Three Days in Cape Town
With my first safari experience under my belt in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, it was time to move on to South Africa. My first stop would...
Getting My Marathon Training Back on Track
Remember when I said I was going to journal my training for the New York City Marathon this fall?Remember when I wrote a post about...
My Scariest Travel Experiences
According to many people out there, the world is a really scary place. And it’s so scary for women that we would just be better...
How Traveling in Central Asia Prepared Me for West Africa
If you’ve been following along for a while, you may recall I was a bit nervous for my trip to Mali and Burkina Faso in...
The Abandoned Troglodyte Village of Niansogoni
I will freely admit that I really had no idea where I was going as I sat in the front seat of the car driving...
Crossing the Border from Mali to Burkina Faso
Border crossings always make me a little nervous. I was pulled aside and questioned going from Moldova to Ukraine, fought past dozens of pushy Uzbek...
Why I’m Quitting Travel Blogging. Kind Of.
I recently had an epiphany.I kind of hate what travel blogging has become.When I started blogging four years ago in anticipation of traveling around the...
Trying to See All of Toronto in Two Days
I will be the first to admit I probably overdid it on my weekend visit to Toronto in August. I was just so excited to...
How Not to Learn French (or any other language)
I recently completed a Beginner II level course in French at Multilingual Connections here in Chicago. As you may recall, I first started thinking about...
I’m Learning French!
Me in Avignon, France 10 years ago – when I did not speak any French!Parlez vous Francais?I hope that in the very near future, I...