How does a former backpacker go on vacation? I try it out in Iceland and share some tips and challenges!
Europe
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Europe, Solo Female Travel, Travel Stories
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“My love for you gives me wings. That is all. My love for you is a four leaf clover I carry in my back pocket when I need luck and guts. When…
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Notes from *Iceland, August 18, 2018 Sitting in the airport, listening to Sigur Rós and a reading a book, “The Almost Nearly Perfect People,” feeling quite the same. This moment is almost, nearly…
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I’m sitting in a church pew in Germany, listening to a children’s choir sing German Christmas carols. To my right is a friend I met the very first time…
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“Where are you from?” “Where is home?” I am asked the same questions over and over again by volunteers who are greeting refugees from places like Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq who have just arrived…
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There is a fire of excitement in his eyes and suddenly hands and arms are waving through the air as the energy in the room shifts and heightens.…