June 18th, 2018

A Bumpy Landing

Somehow I’ve been back in the States for two and a half months; the time has flown by, though not in a good way. This is the first moment I’ve felt up to writing a blog post.

In the last couple months of my trip, I kept changing my plans over and over. A [Read More]

February 2nd, 2018

Embarking on a Year of Travel, Part 3

My travels finally have an end date: I’m currently planning to head home on May 28. If I make it that long, I will have been gone for thirteen months. So with four months to go, I’m in the last third of the trip. 

I’m also in a markedly different phase of the trip. Halfway [Read More]

December 22nd, 2017

I Am Hanoi-ed

I’ve hit a travel wall. I’m not having fun right now, and if I could teleport back to my bed in NYC, I would.

The thing about this trip is that when I’m in the midst of a good month, when I’m vibing with the city and have a decent apartment, I feel like I [Read More]

November 6th, 2017

6 Things I’ve Learned in 6 Months of Travel

I left New York on April 29; this month in Chiang Mai is my seventh on the road. I’m not quite halfway through—currently planning to head back sometime in June probably—but it seems like a good moment to pause and take stock.

I was feeling a bit melancholy in September, thinking about how I don’t feel [Read More]

October 6th, 2017

When You Date While Traveling, Don’t Expect a Hollywood Ending

Yesterday I seriously considered hurling my phone out my 25th floor window. Only two things stopped me: one, the fact that I’ve replaced three phones in the last six months (not from throwing them, I swear) and two, a legitimate worry that I might injure person or property.

Apparently a memo went out yesterday to all the men I’ve [Read More]

October 4th, 2017

Embarking on a Year of Travel, Part Two

I’m not quite halfway through my year on We Roam—this month is number six. But this month marks a huge shift in my experience, enough so to qualify as a second chapter.

I’m in Seoul for the month of October, which is a half day’s journey and a world away from Belgrade. After Seoul, [Read More]

September 5th, 2017

The Difference Between Vacationing and Living

Whenever I go on vacation, I find myself wondering if I should live there. I definitely contemplated it when I went to Anguilla last winter. Why return to snowy New York?, I thought. Anguilla has everything I need.

Traveling with We Roam has allowed me to test this idea. While a month isn’t long enough to experience [Read More]

September 1st, 2017

Catching Flights AND Feelings

“Catch flights, not feelings” has become a rallying cry. And when I started this trip, I thought maybe it could be mine. I left a string of romantic disappointments behind in New York, and I hoped a year with We Roam would be a much-needed break from the pressure of dating in my 30s. 

But four months [Read More]

August 25th, 2017

When Epic Becomes Your New Normal

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Two weekends ago, I was walking the city walls of Dubrovnik. Last Friday, I was talking to my [Read More]

August 16th, 2017

I Drove 119 km for a First Date

When I wrote about bailing on my island hop last week, I mentioned that it freed me up to accept an invitation to visit the little town of Tisno—here’s the story I hinted at.

Shortly after I arrived in Barcelona back in May, right after I’d started traveling, a guy messaged me on OKCupid. We’ll call [Read More]