Inspiration

I owe you a couple stories about Nova Scotia, and you’ll get them. I have other stories of other places to tell too. But it’s been a frantic summer of friends, family, and couchsurfing. I’m a [...]

I wrote this “goodbye, Europe” over ravioli and wine in Split, Croatia, the night before I left. I’ve been in Canada for a weekend now, and I owe a recap on my eight months in [...]

Two weeks from this moment, I will be flying somewhere over the continental USA en route home. It’s not my first time going home since my travels began, but it’s the first time that it matters. [...]

Life’s made of magic and unicorns and pixie dust at times. Mistakes can become gateways to serendipity, and among some of the greatest moments we experience. This is when we’re expecting [...]

Because I’m on a budget, I keep resorting to TripAdvisor for reviews. Sometimes they’re right, sometimes they’re wrong. The trouble is, so many travellers come with North America locked in their [...]

I'll be leaving Victoria three weeks from today. I'm up to my elbows in packing, Spackling walls, and finding weird things. Today I'm packing up family photo albums. My mom wanted to become a [...]

My landlords began showing my place today... unleashing a flood of memories and gratitude for me. For those who are just following along because I’m about to embark on an amazing adventure of [...]

My money’s down and my mind’s made up. Deciding on where to go has been arduous because I want to See All The Places as I travel the world for five years. But my travels are completely different [...]

A few years ago, I read Carl Honore’s In Praise of Slow and he kinda blew my mind. I should read it again before I go. After all, I’m dismantling my life to throw myself 100% at that [...]

This week, I got asked by my Twitter friend @BarbAdamski why I had decided to travel for five years. It’s a complicated question, so let’s give you a complicated answer that’s hopefully easy to [...]