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Postcard from Buenos Aires

Happy New Year from Buenos Aires! I hope your New Year celebrations were merry wherever you were in the world AND that you somehow avoided…

I’ve been talking and writing a lot about career breaks lately, which has coincidently got me thinking about the original career break I took in…

Featured | Hiking | Turkey

It was the last week of the Camino de Santiago, and I had left Sarria and walked 25 km for the day to the next…

I arrived in Costa Brava the day after I finished walking the Camino de Santiago; it was an abrupt transition – so when my hosts,…

Hiking | Spain

Let me first just say – I’m biased – I, of course, think when I walked in April/May was the best possible time to do…

Hiking | Spain

You have made the decision to hike the Camino de Santiago, Camino Frances – what next? I bet you have a bunch of questions you need…

I had a lot of time to think while on this 5-week walking journey – thinking helped me forget my foot pain and fatigue most…

I realized that after 4 weeks of following yellow arrows across Spain, there was a massive similarity to The Wizard of Oz and the yellow…

Hiking | Spain

The Camino de Santiago trail is gorgeous – but like any beautiful creature, it also has its ugly moments. It’s easy for you to sit…

I left this quote along the trail to inspire others this week. Yet as I walked on through the week, I realized that this was…