All Entries in the "Trip Prep and Planning" Category
Become a Vagabond Master!
Here’s the link to my latest article on the Indie Travel Podcast! Go check it out and peruse the whole site; it’s a wealth of information for the independent traveler!
Do you have what it takes to become a vagabond master? Complete this four-week training regime to prepare your body, mind and suitcase for the realities [...]
Tears for Fears
One year and fifty weeks ago I was in the same place. Sitting in a plane preparing to leave US soil for an unknown amount of time. The last few days I have bounced between feeling scared, sad, excited, and mad. I don’t know what to expect on my own, I’m terribly sad to say [...]
Sherry Has Left The Building
Photo: Shutting the door on my 5 years at 74th and Columbus…
There’s something surreal about seeing your bed wheeled down the streets of NYC on a dolly. Really – a sobering situation.
There I was, walking down the street with friends after dinner seeing my life possessions being carted down the street – God…this isn’t happening…is [...]
Homeless Again
My posessions…no longer…
A friend recently asked me if I ever felt an overwhelming social pressure to get married and have kids.
My answer, “Not really.”
Sure, there’s pressure from a social norm standpoint, but I seldom let it get to me. However, recently I have felt a great deal of social pressure with my current life [...]
Feline Visitation Rights
Photo: Since I’m in the process of selling off all of my posessions, my friend Linda sent this photo to me as a joke!
I used to say that my cat, Palucci, had love for only one person; that person used to be me. However, when I decided to do my long term travel last year [...]
I am my own travel agent
Many people have asked me how in the world I come up with some of my itineraries and if I had this all planned out when I left the US over a year ago. Granted – my previous profession was all about planning – budgets, resources, tasks – but I’m not THAT good at planning. [...]
Itinerary Update Volume V
Well - I finally have bought a plane ticket back to the US - bittersweet for me. However - when deciding to go back home, I decided I wasn’t going to go without a fight so I planned one last hurrah in a new country - Japan. I felt like I needed one last solo [...]
A Father, A Daughter, and Some Chinese Food - Beijing
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When I was about 12 years old, I was treated to my first memory of international cuisine…Chinese food. I will never forget going to a Chinese restaurant in Peoria for the first time. It was darkly lit, [...]
Itinerary Update Volume IV
Welcome to my 4th installment of my ever-changing itinerary! I’ve made it through the sweltering summer months in Italy, Morocco, Egypt and India. I’d like to say that my body has adjusted to the heat, but I still sweat like a westerner! Strangely enough, after spending the summer in warm places, I [...]
Itinerary Update Volume III
Photo: Frog in the water
Here’s the 3rd installment of my itinerary which seems to be changing once again. The big news is that I have decided to not come home in September as originally planned, but instead stay on the road until the holidays. Yes, I just keep hopping around! I [...]
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