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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …