Travel
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It’s Türkiye, Not Turkey
I’m still in the middle of writing part 2 to my last post, which will be the cons of life on the road. And despite my saying that I want to stop traveling, we’re two weeks into the year and I’ve found myself spontaneously in Turkiye. (When I say I want to stop traveling I…
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Life On the Road
Now that I’ve gotten all the whining out of the way with my last 2 posts, I thought it might be valuable to also highlight some of the positive things I’ve experienced in my year off from working. It might not be specific situations or circumstances, but overall moments and experiences where I had to…
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Their Eyes Were Watching Your Pockets
If I were still blogging regularly, I definitely would’ve written a few on Egypt and my experience here over the last few days. Never have I been so conflicted about a place before as I have been about Egypt. Obviously the historical significance and remnants of ancient civilisations we still have yet to understand are…
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At Least I Had Fun
My last few days in Spain have been dictated entirely by my injury. Whatever plans or ideas we may have had for our final days in Ibiza were foiled by my inability to walk and the level of pain I’ve been experiencing with my road rash. Although the scrape looked smaller than I remember from…
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Formentera Tattoo
Yesterday we took a ferry from Ibiza to another small island called Formentera. It’s only about a 30-45 minute ferry ride across, and is apparently a must-do for those visiting Ibiza. I only just learned about it in the morning when Jo made the suggestion. We have just a few more days here in Spain…
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Spain, Finally
When I was in university it was my dream to do a study abroad program in Spain, particularly Barcelona. It was feasible at first, when was wasn’t sure what major I would choose. But once I got into the last 2 years of uni, and solidified that I had wanted to do journalism, it all…
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Italy, Again
We’ve been in Italy for over a month and I still have not gotten used to the siesta times. This is my second time visiting this country, (with an 8 year age difference) but this trip has been much different from my last. I was alone and touring at my own pace as a full…
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Are We Being Filmed?
The highlight of my day yesterday was finding the persimmon tree that we somehow managed to walk past for the last two weeks without ever noticing. The non-highlight of my day yesterday was finding a dead mouse in the trap in the camper van that seemed like it had been there for days. We had…
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Always the Little Things
Last night we boiled water to have a shower. It was 15°C/58° F in the night and we had a long day of working on the compost toilet, finalising the last bit of structure before we start the roof and flooring. Jo came up with a brilliant idea that we could boil some water for…
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Chapter 33
It’s been almost 3 months since I’ve been on the road, out of a job, doing my sabbatical or gap year, traveling, enjoying life … free. There are many ways to describe what I’ve been doing. And many ways I can find to talk about it so that the average working person would understand and/or…