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Third Wheel on The Ring of Kerry
When you’re single, there is no other choice but to embrace being the “third wheel.” I’d say I’m pretty comfortable, even content rolling with couples. Luck of the Irish on my side, this past summer,...
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Córdoba: Third Time’s the Charm
A traveler only sees a slice of a city. And often, when that slice is rushed, it doesn’t resonate like it should. That is precisely how my first two visits to Córdoba, Spain panned out. For me,...
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My Second Date with Paris
It was the perfect prologue to the Camino de Santiago and to the start of the great adventure that is solo travel; less than 24 hours in Paris. My mom and I spent four days in The City of Lights just...
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Standby to Dublin
Living for years near Dublin, Ohio, it was time to experience the real deal in Ireland. With a week to spare after finishing my masters and starting another year of teaching, I knew this...
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Standby to St. Thomas
Today winter is not quite ready to part with Ohio, but as a teacher I’m not complaining. It’s a Snow Day! What juxtaposition in scenery to my birthday weekend getaway to the U.S. Virgin Islands. I...
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On Learning to go with the Flo in Rome
Just days before The Vatican ignited in the media, I watched Woody Allen’s, “To Rome With Love” and although I wouldn’t give the film two thumbs up, the golden scenes of the Eternal City made me yearn...
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SB’13 in Spain
Shocking, right? I’m going back to Spain. There is just always more to see in this beautiful country that completely stole my heart during my semester abroad. And three seasons have already passed...
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The Rain in Spain… Falls Mainly in Salamanca
I have been back from my whirlwind, emphasis on wind trip to my dear España for nearly two weeks and finally I am sitting down to share some details. Even now my mind can barely focus on the task at...
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Summer of Travel: Part I
When I am 80 (and fabulous), I surely won’t look back and say, “you know, I really wasted all those teacher summers when I was single and free.” No, no, not me. I will say that I have completely...
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Summer of Travel: Part 2
After I finish the Camino, I will have a few days back home to prepare for my next epic adventure— Thailand. There I will study Buddhism and conservation through a graduate program called Earth...
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The Camino in Color
When the lovely Cat of Sunshine and Siestas asked me to participate in Travel Supermarket’s Capture the Color contest, I finally had some motivation to put aside the piles of teacher and grad school...
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My “Eat, Pray, Love” Summer
Summer certainly held her grip, but alas fall is here again and I’m left pondering where to begin when I am already so many months behind. To say my summer was epic, just sounds too cliché, but it...
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Bye Bye Burgos
After nearly a year of rest days, I anxiously journeyed back to where I had painfully (literally and figuratively) parted ways with my fellow peregrinos. This arrival via bus from Madrid however,...
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My Camino Film
I don’t think that my homesickness for the Camino will ever fade. It holds such a special place in my heart, as I know it does for all who have walked its stunning, spiritual path. While I snapped...
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Christmastime in Brussels
After many unlucky attempts at getting out of Cleveland, I finally hit standby gold, a First Class seat to Brussels. Thanks to the few hours of horizontal sleep I manage, I land into the arms of my...
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Bruges the Beautiful
The Sunday after Christmas Bruges was ablaze with tourists. After 45 minutes searching the city for a parking spot, Filippo finally settled on a nice piece of sidewalk under a bridge. Crossing...
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Travel Surprises in Antwerp, Belgium
Filippo and I had just arrived back to Brussels after a lovely day in Bruges when I got the best travel surprise. Thanks to Facebook, I found out my dear Swedish friend, Therese, from my first Camino...
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Daydreaming in Amsterdam
We’re tracing the bicycle-lined canals making our way towards the city center and sure enough, there he is, with his staff and hat with the scallop shell. Really he’s more like a pal now, a familiar...
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Scenes From Amsterdam at Dusk
The dipping sun is the perfect backdrop to my sugar high. I have been salivating over the waffle stalls, but then politely declining for far too long. Within moments I have devoured the satisfying...
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Exploring Champagne
Bonjour, France. I’m baaaack! It was mid February, the sun blazing and warming the air to a perfect 50 degrees Fahrenheit, a welcomed heat wave against the arctic blast of this Midwest winter. And...
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