My arrival in Venice was a bit bleak as I looked out the train window. “It can’t rain on my short 4 days in Venice! I have too many fun tips to do for it to rain!” I thought. Venice was the second stop on my Go with Oh Blogger Tour and I had chosen [...]

I was given few directions; Rome was pretty much up to me. I had asked Bethany months ago what she wanted to do in Rome and she replied, “Eat pasta.” “Ok, I like to eat, but what do you want to do beyond pasta? What do you want to see in Rome?” I probed further. [...]

How can you do what I did? If you read my website, subscribe to me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter,  then I’m guessing that this is the question that you are dying to get an answer to. Right?  I’ve spent years trying to help people get answers to this question.  I have even [...]

Don't let language limite your itinerary. Tips for using English to communicate all around the world.

Accepting change is hard. Most people don’t have a choice, when the world changes – they eventually have to change with it. My mother on Facebook is a great example of this; it was the only way she was going to keep up with her grandchildren’s lives. I have to admit though – I’m a [...]

  Sometimes I feel like I speak in mime. The universal travel language doesn’t contain words; it contains gestures. When I take a step back and see how I’ve traveled to 50+ countries without ever knowing another language – I am amazed at how far a few gestures can get you. I’ve compiled a list [...]

I was excited when my friend Vera invited me to Greenwich for a rainy Sunday afternoon. This was my chance to complete an important step in my global travels. I had already stood on the equator in Kenya when I began my travels in 2006, and now I would have the opportunity to straddle the [...]

Travel back in time with me… May 2006 I was starting to plan my traveling career break. I was a novice. I had never traveled for longer than a 2 week vacation, I had never stayed in a hostel, and I had never backpacked. I didn’t have any role models who had done something similar. [...]