[Welcome to the vault of blog posts from the holidays that were unpublished – until now. Not wanting to spend the holidays crying alone in my apartment, I went on a mission to visit castles in the pueblos in the Community of Madrid. This castle was my favorite.]
“I thought the castle would be bigger,” I thought as the bus pulled into the village.
Do you ever have moments where you look around you, and wonder, how in the world did I end up here?!
That’s how I’ve felt ever since I arrived in Gran Canaria.
No one would have come here with me, even if I’d asked them to, I thought to myself, shivering in the rain.
It was a late Friday morning. I was standing at a bus stop in the rain, in a Spanish city whose signs were written in Basque. Which was making matters more confusing as I don’t speak Basque.
A few days prior, when I’d spontaneously booked a trip to San Sebastian, I’d been playing with Google Maps. I noticed that San Sebastian wasn’t too far from the French border. So, I started looking at the towns along the border, and scrolling at the images. Nothing too interesting.
Until I found this:
Continue reading “Hondarribia, Spain: No One Would Have Come With Me Here”
“What if the pandemic is preparing you for everything you asked for?”
I know. It sounds ridiculous. That’s the first thing I thought of when this idea came to me in writing meditation one day. Continue reading “What No One Tells You About Travel and Loneliness”
Do you know the biggest mistake that first-time travelers make?
No, it’s not overpacking.
No, it’s not getting ripped off.
And surprisingly, it’s not forgetting to pack imodium for that delicious and questionably cheap street food, because let’s be honest, the consequences are totally worth it after a night of bar-hopping and drinking overpriced cocktails at the discoteca.
What’s the number one mistake? Continue reading “8 Incredible Places in Colombia That Redefined How I Travel”
Inspired Around the World 