For everyone in the states, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! It’s one of my favorite to celebrate for many reasons, the first being it’s all about coming together over food with loved ones! The second being that you can wish any American a ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ without worrying about offending them . [...]
Entries Tagged as 'reflections'
Home is not where you live…
November 29th, 2009 · 4 Comments
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Back to the Basics with Travel
June 7th, 2009 · No Comments
One of the many wonderful things about travel are the realizations that occur when one is outside of the comforts of your own surroundings. Now that my last extended trip was around 11 months ago, I remind myself of some of my own little epiphanies that I can apply back on my home turf. As [...]
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Helen’s Travel Taoism – how to mentally overcome travel disasters!
March 11th, 2009 · 8 Comments
As queen of travel disasters, some close friends and family of mine have often wondered how I survive traveling alone, especially friends who know how disaster-prone and directionally-challenged I am. People really are curious HOW DO I SURVIVE?? How do I survive navigating in a country when I can’t read maps well and [...]
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