have talked to has hit such a wall at some point, so it was bound to happen. After over 100 days on the road, things are starting to get to me. Travel burnout has set
Happy Halloween! From what I can tell, Halloween is not exactly huge in Moscow. If it wasn’t for my friends’ Facebook posts over the weekend with their costumes and their kids’ costumes, I probably wouldn’t even know what day it is. That’s what happens after being on the road for two months. This will start
Two Months of Travel Read More »
I will be the first to admit that some of the places I will visit on this trip that I am now calling “My Soviet Sojourn” are somewhat obscure and people may not have a great sense of where exactly I am or where I’m going. For that reason, I have created this handy map
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My Big Adventure (or perhaps, more appropriately, my “Soviet Sojourn”) has been two years in the making. Along the way, I developed a mental list of the experiences that I absolutely had to include along the way. I meant to post this prior to my departure but, well, life got in the way. So, better
My Soviet Sojourn: What I Don’t Want to Miss Read More »
Wow, has it already been a month? In some ways, it feels like the last month has flown by. In other ways, it feels like it has been forever since I was in Chicago, enjoying last meals of Mexican food and margaritas and tapas and sangria. If you haven’t been following along
One Month on the Road! Read More »
When I set the appointment to give notice at work – to quit my job to travel – I almost immediately went numb. I stood up from my desk and my legs wobbled. I tried to send a text message to a friend and my fingers were shaking. I was more nervous than I was
Why I Quit My Job to Travel – and What’s Next Read More »
If you are a regular reader of this site, you likely have seen my recent interviews with some of my fellow thirty-somethings who are leaving their jobs to travel or work overseas. I am thrilled to announce that I am about to join them! Yes, that’s right. I gave notice at work yesterday that my
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