A major goal of mine during this trip is to create written pieces that are both useful and interesting to an audience of: friends, family, former students, former coworkers and their current students, and possible rich and famous publishers. To that end, I would… [Read More]
Trip Planning and Packing
Why Each Destination?
Before New Years, I knew I was going to take the coming year off to travel, but the plan at the time was to live in Barcelona, Spain (simply because I heard it was fabulous). Over New Years, however, I met a large group… [Read More]
How the RTW Ticket was Born, or: How You, too, Can Finagle an STA Deal!
Being commitment-terrified, I planned initially to do this Round the World stint through last-minute-purchased one-way legs along the way. Stumbling, sunburned, at 11pm to a travel agency in Cambodia to purchase a trip to Iran the next day? Perfect. Thus, on the recommendation of… [Read More]
Intro: WHY Around the World?
Testing, testing, tap-tap-tap… Thus begins my first full blown Mama-Kahuna BLOG! The reason: After 6 years teaching high school English in Boston Public Schools (more on this wonderful time later), I have saved enough dough for a year of ROUND THE WORLD, baby! Why… [Read More]
The Missions of This Blog
Who is this site for? This is a travel blog for people of all ages who are curious what it’s like to travel around the world, through Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and one’s own home (in my case, Boston!). This site has stories… [Read More]
