trips
Every year, I leave my home — and my kids — behind for a short time to travel to Japan alone. The distance, both geographic and cultural, gives me enough space and time to live authentically: to be the curious explorer, the immersion-based language learner, and the person I am…
When my boyfriend and I first met in Portugal, we were both traveling alone. He had just switched to a remote job so he could explore new places, and I was a year into a 10-country solo trip.From the beginning of our relationship, I knew I didn’t want to give…
As a travel writer, I consider myself a vacation expert — which means I like to be in control when planning family trips.However, as the self-appointed trip director, I find the self-inflicted pressure to curate the perfect trip can get overwhelming.For a recent family vacation, though, my father-in-law did the…
